News And Activities

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Easter Celebrations 2023

We went on an Easter Egg Hunt, searching the garden for eggs and sorting them into sets before counting and comparing the number in each group.  The Easter Bunny came to see us and brought us Easter chocolates and we took part in an Easter Bonnet Parade for our families.

Sending Love to Turkey

14th February 2023

On Valentine's Day the children at Good as Gold sent love to the children of Turkey displaced by the earthquake.  They made a heart of coins which were donated to charity.

Colour Festival

August 2022

Today we spent the day exploring and mixing colours using a wide range of painting techniques and media, including ourselves!  We had an amazing time!

Goldfest 2022

We had a music festival to celebrate the achievesments of our children leaving us to start at school in September!  We had the best day ever filled with lots of singing, dancing and amazing fun.  The perfect end to their journey at Good as Gold with lots of lovely memories to treasure.

Jubilee Celebrations

1st June 2022

God Save the Queen!

Today we crowned our Queen who the presented all the children with a commemorative medal, honouring them as a member of our little Good as Gold family.  After listening to The National Anthem, the children marched to the band music and had an amazing time!

We had a street party at lunch time!

We had traditional British fish and chips at tea time from the Good as Gold Chippy!

 

Royal Afternoon Tea!

31st May 2022

On the Eve of our Platinum Jubilee Celebrations the children dressed in their finary for a Royal afternoon tea in the garden.

Rhubarb!

25th May 2022

We planted some rhubarb in Spring and have been watching it grow bigger and bigger!  Today we decided it was time to pick our rhubarb!  We very carefully cut it up, and our cook made it into a delicious rhubarb and ginger cake.

People Who Help Us!

May 2022

Today we wore pink and raised £107 for Cancer Research in loving memory of our colleague Natalie Bridge who lost her battle with cancer in October 2007.

Pyjama Party

October 8th 2018

Today our children came to nursery in their pyjamas for an activity filled session learning about night and day!  The children made star collages, listened to betime stories, learnt about numbers whilst putting 10 teddies into bed and sang twinkle twinkle!  The food was also themed with star and moon pie, night sky mousse, sunshine pasta and sleeping baby buns.  It was a very comfy day!!

Pre-school Graduation

22nd August 2018

Today we said a tearful farewell to our children leaving us for school in September.  We will miss you all, you are amazing!

Beach Party

8th August 2018

We didn't let the rain spoil our beach party with cocktails at the tiki bar, a limbo competition, beach volleyball and singing arund the campfire!  We had a picnic for lunch with a beach bbq for tea with toasted s'mores!

Sports Day

20th July 2018

Today we took part in a selection of football themed races to try to win the Good as Gold World Cup for our country!  Germany were the winners with England a close second, but everyone took to the podium at the end and was awarded a medal.

Teddy Bear's Picnic

25th June 2018

Today we took our teddies to the park for  Teddy Bear's picnic!  We mae our own sandwiches and had teddy bear crisps and teddy bear biscuits!  We went on a bear hunt in the woods and found lots of bears!!!

World Cup Party

18th June 2018

Today we wished our England team good luck as the played in their opening match of the World Cup.  We played lots of different football themed games and also had a penalty shoot out.  We had BBQ sausges for tea and "beer!"

Eid Celebrations

Friday 15th June 2018

Today we learnt about the celebration of Eid by listening to a story about Hassan and Aneesa.  We dressed up in clothes like theirs and learnt to say Eid Mubarak, Happy Eid.  We also had our hands painted with Mhendi.  For tea we had an indian sharing platter, and at the end of the day took home an Eid money wallet filled with chocolate coins.

Our Royal Wedding!

Friday 18th May 2018

Today we celebrated the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by holding our very own wedding!  The congregation of our chapel watched as the friendship ceremony took place, and this was followed by the photographs.  The children helped themselves to the buffet and toasted the couple after the cake had been cut.  The "Night Do" took place in the afternoon with a disco and the all important first dance!  This was followed by a pie and pea supper before the happy couple set off on their honeymoon!  Hopefully this was a memorable day for our children to mark this auspicious occasion.

Saint George's Day

Monday 23rd April 2018

Today we celebrated Saint George's Day!The children acted out the story of the legend of Saint George, and joined in with traditional English activities including going to the chippy and having a picnic in the park.

A Trip to the park!

W/C 16th April 2018

The new park in Waterfoot has been a big hit with the children this week!  We anticipate lots of visits in the future as the children didn't want to come home!  Other park users commented on how well behaved our children were.  Just what I like to hear!!

Easter Egg Hunt

29th March 2018

Today the Easter Bunny left lots of eggs in our garden!  We had to collect as many was we could, and then we sorted them into sets of colour.  We counted the number in each group and decided which had most and least.  If we were really lucky and found a special rabbit or chicken egg, there was a little chocolate inside.  Yummy!

Disney Day!

22nd March 2018

The children had an excellent time on Disney Day, and really enjoyed dressing up as their favourite Disney character.  The children used their imagination whilst playing with our Little Mermaid small world play area and Disney Princess castle, and developed their physical skills fishing for Nemo, making Mickey Mouse suncatchers and playing Disney themed games.  Even the meals were Disney themed!  At the end of the day all the children went to the gift shop to buy their own personalised Mickey biscuit.  The perfect end to a perfect day!