Extra curricular activities, trips, outings and special events

At Little Cherubs, we believe that learning extends beyond the nursery environment. Our carefully planned trips, outings, and special events enrich children’s experiences, support their development, and create lasting memories.

Trips and outings

We regularly invite our children and families to take part in a wide range of exciting and educational outings, including:

  • Visits to family farms
  • Trips to aquariums
  • Museum visits
  • Family picnics
  • Pantomime and theatre visits
  • Trips to local libraries, shops, park near each nursery

These outings help children explore their community, develop social skills, and build confidence in new environments.

In addition to our regular trips, we offer a variety of activities and experiences that are rotated termly, ensuring children enjoy fresh, engaging, and varied learning opportunities throughout the year.

Special Events & Enrichment Activities

Alongside outings, we host a range of special events and enrichment activities within the nursery, such as:

  • Seasonal celebrations
  • Cultural and community events
  • Theme weeks
  • Sports and wellbeing activities
  • Family engagement days

All activities are carefully risk assessed and supervised by qualified staff to ensure children’s safety and wellbeing at all times.

Parents are always informed in advance and asked to provide consent for off-site visits and special events.

Relaxation & Emotional Literacy

Each room includes a dedicated Relaxation & Calming Area, complete with books and sensory resources.

Throughout the day, children are supported to develop self-regulation through:

  • Emotional literacy activities
  • Calming stories and breathing techniques
  • Stretching and movement
  • Discussions about feelings
  • Child-created rules and boundaries

These carefully planned experiences help children manage “big emotions” and build resilience in a safe and nurturing way.



Little Cherubs Library

At Little Cherubs, we recognise the importance of fostering a love of reading from an early age. A language-rich environment builds confidence, strengthens cognitive development and supports positive mental health and wellbeing. Reading together also strengthens bonds within families.

To extend learning beyond the nursery, we have created our own Little Cherubs Library System, promoting partnership between nursery and home.

Children are encouraged to take ownership and responsibility through:

  • Having their own Little Cherubs Library Card
  • Borrowing books and multimedia resources
  • Caring for and returning items responsibly

Parents can access our online catalogue to:

  • Reserve books and home learning packs
  • Use our “click & collect” service
  • Browse resources
  • Leave reviews to support other families

Our library includes:

  • Books
  • Home Learning Activity Packs
  • CDs
  • DVDs
  • Educational Resources

Children’s Workshops

Throughout the year, we offer enriching workshops introducing key life skills and knowledge.

First Aid

These EYFS sessions are designed to make first aid engaging and age-appropriate.

Children learn:

  • What happens if someone is hurt
  • How adults help in emergencies
  • The importance of calling 999
  • Safe eating practices: Sit, Chop & Chew

Children can bring their favourite teddy or doll to participate and receive a certificate upon completion.

Dental Awareness

Early experiences with oral health shape lifelong habits.
Working alongside professionals from the Oral Health Foundation and Dental Wellness Trust, children participate in engaging workshops led by dental professionals such as Dr Linda Greenwall.

These sessions:

  • Promote good oral hygiene habits
  • Normalise dental visits
  • Build trust and reduce anxiety about dentists

Children’s Workshops

Throughout the year, we offer enriching workshops introducing key life skills and knowledge.

First Aid

These EYFS sessions are designed to make first aid engaging and age-appropriate.

Children learn:

  • What happens if someone is hurt
  • How adults help in emergencies
  • The importance of calling 999
  • Safe eating practices: Sit, Chop & Chew

Children can bring their favourite teddy or doll to participate and receive a certificate upon completion.

Dental Awareness

Early experiences with oral health shape lifelong habits.

Working alongside professionals from the Oral Health Foundation and Dental Wellness Trust, children participate in engaging workshops led by dental professionals such as Dr Linda Greenwall.

