Week commencing 13th October

Dear Parents

 

Forest school -Sunday 12^th October!!!!!!!!

The parent Forest School training session is this Sunday from 10-12.  For those of you who have signed up to take part in this, please meet us at St Martha’s car park, Halfpenny Lane, wearing suitable clothing for the weather.

Due to the nature of the session the children will not be able to attend.

 

Menus

The new autumn and winter menus have now started.  There are no planned changes to this week’s menu.

See attached document for the weekly menu.

 

Missing cardigan

We are missing a girl’s light grey cardigan, please can you check at home and if found return to Sunflowers.  Thank you!

 

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: Emergency closure policy – Building

 

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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

Buttercups

Monday – Nilem’s group are looking at ‘Peppa Pig’ books and talking about the pictures to extend vocabulary.

Tuesday – Julia’s group are taking turns at blowing bubbles in the garden.

Wednesday – Nilem’s group will be getting creative with paints and brushes.

Thursday – Charlotte’s group are exploring the ‘small world’ equipment.

Friday – Magda’s group will be practising putting on their shoes and coats.

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

 

Bluebells

Monday – Donna’s group will be exploring shapes and spaces as they make jigsaw puzzles.

Tuesday – Leanne’s are playing hiding and guessing games with blankets and objects.

Wednesday -  Chloe’s group will be practising their throwing and catching skills through playing with balls and hoops.

Thursday – Rose’s group will be exploring the mini motors and naming and counting the different vehicles.

Friday – Leanne’s group are practising following instructions as they play the game ‘Simon Says’.

Donna is off Friday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Chloe is off Thursday and Rose is in all week

 

Sunflowers

Books of the fortnight

6^th -13^th October – Mog on Fox Night by Judith Kerr

20-27^th October  - Lulu Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn

3-10^th November – The Sunflower Sword by Mark Sperring

17-24^th November – Victoria’s Day by Maria de Fatima Campos

 

The Sunflowers have one detailed weekly focused activity to ensure all the children have the opportunity to take part in it.

This will work alongside their weekly planned activity list which you can see in the room.

 

This week’s activity is: Creating nature pictures or crowns.

 

We will be collecting natural objects in the garden, talking about what we have found, describing textures, shapes and colours, grouping objects into different categories and sticking natural objects onto card to make a picture or crown.

 

Our Letter of the week is: W

 

Our activities are:

Looking out the windows – what can we see?

Setting up the whiteboards with letter ‘w’stencils

Threading – thinking of words that begin with ‘w’

Drawing waffles.

 

Jess is on holiday all week, Sophie is off Monday and Becci is attending a training course on ‘Understanding Boys’ on Tuesday.