NEWSLETTER – WEEK ENDING 7th NOVEMBER 2014
SIGNING WORDS FOR THIS WEEK ARE...
Milk
Water
Fruit
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
PLEASE RETURN YOUR BOXES NEXT WEEK BY FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER AT THE LATEST
AND I WILL DELIVER THEM. PLEASE LEAVE IN THE DISPLAY AREA
CURRICULUM
What an exciting week we will be having in Nursery with visits to Selly Oak Library and lots of new
resources and activities to explore!
We are very busy in the Creative room exploring clay using our fingers and tools to squeeze, squash,
twist, poke and roll, I wonder what we might create? We are still enjoying drawing pictures of
ourselves thinking about the shape of our face, colour of our eyes, hair and skin! We are painting using
cotton wool buds to create a new and interesting effect and developing our storytelling skills with the
Disney characters.
In the Maths room we are continuing to develop our knowledge of numbers through counting and
rhymes. We are exploring with number baskets and seeing if we can match numbers and objects. The
ladybirds have lost all their spots and need help to find the correct number of spots they have lost
and children will be digging for numbers in the sand! As it is ‘Children in Need’ we are thinking about
superheroes and using our imaginations to create some magical stories.
In the Language room we are thinking about our holidays and we want to hear about all the lovely
activities the children have been doing with you!! Children will be mark making about these lovely
experiences. We have loved painting ourselves and now we will be exploring faces and expressions with
play dough faces and people jigsaws. We are continuing to extend our camping storytelling and role
play!
We have just had bonfire night and the children will be talking about the sounds, colours and
experiences of fireworks creating their very own firework painting. The water tray is full of soap,
bubbles, glitter, gems and other magical objects to whisk and pour; maybe we will make superhero
potions? Superhero’s need dens so we will be very busy creating dens with bricks, material and pegs!
Outside the fireman and superhero’s take over! Children will be using the fire station, hats and
hoses to role play and extinguish all the fires! They will be building and creating their own fire engines,
with tyres, steering wheels and crates. The superhero’s will be making their dens and dancing to their
very own super hero music!! We will even be searching for superheroes as they hide around the
playground.
CHILDREN IN NEED DAY
On Wednesday 12th November we will be celebrating and raising money for Children in Need. Children
are asked to come to Nursery dressed as a superhero and to pay a minimum of £1 donation. During the
day there will be lots of fun activities linked to Pudsey Bear.
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HOME LEARNING ACTIVITY FOLLOWING THE IMPACT SESSIONS
Animal Movements
Take the animal pictures from the Impact Pack or use your own animal pictures from home and ask
your child to help you to place them in different corners/places in either a room or the garden or even
in the park. Ask your child to stand in the middle and when you call out the name of an animal he/she
can move as quickly, as slowly etc as they can to that picture. Can they move towards the picture in
different ways, twirling, hopping, jumping or even the way that animal would move. Let your child do
the calling and you can have fun doing the movements too and help to role model ideas for your child.
PRE-WRITING IMPACT SESSIONS
Our next sessions are starting soon and it is really important an adult attends for every child. Please
remember that you can attend any session even if it isn’t your child’s Nursery day. All dates are in
November from 9.30 – 10.30am:
17th = Blue / 18th = Yellow / 20th = Green / 21st = Purple / 24th = Red / 25th = Orange
There will be an after-school session on Monday 24th November from 5 – 6pm.
Please let your child’s key worker know which session you will be attending.
CHILDRENS WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
As we are visiting the library this week why not watch some stories online.
PARENTS WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
Both of these websites are about keeping you and your family safe
www.wmroadsafety.org
www.brsp.org.uk
100% ATTENDANCE
The following children achieved 100% attendance last half term. They receive a special certificate!!
