Hello everyone. Welcome to our first newsletter for this new term.
In Nursery this week we have Miss McKenzie, Mrs Wilson and we are delighted to welcome Mrs Cameron to our team too.
First of all a big welcome to all our new children and their families but also hello again to all our returning children and families. We hope that you are all enjoying your time nursery this week and if you have any concerns , questions or would like to share any learning interests your child has etc please don’t hesitate to speak to a member of staff.
This week the children have settled really well into the nursery environment, exploring and investigating all areas and resources. We have seen lots of imaginative play, especially the role of pirates .with children showing skills to share ideas and resources well .This interest has continued with some children developing their skills to research their favourite pirate Captain Red beard. This then extended to find out who was the nastiest pirate, Captain Blackbeard. Some children were seen creating their own kites showing skills to problem solve and share ideas. This lead to further research with the adult to look at the different shapes and colours along with how they fly and how to make a better kite fly.
Outside we have observed lots of children developing their role play skills that incorporate a range of situations and resources. Some children have enjoyed sharing their ideas well with others or by themselves to create a range of models using the range of loose parts to confidently discuss what they have made.
”It’s Daddy’s car and that the horn, and it’s got an exhaust too”
At the snack area lots of discussion have occurred with the children sharing their knowledge and their likes/dislikes of the different fruit and vegetables. They then worked with the adult to create a mind map to display their understanding.
Some children are taking ownership of their learning spending time at the writing table to write letters and numbers some have been writing their own sums.. We have also seen lots of creative pictures using a range of materials to create.
Outside some children recalled previous learning interest in growing to see how their potatoes were doing. They all helped to dig some out to see if they were ready to eat. They showed skills to count and recalled how and what the plant needs. This links well to what the children were involved in ,the snack area in which lots of discussions around fruit and vegetables. They shared their knowledge along with their likes and dislikes to create a mind map of what they would like for snack.
The children are enjoying selecting and listening to a range of stories, sharing their thoughts and showing skills to predict the outcome. One child has requested to create a puppet theatre and puppets to create her own play of Little Red Riding Hood.
W hope that you all have a great weekend and we will see you all on Monday.
From all the Nursery team.
Our Cosy Time Library 📚
This will be available to families at drop off and pick up time every day for you and your child to choose a book to take home to read 🏡There is no time limit on our library books we would just ask that you sign the book with your child’s name, the title of the book they have taken, the date it was taken and when it was returned ✍️There will be pens and hand sanitiser available for you to sign the books in and out. If your child has any special requests for a certain book please ask a member of staff or send a message on seesaw and we can help you 😃There will be a folder with your child’s name for them to put the book in for its journey to home and back 📁A tray will be available for you to put in your returned books so we can quarantine and clean them before putting them on display again, if you have any questions, any member of staff would be happy to help ☺️
- Can all parents label items of your child’s clothing.
- Can all parents put in at least one full change of clothing for water play and accidents.
- Can all parents if your child has a packed lunch can we please ensure grapes and big fruits are cut to minimise the risk of choking.🍇
- Can we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.
- Can all parents ensure your child has a set of waterproofs and wellies to play outside when it’s wet.
- Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.
- If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware.
- Can we ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for the weather.
- Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
- There is learning at home sheets available in the nursery to share your child’s learning and experiences you do at home.
- Please ensure that your child has had sun cream applied before attending nursery. Please do not send suncream to nursery in their bags, we have our own sun cream at nursery to use.
The Nursery Team
