Once again Staff and children have had a truly magical time over the festive season here at Twinkle Tots. We served up our annual Christmas party with lots of party games and turned our beautiful hobbit house into Santa’s wonderland. We even had a visit from the big man in the red coat and from Frosty the snowman.

A very Merry Christmas to one and all from everyone here at Twinkle Tots where the magic of Christmas is all around us!

Children in need is a ‘pyjama’ day at Twinkle Tots when we hold special activities throughout the nursery and learn about what children in Need is all about. This year we took on the challenge of 25 activities across all of our rooms whilst raising money for this fantastic cause. Thank you to everyone who took part, children, staff and parents for your generous support.

Fun in preschool creating pudsey masks

Amazing designs in Toddler room, poor old pudsey bear!

Just look how ‘handy’ we all are, leaving our ‘paw’ prints for pudsey!

Twinkle Tots of Endon celebrated the graduation of ‘the Class of 25’ in August. Its always both a happy and sad time for us, having to say goodbye to mums and dads, carers and of course children, who we’ve had the privilege of sharing their learning journey with, right the way through to the end of their early years.

Graduation however, is also a time to reflect on that amazing journey and look back at the incredible times we’ve had together, making sure each child is as school ready as they ever can be, in a setting designed for, and catering specifically for early years children, with staff dedicated to children’s early years.

We wish each and every one of our graduates the very best in the next stage of their journey. ‘Follow Your Dreams’

Now a firm favourite in the calendar, on the Friday before fathers day we invite dad’s and grandads into Nursery to spend time with their children/grandchildren and to find out more about what the little ones are getting up to. Its a great opportunity for the children to show off the skills they’ve learnt and its a welcome break from the day to day for dads, and of course breakfast is provided for everyone.

Twinkle Tots of Endon enter the Endon Well Dressing Scarecrow competition every year. This year the children and staff have created an under the sea theme which is displayed proudly outside of Alder House. Please come along and take a look at our creation and all of the other wonderful creations throughout the village. We know summer has arrived when the scarecrows are out!

This years theme is cartoon characters and they’ll be dotted across the village for everyone to see. Pick up a ‘scarecrow’ map and have yourself a lovely time admiring everyone’s hard work. Good luck to each and everyone of you who have entered and a big thank you to all of our wonderful staff and children.

…and to complete a great week of hard work by everyone, Under the Sea was voted ‘Best Group’ entry, congratulations to everyone!