W/C 8th October

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 sensory and textures. The children will be enjoying a wide variety of messy play which will include messy food play with hard textures using pasta and rice; also they will use soft textures like angel delight and mash potato. They will be doing corn flour play as well as enjoying musical instruments in the garden.

  Days off – Sarah Wednesday

Sarah is on annual leave Monday and Tuesday

Caterpillars

This week the Caterpillars will also be looking at sensory and textures. The children will be exploring paint on their hands and feet, they will be looking at ice cubes and looking at them frozen and defrosted. The children will be using their smell and touch for the smelly bag activity and they will be moving their bodies to their favourite music.

Days off Jamie – Friday Abi – Monday

Tarnia is on training on Monday

Ladybirds

This week the Ladybirds interests will be autumn they will be looking at autumn books, painting pine cones and decorating biscuits. They will also enjoy leaf printing and welly boot painting in autumn colours.

Any children who would like to bring some of their own leaves in are more than welcome.

Days off – Benita-Friday Julie – Thursday

Benita is on training Monday

Julie annual leave Friday

Bumblebees

This week the Bumblebees will be looking at healthy eating. They will be discussing different types of fruit and vegetables. They will be creating vegetable printing with potatoes and peppers. The children will enjoy a couple of books about fruit these will be ‘Handa’s surprise’ and ‘The Hungary caterpillar’. The bumblebees role play area will be set up for a picnic.

Days off – Krissi – Mon Jenni – Thursday

Jenni is on annual leave Friday

Tash and Nikki is on training Wednesday

Butterflies

This week the Butterflies will be looking at transport, they will be using the small world toys to create and build a train set village. They will also be looking at all the types of transport the children know and finding them in the mega machine book. The garden will be set up as a busy road so that the children can use their bikes to go round the marked area. The children will be using their skills by guiding the remote control cars around a course made of large blocks.   

Days off – Claire – Thursday Jo – Tuesday

Jo is on annual leave Monday 8^{th Oct}

Just a reminder parents evening is on Thursday 11^th October 7pm – 9pm this will give you a chance to talk to your Child’s keyworker about their development. This year we are giving out 10min appointments for you to see your keyworker, each room has their own appointment sheet so please see a member of staff in your Child’s room to book a slot. We will also be doing a taster session during this evening so you can sample a selection of cooked foods from the nursery menu.

Don’t forget Tuesday 9^th October is the nursery’s 9^th birthday so please help us celebrate this day by dressing your child in a pair of pyjamas, we will also be having the local paper in to take photos.

We also have the health visitor coming to the nursery once a month, so if you would like to come along to get your children weighed or just for some advice please feel free to pop along. However if it is a normal nursery day for your child we are happy to get your child weighed all we ask you to do is to bring your red book in so the health visitor can fill it out.

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.