Friday 25th July 2014
General News:
Wow, what a week we have all had. The Pre-school children had a lovely graduation ceremony on Wednesday for
the children going off to school. They looked so lovely in their mortar boards receiving their certificates and teddy
bears. We wish them all a lovely summer and good luck at their new school in September. Please come back and
visit and let us know how you’re getting on.
The weather has been wonderful and we have really enjoyed being in the garden with lots of fun activities going on.
The quote/word/event of the week:
Tyler in the Toddler room has become a big brother this week.
He said to us “Cody cries, but Tyler cuddles Cody when he cries”
Isaac in Pre-school – he was using his knife and fork to cut up his lunch. He told Sharon “my mummy will be very
impressed with me”.
Team holiday’s for the forthcoming week:
(Please also refer to the posters displayed on each door for additional team movements)
Baby room (Sunshine and Rainbow room): Molly is on annual leave on Thursday and Friday.
Toddlers (Snowflake room): Amy is on holiday on Wednesday.
Pre-School (Raindrop room): There is no team annual leave this week.
Office: Sharon is here every day except Friday this week.
Team Introductions and News:
Please don’t forget that you can vote for an employee and nominate them for the month of July. Should you wish to
do so, please do so via email to [email protected] or you can write a nomination and put it in the
box at reception. The lucky staff member with the most nominations will receive a £10 shopping voucher.
Pleases and Thank You’s:
Thank you to everyone for bringing in Sainsbury’s active kids vouchers. We have now placed an order for some
lovely new outdoor equipment which will be delivered in the autumn term.
Extra-Curricular Activities:
French- No French this week as this is term time only.
Nature School- the children made marks on paper using different resources from the natural surroundings in the
garden, i.e bark, mud, leaves creating beautiful pictures.
Tiny Mites- No tiny mites this week as this is term time only.
Physical programme – Our activity this week was target games: hoop ball.
Baby Room
Book/song of the week:
The children have all really enjoyed “I had a little turtle” this week and we have made a display board with the rhyme
on it.
Educational programme for next week
Babbling Babies: ‘Ready, steady, Go!” We will be zipping down the slide this week both indoors and out. We will be
encouraging the children to say ‘GO’. Whilst at the top of the slide the member of staff will say… ‘Ready, Steady…’
and then wait for the child to make a noise or say go. They will then come down the slide with a big ‘weeeeee’. The
member of staff will be offering explanation to this the entire time i.e. ‘We are going to go down the slide, here we
go: Ready, Steady… GO!
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Favourite activities this week:
‘Making lunch’ in the home corner with play food and pots and pans
 Singing our favourite songs and learning the actions
Getting very messy doing painting on the floor with huge pieces of paper
Toddler Room:
Book/song of the week:
This week the children have loved learning the a,b,c song.
Educational programme for next week:
Toddler Talk: ‘eye contact”. Get down to a child’s level when they begin to start a ‘conversation’ with you.
Encourage the child to keep eye contact while they are telling you something. For example if you are talking about
cars, keep the flow of conversation going by encouraging eye contact and saying things like ‘Does mummy drive a
car?’ ‘There are lots of cars aren’t there’. Use positive language and keep regular eye contact with the child.
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Favourite activities this week:
 The toddlers have been getting very messy with custard and rice pudding play
 Soapy suds where great fun
We made an obstacle course using balancing beams, cones and hoops to play on in the garden.
Preschool:
Educational programmes for next week:
Letters and Sounds: ‘Toy talk” Introduce a soft toy or teddy to the children who can only speak in ‘sound talk’ allow
the teddy to ‘whisper’ into your ear. As the toy whispers, you repeat the sound. You can make mistakes and see if a
child will correct you. For example ‘What do you like teddy?’ (allow teddy to whisper) ‘you want to eat come seese?’.
A child may correct you saying ‘No cheese!’
Jolly Phonics: The letter ‘ai’. The accompanying song is:
ai - tune: Camptown races
my ear hurt, I was in pain, ai?, ai?
my ear hurt, I was in pain, ai?, ai?
What did you try to say?
NRICH Mathematics: ‘”Exploring 2D shape”- Provide loops made from string or elastic, at least 3 meters long. For
the task these can be put on the ground or held in the air by children working in groups of 3 or 4. Ask the children to
make shapes with their loops and talk about what they see.
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Favourite activities this week:
We enjoyed making sensory play dough using lentils, rice crispies and rice
 We made treasure maps using tea-bags
 Making bracelets with Cheerio’s
 Recognising numbers and letter using the magnets
 Graduation party
In Cookery Club this week we made:
Brilliant bread rolls and scrumptious scones. We would love you to share some of your favourite recipes with us here
in Nursery. Please email them to [email protected] or pass them onto a member of the Pre-school
team.
Forthcoming Dates for your Diary
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31/7/14 – Parents Evening – please sign up for appointment in your child’s room.
Have a lovely weekend.
From Sharon, Crystal and team.