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There’s always a lot going on at pre-school! Have a look at the photos below to see some of the things we get up to. For even more photos, follow us on social media.

Lady Bay Arts Community Project 2026

In July, we met with children and staff from Lady Bay Primary and William Booth Primary schools on the new Waterside Bridge. A project that started back in May culminated on the bridge itself, as a paper chain of hundreds of links was finally joined — a riot of colour, collaboration and joy. Children at our pre-school and both primary schools each created their individual link in the chain, connecting the communities now joined by the new Waterside Bridge – the first new crossing over the River Trent in over 70 years. The Lady Bay Arts annual community project always celebrates the people in the place we live. Extending it across the river for the first time made this one extra special.

People Who Help Us – Summer 2026

We have some fantastic parents at pre-school, and some great friends in our local community, and we love to invite them to come in to pre-school to talk about their jobs. This year, we were lucky enough to have visits from a structural engineer, a GP, a community first responder and our community policing team. Thanks to everyone who gave up their time to come and see us.

Lady Bay Open Gardens – June 2026

Another successful year, once again courtesy of our friends Chris and Pete. Thank you to everyone who donated cakes, and who stopped in to see us.

Visit to Central Library – May 2026

We love a trip out on the bus, so we went in to town to visit Central Library. We had loads of fun reading and exploring!

Nottingham Playhouse Visit – January 2026

Thanks to the support of the Lady Bay Community Fund, we were once again able to invite the Nottingham Playhouse to come to pre-school to perform The Little Mermaid. We opened our doors to the community and were joined by lots of local families too. Once again, the show was outstanding and we can’t wait for next year!

Trips to the park – 2025/26

We like to make good use of the local parks and playgrounds, and this year has been no different. Trips to the park provide so many opportunities for learning, including practising and developing gross motor skills, co-operative play and learning about the world around us.

Lady Bay Arts Festival Weekend – May 2025

We took part in the Lady Bay Arts Community Project again this year – our hands featured as part of a display of over 500 other hands! We also ran workshops over the festival weekend, and finger knitting made a welcome return!

Our Community Planter – April 2025

Our adopted planter, on the corner of Pierrepont Road and Trent Boulevard has been a bit neglected recently. Earlier this year, one of our lovely parents cleared all the weeds and spiky plants for us. With the help of a grant from our counciller, Penny Gowland, we have now been able to replant it to create a fabulous sensory garden. We look forward to watching it grow!

Trip to The Nottingham Contemporary- April 2025

We took the bus in to town to visit an exhibition at the Nottingham Contemporary art gallery. “Ensamblajes” by Puerto-Rican artist Daniel Lind Ramos features some gigantic sculptures made of objects that Lind-Ramos has found washed up on the beaches of his home country. Maybe they will inspire us when we return to pre-school….?

Trip to Ruddington – July 2024

This year, for our end of year trip, we visited the minature railway run by NSMEE in Ruddington, next door to Rushcliffe Country Park. They ran the trains just for us! We travelled to and from Ruddington on a double decker bus – the driver was brave enough to drive a double decker down Pierrepont Road.

It really is a fantastic day out. If you haven’t been yet, you can find out more on the NSMEE website.

Lady Bay Open Gardens – June 2024

We were once again able to take part in both days of the Lady Bay Open Gardens weekend, thanks to the generosity of our friends Chris and Pete who very kindly loaned their gorgeous garden to us for the day on Sunday. On Saturday, we opened the courtyard at pre-school and were able to show off our brand new wheelie bin wormery (thanks to a grant from the Lady Bay Community Fund), our very popular mud kitchen and all the plants that the children has worked so hard to grow this year. Thank you so much to everyone who donated, bought and sold cakes over the weekend, and to everyone who volunteered (especially Pete and Chris) – we were able to raise over £300 for pre-school!

Lady Bay Arts Festival Weekend – May 2024

This year we not only provided art activities on the school playground on the weekend itself, but we contributed to both the Community Quilt and the Children’s Quilt projects. You can see more about the sewing we did in a post further down the page.

Thank you to everyone who joined us over the weekend – the weather was wonderful and we had a great time! The finished Community Quilts are hanging in the Front Hall, right next door to Pre-school.

Egg Decorating Competition – March 2024

Well done to everyone who entered our egg decorating competition this year – there were so many entries and they were all egg-cellent!

Lady Bay Community Quilt – March 2024

This year’s Lady Bay Arts community project is the Lady Bay Community Quilt. Sessions were held in the next-door hall, so we popped in to have a look. The children were so inspired, they decided to join in too. The finished quilt will include 3 squares stitched by the pre-school children and will be on display on 18 and 19 May as part of the Lady Bay Arts ‘Festival Weekend’.

Nottingham Playhouse – January 2024

The Nottingham Playhouse came back once again to to perform their version of Hansel and Gretel just for us! Thanks once again to the Lady Bay Community Fund – without their generosity we wouldn’t be able to offer tickets for the performance at such subsidised prices. And we’ve already booked for next year…