This week the boys and girls have been continuing to take it in turns to read the story at together time, as well as taking turns when speaking to our friends.

We have had lots of fun learning how to tap dance:

Together we have been working on our fine motor skills through some of our activities:

We have also been singing outdoors, our main song has been the days of the week song.

Below is a video with the song and lyrics to the days of the week song, so you can sing along with your child if you wish to over the holidays.

TeachMindset: Wellbeing and Resilience Online Session for Parents & Carers

Date:  Wednesday 7th October @ 7 p.m.

Dr John Paul Fitzpatrick is currently working closely with our school community to support our wellbeing and resilience.

We are delighted to be running a free online session with John Paul for parents and carers. John Paul will explore the challenging times we find ourselves in and support us to build resilience, and talk strategies for dealing with challenging times.

John Paul will also be talking about the exciting programme of work we are embarking on in school with children and staff. 

This is guaranteed to be interesting and more importantly – useful! All you need is a Mac, PC , tablet or phone with a browser – and headphones if you have them!

To come along to this virtual event please use the link below to register:
https://www.bigmarker.com/TeachMindset/Abbotswell-Primary-Parents-Webinar

This event is for parents/carers only and no staff from school will be present 😁

#HelloYellow

Date: Friday 9th October

To support young people’s mental health on World Mental Health Day, we are encouraging the children to wear something yellow to school on Friday 9th October.

Further details can be found on the young minds website here

School Holidays

The last day of Term is Friday 9th October 2020.

School returns on Monday 26th October 2020.

You can keep up to date with what is happening in our school community by clicking on the following:

School Website

Abbotswell School Twitter

Parent Council Facebook Page

and  here on our Nursery blog

The Nursery Pupils of the Week are as follows;

Morning Nursery

Miya – for excellent listening and following instructions and searching for leaves.

Afternoon Nursery

Mary – for showing empathy and kindness to her friends.

Well Done to you both

What an amazing week we have had in nursery so far. The weather has changed a lot and the children have been looking at the trees and the leaves changing colors.

We went for a walk today in nursery and found some amazing things in our playground.

We looked at beautiful leaves of different colors and different sizes. The children showed each other their favorite leaves and we compared the different sizes.

The children had a competition to see who could find the smallest leaf.

We came back to nursery and had a warm snack  and had a story before going to play in the puddles outside before our parents and carers came to pick up.

Our children are asked to take their suits on and off when they come in to nursery. Especially when it is really wet. We ask that all the children practice taking their suits on and off at home. We understand this can be time consuming but please encourage your children’s independence as much as you can.

Thank you.

What a busy week we have had in the morning nursery!!!

We have spent our week learning our friends names by playing group games.  We have been playing with play-dough, mud, water and water beads in the mud kitchen and in the tuff tray.

We made a huge slide out of a tarp and slid down the big hill in nursery – wearing our water proof suits helped us go really fast and we didn’t need any water!
 We made new friends and learned to share.

We also have some new tents in our garden so that we can shelter from the weather and play games in them.  It also is fun just to hide from our friends in the tents, or play houses.

It has been a very busy week in the morning nursery class.

Have a great weekend everyone and see you next week!

Our pupils of the week in nursery this week are:

Morning Class:

  Ethan – for following the nursery routine, and using the nursery toilets.

Afternoon Class:

Franek – for problem solving how to use the rocket he made, and encouraging his friends to join in.

Well Done you are both superstars!

We have been very busy the last couple of weeks, getting settled back in and welcoming new friends. We have started Play on Pedals with some of the Pre-School children which is going well. We have been spending most of our time outside and have been enjoying building, creating, drawing, stories, dancing and just having FUN.

Our pupils of the week this week are:

The morning nursery got a little wet, we splashed in puddles, made play-dough/goop and had a fab fun time Friday outside in the sun!

The staff all needed a spare pair of clothes too!

Our Pupil’s of the week this week are:

Morning Class:

Frankie – for being super friendly towards all his class and making new friends.

Afternoon Class:

Zara – for persevering and trying new foods at snack time.

Well Done, you are both Superstars!