Happy Easter from all at Keir Hardie Nursery! We had a fun filled day with lots of dancing, treats and an Easter egg hunt. We also took part in our Easter bonnet parade and a huge thank you to parents for helping to create some fabulous bonnets.  After watching a short clip on the smartboard about celebrating Easter all the children were eager to make their own chocolate nest cake. We all made our own nest cake; lots of turn taking, mixing and carefully scooping the mixture into cake cases with some mini eggs to finish. We enjoyed them for snack and took one home to have another time. The anticipated egg hunt was the most exciting part, together we went out to the playground and seen that the Easter Bunny had visited and left some yummy Easter Eggs.

Hope you all have a lovely break and we look forward to seeing you back after the Easter holidays.

Stay and Play Success  

Thanks to all of you who participated in our first Stay and Play session – Build It.  It was a great success and we know the children loved working and learning with you throughout the day.Our next Stay and Play session will be on Friday 28^th April. We are keeping the theme and activities a surprise until nearer the time but wanted to give you the date as far in advance as possible.              

Easter Celebrations    

We will be having an Easter celebration and egg hunt with the children on  Thursday 30^th March.   You are invited to design and make an Easter bonnet with your child at home and it can be worn by your child to nursery on this day. We will organise an Easter bonnet parade to recognise and showcase the children’s efforts.  Please remember that nursery closes for the Easter holidays on Friday 31^st March and doesn’t reopen until Tuesday 18^th April.      Hope you all have a lovely break!

Children Starting School In August                                                                         

We have arranged for Instant Images to come in and take photographs of the children dressed in graduation caps and gowns on Tuesday 23^rd May.  ALL graduating children will be photographed and it will be up to you whether you decide to purchase. We DO NOT use the gowns and caps during our graduation ceremony so this will be the only opportunity for you to get this style of picture.       Our graduation ceremony for ALL children leaving nursery for school is provisionally pencilled in the diary for the morning of *Monday 26^th June and specific times and details will be provided nearer the time.    * We will endeavour to stick to this date but please be aware that it could change to reflect the needs of the school. *

 Planning and Learning Context                                                        

Our learning context and story Mr Wolf’s Pancakes will remain our focus in the nursery up until the Easter break.   When we return in April the book we will be introducing to the children is  Titch by Pat Hutchins. We’ll be using it explore measure and look at growth and change.  If possible we’d like to have photos of the children as babies and as toddlers so if you’re happy to provide us with these, your child’s keyworker will collect them from you during the first week back after the Easter break.  Keep an eye out on our planning wall changing and remember the coloured pens are attached to the display to allow you to record any activity or resource suggestions you have.

What a fantastic day at Keir Hardie Nursery! Our very first ‘Stay and Play Day’ with our ‘Build It’ theme was a huge success. Everyone had the opportunity to join your child at play and spend time with them in the nursery exploring, discovering and learning together.

This included;

• Mega Block City – work together to build tall towers and long bridges as we create a Mega Block city.

• Castle Construction– help to build a castle fit for a price or princess using recyclable materials.
• Town Planner– help us create a new town by drawing a building or vehicle to add to our tiny town wall.
• Humpty’s Wall (Outdoors)– help to build a new wall for Humpty Dumpty using large Lego bricks.
• Build a Bridge (Outdoors)– using wooden blocks and planks.
• Gears and Cogs– can you fit them together to make them turn.

Big thank you to all our parents and grandparents who attended, a day like today would not be achievable if it wasn’t for your continued support.  It was a pleasure to see you all working together and these are precious moments that you can cherish forever.

An ‘Evaluation’ sheet will be handed to you by your child’s key worker. We look forward to hearing your thoughts, feelings and ideas for the future.

The Nursery Staff Team

Remember to sign up for your 45 minute ‘Stay and Play’ session on

THURSDAY 9th MARCH 2017

We are so excited to invite you in to play with your children and experience hands on some of the wonderful activities that we do in nursery, that could easily be continued at home!

We look forward to seeing you ‘Build It’ with us!