Dear Parents and Carers

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

It has come to that time of year where the weather is changing and it is starting to get a bit chilly, please can you make sure your children are well equipped with warm clothes, a coat and some wellies.   

Snails

This week the snails will be exploring sand and water. The children will be enjoying a wide variety of activities which will include exploring filling and emptying containers, water play with sea creatures and animals, making marks in damp sand, bathing toy babies with sponges and water and cornflour play.

 Days off – Sarah Friday

Sarah is on annual leave Wednesday and Thursday

Caterpillars

This week the Caterpillars will be looking at cars and horses. The children will be car painting rolling cars through paint to make marks, riding on cars and bikes in the garden, exploring the car garage, making marks with cars in food play, making horse footprints in paint, horse and car shapes in play dough, singing car and horse songs such as ‘Horsey Horsey’ and exploring the happy land farm.

Days off Jamie – Friday Abi – Monday

Ladybirds

This week the Ladybirds interests will be self help skills; they will be encouraged to wipe their own noses, finding their own coats and shoes, choosing their snacks, choosing their own resources at craft time, washing their hands and faces with grown-ups help, helping and choosing which toys to set up in the garden, singing songs such as ‘This Is The Way’ and finding their own drink bottles and putting them back on the shelf when they are finished.

Days off – Benita-Friday

Bumblebees

This week the Bumblebees will continue to look at healthy eating. They will be using different materials to create apples and pears, playing with tills encouraging children to role play buying healthy food, talking about going to the supermarket, reading Handra’s Surprise, planting watercress and messy play with various foods.

Days off – Krissi – Mon

Jenni is on annual leave all week

Butterflies

This week the Butterflies will be looking at Imaginative/Role play, they will be working through their superhero cd, turning the block area into a builders yard and writing down plans and measuring their buildings, being princes and princesses practicing putting on clothes, making crowns and accessories, small group play using people and puppets, making telescopes and binoculars to play ‘I Spy’ in the garden, reading and discovering their story sack and role play carpenters/joiners at the woodwork bench exploring the room and finding out how things are made.

This year’s Preschool Nativity will be The Bossy King. The children have started to learn the songs and their speaking parts and would kindly love some donations of pillow cases and tea towels. Every preschooler will receive a pack in the next week with a CD and song book to learn at home. The nativity will take place on Friday 7^th December at 10am. Please note that we only have space for 2 adults per child for the showing of the nativity. If any children are not able to attend on the day please let Leanne or Jo know asap.

Days off – Claire – Wednesday Jo – Tuesday

Jo is on annual leave Monday afternoon

We are having our Nursery birthday picnic on Saturday 13^th October from12-2pm on Stoke Park, we would love you all to join us and bring a dish.

We are launching our new birthday cakes where your child will be able to enjoy a unique homemade cake which they will be able to eat at lunch time with their friends as part of a birthday celebration lunch. This is due to the children not being able to eat shop bought cakes on the premises due to special diets and allergies. All cakes will be decorated with their own figurine which the child can take home with them afterwards; the cake will cost £10. If you are interested please e-mail the nursery.

Kids Club Videos will be coming into Nursery on Monday and Wednesday this week, they take a video of your child riding in a sleigh with a Christmas background, they are really fun and make a great Xmas present.

Tempest Photography will be taking pictures of the children on Friday 19^th October from 9:30 till 11, if your child does not attend on Friday you are welcome to bring them in for the photos.