Uley Under 5s

16/05/2024

Just a reminder that this is tonight. If you would like to come, please do pop along or contact us if you are unable to attend but would be interested in either
- opening a child care provision for under 5s in the village
Or
- being part of a trusteeship.
Thanks
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Hello All,

As you know last November, having exhausted all avenues we made the sad decision to stop providing childcare at Uley Playgroup. We are now looking at closing the Charity that supported this - however, before we start this it is necessary to hold a Special General Meeting to which all members an interested parties are invited. At this we plan to discuss:
- if anyone would like to take over the trusteeship of Uley Playgroup with a view to providing early years care in the village
- what to do with funds and assets if we are to close (this will be governed by our constitution)
- any further ideas
We are holding this meeting on 16/05/2024 at 8pm in Uley Village Hall. If you would like to attend it would be great if you could let us know on [email protected] but equally if you don't email it is fine to simply come along.
Thanks
Playgroup Committee

16/11/2023

Please come if you can, and if you would have liked to but need to send apologies, please email us and we’ll send you the minutes. Thank you 😊

16/11/2023

Please put it in your diary, and if you would have liked to attend but need to send apologies, please email us so that we can send you minutes. Many thanks.

31/10/2023

Hope you’re all having a lovely half-term…we’ll still have our lovely‘conkers’ available to play with when we come back, but stay tuned for more info on the ‘adventures’ we have planned for next term… and some VERY exciting news! 😊

Autumnal Play...
Today I collected conkers. I love autumn and seeing the children's little faces as they collect their natural treasures, such as, acorns and conkers. These activities are often rich in possibilities opportunities and learning for children and this includes lots of mathematical learning.
We may here children beginning to apply simple subitising skills, this is recognising arrangements of number and objects. For example, "I have 3 and 2 conkers!" and seeing those patterns/numbers in their play. Often children learnt to recognise amounts without counting (subitising) alongside learning to count. In the past few years there has been a growing interest in learning to subitise and the impact it has in deepening children's mathematical understanding. We can encourage children to subitise by rather then asking them to count how many? Instead saying "tell me what can you see?" and modelling subitising in play.

22/10/2023

Congratulations to our friends down the road at Uley School! 🎉🙌🎊

PUPILS and teachers from a village school are celebrating another good Ofsted result.

20/10/2023

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Ever so many sleepy leaves, upon a tree one day,
When it was time to go to rest, wanted to stay and play!

“Why should we fall to the ground” they said “out of the sun so bright?”
So when the Mother Tree shook her arms, each little leaf held tight.

“Oh please come and help me, Mr Wind” whispered the Mother Tree
And with a rush and a puff he came, whistling merrily.

And by and by, when the big red Sun said “good night” in the west,
Ever so many sleepy leaves lay on the ground at rest.
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Wishing you all a restful weekend too (and hope your “sleepy leaves” sleep well tonight! 😊🍁🤞)

19/10/2023

A couple of pages from October’s newsletter

19/10/2023

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Today I painted...
Sometimes learning is messy, children need opportunities to get messy. To learn through all of their senses, to experience those tactile experiences. How can we ever learn to make the colour green, if we have never experienced it?

19/10/2023

Unfortunately due to staffing issues tomorrow Friday 20th Oct, we will be closing at 12pm. (Parents, check your WhatsApp msgs for details).

16/10/2023

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… with deep regret, Monday’s Toddler Stay-and-Play session has had to be cancelled (😷😷😷)… apologies to anyone who’d been planning to come… but please do join us next Monday for the last session of term.