Nursery News ~ 10th December 2021
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Happy Friday! What superstars you all were on Wednesday for our filming day. You coped so well the costumes, being in the big hall with a lot of unfamiliar faces and singing some songs a few times through so we have the best version for the finished show. We are all waiting patiently for the show to be put together and then we can watch it together – I for one, cannot wait to see it. We will be singing a few of these Nativity songs on the front steps on Wednesday morning at 8.45am, come along and join in with us! Nativity week is always a challenging week with our daily routine but we did manage to play a few games. In the cabin we have started talking about the Christmas story as you are now familiar with the characters – Mary, Joseph and Baby Joseph. Today we used our Russian doll versions and have begun our own role-play story. We, of course, managed to fit in our daily Dough Disco to a classic Christmas song, “Merry Christmas Everyone” by Shakin Stevens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-PyWfVkjZc It is a good job we had a photo of the Shakin to help support as Miss Turner and Miss Herlihy weren’t even very sure who he was! The rest of us, the older generation, remember him well! Holly and Jolly have continued to bring in a new daily Christmas story which Miss Herlihy has been sharing with you after lunch. In Forest School, you have been playing “Santa Says” with Miss Herlihy where you have had to listen to the words and follow the action but only if “Santa Says”. Mrs Allen has been sharing “Stick Man” with you with her very own Stick Man. You then found and made your own using sticks found in Forest School. Later in the week, you had the chance to create some of the settings from the story by collecting objects around Forest School and laying them out in the tuft tray. In the afternoons, you have been decorating the sand netting with tinsel to create our very own Forest School Christmas tree. You have also been shown how to create a sleigh using the crates; it was fun watching lots of you play the reindeer role! A message for parents – For those parents making a claim for additional hours in the Spring term, could you check you have a working code that takes you beyond 31st December. Mrs Bailey has noticed some codes haven’t been renewed to a date in the New Year which will sadly mean hours will be payable. Please check this weekend. Have a lovely weekend! One more week to go! Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen, Mrs Franklin, Miss Turner (am), Mrs Hampton (pm) and Miss Herlihy (student teacher) X |