Hasbury Acorns

27/03/2026

🐣 👒 Easter fun at nursery 👒🐣

This week both our Acorn room and Oaktree room children have been so busy celebrating all things Easter.
They have took part in a range of activities from..
🐣 Easter bonnet parades for all our parents..we were so proud of the fabulous turn out with all our parents coming to see the children in the parade and helping the children create amazing bonnets at home to showcase.
🐣 Our oaktree room children going on a visit to St Clements court to do another bonnet parade and sing some easter songs for the residents. We would like to also thank the residents for the lovely gifts they gave to each of our children 🥰
🐣 Eggs hunts
🐣 A wide range of arts and crafts
🐣 Messy tuff trays
🐣 Making Easter wreaths
🐣 Cooking activities making yummy biscuits and cakes
🐣 Easter counting activities
🐣 Easter finger gym activities and P.E sessions
🐣 Attending our local church for an Easter service with our parents and carers and taking part in crafts and activities there.

We would like to wish all our children and families an amazing Easter and we shall see you all back at nursery on the 13th April 😁

26/03/2026

Today has been a very emotional day saying goodbye to Krista who has worked her last day at Hasbury Acorns to retire and make the move to Cornwall ⛱️
We are all going to miss her so much, she’s been such a brilliant and loved member of the team working our breakfast and afterschool club and we can’t thank her enough for everything she has done!! We are so sad to see her go but know she is going to love it in Cornwall with her family and two beautiful dogs! 🐕 ❤️
We ended Krista’s last afterschool club session tonight in the best way, with an acorns style karaoke, disco, and party games 🥳 we even had lovely speeches given from some of our year 4 girls 😁 🎤
We would like to wish Krista all the best on her new adventure and we shall be sure to stay in touch...from everyone here at Hasbury Acorns
💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜💚💜

20/03/2026

🔴 Red Nose day fun at nursery 🔴
Both our Acorns room and Oaktree room children have had lots of fun taking part in red nose day today. Its been lovely to see all the crazy hair do's and to take part in lots of fun crafts and activities. 🔴
😁 well done to all our fabulous children!

We have also been creative and designed some mehndi patterns for Eid 🌟

Next week is an exciting week full of activities, egg hunts, parades and celebrating all things Easter to end this amazing term!! 🐣

20/03/2026

If any of our families are looking at some fun in the Easter holidays our local church are putting on a 'Messy Church session' for children and families to attend. 😁 🐣 🎨

We are so excited!!! Our first messy church is coming up. Wednesday 1st April 10-11.45am. Family Time for preschool and primary age children and their parents/carers. Songs, story, craft activities and hot cross buns for everyone… come and explore the real meaning of Easter ! If you’ve never been to church before, why not come along and join in! Chance to meet people, make new friends, and learn a little bit about the Love of Jesus. You are so so loved.

If you can’t come on the Wednesday to us, we are also doing Messy at our sister church, S. Peter, Cradley on Good Friday (3rd April) 10am - 11.15am

You’re very welcome to just drop in - but if you can book with [email protected], that would help us plan for numbers 🙂

16/03/2026

Our Acorn room children really enjoy attending the story time session at the church ⛪️ We can’t wait for the next one 📖 😃 we would like to thank the church for having us and for sharing lovely stories with us!

08/03/2026

We’re so proud of our Preschool and the wraparound service we provide here at Hasbury Acorns and we hope our families are happy with the care they receive ☺️

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05/03/2026

🌸🌳 Oak tree room fun (3-4s) 🌳🌸

The children in oak tree room have been having so much fun at nursery. They had a lovely end to their topic “people who help us” last term with a visit from the police officers and paramedics. 🚔 🚑 We are so grateful to all of the professionals who came in to see us at nursery. We then enjoyed a parent craft morning with lots of lovely activities for our parents and carers to take part in.😀

This half term we are looking at “growth and decay” and have already started doing some really fun activities based around this, so far we have..
🪴 Planted seeds while up in forest school, we water our pots and take care of them waiting for our spring flowers to grow 🌸
🪴Explored ‘Jack and the beanstalk’ by counting beans matching the numeral and quantity together. We also practiced our literacy skills writing the letters of our name on beanstalk leaves and putting them onto the beanstalk also practicing our cutting skills. ✂️ ✏️
🪴 We took part in the ‘bean in a bag’ experiment. We explored our new word ‘germinate’ and are keeping a close eye on them to see if our kidney beans will germinate at nursery. We look after them and check them daily. 🫘
🪴Soup making- The children chose different vegetables to chop up using safety knives and add to their own soup. The children then enjoyed eating it at snack time. 🍲

The children have also been busy in their tuesday P.E sessions taking part in:
⚽️ Core strength activities
⚽️ Relays, races and teamwork games
⚽️ Assault courses moving in a range of ways
⚽️ Throwing and Catching practice
⚽️ The bean game (linking to our topic being different kind of beans)

We have also enjoyed our music and movement sessions which we now do:
Monday- Body percussion
Tuesday- dough disco
Wednesday- squiggle wiggle
Thursday- Rhythm sticks
Friday- woodland yoga 😀 🎶 🧘‍♀️ 🥁 🪘

All the children have loved getting involved in all activities and it’s been a very busy start to the term for us. We can’t wait to continue our topic and also have lots of fun Easter activities and events to look forward to!! 😀 🐣

04/03/2026

Today was a proud moment for the Hasbury Acorns Wraparound team 🎉🎉🎉

Lexii attended a celebration event and received an award for the teams ‘dedication, hard work and participation in the SACERS: School Age
Children Environmental Rating Scale Award’.

