2016-2017 – Page 17 – Hecklegirth Nursery

Toothtastic Tuesday Part Two

As promised, here are photos of the afternoon children enjoying the Toothtastic Tuesday activities. They listened well and hopefully learned about how to look after their teeth from avoiding sugary foods and drinks to the best way to clean their teeth and what happens at the dentist.
Thank you to all those parents who joined us for these activities and for your valuable feedback. Thank you also to Eileen, Jacqueline and Nikki for their time and effort to provide the children with fun and learning. You should all have an information pack for home in your child’s tray. We hope that this answers some of the questions that your feedback highlighted.

Relaxing at the Dentist’s

Callum’s family liked the photos from our Toothtastic Tuesday activities:

“Callum fair enjoyed having the Dentist in the other day. He sayed the best part was being able to lie down on the comfy chair”

He certainly looks very relaxed in the chair. We are glad that you enjoyed the day Callum.

Dentists in Nursery

This week the children enjoyed some fun activities to help them learn about looking after their teeth, healthy diet and what happens when they go to the dentist. Toothtastic Tuesday was organised by Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, Jacqueline and Nikki from Childsmile and the Nursery staff and it was lovely to have around 20 parents join us on the day to help the children as they moved round the different activities.
The dentist’s role play area was very popular, as you can see from the photos, and Jacqueline helped the children learn why the dentist uses different equipment. We really appreciated her bringing lots of masks and mirrors so that each child could try out the equipment and understand that everyone needs a new dental mirror and mask to avoid getting germs.
There were also puzzles, a drawing activity, an opportunity to use the big teeth models to learn how to brush properly and an activity to measure out the number of spoons of sugar in different foods and drinks. Hopefully the children have learned which drinks and food are healthier for their teeth.
Thank you very much to Eileen, Jacqueline and Nikki for all their help and equipment. Thanks also to those parents who joined us on Toothtastic Tuesday. We think that the children had a fun learning experience.
Here are some photos of the morning children busy at the various activities. We will post photos of the afternoon children in the next few days.

Nursery Enrolment

Please remember that Wednesday and Thursday (8th and 9th February) of this week are enrolment days for Nursery session 2017-18. Parents of returning children will need to complete a new form stating their preference of sessions for next year. Please note that those who have applied for a deferred year should complete a Nursery enrolment form unless they have made the final decision that their child will definitely go to school. In the event of deciding that you do not want a Nursery place, the Nursery application will simply be cancelled.
If your child is hoping for a place in Nursery in the next academic year, please come to the school office between 9.00 and 3.00 with your child’s birth certificate and proof of address to complete the enrolment. We look forward to seeing you there.

Chinese New Year

As part of our recent discussion about Chinese New Year, we talked about the types of food Chinese people might eat and the children were given the opportunity to sample a few Chinese foods at snack. As you can see, some children made a good attempt at using chopsticks and most were confident to try different foods.

Toothtastic Tuesday

We are looking forward to Toothtastic Tuesday tomorrow at either 11.00 – 11.45 or 12.15 – 1.00. Childsmile staff Jacqueline and Nikki have worked with us and Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, to arrange some fun activities based on keeping our teeth healthy. Thank you to those parents who have returned the slip to say that they will be joining us. We are looking forward to seeing you there.

Scottish Fiddle Music

As part of our learning about Scotland, the morning children were very lucky this week to hear some genuine Scottish fiddle music when Edward’s Mum came in to play for us. They saw what music looks like and, as you can see, enjoyed clapping along to a great variety of Scottish tunes and nursery rhymes. We talked about how different pieces made us feel and Edward did a super job of holding the music while his Mum played.
We would like to thank Edward’s Mum very much for spending time with us and providing the children with a great experience.
Click then click again on photos to see all the children more clearly.

Award Winners

Congratulations to last week’s award winners. Keep the good work!

Chinese Writing

As we are learning about Chinese New Year, the children have been developing their fine motor skills in the art area by using fine brushes to paint Chinese words and numerals. As you can see, they have been careful in their work and lots of children have been keen to try out this activity.