Good afternoon everyone
We’ve had a very warm and then very wet week at nursery. Our children have gone from requiring sun cream to needing waterproofs and clothes changed-but they have enjoyed every minute and who knows what next week will bring?
We would like to thank you for following the guidance we issued regarding Covid-19. We respectfully remind you, and any of your child’s carers, to continue to follow the most up to date advice on wearing face coverings, unless exempt, using the gate closest to your own child’s nursery building and adhering to 1m social distancing when dropping off and picking up from nursery. Thank you once again.
Learning Links
We hope you enjoy reading the attached ‘Learning Links’ for next week and have fun at home, or in the local area, enjoying some activities to enhance your child’s learning and play at nursery.
Our ‘Learning Links’ come from sparks of interest that our staff have noticed during observations of the children, watching how they engage, explore and play. Your child may choose to engage in some of the playful learning experiences featured in ‘Learning Links’ or they may be supported by staff responding to their own interests while playing and learn with paints, water, playdough, outdoors, creating artwork, building, drawing, through role-play and many more exciting opportunities.
Acorns Learning Links 13.9.21
Saplings Learning Links 13.9.21
Google Classroom
Next week we’ll be sharing ‘Learning Links’ via Google Classroom instead of as attachments to this email. This means you can access the suggestions at any time of your choosing. If you haven’t had a chance to go onto Google Classroom yet or you require login details or any other help with access, please let us know and we will be happy to help.
Staff News
We are delighted to share that Mrs Joanne Greig has completed ‘Froebel in Childhood Practice Certificate’. This is a fantastic achievement as Joanne studied in the evenings, holidays and weekends in addition to working full time. We are very proud of all of our staff and the thirst for learning amongst the team. The children benefit greatly from the experiences and changes to the learning environment inspired by all of our professional learning.
Consent Forms
We ask that you return the envelope with completed Consent Forms and your child’s Personal Care Plan as soon as possible.
‘Coffee and Chat’ Sessions
Although we can’t yet meet you in person, we are going to hold our ‘Coffee and Chat’ sessions virtually and as ‘face to face’ as we can. These sessions will last for 15 minutes and will be an informal opportunity for you to meet some of the staff and also one of the nursery leadership team. We are really looking forward to sharing some general information about what our nursery day looks like and there will also be an opportunity for you to ask general questions as well. To ensure that you don’t miss any information shared at the start, we would appreciate it if you could make sure that you join the meeting promptly at the start time please.
To use Google Meet you just need to have a Google gmail account. If you already have a gmail account you can access the meeting by simply clicking on the link that we will email to you on the day of the ‘Coffee and Chat’ or, by copying and pasting the link into your internet browser (this usually works best through Chrome). If you don’t have a gmail address already, you can easily create a free Google account by clicking on the link below and then following the same instructions.
https://accounts.google.com/signup/v2/webcreateaccount?flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=SignUp
We really look forward to meeting you on the following dates:
Acorn Building parents on Tuesday 28thSept 6.30 pm-6.45pm
Sapling Building White Green Orange parents Wednesday 29th Sept 6.30pm-6.45pm
Sapling Building Pink & Yellow Thursday 30th Sept 6.30pm-6.45pm
Please don’t worry if you can’t make the session this time, we’ll be holding regular ‘Coffee and Chat’ sessions throughout the year.
We hope you have a really lovely weekend with your family.
Yvonne Donaldson (HT) and Angela Kerr (PT)
