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What’s on week beginning 27th May 2019

Monday 27th May

Bank holiday – Nursery closed

 

Tuesday 28th May

Siobhan Annual Leave

Rainbow Room Family Forest school session 9am

Rainbow Room Play on Pedals family session 1.00pm

 

Wednesday 29th May

Siobhan Annual leave

 

Thursday 30th May

Siobhan Annual leave

Rainbow Room Bookbug 1.00pm with Susan & Amanda

Consultation with Jen & parents 3.15-3.45pm

 

Friday 31st May

Siobhan Annual leave

 

 

 

 

What’s on Week beginning 20th May 2019

Monday 20th May

Forest School Family Session am & pm

Isabel Annual leave

 

Tuesday 21st May

Rainbow Room Family Nature park session 9am

Rainbow Room Play on Pedals Family Session 1.00pm

Isabel Annual Leave

 

Wednesday 22nd May

Isabel Annual leave

offer of place reply slips  for 2019-2020 sessions should be returned no later than today.

 

Thursday 23rd May

Isabel Annual Leave

Rainbow Room Bookbug 1.00pm with Amanda & Susan

Friday 24th May

Bank holiday -Nursery closed

What’s on week beginning May 6th 2019

Monday 6th May 2019

Bank Holiday -Nursery Closed

Have you seen this months newsletter? Click on the link or see Lorraine for a paper copy.

Newsletter May 2019
we really appreciate your kind donations for our snack time, please continue to donate any of the following items:
Go to this Sway

 

 

Tuesday 7th May 2019

Staff in -Service day -no children attend

 

Wednesday 8th May 2019

Thursday 9th May 2019

Rainbow Room Bookbug with Susan & Amanda 1.00pm

 

Friday 10th May 2019

Play on Pedals Family Session Butterfly Group – 8.45am & 1.00pm

3-5 offer of place letters will be sent today 2nd class post

WHATS ON WEEK BEGINNING 22nd April

Monday 22nd April

Bank Holiday – Nursery Closed

Tuesday 23rd April
If you still have sponsor donations could you have them to Lorraine by Friday 26th April.
Siobhan Annual Leave

Wednesday 24th April

Isabel Annual Leave

Thursday 25th April

Isabel Annual Leave
Rainbow Room Bookbug with Amanda & Susan

Friday 26th April
Isabel Annual leave
Play on Pedals family session 8.50am -9.20am
All Sponsor Donations to be in by today

What’s on week beginning 18th March

Monday 18th March

Lorraine annual leave

Tuesday 19th March

Lorraine annual leave

Kerry Martin will be supporting Early Level Playroom

Transition for some children at Dykehead Primary with Nicola 9.15am

Wednesday 20th March

Hollie VERP training in the morning

Pamela VERP training in the afternoon

Thursday 21st March

Kerry Martin will be supporting the Early Level playroom today

Friday 22nd March 

Pamela is on annual leave this afternoon

Transition at the nature park for children, parents and buddies 1pm

And so the learning continues

Over the previous couple of  weeks the children have been exploring line and pattern.  They have demonstrated that they can follow vertically and horizontally using a tartan plaid as a visual stimulus.

Using ICT to research their own clan tartan a number of children have creatively designed their own, where others have explored pattern making using sensory materials. Why not stop and have a look on the display wall.

 

Cooking and baking experiences have been extremely popular. This has enabled the children to explore print, quantities and above all develop skills for life using real tools and implements.  We hope you have all enjoyed tasting their finish product.  It was lovely to see a mum being invited by their child to join in this experience and share their learning together.

Our plans are now firmly in place for our transition  with Dykehead Primary School which we are so proud of with our theme being “transition for families”.Information from St Patricks Primary and Stane Primary will be given direct from the school.

And so to our Tartan Day, an accumulation of the children’s learning throughout the month.  We learnt new songs, read stories in Scots, found out where Scotland was and in particular that they lived in a village called Shotts.

Many of the children are experiencing difficulties when getting themselves ready for outdoor learning, therefore we would like to ask your assistance in helping to practice these skills with your children at home and more importantly when you are dropping them off and picking them up. Please can you check that your child’s clothing is clearly labelled with their name and they have a full set of clothing in their nursery bag. Any hats, gloves and scarfs left behind can be found in the spare hat and glove box in the cloakroom.

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This is just a small snapshot of the the learning as we are now going to be using Twitter @CemtreShotts to share the children’s learning on a daily basis rather than uploading pictures on the BLOG. The BLOG will continue to be used to share on a weekly basis what’s on throughout the week.

We hope that the children will enjoy the Yoga sessions over the next four weeks. Please remember to pay your £1 to Isabel or Lynn on a weekly basis.

The weekly  Bookbug family sessions continue to be really well attended. This block we are reading the story of “Whatever Next”by Jill Murphy. Remember this session is opened to all family members and childminders. It’s great to see so many dads supporting their children during these opportunities.

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Our Learning for the month of December

 

As a lot of our children prepare for the upcoming festivities they have been using their fine motor skills in a variety of forms to creatively make cards and gifts to give to the special people in their families, I’m sure you will be delighted with their creations!  These opportunities are allowing them to develop their hand-eye coordination and grip control which are fundamental to early writing skills.

With the excitement of Christmas in mind, most of our children are becoming more and more skilled at recognising their mood and feelings and are taking the opportunity to visit our mindful room when they feel they need a change in pace, relaxation or simply some quiet time.

Within the Rainbow Room our children have been developing their emerging literacy and numeracy skills with a range of experiences from cooking pizza, cookies and macaroni cheese where they have had to measure and determine volume.

They also have chosen to mark make in the sand and small note pads or indeed Christmas cards, using their creativity to compile list for Santa or shopping.

Some of our children have also began transitioning to our other playroom, where they are building relationships in a nurturing environment.

 

What’s on Week beginning 5th November 2018

Mon 5th November

Pupil visit this afternoon from Calderhead High School

Tue 6th November

Siobhan Special leave this afternoon

Wed 7th November

Rainbow Room Bookbug with Amanda & Susan 9.00am-9.20am

Thursday 8th November

Isabel out Nursery all day to NLC Forum

1.45pm-3.45pm Solihull Understanding Your child with  Jen

Friday 9th November

Lynn Annual Leave today

Amanda out nursery “Understanding Dad’s” Course.