Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome to our weekly blog, we aim to send out an update of events, new developments and activities throughout each month; this will replace our existing emailed weekly newsletter.

Sadly this week we say goodbye to Michael, Maks and Jakob, Will, Samuel H and Samuel T who leave us to go off to school. We also sadly say good bye to Tayben and Flynn who are leaving us for a new life in Bristol.

We would like to welcome Hector to the Butterflies room.

This week Sadie from Butterflies will be celebrating her 4^th birthday, Charlie from Bumblebees will be celebrating his 3^rd Birthday and Lucas from Caterpillars will be celebrating his 1^st Birthday. We would like you all to join us in wishing them a very Happy Birthday.

Snails

This week the snails will be concentrating on Sealife, we would like to encourage the children to make turtles in the sand, play with fish in the water tray, decorate seahorses and we will be reading shell books.

Day off: Sarah - Friday

Caterpillars

This week the caterpillars will be concentrating on Transport, they will be enjoying activities such as sponge painting boats, transport books, playing with diggers and trucks In the sand, trains and train track and making marks in corn flour with different size cars.

Day off: Abi –Thurs, Jamie – Fri

Ladybirds

This week the Ladybirds will be looking at Life Under The Sea; they will be joining in with activities such as making pictures of the sea using sand and tissue paper, reading sea life books, water play with fishes and other sea life creatures, singing songs such as “I Had a Little Turtle” and playing a sea life matching game as well as having a treasure hunt in the sand. The Ladybirds would like the children to bring in pictures of themselves at the seaside to make a seaside book.

 Day off:  Emma – Monday, Benita – Friday

Bumblebee’s

This week the Bumblebee’s will be concentrating on the Olympics, the children will be making Olympic rings, making flags for the countries competing in the Olympics with glue and tissue paper, having soft play, swimming in paddling pool, playing an Olympic matching game, using a balancing beam and doing an obstacle course in the garden.

The Bumblebees would like to remind all parents to bring appropriate clothing for the paddling pool.

Day off:  Sam – Monday    Krissi – Tuesday

Krissi is on annual leave Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Butterflies

This week the butterflies will be concentrating on the Olympics, the children will be talking about Olympic hero’s, past and present medal winners, tasting Olympic fruit – National fruit of the competing countries; making Olympic medals, joining in with team games, talking about the national animals of the Olympic countries and creating flags using different textures and materials.

The butterflies would like to ask all parents to check their child’s bag before taking it home as we have had a number of bags going home with the wrong child.

Day off:  Claire – Monday   Jo- Tuesday

Kim will be on annual leave from Friday 3^rd of August for the remainder of the month to spend the summer with her children.

Many thanks

Leanne