Jubilee Celebrations!

The children have been very excited in every area of the nursery to prepare for the Jubilee Afternoon Tea Party, when parents joined the staff and children to celebrate.

Over the past few weeks the toddlers have been working hard getting ready for the Queen’s platinum jubilee. They were given lots of different red, blue and white materials to create a giant Union Jack flag to go on the display board in the toddler room. Rowan enjoyed spreading glue all over his paper and then using sand to decorate it, while Tommy chose to use only blue wax crayons. During the week, they had the opportunity to do some baking hoping that they would be able to give the Queen some cookies at their jubilee party! Alastair enjoyed mixing the flour, sugar and butter together while Chloe enjoyed blowing the flour off her hands and seeing it fly into the air. Once the cookies were made, the children were able to decorate them using icing in the royal colours. Luna couldn’t resist licking her fingers when she got icing on them, saying “It’s yummy!” with a cheeky grin on her face. 

The toddlers worked together to make beautiful crowns not only for themselves but also for their parents to wear when they came into nursery for the jubilee tea party. Blake and Sadie carefully placed each jewel on their crowns making sure to not miss any spaces. Sophie came to the tea party dressed as a princess but was sadly missing a crown. She walked into toddler room and found herself, her mummy and her daddy a crown! While at the party, the toddlers also had the opportunity to have some face paint! They each got to choose what they would like and where the face paint should go. Reegan said “Jack flag” meaning the Union Jack, where Sadie asked for a “black triangle”. The toddlers were so proud of their face paints making sure not to touch their faces so they didn’t smudge. 

The children in the under twos room have been having an amazing time getting ready for the jubilee! They have baked some wonderful jubilee cupcakes, taking turns to stir the ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Freddie carefully spooned the sugar in while Esmé mixed the butter. Cecilia was very interested in the eggs, gently holding one before helping to whisk it up. Margot loved using the big spoon, peering over the edge of the bowl. Youcef and Sophie couldn’t resist having a cheeky taste of the icing which they stirred up watching the colours change from white to blue and red. 

The babies really enjoyed creating a special platinum jubilee display board for all of the parents to see during the party. Amèlie and Esmé really got stuck into the hand painting activity, painting their own hands using a paintbrush then smearing them across the paper. Isabelle and Youcef carefully used small spatulas to spread glue then used red and blue pieces of paper to create fantastic flags. Meanwhile, Sebastian and Margot were busy mark-making in royal colours. 

The children loved having all the parents join us in the jubilee celebrations. Margot, Amélie and Ceci loved exploring the sandpit and showing her grandma around, while Freddie and Otto discovered the mud kitchen, banging the pots and plating up delicious mud pies to go with the party food! Jude and Jack enjoyed the picnic food with their parents and siblings as well as showing them around the garden. 

A great time was had by all!