Dear
Parents,
Celebrating
Diwali
This
week we have been celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. The
children enjoyed dressing up in Saris, exploring curry scented playdough,
decorating candles and eating curry for tea by candlelight.
Changes
to pudding menus
There
have been some minor changes made to our puddings to make our weekly menus even
healthier! Please see the menus on the communication boards in each of
the rooms for the new puddings.
Illness
A
couple of children have had Tonsillitis and we also have had 2 cases of head
lice. If you discover your child has head lice we ask for their hair to
be treated before coming back into nursery. There are a variety of different
treatment lotions or mousses available from pharmacies.
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, visit:
Buttercups
Monday
– Charlotte’s group are investigating natural objects as they play with
treasure baskets.
Tuesday
– Nilem’s group will be playing peek-a-boo games as they look at the ‘Where’s
Spot?’ book and developing vocabulary by naming the animals in the pictures.
Wednesday
– Emma J’s group are developing awareness about themselves by pointing to and
naming the parts of their body
Thursday
– Charlotte’s group are exploring textures and marks as they play with paints.
Friday
– Emma H’s group will be investigating playdough with a range of modelling
tools to encourage their fine motor skills.
Emma
H is off Tuesday and Thursday, Nilem is off Monday and Friday, Emma J is
off Monday and Thursday, Leanne is in all week and Charlotte is off Friday.
Bluebells
Monday
- Donna’s group will be looking at family books in the role play area and
talking about their own families.
Tuesday
– Donna’s group are exploring media and materials as they create pictures using
assorted paints, sponges and rollers.
Wednesday
– Cristina’s group will be joining in with saying words and phrases whilst
reading the ‘Shark in the Park’ story.
Thursday
– Chloe’s group will be talking about different emotions and making a variety
of facial expressions in mirrors.
Friday
– Cristina’s group are practising taking turns as they throw balls into
buckets.
Donna
is off Friday, Cristina is off Thursday, Chloe M is off Wednesday and Rose is
in all week.
Sunflowers
The
topic for November and December is ‘Winter and Winter Festivals’. If you have
anything at home that links to this topic please can we have it for our
interest table? Please make sure any items brought in are labelled.
Our
books of the Fortnight are:
19th-
26th November – Laura’s Star by Klaus Baumgart
3rd-10th
December – Penguin by Polly Dunbar
17th
– 24th December – How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers
Monday
– Chloe’s group will be singing songs and expressing themselves through music,
movement and dance.
Tuesday
– Alison’s group are talking about how different animals move and how we can
move in different ways.
Wednesday
– Jess’s group will be reading the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You
See?’ talking about their favourite parts and drawing pictures of ‘Brown Bear’.
Thursday
– Jess’s group are using the number magnets to encourage number recognition and
counting.
Friday
- Josie’s group will be discussing and describing the members of their
families.
Jess
is off Monday, Josie is off Tuesday, Alison does 9.30-2.30 Monday to Thursday
and Chloe W is in all week.
Have
a great weekend!
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