E14 Nursery News

World Book Day 2021 was lots of fun! It was full of imaginative activities to bring some of our favourite stories to life. Here is a little taster of what we got up to:The Gruffalo – The children made Gruffalo Crumble with a mixture of pears and raisins. With support from their key workers to […]

We normally love to show prospective parents around our Nursery but unfortunately due to Covid-19 restrictions and our commitment to maintain the safety of our children and staff we are unable to host visits at this time.  We are however thrilled to share with you a virtual tour to give you an insight of what

This year has been tough on children’s mental wellbeing so in light of mental health awareness this month we have been exploring our emotions. The Colour Monster is a wonderful book we have at nursery that is a great way to introduce the topic of emotions to young children.   The pre-school children made some

Autumn is here and to celebrate we have been reading a wonderful book called The Leaf Man.  In the story, the Leaf Man goes on a journey and see’s animals made of leaves, he drifts through the sea and see’s more creatures made of leaves. He continues his journey through a vegetable patch where all

  July’s Artist of the Month is Claude Monet – a French artist who founded the Impressionist movement.  Our Toddler and Pre-School room have used a variety of media to recreate Monet’s masterpiece ‘Water Lilies’ by using real flowers and pinecones to recreate the textures of the painting and life like imagery of the water. Fine

We are delighted to announce that Puddle Jumpers Nursery will be re-opening on Wednesday 1stJuly 2020.  Our Nursery Manager Heleanna is now arranging show-rounds of the nursery. Please contact us here to if you would like to take a look around our space and hear more about the Puddle Jumpers experience. In the mean time, you can visit

  Our Nursery is based in Limehouse where outdoor space can be limited. Many of us live in apartment blocks hence a key part of our ethos is to ensure that children are able to get outside and explore the natural world daily. We are lucky enough to have a small garden that children can

At Puddle Jumpers we use Yoga as part of our daily routine. Not only does this promote physical wellbeing but also works as a time for children to listen to their bodies, develop their concentration and build a positive self-image too. Yoga is used to relax the body and mind but also works well as

We use every opportunity to cook as often as possible with children of all ages. Our cooking activities are sometimes inspired by the children themselves following a particular interest they had that day or they may be adult led where we have pre-planned it into our routine. We take our Toddler and Pre-School room on

The festive period was filled with lots of fun activities for both children and parents. We decorated Christmas baubles that the children had made from salt dough, we made reindeer food, decorated gingerbread houses, designed personalised mugs and even made some lovely smelling bath salts to give as gifts. The children were amazed by some