Brockhill Barn Children'S Day Nursery

Something BIG is coming to the nursery garden.. watch this space... 🐞🐛🦋😎

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JOB VACANCY A bright, bubbly, enthusiastic, and self motivated member of staff is required to join our busy day nursery. Applicants must possess a Level 3 or higher, certificate in childcare, and be confident and experienced with planning, observations and completing and maintaining learning journeys. You must possess good communication skills, and be able to work as a strong team member, as well as using your own initiative. You will be required to work Monday to Friday, on ...a shift pattern. It would be beneficial to be a car owner/driver, as the nursery is situated on a farm, in a rural part of Redditch, and accessability is limited as there is no bus service. In return we will offer a competitive salary, pension scheme, 28 days holiday per annum, to include a week at Christmas and Bank Holidays. To apply please contact Emma or Bev on 01527 595454
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Yet another productive day in the nursery garden (before the rains came)... New raised bed borders weeded and filled with topsoil... The nursery garden must be looking better... Even the scarecrows are smiling again...

Another productive day today in the nursery garden... First pic is a 'before' shot around the edge of the safety surface... next 3 are pictures of the raised bed we've created with some sleepers... next on the list is MORE weeding and filling with soil for planting or sowing...

Brockhill Barn Day Nursery will be holding a GRADUATION DAY and SUMMER FAYRE to say goodbye to our school leavers. We would like to invite you all to join in the fun and activities. There will be a variety of stalls and lots of fun activities for the children such as a bouncy castle and face painting. SATURDAY 16TH AUGUST 11am to 3pm. There will be refreshments available but why not bring your own lunch and picnic on the grass.

Hi All, Please can all the Butterfly children that attend nursery on a Friday, please bring in two items of food for food tasting on Friday 25th July. we would like one item to be healthy and one to be not so healthy.. Any questions, please speak to a member of staff. Thank you.

SPORTS WEEK... Dear Parents, The Butterfly Room will be holding a Sports Week beginning on 7th July. Please feel free to wear your sports clothes to nursery all week. Ready... Steady... GO!

Big thanks to Steph Grasby at nursery today.. Dealt with staffing issues, Tesco delivery (with me faffing about in the office putting up a blind), cooking and serving nursery dinner and then to top it all.. Parents' evening.. Thank you x

Work on the nursery garden is progressing well. We have removed the pathways from the grass area and filled with (2 and a half tonnes) of topsoil. After the heavy rain forecast for this weekend we should be in a position to seed this area. More posts to follow...

William, our eldest son baked these at school yesterday. We thought some of the parents and children might like to give them a try. They're yummy scrum!!
Healthy Oat Biscuits
Ingredients
... 100g porridge oats 50g plain flour 75g caster sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 50g desiccated coconut 100g soft butter or margarine 1 egg, beaten
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C / Gas Mark 4 and lightly grease a baking tray 2. Mix together the oats, flour, sugar, coconut and baking powder 3. Beat the egg with a fork 4. Add the butter and egg to the oat mixture and blend well 5. Roll into a ball shape and lightly press down on the top with the palm of your hand and place on the baking tray 6. Place in the oven and bake for 20 mins 7. Cool on a cooling rack and then taste test!
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We thought it would be nice to include some nursery recipes on the page (great idea Em) for you to try at home. Although we haven't tried these for the children at nursery, I bake them at homeregularly for our boys and they love them. They can be considered a relatively healthy snack too and the children will love helping out in the kitchen.
Ingredients
Serves: 12... 200g (7 oz) plain flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 large bananas, mashed 150g (5 oz) caster sugar 1 egg 75g (2 1/2 oz) butter, melted
Preparation method
Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 25 mins 1. Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Place 12 paper baking cases in a muffin tin. 2. Sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt; set aside. 3. Combine mashed bananas, sugar, egg and melted butter in a large bowl. Fold in flour mixture, and mix until smooth. 4. Spoon evenly into baking cases in muffin tin. 5. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until muffins spring back when lightly tapped.
These can be frozen too.
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This week's nursery menu.