Monthly Archives: October 2017

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week beginning 30th October 2017

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Monday 30th October

Lynn out nursery child protection audit

Tuesday 31st October

Lynn out nursery child protection audit

Solihull understanding your child with Karen & Isabel 9.15-11.15am

Halloween Party 9.0am -11.30am & 1.00pm -3.30pm – no scary masks

Wednesday 1st November

Bookbug Rhyme Time sessions9.00am -9.15am

Gemma & Louise – More than words 9.30am -11.30am

Gemma will also be in Nursery in the afternoon

Lynn annual Leave

Thursday 2nd November

Lynn annual Leave

Gemma speech & language therapist will be in Nursery in morning

Visit from ZooEd morning & afternoon session with a story performance of Gruffalos wean with accompanying animals.

Friday 3rd November

Lynn annual Leave

Siobhan Annual Leave

 

all sponsored money should be handed to Lorraine in Office

 

 

What's On

What’s on week beginning 23rd October 2017

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If you have not yet received your direct link and password to access your child’s online learning profile, please speak to Lorraine in the admin office.

Monday

Isabel Annual Leave

Tuesday

Taylor Annual Leave

Solihull understanding your child  with Isabel & Karen 9.15 am – 11.15 am

Discovery Film Festival on Tour at Newmains Library.  Group of children attending both morning and afternoon sessions.

Wednesday

Bookbug Rhyme Time sessions with Amanda and Susan 9 am – 9.15 am

Gemma & Louise delivering Nursery for More than words 9.30 am – 11.30 am

Lynn out of the Nursery – Child protection audit

Gemma and Isabel delivering Language land sessions this afternoon

Thursday

Lynn out of the  Nursery – Child protection audit

Amanda Annual Leave

Gemma & Isabel delivering Language land sessions this morning

Friday

Amanda Annual Leave Isabel will be supporting in the Rainbow Room

Karen will be returning to her substantive post as Lead Early Learning Practitioner at Dunbeth family Learning Centre.

Lynn out Nursery – Child protection audit

 

Thanks to all who attended our recent sponsored nursery rhyme walk despite the weather.   If you still have to hand in your sponsor money,  we would  greatly appreciate if you could do before Friday 27th October 2017.

 

 

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What’s on week beginning 16th October 2017

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This week in the nursery will be relatively quiet due to the majority of children been off during the October school holidays.  There will be only two practitioners working this week Amanda, Siobhan and modern apprentice Taylor.

Monday 16th October 2017

Tuesday 17rh October 2017

Wednesday 18th October 2017

Bookbug Rhyme Time sessions with Amanda and Siobhan.

Thursday 19th October 2017

Anne Travorrow, Educational Psychologist will be the centre this afternoon.

Friday 20th October 2017

 

Could we ask that all sponsor monies donated during the family rhyme time hunt on the 16th October be returned to Lorraine by Wednesday 25th October.

Many thanks

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Whats on week beginning 9th October 2017

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Monday 9th October

Karen will continue to support in the early Level playroom whilst Elaine is working on the launch of Sid and Shanarri

Lynn out of the nursery today

Siobhan is on annual leave

Tuesday 10th October

Nurturing Nature Forest School parent and child celebration of learning session with Nicola & Mhari

Solihull Understanding Your Child with Isabel and Karen (please contact the nursery on Monday to ask if this is going ahead)

Wednesday 11th October

Bookbug Rhyme Time with Amanda and Susan in the Rainbow Room

More than words with Gemma & Louise

Language Land with Gemma and Isabel this afternoon

Thursday 12th October

Siobhan attending Children’s Rights conference

Language Land with Gemma and Isabel this morning

Health Mummy Happy Baby with Jen, Kimberley & Amanda

Nurturing Nature Forest School parent and child celebration of learning session with Susan & Yvonne

Friday 13th October

Nursery Sponsored & Rhyme Hunt 9.00am & 1.15pm.

All sponsor monies should be handed in to Lorraine by today.

Remember to complete your nursery rhyme quiz sheet during the walk and hand it to the Bakers man, on return you will receive a cake, and your child will be entered into a prize draw.

The nursery will close today for the October school holidays.

Early Level

We are learning …

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Animal habitats have sparked huge interest in the children who have been participating in a wide range of opportunities to learn about where animals live. Not one species has been missed as the children explore and investigate habitats such as the jungle, the sea, and the forest and discover which animals live in these environments. This has evolved into discussions about human habitats and our own homes.

Mini beasts have been a huge focus in the nursery garden with the children learning what these animals need to survive, using the i pads to answer their ‘I wonder’ statements before using the information they have found to create some wonderful and interesting animal habitats. These have included the Snail Hotel and the very popular Pig Hotel. As well as this,  some children have participated in creating bird feeders, all of which has encouraged wildlife to visit the garden where the children have fully engaged in animal spotting, exploring the creatures they have found further with the aid of magnifiers.

Indoors, the children have brought the outdoors in and created some wonderful habitats for animals using the paints, clay and playdough while adding sticks, leaves and stones amongst other natural materials.  The blocks and small world resources have been used together to create forests, jungles and farms encouraging the children to sort and group. The possibilities for learning are endless!

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Nurturing Nature Forest School sessions

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The children have had opportunities to participate in many experiences within the forest school sessions, from fishing, den building, toasting marshmallows and hot dogs to creating a large scale spiders web. The children have been very inquisitive during the sessions and many an ‘I wonder’ question has been asked!

Learning within the Nature Park has supported these individual children’s learning styles within an environment which provides challenge and stimulates curiosity. The children are now keen to learn about the animals that live in the forest and their habitats. Next week is the final session with the children where a family member will join us to share what has been learned over the past seven weeks. We can’t wait!

Nicola and Susan

What's On

What’s on week beginning 2nd October 2017

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Karen will continue to support the Caterpillar Group this week, whilst Elaine is working on Sid and Shanarri support materials with NLC.

Monday 2nd October 

Tuesday 3rd October 

Solihull Group postponed, due to staff illness

Nurturing Nature Forest School session with Nicola and Mhairi 8.45 am am 11- 30 am

Ann, Educational Psychologist will be in the centre this afternoon

Wednesday 4th October

Rainbow Room Bookbug Rhyme Time session with Amanda and Susan 9 am – 9.15 am

Lynn will be out of the centre today at Practicum training

More than words, parent session with Gemma and Louise

Language Land sessions with Isabel and Gemma, 3.15 pm – 3.45 pm

Thursday 5th October

Lynn will be out of the centre today at Practicum training

Language Land session with Isabel and Gemma, 11 am – 11.30 am

Nurturing Nature Forest School session with Susan  1 pm – 4 pm

Healthy Mummy, Happy Baby cooking session with Jen, Amanda and Kimberley

Friday 6th October 

Lynn and Nicola attending Literacy seminar with Sue Palmer

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