Friday 4 April 2014

Week Commencing 7th April



Dear Parents,

 

It was a lovely week last week celebrating Mother’s Week, we all had a great Mother’s Day Tea Party! Thank you to everyone who came.

 

Sun Cream

As the sun is starting to shine (occasionally!), could we please ask you to start bringing in sun hats and sun cream.

 

Building works

As you know the flooring in Babies and the hallway is going down today and tomorrow, so the babies are exploring the Bluebell room and playing in the cot room and garden today. Thank you for your patience during our work.

 

Easter

A reminder that the nursery will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday but reopen as normal for the rest of the Easter.

 

Policies of the week

We will be displaying a different policy every week in the hallway and on our blog:  http://castlenursery-southhill.blogspot.co.uk  (you may have to cut and paste this link).

If you would like to see this or any of our policies please ask Caroline.

Our Policy this week is:  Special Needs procedure for previously unidentified needs

 

This week’s activities

Each key person will be responsible for designing an activity based on their key children’s needs; however, all children who are in on that day will have the opportunity to access the activity too.

If the key person is on holiday or off, another staff member will be able to lead the activity in their place so that the children do not miss out.

For more information on the Early Years Foundation stage, the guidance we use to support our planning and practice, please visit:


 

Buttercups

Monday – Charlotte’s group are sticking different materials onto sticky back to encourage fine manipulative skills

Tuesday – Charlotte’s group will be making beds for teddy bears to develop an understanding of words

Wednesday – Magda’s group will be playing with pretend food and talking about ‘lots’ and ‘few’

Thursday – Nilem’s group will be playing ball games together in the garden

Friday – Julia’s group are reading simple word books to encourage vocabulary

Charlotte is off Friday, Julia is off Monday, Nilem is off Friday and Magda is off Tuesday

 

Bluebells

Monday – Leanne’s group will be using different sized balls to throw into the bucket to build hand eye co-ordination

Tuesday – Leanne’s group are bathing role play dollies with their friends and supporting them to interact with each other

Wednesday – Donna’s group will be reading the nature books to encourage the children to talk about what they see

Thursday – Donna’s group are using the mini motors to support their counting skills

Friday – Rose is supporting the children to explore different materials and textures when creating a picture

Donna is off Friday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Sophie is off Monday and Rose is in all week

 

Sunflowers

Books of the fortnight

24th March -31st March – Dilly Duckling by Claire Freedman

7-14th April  - Whatever Next by Jill Murphy

21 – 28th April – Peppa Pigs Marvellous Magnet Book

5th -12th May – Augustus and his smile by Catherine Rayner

Monday – Chloe’s group are decorating cards using different materials to talk about textures and colours

Tuesday – Becci is supporting the children’s communication by having a group role play picnic

Wednesday – Jess’s group are decorating polystyrene eggs supporting their fine and gross motor skills

Thursday –Jess’s group are completing ‘I can do’ sheets supporting their pencil control and letter recognition

Friday – Chloe’s group are making fruit tarts with their friends promoting turn taking skills

Jess is off Tuesday, Chloe is off Thursday, Becci is in all week and Alison is on holiday


Caroline is also on holiday all week.

 

Kind Regards

 

Jess Smith

Third in Charge

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