Lovacott Nursery Blog

During this month we have had lots of opportunities to explore the outdoor environment with trips to the woods, park and orchard.  In our first week of  August we focussed on the story Bear Hunt  where the children got creatine making their own bear masks. They...

We have been treated to some glorious weather throughout July and have taken full advantage of the outside area including our surrounding areas, the park and forest area. This month we have taken part in various topics including: summer, ice cream, gardening and...

June has treated us to some lovely summery weather with lots of opportunities to explore the countryside around us along with lots of water play to keep cool. We have joined in the celebrations for the World cup with various activities including making flags, penalty...

This month has been full of wonderful themes and learning, including Bee Week, Around the World, and On the Farm. We celebrated Bee Week with many trips to the local park and forest to look for bees and other insects. Around the World consisted of the children tasting...

This month has been full of sunshine and showers, leading us to do more exploring in the muddy puddles and warm grass. We have explored lots of different topics in April, including Easter, Spring, Sea Creatures and Dinosaurs.  For Easter, we made our own Easter...

This month at Lovacott has been full of celebrations! We started off the month with World Book Day, where we all dressed up as our favourite book character, adults too! During this time, we explored an Elmer salt tray and a messy Superworm mud tray. Then, we worked...

This month, we have had lots to celebrate, including Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year! At the beginning of the month, we looked at The Gruffalo story, which included us going for a woodland walk and exploring a Gruffalo crumble tuff tray.  For Valentine's Day, we...

We have welcomed in 2026 with lots of cold icy weather. We have been looking at the ice, how it melts into water and how to make ice. The first two weeks of January, we learnt about Winter. We learnt about animals we find in colder countries, such as polar bears and...

Throughout these cold months, we have looked at various topics including Real Life Superheroes, Children in Need and Christmas! We had a busy December, creating a range of Christmas crafts - some which were edible, and some lovely decorations. December included...

We have had a very busy,autumnal and spooky month at Lovacott Nursery. We have been focussing on Wow said the owl, Rumble in the jungle, Autumn and Halloween. We have been lucky to have our lovely Andrea from Bloom North Devon join us with themes such as On the farm,...