Nursery
Teaching Staff
Ducklings
| Sarah Storey | Duckling Teacher (Morning and afternoon) |
| Clare Teh | Duckling Teacher (Thur, Fri) |
| Maria Da Silva | Nursery Nurse (Wed, Thur, Fri) |
| Nanna Chubb | Teaching Assistant (Mon, Tue, Wed) |
| Grania Young | ESTA Support (AM) |
| Danielle Waites | Support staff |
| Michelle Sutton | Support Staff |
Friday 6th December 2019
We are fully ready for Christmas in the nursery! A tree arrived and the children loved decorating it with tinsel and baubles. We are really encouraging the on the children to become independent with taking their coats on and off and they are doing so well. We have taught them the ‘upside down method’ to put their coat on. See if they can show you!
From Monday, to ease pavement congestion at nursery drop off time, the gate will be opened slightly earlier to allow families to wait on the nursery path. Please do not allow your child to play in the nursery garden at this time. The nursery will then open as usual at 8.45 and 12.30. Thank you for your cooperation.
Please can the £4.50 per child for our Christmas visitor be paid as soon as possible as we are still awaiting a large amount of contributions. Payment can be made with the barcoded letter your child brought home, or you can join ParentPay (See the School Office if unsure) and pay online. We are a cashless school so cannot accept money at the door unfortunately.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WEEK:
This week we have been enjoying reading and acting out Jack and the Beanstalk. We have measured giant feet with cubes and cut out paper feet. We have used cubes to practice matching numbers and amounts. We have measured ourselves against a wall height chart. The cold weather meant much of the mud kitchen froze and the ‘ice cakes’ were fascinating!
We enjoyed playing in the forest area on Wednesday, making bridges and mud potions!
Home Learning Tip- Find traditional tales to share with your chid such as The Enormous Turnip, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Elves and the shoemaker etc.
We have been learning about the number 6. We count things to 6, we move them about and count them again. We are teaching the children that the last number you say is the total and we practise this skill each day at snack time, counting the children and the cups. We are also learning to recite numbers to 10.
Home learning tip: Notice 6’s in your environment. It could be dots on a dice, numbers on number plates or signs in the supermarket
Our practice for the Christmas songs is going well and the children are very excited about performing for you! Please see their bag for an invitation to the show.
Our nursery rhymes this week are:
Hickory Dickory Dock
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Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpy together again
Next week’s story is Little Red Riding Hood
Dates for your Diary-
11th Dec
Una Coella
The Guitar Girl will be doing a Christmas singalong with the nursery classes.
Please can the £4.50 per child for our Christmas visitor be paid as soon as possible as we are still awaiting a large amount of contributions. Payment can be made with the barcoded letter your child brought home, or you can join Parent Pay (See the School Office if unsure) and pay online. We are a cashless school so cannot accept money at the door unfortunately.
16th December
Morning nursery will be performing Christmas songs in the small hall at 9.30. Parents and carers are welcome. Children can wear a party outfit or Christmas jumper.
17th December
Afternoon nursery will be performing Christmas songs in the small hall at 2.30. Parents and carers are welcome. Children can wear a party outfit or Christmas jumper.
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Week beginning Monday 16th Dec – No after school activity clubs run this week |
Friday 19th Dec – School closes at 1.30pm
Thank you so much for your continued enthusiasm and support!
The Nursery Team
Continuous Provision- what your children do at nursery each day!
In the nursery the children have access to the same play and learning experiences every day, with slight adaptations based on their interests and next steps.
Each day the children can, if they choose:
Cut with scissors
Paint
Draw with pencils, chalk, crayons or felt pens
Stick with solid glue, runny glue or tape
Do junk modelling
Practise their fine motor skills in our funky fingers area
Count and see numbers
Use a till and calculators
Explore maths shapes
Play with ‘loose parts’- such as wooden beads, lollisticks, cotton reels, pipe cleaners, glass beads etc to make pictures and patterns or use them in pretend play
Play with and shape playdough
Build with Duplo and Lego
Build with Mobilo and wooden blocks
Dress up
Play in the role play house inside or out
Read books and have stories read to them
Play musical instruments
Play with sand
Play with mud
Play with water
Build using large scale construction such as blocks and crates
Roll and play with hula hoops
Explore the bug area
Climb and slide
See saw with a friend
Throw balls and score goals
Enjoy milk, water and fruit with their friends
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Dates for your Diary-
11th Dec - Una Coella The Guitar Girl will be doing a Christmas singalong with the nursery classes. Watch parent mail for details of this lovely festive celebration!
16th December - Morning nursery will be performing Christmas songs in the small hall at 9.30. Parents and carers are welcome. Children can wear a party outfit or Christmas jumper.
17th December - Afternoon nursery will be performing Christmas songs in the small hall at 2.30. Parents and carers are welcome. Children can wear a party outfit or Christmas jumper.
Thank you so much for your continued enthusiasm and support!
The Nursery Team
Friday 20th December - school closes at 1.30pm
NURSERY DROP OFF: Thank you so much for dropping your children off at the nursery door. It is making a big difference to the children’s experience at the start of each session.
Please sign up to Parentmail to receive this weekly newsletter and look at the web site for news of what is happening in school
Thank you so much for your continued enthusiasm and support!
The Nursery Team
NURSERY DROP OFF: We are sometimes experiencing a long queue in the morning and afternoon as parents drop their children off.
To help facilitate a speedier process and your child’s independence, from after half term we would like all children to be dropped at the door by their adult to enter by themselves.
They will be greeted as usual by the nursery team. The children have learnt where their coat and bag goes, how to self-register and how to begin their day. We hope this change will make everyone’s morning quicker, and the nursery less busy! If you need to speak to a nursery adult about anything at this drop off time, please let us know.
Thank you for your help with this
Gate times for drop off are:
8.45-9.00 for mornings
12.30-12.40 for afternoons.
We do have to lock the gates after those times for the safety and security of the children in the nursery.
Other points:
- We welcome any donations of boxes, toilet roll tubes etc for junk modelling however PLEASE ENSURE THE BOXES ARE NOT FROM NUT PRODUCTS AS WE ARE A NUT FREE SCHOOL, and we have a child with a nut allergy in the nursery.
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Buggies
As we are restricted on space please could you take your buggies home after drop-
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When dropping off your child please ensure that you can see they have been welcomed by a member of staff before you leave the Nursery premises.
Please do not use your mobile devices when collecting your child.
We will be closing the nursery gate promptly at 9.00 and 12.45 so that the nursery team are all available to work with the children.
The Nursery Team.