January Newsletter – Happy New Year!
We are gardeners!
Today in our garden a group of children have been super busy taking care of our lovely planting area. Firstly we had to weed our planters using gardening tools then we used our gross motor skills for digging, carrying and lifting. As we were digging we came across some insects that live in the soil and mud, so we made sure that we were extra careful.
After we weeded our planter we went into the greenhouse to have a look at what we could plant, the children decided they would like to sow beetroot seeds. We had a chat about when is best to grow certain ones and the affects the different seasons and weather have on the plants and all the different fruits, vegetables and flowers.
The children will be a big part of taking responsibility and care of our vegetables and flowers. We had a chat with the children about being patient when waiting for our vegetables and flowers to grow and that we will need to keep good care of them by watering regularly for them to flourish.
Happy New Year
We wish all of our families and friends a very happy new year. We hope that 2022 will be good to you!
Christmas Eve Message from Sharon, Head Teacher
Dear Parents/Carers
I would like to wish all of our families and friends a Merry Christmas and I hope that Santa is good to our children. We have had a challenging year but we have made it through with your continued support. I must thank you for the huge amount of Foodbank donations, donations to our charities and for the lovely gifts you have very kindly given us.
I hope that you have a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year with your family and loved ones until we open again to welcome you back on Wednesday 5th January 2022.
Kindest wishes
Sharon McKenna
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
The centre will close today at 1.00pm and will reopen on Wednesday 5 January 2022 to all children. The staff would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a healthy and happy new year.
See you all in 2022.
Last Call for Christmas Concerts
Please remember that the access link to the Christmas Concerts will be removed tomorrow at 1pm so this is your last chance to view them! Thank you again for coming and joining in, we are still singing the songs in over and over in our heads!
PJs and Popcorn
Well the children had a relaxed day in their pyjamas and got comfy with cushions and blankets ready to watch a show. They also enjoyed popcorn as a special treat. Merry Christmas!
Lots of fun in the garden!
Today the children had great fun in the garden. They set up the guttering on our new stands and loved rolling balls of different sizes down the slopes. The aim was to catch the balls in the basket at the bottom!
The children showed great problem solving skills whilst developing their gross motor skills stretching, reaching and chasing the balls. They were very excited when the balls landed in the basket.
Before home time the children enjoyed having fun out on the bikes. They loved zooming around the garden and were very excited that it was getting dark! This further develops their gross motor skills, balance and coordination.
Lots of fun and fresh air today and the children showed great teamwork and amazing turn taking in the garden!
Christmas Concerts
The children were amazing today performing for the parents and family members who had come along to watch in our garden.
We loved having the ponies, Annabelle and Eddie to join us.
The children got the chance to feed them and their favourite snack is carrots.
The children give us year-round joy and it was so lovely to have our parents and families here with us today to share in that joy.
Making Christmas memories
Today in the home room the children have been busy making their very own Christmas tree ornaments using salt dough and their own creative skills!
We demonstrated good social skills by working together to carefully measuring the ingredients and adding them to a bowl to mix.
We exercised our manipulative and fine motor skills and we strengthened our muscles through lots of mixing, kneading, rolling and cutting our dough.
We listened carefully and demonstrated we are very careful when using an oven as it can get very hot! We baked our dough shapes in the oven to make them hard.
We decorated our decorations with our own choice of coloured paint, glitter and snow dust. We then tied some beautiful ribbon to them so we can hang them on our tree,
