When Life Gives You Oranges and Apples

When Life Gives You Oranges and Apples The Foxes at Bletchingdon recently had the opportunity to decide which activity they would like to explore. They needed to decide between:Painting with the paint sticksMaking apple jamMaking orange juiceor making beetroot and...

If You Go Down To The Woods

If You Go Down To The Woods Monday 9th September is National Teddy Bear Day. In celebration of this, the team at Bletchingdon organised a teddy bears’ picnic. The children were able to make pizzas and they used their fine motor skills to chop mushrooms and...

Sirens, Engine, Action!

Sirens, Engine, Action! Today we were very excited that Steve and Claire from Eynsham Fire Station were able to visit our Eynsham setting. The children where so excited whilst they waited for them to arrive, practicing their “nee-naw” noises ahead of time....

Congratulations Izzy

Congratulations Izzy We are all very proud at Willow Cottage Bletchingdon, as we congratulate Izzy on achieving her Level 6 Early Years Teacher Status. She has been working hard over the past year on her Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) course and the end...

Baking With Apples

Baking With Apples After a very tiny harvest from our apple trees last year, things have noticeably improved this year, the branches hanging low with apples. At Bletchingdon the children have been helping to pick the apples and learning about the difference between...

When Life Gives You Lavender

When Life Gives You Lavender This morning Grizzly bears received an exciting delivery of freshly harvested Lavender. So, what do you do when life gives you Lavender…. you make perfume of course. The Grizzly bears loved using the mortar and pestle to squish the...