What’s on week beginning 16th October 2017

October 12, 2017 L. Walsh Leave a comment

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

Whole Nursery

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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

Please ensure that you have set up your Groupcall expressions as you will need this to access your child’s learning journey once the link has been emailed to you. If you require any support please speak directly to Lorraine or click on the link below.

Groupcall Xpressions yet

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Whats on week beginning 25th September 2017

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Monday 25th September – Holiday Nursery Closed

Tuesday 26th September

Solihull Understanding Your Child with Isabel & Karen in the Parent Room.

Nurturing Nature Forest School Session with Nicola & Mhari for morning children, remember to bring your healthy snack.

Wednesday 27th September

Rainbow Room Bookbug Session 9am

Gemma speech and language therapist is in Nursery in morning with Louise for More than Words

Thursday 28th September

Forest School with Susan & Amanda in afternoon

Gemma Speech & Language therapist is in nursery this afternoon

Friday 29th September

Rainbow Room Forest School family session in morning

Please return your Annual Data Form to Lorraine, if you have not already done so. It is important we have up to date contact information.

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Week beginning 18th September

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Monday 18th September

Elaine will be out nursery all week at Sid & SHANARRI Launch, Lauren will be covering Elaine’s Group.

Lynn on Annual Leave all week

Tuesday 19th September

Forest School Session with Nicola & Mhari

Solihull understanding your child with Karen & Isabel in the Parent Room

Wednesday 20th September

Rainbow Book Bug Session 9am

Amanda on Play at Home course today

Thursday 21st September

Healthy Mummy, Happy Baby with Jen, Kimberley & Amanda

Friday 22nd September

Holiday -Nursery Closed

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We are learning …

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The children in the early level playroom have been learning through the context of nursery rhymes, with a particular focus on ‘Incy Wincy Spider.’ During outdoor play, the children have participated in searches for spiders and other creepy crawlies, hunted for webs and used the guttering in the water zone to bring the rhyme to life. Through the use of the ‘wonder wall’ the children have been able to develop their interest in spiders by wondering, asking questions and then using books and technology to find the information they need. Spiders have popped up all over the nursery, from the water to the playdough table, and the creation of a giant spiders web using masking tape has attracted some very large spiders!

Outdoors, the children have been participating in energetic play and have been learning how to be safe, particularly when using the climbing frame. Daily opportunities to use the balance and pedal bikes, have enabled the children to learn how to control their movement and balance.

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What’s on week beginning 11th September 2017

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Parental Consultations regarding children’s Personal Learning Plans

Monday 11th September 2017

Tuesday 12th September 2017

Solihull understanding your child with Isabel and Karen in the Parent Room

Amanda is on annual leave until Monday 18th September

Nurturing Nature Forest School session with Nicola and Mhairi for morning children, remember to bring your healthy snack

Wednesday 13th September 2017

Rainbow Room Bookbug session 9am

Gemma speech and language therapist is on annual leave today

Lynn is on annual leave until Tuesday 26th September

Thursday 14th September 2017

Nurturing Nature Forest School Susan and Yvonne for afternoon children, remember to bring your healthy snack

Jen, CLD Home Link Worker meeting with Rainbow Room parents 9 am – 1o am

Healthy Mummy Healthy Baby cooking programme with Jen and Kimberley 1 pm – 3 pm in the kitchen.

Friday 15th September 2017

Nurturing Nature Forest School session with Rainbow Room families

Could we remind all parents to ensure that their child has a complete change of clothes in their nursery bags and that their outdoor jackets have their names on the inside tag?

Many thanks