Blue Group: Florence Bailey, Jacob Bailey, Thomas Hickey, Sophie Kamel, Beau Lane, Nikhil Taylor,
Madahlin Robinson, Maryam Setiawan and Hari Taylor
Green Group: Ilyas Galeb, Joseph Grieve, Ian Lee, Lois Marsden, Benjamin McLean, Jessica Patel,
Martina Saldanha and Rebeca Saldanha
Yellow Group: Bay Bewley, Remar Bucknor, Amelia Chan, Bobbie Chen, Erin Ford and Zselyke Mazak
Purple Group: Talia Baktheair, Jamie Isgrove, Veronica Stasiak, Eloise Tigue and Joshua Weatherley
Red Group: Orla Gater, Florence Kelley, Frankie Millard, Alice Mullen, Daniel Pintilei, Evan Sininze and
Sophie Walker
Orange Group: Kevin Ge, Jun He, Katie Jobe, Rosanna Nanthagopal, Yiben Shen, Rishi Sinha and Roy
Wu
Well done to you all! This is a fantastic achievement.
SCHOOL LIBRARY / SELLY OAK LIBRARY VISITS
Let your child’s key worker know if you are able to help on our visit to Selly Oak Library. Look out for
the Nursery Library opening up soon!
REMINDERS
 You can now apply for Reception places by using the online service at
www.birmingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions It is advised that applications should be submitted by
Wednesday 3rd December.
 KITCHEN ROLES AND TISSUES
Thank you for the donations so far. Please hand to Mrs Hudson or Miss Close.
 CARRIER BAGS
We are very short of carrier bags to send home soiled clothes. Please bring in any spares and hand to a
member of staff on the door in order that we can safely store them.
 EBOLA ADVICE FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS see GOV.UK
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BOOKS FOR A SMALL DONATION
We have had donated various books. Rather than keep them for the Christmas Fayre, we have put them in the
Forest School area. If you would like to make a donation for any of the book sets, please see Yvonne or Robin
Colliers Junior Classics Volumes 1-10//The Science Library Volumes 1-6//Colliers Encyclopedia Set of 24//
Colliers Year Books 1981 1982 1983 1984// Colliers Dictionary A-K and L-Z//A selection of vynall LP records
Dates for the Diary
Friday 28th November
Tuesday 2nd December
Wednesday 3rd December
Thursday 4th December
Friday 5th December
Friday 12th December
Monday 15th December
Tuesday 16th December
Wednesday 17th December
Thursday 18th December
Friday 19th December
Monday 5th January
Wednesday 7th January
MAC Theatre trip Morning = Green / Yellow
Afternoon = Purple
MAC Theatre trip Morning = Blue
Afternoon = Orange / Red
Parents Evening 6 – 8pm All groups
Parents Evening 4 – 6pm Extra session for Blue and Purple groups
12.30pm Nursery closes ready for the Christmas Fayre 4.30-6.30pm
Christmas party for Purple, Green and Yellow groups
Christmas party for Red, Orange, Blue
Christmas Sing-a-long 2pm Blue and Yellow groups
Christmas Sing-a-long 2pm Orange and Red groups
Christmas Sing-a-long 2pm Green and Purple groups
Last day of term, Nursery closes at 12.30pm for Christmas holidays
Nursery open
Nursery closed for staff training
For IMPACT dates please see above
Further information and invitations for the Christmas Sing-a-longs coming soon!
MENUS
The menus are now on display in the outside notice board. Pam will move the star each week so you can discuss the
meal with your child. Each week we put the menu on the newsletter.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Week
Cheese and
Chicken/Quorn
Beef Chilli /
Noodles with
Sausages /
4
Tomato Pasta,
Chicken,
Vegetable Chilli
vegetables with
Vegetable
Garlic Bread
Stuffing,
& Boiled Rice
Sweet & Sour
Casserole with
Sweet corn
Broccoli,
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Sauce
Jacket Potato
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Cauliflower,
Fruit Mousse
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Shortbread and
Roast Potatoes
Semolina Roast
Cookies and
Custard
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Fruit and Jelly
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Custard
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