Christmas is definitely fast approaching and the children are getting quite excited, with talk of Santa everywhere we turn. At the start of this week we read the story of the nativity and there was great enthusiasm over the costumes in the role play area which helped the children talk about the Christmas story. The sheep and the donkey outfits have been particularly popular and baby Jesus has certainly been very well looked after.
The children also decorated the tree themselves at the start of the week and we’re sure you’ll agree that they made a good job of it. As you can see, Mary and a kind donkey took some time out from their busy schedule to help out.
Our Christmas Fayre will be held in school from 6.00 – 8.00 p.m. on Wednesday of this week. Nursery children have made little pot pourri bags to sell on the night so why not come along and buy one for a gift? There will be lots of other stalls and activities to enjoy for the whole family including a visit from Santa. Here you can see the children carefully selecting the pot pourri for their bags.
As part of our learning about the senses, lots of our children took part in our suggested home activity of creating their favourite foods on a paper plate. We have had lots of good discussions about everyone’s ideas of what tastes good and are building up an impressive display in the corridor of the children’s work. Thanks go to all the families who encouraged their children to take part in this activity. We hope you enjoy looking at their ideas.
Here’s a lovely smile from our Star Award winner showing us her certificate just after being presented with it by Miss Wilson. She thoroughly deserves her award for always being considerate and co-operative in her play. We hope that this was a proud moment for Granny to share with you while on holiday from Poland.
We were seeing lots of spots before our eyes on Friday when everyone joined in the spirit of “Children in Need”. We are delighted to say that Hecklegirth School raised £192 on the day, with Nursery contributing £59 of that so thank you to everyone who donated.
It was great to see lots of parents and children taking part in our recent Family Learning activity which linked to our learning about Diwali. As promised, here are some photos of you decorating your footprints and some lovely examples of your designs. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves so we hope that you’re looking forward to Eileen’s next activity.
In the meantime, remember that you can collect an activity sack on a Thursday to take home for the week.
Our recent focus on rhyme, as part of our literacy development, has encouraged the children to listen carefully for rhymes in words. To support their learning in Nursery, we suggested a home activity to bring in items that rhyme to show their group. This has been good fun as the children have begun to think about and hear rhyming sounds. Well done to those who brought in examples for our display. We hope you enjoyed this activity and that your ears are now becoming tuned to those special sounds.
Lots of fun and games were had at our Hallowe’en parties this week and the children all looked the part with fantastic costumes. It was great to see how well the children from the Rainbow Room and the Sunshine Room played so happily together. Dancing, party food and games seemed to be the perfect combination for a super party.
Here you can see a selection of photos from the afternoon party. Morning photos will follow soon.
