Roehampton day nursery. Call us on: 020 8788 0910
Starting nursery is a special day in your child’s life, but it can be an emotional for them and for you! So how can you make sure your child’s first day at nursery goes smoothly?
Parents and carers use day nursery services for all sorts of reasons. There is the very practical reason of [...]
Why is child-led play so important to a child’s learning, development and emotional well being? What can you do as a parent to support their play? Tessa Hardingham is a qualified Play Therapist and came to the Family Hub recently to share some ideas and resources on the powerful benefits of child-led play. Here’s an [...]
Someone said to us the other day, that the term ‘sleeping like a baby’ should not be associated with peace, calm, tranquility and sleep!
In their opinion, ‘sleeping like a baby’ was far from an easy, straight forward process of long, uninterrupted periods of sleep for all the family.
For them, it [...]
An electronic gadget, a DVD or a toy tea set? Which supports your child’s development the best? When it comes to developing communication and language skills, a simple tea set wins every time, said Wendy Wall, a Speech and Language Therapist at this week’s Family Hub workshop.
It’s not that the gadget or DVD don’t [...]
Family life is a roller coaster ride that involves lots of fun, laughter, joy and happiness. It can also be stressful, challenging and demanding – especially because it doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Family life is conducted alongside everything else: work, study, recreation and other commitments along the way.
It can end up feeling [...]
If you are currently choosing a day nursery as your child care provider and your child is aged 3 and over, you will be pleased to know that you can get 15 hours free child care a week at our nursery. This is all part of the government’s FNEP funding scheme and Chapel St [...]
We had a lovely Family Hub Christmas play today. The children performed a very festive take on the story of ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ – narrated by our wonderful Vicky from the Family Hub pre-school team. Every child dressed up as a different type of Christmas food and crawled through the Hungry Caterpillar tube. [...]
Last week, some of the children at the Family Hub went on a special Christmas trip to see ‘Too Many Penguins’ at Wimbledon’s Polka Dot Theatre. The children had great fun, catching the bus from Roehampton to Wimbledon with our wonderful nursery staff and parent helpers. Lots of fun was had by all at this [...]
In 2013, we’ll be kicking off a new Family Hub workshop series on topics relating to how you can support your child’s growth and development. We’ve invited some great guest speakers with expertise in child development, play and learning, who’ll be delivering workshops on a variety of themes. The line up so far is [...]
When I was a child, one of my most favourite advent calendars was one we made at school. Our teacher drew a massive Christmas tree on our wall, and for each day of December – as far as the term would allow – she added a quality street chocolate. Each child had a day in [...]
