Dear Parents and Carers,

 

Nursery News:

Up Coming Events

11^th June  – Mobile Farm is here

26^th July – Graduation

This weeks activities and events

 

Forest school – At Forest School they made ‘Journey Sticks’, before going into the woods each child found a stick as tall as them and then wrapped string around the stick. Then they walked through the woods, adding different objects (leaves, twigs pine cones) by threading them through the string. At the end of the session each child spoke about their Journey Stick and what they had found.    

Next weeks 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/ 

 

This week’s planned activities are also on the ILD’S.

 

Buttercups 

Topic of the month: Bodies

Monday – Sammy’s group will be listening to the story of Ramadan and at snack time they will be trying dried Apricots.

Tuesday –  Jamie’s group will be choosing different books to read and handle.    

Wednesday – Hannah’s group are creating marks with paint through big movements with their hands and feet.

Thursday – Leanne’s group are exploring their emotions by making different facial expression in mirrors.

Friday – Hannah’s group are singing songs, using puppets and small world animals as visual aids.

Jamie is off Monday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Sammy is in all week and Hannah is on holiday all week.

 

Bluebells

Topic of the month: Animals

Monday – Megan’s group will be taking part in a sports day, developing balancing skills.

Tuesday – Donna’s group are building their awareness of different festivals and communities while celebrating Ramadan.

Wednesday –  Ruby’s group is reading ‘The Hungary Caterpillar’ story while creating their own butterfly. 

Thursday – Chloe’s group will be posting their own picture home, they will even get to walk to the post box outside and post them.

Friday – Maria’s group are exploring the jungle animals with their friends building listening and attention skills.

Donna is off Friday and covering one of our other nursery’s on Monday, Chloe is off Monday and Tuesday, Megan is off Thursday and Friday, Ruby and Maria are in all week.

 

Sunflowers

In the Sunflower room each Key Person plans and implements their own Key Group activity, but the room works on the same area and aspect to ensure the activity is individual to each Key Group and therefore meets the specific Key Group’s individual needs.

 

This will work alongside their weekly planned activity list which you can see in the room and on the ILD’S.

Becci’s group will be learning about the Muslim festival Ramadan and using a range of media to make moon and star decorations.

Almu’s group are exploring different instruments by playing a game where they are given a variety of instruments and can only play their instrument when their key worker holds up the card with the instruments initial written on it.   

Ines’s group are working together to create a big Dinosaur out of junk modelling boxes and other materials.  

 

Topic of the month: Dinosaurs

The letter of the week is: X

The children will be:

Talking about words beginning with X

Printing the letter X

Writing the letter X on the easel

Talking about x-rays

The Number of the week is: 16

The children will be:

Count up to 16

Jumping 16 times

Writing the number 16

Exploring number puzzles

 

The shape of the week is: Rectangle and Square

The children will be:

Looking at the shapes during circle time

Playing hop on the shape in the garden

Joining Squares together to make Rectangles.

 

 

Becci is off Wednesday and covering one of our other nursery’s on Thursday, Almu is off Thursday and Ines is off Tuesday.

Jenni and Ottilia are in all week.

I work early shifts every day. So I will get to see you all in the morning, If you have any queries in the evening please speak to your child’s Room Leader or Jamie.

 

Interactive Learning Diary

Don’t forget to check out all the exciting things your child has done this week, on their ILD profile.

We aim to put at least one observation up per week.

Follow the link below: www.interactivelearningdiary.co.uk

 

Facebook

Castle Nursery and Preschool Facebook page promotes the company, engages with parents and team members across our nurseries.

If you would be interested in following this page, here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/Castle-Nursery-and-Preschool-790319011138020/. We will be regularly adding events and photos to the page.

 

Menus

There are no planned changes to this week’s menu.

See attached document for the weekly menu. 

If you would like to see a copy of our allergens menu at any time please ask!

 

Useful websites

Here are the links for the Surrey Family Information Service, Free Early Education, Free Early Education for Two year olds and Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP).

 

www.surreycc.gov.uk/fis
www.surreycc.gov.uk/fee
www.surreycc.gov.uk/feet  

www.surreycc.gov.uk/eypp

 

 

 

Kind Regards,
 
Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team