Nursery News
Dear Parents and Carers,
As we are approaching the busiest month of the year where most of us will be getting into the festive spirits and celebrating Christmas or just enjoying family time during the holiday!
We would like to welcome our new families that have recently joined us and hope everyone will enjoy participating in the upcoming exciting Christmas events we have for your children to experience at the nursery this month!
Events
Children in Need
Our children had a fun filled week of doing fun arts and craft activities and games relating to helping children in need and they enjoyed dressing up in their favourite costumes. Thankyou to all our families and friends that helped donating, we raised £49.50
Don’t forget to contribute £2 on Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 13th December 2019. No need to buy a new sweater you can also decorate an old one or wear a silly one!
Diwali
The children had a brilliant time celebrating Diwali “The festival of light.’
The children made their own lanterns, painted henna on their hands and did a colour dance in the garden using coloured ribbons and dancing to cultural music and enjoyed and lovely decorated table lunch with their peers.
Bon Fire Night
The children all created their own fire work pictures, spoke about fire work safety and shared news about all the lovely fire work displays the children had seen with their families and friends.
Dates For Your Diary
- Monday 2nd December 2019 – Inset Day (Staff Training Day) Nursery Closed
- Week Commencing 2nd December 2019- Parents Evening
- Tuesday 10th December 2019- Children’s Christmas Performance Starts at 3.30pm for baby room and Over 2’s {For all Families and Friends to attend}
- Wednesday 11th December 2019- Children’s Christmas Lunch
- Thursday 12th December 2019- Special Christmas Panto and Party starts at 3.30pm (For all Families and Friends to attend) and ‘Meet Santa in his Grotto!’
- Friday 13th December 2019- Christmas Jumper Day! £2 Donations
- Tuesday 24th December 2019- Xmas Eve- Nursery Closed
- Thursday 2nd January 2020- Nursery Re-Opens 8am-6pm
Baby Room
Our monthly theme for baby room will be based on ‘Christmas.’
Throughout the month they will be introduced to different sensory activities such snow foam and icy play, feeling and scrunching leaves, and tasting new flavours in their play such as ginger.
They will be learning to taste various ingredients whilst baking their own Christmas gingerbread men and decorating it.
Our babies will also be learning new Christmas songs for their Performance and their book of the month will be focusing on ‘The snowman.’
Toddler Room
In our Toddler room the children’s theme for this month will be based on ‘Christmas.’
They will be enjoying their activities on the Christmas festivities as they make their own Christmas cards, Bells, Stockings and other fun arts and crafts.
Our toddlers will be learning their new Christmas songs for their performance this month.
They will be reading a few Christmas story books such as ‘The Snowman’ and using props.
They will take part in related cooling activities such as – Gingerbread men biscuits, Christmas cupcakes and more.
Pre School Room
Our Preschool children’s theme this month is ‘Christmas.’
They will be learning the story of Christmas and will practice rehearsing their own version of the story for the Christmas Play.
They will be learning about the season ‘Winter’ and will be creating their own Alaska, Igloos and make a frozen bubble play.
They will be also learning about different mountains around the world in relation to Mountain Day on the 11th December.
Our Preschool children will be doing lots of Christmas baking: Making their own Xmas puddings, Gingerbread men and Giant Xmas Jam Tarts.
They will be focusing on the story book called ‘The Nativity’
Extra Curriculum Activities
Theatrebugs join us every Tuesday from 10am starting in our Baby Room, Toddlers and then Preschool.
The children enjoy the different planned monthly themes which cover drama, music and dance.
In addition to this they implement the three prime areas of the EYFS- Personal, Social & Emotional Development, Physical Development and Communication & Language Development which all help to build our children’s confidence, moving and handling, Social Interactions etc
Shakers Kids joins us every Thursday Mornings from 9.30am starting in our baby room, toddlers and then Preschool.
Shakers Kids aims to educate the children the importance of a healthy lifestyle, physical fitness and personal well-being.
They bring fun music with high energy to encourage and involve the children to dance and exercise with energetic activities!
Reminder
Now that the weather is getting colder, we advise that all parents make sure that their child arrives with appropriate clothing on, it’s important to provide warm hats, gloves and coats for the winter weather.
Please can parents remember to label clothes and buggies with children’s names. This helps avoid confusion and loss of property. Please ensure that your pram is folded down and hung on the railing. Thank you!
Christmas Post:
A Post-box will be available for all children to post Christmas cards for their friends or carers within the nursery. The post boxes will be located in the reception area.