This award has acknowledged the fantastic job done by the wraparound team, who provide a fabulous, fun, safe and educational environment for the children attending.

Well done to all the wraparound team - especially Lexii and Liv who took on the additional work involved in the award 🎉🎉🎉

27/01/2026

⚠️ URGENT RECALL: Hobbycraft Giant Box of Craft

Hobbycraft is recalling a box of mixed craft supplies containing vials of coloured sand due to a potential health risk.

The sand may be contaminated with a small amount of asbestos, which can be harmful even at low levels of exposure.

📋 Product number: 6686021000

Full disposal instructions from Hobbycraft:

•Stop using the product immediately.

•If the sand is still in its packaging, place in a heavy-duty plastic bag, double tape it securely, label it clearly and store in a secure location out of the reach of children.

•If the sand has been used, clean up sites where the product was used using wet cloths to avoid generating dust. Wear gloves and a mask.

•Double bag the sand, gloves, mask and cloths.

•Keep children and other people away from areas where the sand has been used until the area has been cleaned.

•Return the sand vials from the product to your nearest Hobbycraft store for a full refund.

•If you are unable to get to a Hobbycraft store, please follow the instructions above and dispose of the sand in your general household waste.

•Contact Hobbycraft for a full refund.

27/01/2026

🟡🔵 Acorn room Fun!! (2-3s) 🔵🟡

The children in Acorn room have been very busy since returning January and are enjoying their new topic of 'nursery rhymes and story tales.' They have looked at a range of songs already and have enjoyed focusing on fun activities around these 🎵
Acorn children have also been doing so well with their finger gym activities. Finger gym is very important and is the first stage of getting ourselves ready for writing later on. We have took part in..
✏️ Dough disco.. this involves strengthening our fingers by poking, pinching, splatting, rolling, and squeezing the dough following the musical instructions. 🎶
✏️ Finger gym tuff trays where we have scooped, pinched, picked and poured different foods into cake cases using tweezers and other equipment. 🧁
✏️ Messy tuff trays using spoons to dig out the different hiden numbers in the gloop. 🥄
✏️ Threading using different shaped beads and pipe cleaners. Not only does this help strengthen the childrens fingers it also helps hand-eye co-ordination. 🤲

We have also took part in..
⭐️ P.E lessons on a friday, including fun parachute games, assault courses and football ⚽️
⭐️Daily Music and movement sessions. Including dancing and using instruments. Also on a tuesday we have been doing yoga in Oaktree room while they are out doing P.E. The children have listened and followed the movements so well and enjoy moving in a range of ways. 🧘‍♀️
⭐️ Completing more challenging puzzles
⭐️Pencil control activities forming numbers, letters and practicing drawing faces.
⭐️ Looking at weighing scales, matching numeral and quantity and exploring more and less. ⚖️
⭐️ Enjoying the comfy book area reading our favourite books 📚
⭐️ Taking part in a range of WellComm screening interventions such as following simple 'What' and 'where" questions in our role play kitchen area enhancing our communication skills.
⭐️ Making bubbles in our waterplay exploring under water creatures. 🐢 🐙

27/01/2026

🟣🟢🟣 Oaktree Room Fun! (3-4s) 🟣🟢🟣
Over this first term back the children in oak tree room are learning about occupations and how different people help us within the community. 😁

First of all Mr Green, the school caretaker came in and spoke to the children about what he does to ensure the school is safe for all the children to play, learn, and explore. 🏫 He showed them the checks he carries out on a morning using his tablet and showed us some of the many tools he uses. The children enjoyed looking at his tools and hearing about what they are used for and the different jobs Mr Green does on a daily basis to ensure the school is safe for us all. 🔧 🔦

We then had a local vet called Ana come and talk to the children about her job role. She brought in her toy dog called bingo and let the children bandage him up, check his heart and give him pretend medication with a syringe.🩺💉 Ana then showed the children what she has to wear when she is operating on the animals, she even let the children wear the uniform and look the part. 😁 Ana showed the children pictures on her Ipad of animals shes had in her vets, we saw dirty teeth, X-rays, poorly eyes and lots more. Ana then gave all the children a gift each to take home. 🐕 🏥

Yesterday we had some local firefighters come and visit us from Haden Cross Fire Station 🚒 They spoke with the children about the importance of fire alarms, what they do, and why we need them. They asked the children to all check if they have fire alarms at home. 🚨 The firefighters then had Olivia dressed in their safety gear. They explained the importance of each piece of uniform and why they have to wear it, as this helps protect them from any burns from the fires. 🔥 They then let the children go outside and see their fire truck. They showed the children the hose, their 'jaws of life' tool and of course, their lights. 🧑‍🚒🚒 The firefighters asked the children a range of questions throughout such as what number do we have to ring when we need the emergency services to help us. 🔥🚨

We would like to say a huge thank you to our important visitors so far, you have all made our topic so exciting and the children have learnt so much from you all. 😁
We are looking forward to a visit off West Midlands Police next week when we look at the importance of our police officers. 🚔