Together we nurture the genius in everyone

Nursery

Teaching Staff

Ducklings

Linda Ferdman	Duckling Teacher (Morning and afternoon)
Clare Teh	Duckling Teacher (Mon, Tue, Wed)
Maria Da Silva	Nursery Nurse(Wed, Thur, Fri)
Clare McMillan	Nursery Nurse
Nanna Chubb	Teaching Assistant (Mon, Tue, Wed)
Holly Lovelace	ESTA Support (AM)
Caroline Hunter-Tashe	ESTA Support (PM)

Dates For Your Diary:

Fri 15 Feb	End of half term
Thur 6 June	Class Photo
Fri 21 June	Ducklings cake sale

Friday 15th February 2019

Thank you for all the money raised from the cake sale we made a total of £177.30.

Nursery Theme: Goldilocks and the Three bears	Week Beginning: Monday 25th February
Writing	Children will take part in a Storystorks drama session to retell the story of the Gingerbread Man
Maths	To develop our counting, we will be matching numbered gingerbread men to our number fans
Topic	Using our new basketball equipment develop our gross motor skills
Things to try at home	Talk about sharing and taking turns – make a jigsaw together Have ago at making gingerbread Make a puppet of one of the characters from the story, maybe using a sock or glove
Reminders	Library books changed every Tuesday Please provide a change of clothes in your child’s bag We are always happy to receive any boxes, tubes, plastic container etc to add to our junk modelling. Please label every item of clothing. This really helps us and your child find their things at the end of the session and please make sure your child has a bag of spare clothes to change into if they get messy or wet. We like to give the opportunity to play outside even when it rains so please send your child with appropriate named clothing for this experience. Please sign up to Parentmail to receive this weekly newsletter and look at the web site for news of what is happening in school.
Dates for your diary	Story storks Tuesday 26th February and Friday 1st March – Please sign up to attend one of the free sessions, sorry no siblings. 9.00-9.30 talk by Sarah 9.30-10.20 storytelling 12.45-1.15 talk by Sarah 1.15-1.55 story telling Show and Tell Friday 8th February - yellow and red Friday 15th February - green and blue Stay and Play sessions Everyone is very welcome so do check the dates below. Monday 4th March Time: am- 8.45-10.00 pm- 12.30-1.45 Tuesday 12th March Time: am- 8.45-10.00 pm- 12.30-1.45 Wednesday 20th March Time: am- 8.45-10.00 pm- 12.30-1.45 Thursday 28th March Time: am- 8.45-10.00 pm- 12.30-1.45

SHARE A STORY

Friday 15^th February - 9.00 - 9.30 and 12.45-1.15

Please join us to talk about the importance and joy of reading with children.

Please bring a favourite book that you would like to share with your child or a group

SHOW AND TELL

Children are welcome to bring something to show to the group and explain why it is special to them.

Friday 8^th February - yellow and red
Friday 15^th February - green and blue

Story storks

Tuesday 26^th February and Friday 1^st March – an opportunity to take part in a free Story Stars and Story Storks session run by Sarah Cantrill from Strorystorks. The Story STARS is the presentation, a half hour talk for parents. S.T.A.Rs stands for Singing to, Talking to, Acting out (or role play), and Reading. The Story Storks vision is to inspire every child in the UK to become a reader for pleasure, and this talk is all about how parents will have better results if they approach their child’s reading with joy and fun, including the use Story storks is acting out the story, led by Sarah the storyteller.

Please sign up to attend one of the sessions, no siblings.

9.00-9.30 talk by Sarah

9.30-10.20 storytelling

12.45-1.15 talk by Sarah

1.15-1.55 story telling

STAY AND PLAY SESSIONS

Monday 4^th March ^Time: am- 8.45-10.00 pm- 12.30-1.45

Tuesday 12^th March ^Time: am- 8.45-10.00 pm- 12.30-1.45

Wednesday 20^th March ^Time: am- 8.45-10.00 pm- 12.30-1.45

Thursday 28^th March ^Time: am- 8.45-10.00 pm- 12.30-1.45

W/c Monday 1st April – visit to Richmond Park, dates to be confirmed

Our stock of underwear, socks, leggings and trousers is running low,we would welcome any donations.