Nursery
31st March 2023
What a busy week from singing on the steps, to our Easter story night. The children have taken it all in their stride and have kept the smiles on their faces throughout. Our final fun-packed week:
A message for parents – for those off to school in September, good luck with your school placements over the Easter break. We hope you get your school of choice. Have a lovely Easter break everyone! Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen and Mrs Franklin X
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24th March 2023
It was lovely to chat to you all face-to-face on Tuesday and Wednesday – thank you all for coming along and we hope you enjoyed looking at the children’s learning journeys. In the summer term, we will begin to allow the children to access these (with clean hands!!) and they will come home with them for you to keep in July.
A message for parents – we will be having another “battery” toy week next week! We are exploring how batteries make them move, light up and make sound and we are expecting a visit from our school Computing lead Miss Davis. Get hunting this week and pack them ready. Have a lovely weekend everyone! One more week to go! Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen and Mrs Franklin X |
17th March 2023
Another week has flown by and we can finally feel a change in the air as it is warming up. We have quite a collection of gloves so if you are missing any, please pop down to the cabin balcony and take a look! Once the Spring really kicks in, these will disappear for another year.
A message for parents – parent consultation times will have come home this week in the children’s bags. Please allow time either before or after your slot to look through their Learning Journeys. These will be on the main table by the office. Have a lovely weekend everyone – especially to our mums! Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen and Mrs Franklin X |
10th March 2023
Two weeks of learning to share with you since the last update – hopefully this helps to make sense of the things they are talking about…..
A message for parents – thank you for returning you parent consultation slips. Times will be coming home today in backpacks so check all pockets! Have a lovely weekend everyone – let’s hope the snow is here for a little while! Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen and Mrs Franklin X |
Nursery News
16th February 2023
Happy half term everyone! We have finished on another week packed with learning – it is hard work being 3 and 4!
A message for parents – after half term we move onto our Spring topic that has a special day in the middle. Please could you send photos of just Mummy’s to the nursery@ email address for our new display? We always love to see some happy mouths (bouche) in our cabin. Have a half term everyone – much needed and well deserved! Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen and Mrs Franklin X |
10th February 2023
The children have really enjoyed looking at their own and each other’s baby pictures, thank you for sending them. We will be talking about this lifecycle next week and these resources really help them to gain an understanding of how much they have changed.
A message for parents – counting forwards to ten and beyond accurately is a key nursery skill. Have you ever tried asking them to count backwards? Knowing the pattern of numbers backwards is equally as important and one that gets forgotten. Could you get into the habit of every time you count to any number, stop there and reverse it? E.g. we count days of the week 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 pause 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Have a lovely weekend everyone! Bring on that glorious sunshine! Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen and Mrs Franklin X |
3rd February 2023
The children have done so well on arrival finding “their sound” picture card – these are going to help them with name recognition after half term when we move onto placing the picture next to their name. Being able to recognise their name will be another “school-ready” skill we can tick off!
A message for parents – some children are still bringing toys in from home following our technology week on “battery toys”. This was a popular week and so we will be repeating but for now can only soft, cuddly toys that fit in bags be brought in. Have a lovely weekend everyone! Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen and Mrs Franklin X |
27th January 2023
Our Little Wandle phonics is in full swing and if the children come home talking about “their sound” this is the picture card that matches their initial sound e.g. Lucy is the lollipop, Jagraj is the jellyfish. Next week, they will be recognising daily as part of our self-registration.
A message for parents – please see Mrs Moss’ parentapp with regards hand cream in all classes. Alongside our new blue moisturising hand wash, we will now have our own hand cream for the children to use with every toilet visit! Please remember to send gloves in with the children every day too! Have a lovely weekend everyone! Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen and Mrs Franklin X
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20th January 2023
Thank you for sending the children in all wrapped up and ready for the cold temperatures. Please can you ensure that, if they come with own gloves, they are able to do it themselves - sometimes mittens are just the quickest option throughout this cold season.
A message for parents – with our Early Years French club in full swing with Mrs Wilson on a Tuesday after school, our French nursery friends (and Mrs Mander) are learning so many new words and phrases through songs and dance and are practising in nursery every day. Having an appreciation of other languages at such an early age is so important. I hope they are teaching you all some everyday words for hat, coat, gloves, boots. There are spaces available for anyone who would like to book in and come along 3.15-4.00! Have a lovely weekend everyone! Mrs Mander, Mrs Allen and Mrs Franklin X |