Miss Kitchin – Page 10

General information

Free Books

We are still collecting the vouchers in the Scottish Sun for the free books. We need to collect 17500 vouchers to receive £250 worth of free books. Could you please ask relatives, neighbours and work colleagues to keep their vouchers for us.

Christmas Hamper

We are trying to raise some funds to buy new nursery resources. To help with this we have decided to make up a hamper which we will raffle. We have put a box in the cloakroom area of the nursery and are looking for donations of non-perishable foods or toiletries to make this up. Any donations are greatly appreciated.

Christmas Sing-a-long

This will take part on the 11 December at 11AM for the morning children and 2.30PM for the afternoon children. We have sent home a copy of the words so you can practice for the occasion. Can children please wear something Christmas related for this event.

Christmas Party

The special visitor will be arriving at 11.30AM and 3.30PM.

On this day only the children who are in for the full day will be having lunch in the nursery. Please do not send your child with a lunch if they only attend in the morning.

Nursery photographs

The photographer will be in nursery tomorrow, Tuesday 26 November, to take the children’s photos. She will start at 8.50AM for the morning children with siblings and then will take individual photos when these are finished. In the afternoon the children with siblings photos will be started at 1.15PM. If your child does not attend nursery tomorrow you are welcome to bring them along at the start of the sessions to have their picture taken. If you do not want your child’s pictures taken please inform a member of staff when dropping your child off.

General information and important dates

Events taking place next week.

There will be a taster session with our outdoor learning walks to the woods. There will be 8 children going on the walks which will take place this Tuesday afternoon (26th November) and Wednesday 3rd December for the morning children. Please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for the walk including warm jumpers, gloves, hats etc. The nursery will provide the jacket and water resistant trousers but a change of clothes may be advisable just in case.

The school photographer will be in the nursery on Tuesday 26 November for all children. If your child does not attend nursery on that day please speak to a member of staff if you want your child’s picture taken so we can arrange a time for you to bring your child along. Children with siblings will be done at the start of the sessions so please bring siblings along at 8.50AM for the morning children and 1.15PM for the afternoon so this can happen.

Dates for your diary

Christmas events

We are hoping to make up a Christmas Hamper to raffle at the Christmas sing-a-long there will be a box left in the cloakroom for any donations you would like to make.

Christmas sing-a-long will take place in the nursery on 11 December at 11AM and 2.30PM. There will be tea, coffee and nibbles for the parents during this event. We will also be selling some of the Christmas items your child has been making in nursery during these times.

The Christmas party will be on the 19 December. Times for our “special visitor” will arrive at 11.30AM and 3.30PM parents are welcome to come to take photos at this time.

Again if your child does not attend on these days please speak to a member of staff to arrange a time for your child to come along.

WE ARE BACK ON THE BLOG!!!!!

We have had a busy week in nursery learning all about “ice” and “rockets”.

The children have taken an interest in the ice they have seen out in the garden due to the falling temperatures over the last two weeks. Maya found a dish in the garden that had flowers and water that had frozen over night and asked the question “How do we get the flowers out?”. This has developed into a full investigation into how water can change state due to temperature. Reuben also told us that “salt melts ice” which then lead to an experiment to see what melted the ice quicker, the warmth or the salt. Prior to carrying out the experiment we predicted what we thought the result should be and recorded these on a graph. Ask your child what the outcome was and they could share their learning.

The children have also been making rockets using junk modelling and at the craft table. There is more to follow on this next week with another experiment to capture the children’s attention. I’m sure NASA will be interested in our little scientists!!!!