These sessions:

  • Promote good oral hygiene habits
  • Normalise dental visits
  • Build trust and reduce anxiety about dentists

Animal Visits

We host a variety of educational animal experiences throughout the year, introducing children to:

  • Rabbits, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, chicks, Frogs, lizards and giant snails
  • Creepy crawlies such as millipedes and spiders

Children receive talks covering:

  • Origin and species
  • Diet and growth
  • Behaviour and habitats
  • How animals adapt to urban lifestyles
With prior parental consent, children have the opportunity to meet and handle the animals.
Sports 4 Tots

www.sports4tots.org.uk

Sports 4 Tots visits our Pre-school aged children twice a week for a 30 minute session. Award winning multi-sport programme introduces children to a wide variety of sports and a varied and diverse range of skills. Our lessons are structured, exciting, educational and above all FUN!

Our lessons incorporate specific skill acquisition and exercises that help a child’s physical and cognitive development. We aim to improve core fundamental skills such as agility, balance and co-ordination and also social skills such as communication, listening, sharing and team work. Our lessons include colour recognition, counting and lots of fun association games involving animals and characters. Our lessons fit in with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and adhere to the guidelines stated by Ofsted and the National Curriculum.
 
Beam Academy Yoga

Beam Academy Yoga

At Little Cherubs, we've partnered with BEAM ACADEMY (www.beam.academy) to offer yoga and mindfulness classes to children.

During the classes children are led through fun stories and adventures, role-play, songs, games, warm ups and relaxation combined with yoga inspired postures.

Apart from their own incredibly imaginative stories, BEAM ACADEMY also adopts popular children's stories like The Three Little Pigs, The Gruffalo, Giraffes Can't Dance and seasonal stories to fit in with Christmas, Easter, Valentines Day and Chinese New Year etc…
 
Little Mando Schhool

www.mandoschool.com

At Little Cherubs Nursery we are passionate about providing our Children with a range of different learning experiences, one of which is Mandarin Chinese. We've teamed up with MANDO SCHOOL where Children learn Mandarin Chinese using multimedia through fun story-led adventures, role-play, games, songs, listening and speaking activities.

At MANDO SCHOOL, they believe in making learning fun! They adopt the following teaching ethos: - Use simple, repetitive language. Children learn best when they are exposed to simple, repetitive language. They use short, simple sentences and phrases, and repeat them often. - Use visuals. Children learn best when they can see what you are talking about. Topics include greetings, numbers, colours, family members, friends, animals, nature, body parts, emotions, food and drink.
Incredible Eggs

Incredible Eggs

Every year, during this project the children have the opportunity watch them hatch, start to move, pet them and even watch them swim and splash.

We want to reassure all involved that the hatching project was sourced both ethically and responsibly and hopefully make those goodbyes a little less sad. It’s a beautiful, fascinating, project which also provides an insight into traditional, small-scale approaches to farming. Each farm is family run with many years of small-scale poultry keeping/breeding experience.
 
Hartbeeps

www.hartbeeps.com

We believe curiosity is the key to long-lasting and effective development for children in their early years; and together we aim to nurture happy and confident children, ready to embrace the world with wide eyes, open hearts and inquisitive minds!

Babies & toddlers will experience these award winning sessions during their nursery day, twice a month. Each class is tailored to each specific age groups with links across all prime & specific areas of the EYFS. During every session your child will embark on a sound journey telling a story set to music.
 
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Nursery Graduation

Each year we hold a nursery graduation for our school leavers. It’s a great way to make a big fuss of our children before they start their next journey onto school, many of whom have been with us since children joined in our baby rooms.

We also hold parent school leavers workshops to help share information regarding their next step onto school and help ease those worries!
Christmas Party

Christmas Party

We host an annual Christmas party in a local hall with food and children’s entertainment for all children and their families. It’s a great get together to build bonds between staff & families & to see children having fun outside the nursery setting.

 
 
 

Fundraising events

We believe in doing what we can to support children’s charities, holding special events such as bake sales, fancy dress/pyjama days, sponsored walks and raffles. Some of the charities are have supported in the past are Children in Need, Barnardo’s Big Toddle, Crisis, Comic Relief/Sports Relief, Jeans for Genes, Marie Curie daffodil appeal.

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