Rainbow Corner Day Nursery, Pre School & Kids Club

✨🌟One more Sleep untill the Pre-School children’s Nativity concert 🌟✨

The children have been practicing their songs very well and we can’t wait to perform in front of all our family and friends.

Please arrive at 10.15am at Holton le Clay Village Hall where we will take your child to get changed in to their costumes while you take your seats.

Performance to start at 10.30am followed by a party, buffet and a visit from the big man himself🎅🏼

Please remember to bring your buffet contribution and raffle ticket money.

We can’t wait to see you there!
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🎄Don’t forget 🎄
🎄there’s still a few spaces available for Forest School Fun activities,
🎄(school age children ) this festive 🎄🎄holidays for the🎄🎄
Monday 19th December 9-3pm . Thursday 22nd Fully booked .

In the Toddler Room this month we have enjoyed lots of different activities.
We used the leaves that we found to make different marks in the sand to help us with our fine motor skills. We enjoyed exploring the pumpkins for Halloween and making craft pictures for firework night. We enjoyed using the cheerios to help us count and start to recognise different numbers.
Some of the children have enjoyed forest school sessions, exploring the outdoors and using their physical skills to climb and crawl.

🌲Attention 🌲
🦌This coming holiday 🦌
🌲We are offering Two days of Forest school fun activities!
Monday 19th & Thursday 22nd Dec 9am-3pm please ring nursery on 599009 and speak with Jess or Mrs Di 🎄to book a place, limited spaces 🎄

Just a reminder for all it's photograph day on Friday 25th November.😁😀

Children in need fun at Rainbow Corner Nursery & Pre School🤩🤩

Huge congratulations to Grace and Louis for winning The Pudsey Bear challenge for Children in Need.

A big thank you to everyone that has donated to the charity. We are pleased to announce we have raised £227.

Last week we had lots of spooky fun at the Pre-School Halloween party, we played musical statues, hunted for edible body parts in the garden and passed the parcel.

For the rest of the week, we focussed on the importance of a healthy morning routine. For this week only we changed snack time and gave children a choice of cereal or fruit. This lead to discussions about the importance of healthy nutritional foods we should eat in a morning. We enhanced the role play area to bath the babies and had toothbrushes to promote dental hygiene.

Here is a snippet of the fun some of the older children had in the half term Forest School sessions, lead by Mrs Di and Jess ☺️🌳☘️
From decorating pumpkins, to creating spooky bird feeders, to constructing flying machines, and casting magical muddy spells (to name but a few) 🎃👻💀
Keep your eyes peeled for more of these sessions to come 😁

Thank you Di for making Halloween cakes and biscuits and to all the staff for making Halloween special for all of the children

Exploring Autumnal changes in the environment! The Pre school children have had the opportunity to get out on the mini bus twice these past few weeks ☺️ They explored the woods, where we were surrounded by nature, and observed different species growing in the environment around us🍄🌿
The following week we visited the local farm shop to pick some pumpkins. We chose all different sizes, which gave us opportunities to discuss size, order, and to recognise numbers on the tape measures and rulers.
We have also created our own autumn leaves, melting chocolate into moulds, watching the solid chocolate change form, from solid, to a liquid, adding autumn coloured smarties 😁
This week we have talked about the celebration of Diwali, and displayed this in a range of colourful activities, colour by number, and practiced our fine motor skills using scissors to make pretty Lanterns ☺️

The Tweenies have been learning about Autumn this term, they have engaged and explored with natural objects from the world around them. 🍃🍁🍂
We have been looking at the colour of leaves and how they change when falling from the trees. 🟢🟠🔴
The children have talked about the textures of acorns, fir cones and conkers and have made an amazing Autumn display with all their craft work. 🖌️🎨
Percy the Park Keeper has been our book of choice and we have enjoyed listening to all the stories and poems during our group activities. 📙

🐔The little Red hen has been our focus story of the week in the Pre-School room. Following this, we have learnt how bread is made by exploring tactile materials such as corn and flour. We have watched a video on the Ipad, showing the process at a Mill and we have baked our own bread to taste.
Some of the children went on the minibus to visit the local farm shop. We bought various different vegetables to explore. The children thoroughly enjoyed creating their own farm shop with the vegetables which encouraged some great language of money, counting and developing our imagination.🥦🍆🧅🥔

This month in the toddler room we have been getting ready for Autumn. The Children have been learning some new signs and songs ready for the new term. The older children have been helping the younger children to settle into their new room . Some of the children have taken part in some forest school sessions, exploring and climbing the trees.

