Barnaby Bright Nursery is an "Outstanding" nursery as rated by Ofsted (2009). Barnaby Bright is a Registered Charity.

Gallery Index

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Art Children can participate in a wide variety of art and craft activities.
Art Painting and collage from still life
Celebrations Sharing birthday celebrations
Children's work The children keep thier work in their filing trays prior to taking their work home.
Circle time Circle time with Jane Purnell. The children love singing songs and listening to stories.
Circle time Here the children are participating in a numeracy focused circle time.
Cookery Making pancakes. All the children cooked pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.
Displays Children's work is celebrated by prominent displays.
Displays Another example of the children's work.
Emergent writing Play provides an ideal opportunbity for children to write for a purpose.
Exploration Finding out about our natural world
Free play At play in the nursery.
Gardening Children have the opportunity to use our gardening area.
Getting help and encouragement Staff actively encourage the children and moniter their progress in all curriculum areas.
Hatching Chicks We have recently hatched seven chicks from eggs. The children have been helping to care for the baby chicks.
Healthy eating A food advisor visits regularly to encourage healthy eating.
ICT Children have access to a number of programmable toys.
Messy Play Children can choose from a wide range of multi sensory experiences.
Nativity Christmas Nativity at St.Barnabas. Our 2007 Nativity was entitled " Christmas in the forest".
Outside play area. Daily outdoor play in our secure play area is an integral part of our learning experience..
Reading Story reading. Children are encouraged to learn to love books. More formal reading skills are introduced in their final nursery year.
Sharing Skills Immaginative play that reinforces sharing skills.
Snack time Enjoying a mid-morning snack. The children take turns at serving.
Specialist teaching The children benefit from specialist teaching in the areas of dance, music and drama.
The sand tray Children enjoy playing with the sand and water tray.
The writing corner The children are all taught early writing skills and find that practice is fun.
Using the computers The children can use the computers to aid their hand-eye coordination and consolidate numeracy and literacy skills.
Visitors A visit from the road crossing patrol preson.
Visitors The local GP came in to talk about health.
Visitors A bug expert showed us his creepy crawly friends.