Head of School's Message
As we come to the end of a particularly hot week, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to our incredible (awarding winning) staff for their commitment and care during the extreme heat.
Despite the challenging conditions, they have worked tirelessly to ensure that your children remained safe, regulated, and as happy as possible.
Staff adapted plans to create calm activities, ensured sunscreen was applied regularly, scheduled frequent drink breaks, and made thoughtful use of the cooler areas (thank goodness for air con) to give children some relief from the heat.
All of this was achieved while managing children who, understandably, were more tired and less regulated than usual. It’s important to acknowledge that our staff had very little opportunity to escape the heat themselves, yet they continued to prioritise the wellbeing of the children at every moment.
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A huge thank you to each and every one of them!
Dates coming up:
​​Science Day - Thursday 17th July.
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Summer Picnic - Friday 18th July from 10am to 12pm.
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​Last day of the Summer Term - Friday 18th July.​​​ The Nursery will then be closed for the Summer Holidays and reopen Thursday 4th September.
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Stay and Play for children staying on and joining us in September - Wednesday 3rd September 1.30pm to 3pm.
Reminders:
Please feel free to donate any uniform for our swap shop (part of our Sustainability project).
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The sun cream provided outside the main entrance is for Nursery Children only.
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If you are wishing to attend the Summer Picnic with your child on Friday 18th July please ensure that you let the office know via email. We will not be able to let anyone in who has not previously advised us that they are attending.
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Kindly continue to donate clean egg boxes and toilet roll tubes for our junk modelling area.
Book & Rhyme of the week
Our next Talk for Writing Book is "Magic Beach" by Alison Lester.
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Next week marks the immersion phase of the EYFS Talk For Writing programme, where children will explore the story through various engaging activities. They will explore the different elements of the beach through sensory activities. This phase is crucial for developing understanding and language.
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Our key vocabulary of the text is "Invincible", "Moat", "Ferry", "Dazzle", "Navigate" and "Beacon". Please see below link to the story;
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Magic Beach by Australian author Alison Lester. Read aloud by Mrs Kenny.
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For the next few weeks instead of Rhyme of the Week the children will be learning different Nursery Rhymes to perform at the Summer Picnic.
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Language of the week
We are lucky to have a rich and diverse community with lots of different languages. Our language of the week is Romanian, which is spoken by a few of our families. Please find below links of how to say "Hello" and "Goodbye" in Romanian. Please practise with your child at home.
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Learning At Home
In maths, we have been exploring shapes and their properties.
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Go on a shape hunt at home, looking for objects with different numbers of sides and corners.
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Talk about what makes each shape special as your child find them.
Have fun!
Success Story of the Week
A number of the children have had the opportunity this week to visit their new primary school.
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They have returned to Nursery with lots of exciting things to tell us about their new teachers and classroom.
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We will continue to support in getting those ready to embark on their new chapter in September.
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For those staying on with us we very much look forward to your return.
