Week 3 Halloween story

Can you make a den or nest and use a torch to retell a Hallowe’en story?

If this is too scary for your child you can adapt it to suit. You can use covers, blankets or boxes and make a cosy space. If you can join your child in the den this is a great space to talk and listen to your child with no distractions, perfect for sharing stories or talking about feelings. You could also use the torch to create some shadow puppets. All pictures can be uploaded to learning journals. I will add a Halloween link below that might be of interest.

Week 4 Autumn leaf craft

Can you go a walk with your children and collect some nice Autumn leaves? Your challenge is to let your imagination run wild and create a fun leaf picture. Some examples are – you can use glue, make leaf rubbings, leaf rainbows, leaf faces or your own ideas. Can you bring your creation in to show your friends?

Hallowe’en home links for the next 2 weeks –

Please click on the link below to find your challenge for Week 1 (which was this week WB 22nd Oct)

Week 1 Halloween scavenger hunt

Week 2 Hallowe’en pumpkin craving (WB 28th Oct)

Can you carve a pumpkin at home with your child and bring into the centre on Wednesday 30th October? We are going to create our own pumpkin patch in our green space. We will have a walk through this area at our Stay and Play or you are welcome to come in at the end of the session for some nice pictures. You can upload pictures onto the learning journal of you working with your child carving it. Can all pumpkins be collected on Friday at the end of the day to take home please?

If you need help sourcing a pumpkin can you let the ECC know by 24th October? Thanks.

Carrie, our Expressive Arts Champion, is leading this month’s Parent Workshop and has tied it in nicely to a messy Hallowe’en theme for you to enjoy with your child.

Please fill in the link below to indicate your attendance option to help with our planning of the session.

Feel free to dress up if you wish to 🙂

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As the Literacy Leader, and Julie as Communication Champion, we are introducing a home link that allows you and your child to spend some quality time together. This home link is called the ‘Lending Library’ and will take place over a 4- week block (starting this Friday and ending 8th November due to October holidays).

On Friday, your child will choose a book that they wish within their group time and will come home with this to provide the opportunities of reading with their family and spending time with them in doing so. The book will be located within their named folder that also contains a feedback sheet for your child to fill in. We request if this can please be returned by early on in the following week (Monday/Tuesday), so the library is restocked back up and ready for your child receiving their new book on the Friday. Keyworkers will remind parents/carers throughout the week just in case you forget. If there is any problems, please let us know or your child’s keyworker know and we will try our best to solve these. If your child does not attend the ECC on the Friday, they will receive their book on the last day they attend so they do not miss out.

Have fun and happy reading!!

You can extend your reading time and interaction in many ways. Whilst going through the story, talk about what is happening or what is going to happen based on pictures and the context of the story, discuss beginning/middle/end, highlight the important aspects of a book such as front cover, title, blurb etc. You can also get your child to turn the pages over one by one. You can discuss the characters and events that took place within the story, as well at the end get your child to recall. You can also get them to discuss their likes and dislikes about the book, this all extends on this high quality learning experience and will make story time so much more fun for both you and your child!

This year, I intend to introduce the talk box but for anyone returning this year, it will be different from last year. This year I will be giving the box home at the end of the week and would like for your child to consider what item or object they would like to place in the box to bring back on the Monday and share/discuss with us. It isn’t a particularly big box so the item will be relatively small. This may be something like a flower, a key, a keyring or a photo…..it is entirely up to the child, something that they can discuss. They might want to share it with the group because it is special to them, or they enjoy the feeling. This is an opportunity that will encourage the children to share their thoughts, feelings, ideas, descriptive language, listening and attention skills, conversational skills, turn taking…….the list of learning opportunities are endless.

The only rule is – IT MUST FIT IN THE BOX 🙂

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As the Literacy Champion, and Julie as Communication Champion, we are introducing a home link that allows you and your child to spend some quality time together. This home link is called the ‘Lending Library’ and will take place over a 4- week block (starting this Friday and ending 8th November due to October holidays).

On Friday, your child will choose a book that they wish within their group time and will come home with this to provide the opportunities of reading with their family and spending time with them in doing so. The book will be located within their named folder that also contains a feedback sheet for your child to fill in. We request if this can please be returned by early on in the following week (Monday/Tuesday), so the library is restocked back up and ready for your child receiving their new book on the Friday. Keyworkers will remind parents/carers throughout the week just in case you forget. If there is any problems, please let us know or your child’s keyworker know and we will try our best to solve these. If your child does not attend the ECC on the Friday, they will receive their book on the last day they attend so they do not miss out.

Have fun and happy reading!😊

What an amazing attendance for our first family workshop of the academic year!

Firstly, we would like to say thank you to the families who were able to attend, it was so nice to be able to share our Greenspace and outdoor learning experiences with you all.

The children were so happy and proud to share how and what they learn while outside. Here at Catrine we go beyond just developing our gross motor skills and engaging in energetic play while outside, we also develop our literacy, numeracy, science and technology skills as well as engaging in expressive arts and experiments.

Have a look at our glorious day in the Greenspace.

http://18/09/24 Outdoor Family Engagement session – Taking the Curriculum outside. Go to this Sway