School newsletter 24/25 – Term 1, newsletter 2

Hi All

Last week the children continued to settle back into Nursery School, for some children settling in happens quickly and for others it may take a little longer. If your child is unsettled at drop off or throughout the session we will work with you on an individual basis to ensure that we support you and your child in the best way we can over.

Overview – ‘All about me’ and ‘My favourite things’.

Group times: The children enjoyed coming together for group times with their key person, throughout the week we were introducing new members of the group, getting to know one another’s names through discussions, games and songs. We were talking about the weather, days of the week and counting how many children were in their group each day. The older children were great at helping to show and support our new children with our routines and behaviour expectations at Nursery School.

Enhancements:

Our ‘Wow’ activity: If the children wanted to they had the chance to make fresh orange juice with Marlena last week, they talked about where the oranges come from, the process from orange to juice and their personal favourite juices. The children took it in turns to use the juicer and used their senses to to describe the experience using new vocabulary they had learnt from the activity.

Inside: The children were busy been exploring the art workshop and creating their own masterpieces, using their imagination in the role play areas, using their fine motor skills to use tweezers in the sand, experimenting with measure in the water tray, reading, experimenting with the musical instruments and being creative with the playdough.

Outside: The children had fun creating ball / water runs, setting up and completing obstacles, painting, drawing, taking turns on the bikes / scooters, constructing with the large wooden blocks, climbing, balancing, exploring and playing games.

Poem of the week – Chop Chop

Chop, Chop, Choppity Chop.
Cut off the bottom and cut off the top.
What there is left, we put in the pot.
Chop, Chop, Choppity Chop.

– Ask you child if they can remember the actions.

Reminders:

– Thank you for those of you who have already sent in family photos, if you have yet not had chance please do as the children love to share their photos and explain who is who and what they are doing.

– Snack: Any weekly snack donation is welcome on any day of the week. We ask for any fruit, vegetables and savoury snacks such as crackers, bread sticks or rice cakes.

-Look out for memos for your child being a focus child as we are starting this from this week and really value your input. We have 3-4 children a week as focus so your child will have a week either this term or next. Then again in the Spring and Summer term. The week after your child has been a focus child your key person will arrange a parental call with you to have a catch up to discuss how your child is doing and look at next steps.

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

Best wishes

Zoe 😊