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, hat, gloves and some wellies.   

Snails & Caterpillars

The children will continue to look at Winter and Christmas, they will be Making Christmas Angels, Winter pictures for our display, exploring leaves in the garden and exploring baby rice.

Days off    Abi – Wednesday and Thursday    Jamie – Wednesday and Friday    Sarah – Friday

Ladybirds

The children will continue to centre their activities on winter they will be  Role-playing with bears in the role play area using baby clothes to dress up, reading The Snow Bear book, Coloured Ice cube pay in the garden, Christmas stamp pictures, making snow and ice pictures using blue tissue paper, role play with hats and scarves inside and outside.

Days off   Julie – Thursday and Friday    Ellen – Tuesday

Bumblebees

The children will be looking at Christmas, they will be singing Christmas songs, making paper snowflakes, putting on their own coats for the garden, looking at stories of Christmas around the world, colouring in Christmas trees, making presents for our tree using card and wrapping paper, reading the Nativity story, decorating biscuits and welly boot painting.

 Days off – Krissi – Mon and Wedneday    Jenni – Thursday

Tash is on annual leave Monday and Tuesday

Butterflies

The children will be looking at Christmas and room re-decoration, they will be constructing Father Christmas’s sleigh using blocks and blankets, making Christmas decorations to take home, making a Christmas scene with junk modelling, cooking Christmas shaped biscuits and cakes, singing Christmas carols/songs, using big paper draw a room plan for the butterflies what new toys we would like in the new year and set out our new room using small world toys.

  Days off – Jo – Tuesday     Claire – Monday and Thursday

The first week back after Christmas the Butterflies will be joining with the Bumblebees whilst their room is redecorated, we have decided to carry out the redecoration this week as term does not start until Monday 7^th January so both rooms will be very quiet. We thank you in advance for your understanding and hope you all like the new look of our Preschool room!

Please may we remind parents to replenish their children’s nappies and wipes on a regular basis, we are finding a lot of children without either nappies or wipes for weeks at a time. Please see your child’s communication book or room door for a reminder when they need replenishing.

December Dates for your Diary

Nursery Christmas lunch – Wednesday 19^th December (for those children which attend on Wednesdays)

We would like to remind all parents we will close on Christmas eve and not reopen until Wednesday 02^nd January 2013

We would also like to congratulate Abi who will be moving to the Ladybirds as room leader as of 02^nd January 2013. Interviews are taking place for Abi’s replacement so we will advise you of the new Caterpillar’s room leader in the next few weeks.