Dear Parents/Carers,

 

March has arrived with a blast!! Fingers crossed for warmer and drier weather. The children are enjoying the last few weeks of the term and the 3-5Team are busy gearing up for their shop. Parents remember to visit their shop on a Friday (once every plan) and support your child’s work. This has been a very good learning experience for the children as they find out about food, healthy living and the importance of money in our daily lives

 

Our 3-5 teams are also developing children’s skills in early literacy and language as well as numeracy. They will be developing these life skills through exploring their interests as well as the local community. If you have any ideas for an outing please share it with us.

 

Our Toddler Team will be exploring the money through a small shop in the playroom. They are also busy investigating moving things and carry them in a range of items (e.g. bags, bowls etc.). The children are very interested in mark making and will have a wide range of resources to explore this interest. You can get your child to help you carry the shoppi9ng in bags or tidy up the house by gathering objects into baskets etc.

 

Our PATHS programme supporting children’s skill in managing their feelings and emotions has been making steady progress. Please look at our PATHS walls for more information.

Sports Relief Friday 23, March  

 

To support the work of this charity we will be holding a parent and child keep fit session or a moving to music session! Look out for more details soon. Donate a £1 and come with your comfy shoes and joggies on and ready to join the fun. We will have face paints available on the day as well.

Nursery Toys and resources – parents please help!

 

We continue to spend time and effort on developing children’s skills in caring for our resources and putting them away when finished. This again is a very important life skill as well as helping them develop good learning habits. Please support this by encouraging your child to tidy up their toys at home and keep their rooms tidy. Let us know how they are doing so we can celebrate their efforts. Thank you.

 

Garden    

As we approach spring our thoughts turn to spring cleaning our garden and planting vegetables and flowers for the summer. We need your help so please come along and join us in our garden – tea and coffee and scones or toast cooked on the campfire will be on offer!!

 

We have been very lucky to have a star parent partner who has led created and managed the building of a garden shed for the children to use. They are very excited about this and are already using it to help them get ready for outdoor play. A very big “Thank you” to Riley’s dad James and his friend Alex. All of this work has been completed without any cost to the nursery. Well done and thank you!

Now we would like other parents to join this very small but happy group who are working with us. We also have Magda’s mum Agnieszka who is a librarian. She is sorting out all our books and repairing those which are damaged. Can you help? Please speak to staff and we will help you spend time in the nursery. Most parents who stay and play or help say that it is a great way to be a part of their child’s life and that they had FUN!

Diary Dates

Diary dates for 2018

 

Sport Relief Exercise Day   Fri. 23 March

 

Easter Parties:                    Wed. 28 March

 

Easter weekend               Fri 30-Mon 2 April inclusive

                                 for all children

 

Spring Holiday                          Mon 2 Apr—Fri. 13 April

(Inclusive- for Term Time children)

 

Return to school                        Mon. 16 April

May Day                                   Mon 7 May

In-service Day 5                       Tues. 8 May (closed for all

children)

May Weekend                           Fri 25 and Mon 28 May

 

School closes for Term Time children: June 26 at 1:00p.m.

 

 

Mrs Evans and Staff