Weekly Newsletter Monday 16th September 2019

Bunny Room

This week in the baby room we will be celebrating lots of different

cultural beliefs and various eras of music.

We know how much the babies love music so we want them to

express themselves and dance to every kind of music. We will be

listening to different music from different countries around the

world.

Song of the Week:

Tiger Room

This week our Tigers will be learning about different cultures, customs from all over the world.

They will be practicing their counting skills while counting

camels, explore their construction skills as they build

igloos and decorating Eiffel towers and other creative

activities!

Song of the week: London Bridge

Book of the week: Handa’s Surprise

Reception open days

We realise the summer holidays

have only just ended, however it is

time to start thinking about

reception classes for those

children born between

1st September 2015 and 31st

August 2016.

St Mary’s school will be having

their open days on the following

dates:-

Monday 23rd September at 10am Monday 14th October at 10am

Saturday 16th November at 9.30am

Monday 9th December at 6pm Monday 13th January 2020 at

10am.

There is no need to book - just turn up at whichever session suits

best. Children are also welcome to

come along for the visit.

Tapestry

Tapestry builds a very special journal of a child’s experiences and journey through their early years. St Mary’s nursery use tapestry to

show you photos, videos and observations added by the staff

here at nursery. Parents and carers too can add things to tapestry.

This enables these memories to be kept as a permanent record of each

unique life. The communication between staff and parents that Tapestry enables, helps build a

shared understanding of how every child can reach their full potential.

We have noticed that many parents

have never logged onto tapestry, therefor are missing out on these fabulous observations. We have

resent activation emails this afternoon to all those not yet

registered. Please note this invite may go into your junk folder so

keep a look out. You can download a tapestry app onto your phones and tablets or

simply visit the website

https://tapestryjournal.com/

Food from home We would like to remind parents that children

should not be coming to nursery with food

from home.

We have children who have very severe

allergies and different food intolerances who

are attending our nursery.

As a nursery we do our best to meet all the

children’s needs and dietary requirements to

ensure their wellbeing is met. Your cooperation

in this matter would continue to help us in

doing so.

If your child comes into nursery and has missed breakfast, we have a variety of fruits,

some milk and toast to offer them before snack

time.

Toys from home

Please can we ask that toys from home

are not brought to nursery. We have had

a few instances this week when children

have brought small toys into nursery, they

have been misplaced or other children

have taken them to play with as they are

extremely interesting and fun, but this has

caused upset to the owner of the toy. Of

course we are happy for

comforters/teddies to be brought in.

Staff Holidays

Milena from Pandas is away Monday – Wednesday.

Kamer from Tigers is on holiday

this week.

Fahima from Bunnies is on holiday this week.

Veronica from Bunnies is on

holiday Friday this week

Remember to let us know of any holidays you are planning over

the summer so we can update our records.

Diary Dates

St Mary’s reception open days: Monday 23rd September at 10am

Monday 14th October at 10am Saturday 16th November at 9.30am

Monday 9th December at 6pm Monday 13th January 2020 at 10am

October half term:

Monday 21st – Friday 25th No AM, PM or 9-3 sessions this week.

Christmas Closure Dates:

Open until 6pm on 20th Dec then closed for 2 weeks reopening Monday 6

th Jan at 8am.

Individual pictures Little Urchins: - Dec

This week we will be learning about the sound ‘m’. We will learn how to write it and looking for other words

that contain the sound ‘m’.

‘Maisy, Mountain, Mountain’

From Tuesday the 17th September we

will be starting our new sessions for

Play Phonics. http://playphonics.net/

Play Phonics brings learning to life

through weekly fun-packed drama

workshops.

Through unique kinaesthetic, auditory

and visual technique, the weekly

workshops have been carefully

designed to enrich phonic learning for

Nursery children.

If you would like your child to

participate, please complete and return

the signup sheet by Monday 16th Sep.

Thank you

This week our panda’s will be reading the story ‘Old MacDonald

Had a Farm’.

Our Panda’s will be exploring many different farm animals, writing their names and exploring the sounds they make. We will

also be making our self-portraits, learning about letter in our names, writing and practicing our maths skills.

Panda Room News

Our Pandas are making portraits all

about themselves this week for our

display board that we are currently

updating!

We would love it if you could send us

photos of your pets, family portraits,

or children’s siblings so that we can

add it to our display!

If you are not able to bring pictures to

nursery, please email them to Aston

or Andrea.

Thank you!