Friday, 1 March 2013

Dear Parents and Carers
Please see below dates for your diary regarding events being celebrated this month.
Dates for your diary in March:
Date
Event
Comment
7th
World Book Day
Children can dress as their favourite character
8th
Mother day Breakfast
All mummies welcome
15th
Red Nose Day
Please see your child’s room for the different events
18th
St Patricks Day
Please see your child’s room for the different events
28th
Easter
Easter Bonnet parade to be held at 4.30am.  All parents welcome


Snails
The snails continue with their ‘Spring’ theme and this week the babies shall be body painting, stories surrounding colour shall be read and songs surrounding Spring shall sang with the children.
Days off Jenni – Thursday

Caterpillars
The Caterpillars shall concentrate on ‘Spring’ and Mother’s day this week.  The children will be able to explore play dough using ‘spring’ animal cutters.  The team also have a Mother’s day surprise and the children shall play with ducks in the water tray.
This week Jamie shall be completing her level two forest school training and therefore shall only be at nursery on Friday for the whole day however you will see her at the beginning and at the end of the day.  Kim shall be covering staffing in the Caterpillars in Jamie’s absence.


Ladybirds
As with the Caterpillars, the Ladybirds shall be concentrating on Spring, Mother’s Day and Easter this week.  The children will be decorating flower pots and Bumblebees for a wall display.  They shall also be painting pictures of Daffodils and making butterfly prints.
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Bumblebees
This week the team shall be looking at beach holidays with the children.  The theme shall be supported by looking at sea shells and discussing how their textures with the children.  Exploration in the sand and water shall support the children’s learning as they build sand castles and use food colouring to make different shades in the water tray.
The children shall construct their own versions of a beach using an array of materials, whilst role play shall support discussions with the children regarding methods of transport used to go on holiday.
Could we please request any holiday photographs from parents to support the theme.

Days off – Krissi – Monday           

Butterflies
Special events and Mothers day shall be the focus of activities for the pre school children this week.  World book day is celebrated this Thursday (March 7th) and to mark the event the children can dress up as a character from their favourite story.  The team shall also work with the children to create their very own story board and the children will transform the role play area into a scene from their favourite story.

Days off – Jo – Tuesday    
Lee – Paternity leave all week

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