The babies have had a visit from Sarah's guinea pigs today called 'chocolate' and 'caramel', we have enjoyed feeding them spinach and hay and stroking their fur coats. 🐹🐾

🌟Pre-School Room🌟
We have had a fantastic week discussing Our families and who is special to us. We have explored this in different ways including natural resources, playdough and mark making tools.
We have adapt the role play areas this week to encourage the children to engage in conversation and share ideas. Bathing the babies was a huge favourite and some of the boys furthered their learning by building their babies their very own cot bed. 🤩

Peter rabbit has gone missing from the Toddler room. He may have been misplaced and put in someone's bag, can you please check your child's bag and get in touch with the nursery if you have him.
Thank you 🙂

The new children in the Pre-School room have settled in very well. They have followed the routine brilliantly and have started to take turns to be helper of the day, which involves being the leader, collecting name cards and feeding the fish.
Old Bear has been sat on his shelf watching how well behaved the children are and has chosen some of their houses to have a sleepover 🐻
We have followed the children's interests this week, getting to know each other by finding out our likes and dislikes and including this in our play.

🤩Pre School🤩
As we are Settling into the Pre-School Room we are learning ‘All about me’.
Please could you bring in a photo of your child’s family. This will give your child the opportunity to talk about their families and share experiences.
The Pre-School Team

🍃☘️🌿Attention All parents.🪵

The following Forest school Sessions are now available.🦗🪱🐞

We are pleased to be able to offer the following dates for October half term 🌿🎃

🕷Monday 24th 9-3pm
🐜Thursday 27th 9-3pm
🐌Friday 28th 9-3pm

Please could you ring nursery to book your child/children a place on 01472 599009 as limited spaces available to avoid disappointment.😃
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Please could you make sure your child/children are dressed appropriate for the weather and in appropriate footwear.
Your child will also need a packed lunch and drink, snacks and hot chocolate will be provided.

Our Forest School sessions are run by our fully qualified Forest school leaders 🌿🌳

“We didn’t realise we were making memories,we just knew we were having fun”

A.A Milne

Attention All kids club parents😀

Please can all parents email or phone kids club to confirm sessions needed for the Autumn term before and after school sessions.
Please can you also let us know if there have been any changes to your child’s details including emergency phone numbers etc

Thank you 😊

Attention All Parents🌿🐾🌳
We are pleased to be able to offer our last forest school session of the summer holidays,
Friday 2nd September 9am -3pm.
These sessions are run by our very own Fully qualified Forest school leaders, Mrs Di and Jess.
These take place on our own Forest school site next to the main nursery building. 🌳🪵🌿🔥🐾
Limited spaces available so please book early to avoid disappointment.
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Please call the nursery on 01472 599009 for any further information or to book your child a place.

Children should have the appropriate clothing on for the weather on the day and bring with them a packed lunch.

October half term date to follow shortly.

“Children cannot bounce off the walls
If we take the walls away, be outside
discover and play”🐾🌿🪲🕸🐌

Can I please remind all parent’s when bringing medication and inhalers that they are clearly labelled with the children’s name, and all prescribed medicine should be presented to a staff member with the prescription sticker on. Thank you 😊

Attention All Parents 😃🐝🐞🌳
We are very pleased to be able to offer
Forest School Sessions during the holidays, for school age children, we have been trialling this for a few weeks and are able to offer the following day Friday 26th August.
Limited places available so book early to avoid disappointment.
We are fortunate enough to have Mrs Di and Jess our very own fully qualified Forest school leaders and our own site on which we can deliver such sessions.
These are just a few of the activities we have to offer:
🐝Den building.
🐞Use age appropriate tools to make wooden crafts.
🌳Tree climbing.
🪲Bug hunting and identification.
🕷 Mud sculptures.
🦗Fire lighting and more….
We have recently had some taster sessions that went very well😃and due to popular demand, from some of the children 😃we have availability on the following date: Friday 26th August,
9am -3pm . Please bring pack up and dress your child appropriately for the weather on the day.
Please contact the nursery on 01472 599009 for further information or to book your child/children a place. 🐌🦋🐛🪱🐝🐞🐜🪰🪲🪳🐾🌳🍀🍁🪺🍃🔥

“The more risks you allow your children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves“
Roald Dahl.

The children in the toddler room enjoyed a special story read by Mrs. Julie. The book was called 'Julies Jungle' and Mrs. Julie dressed up for the children and gave them all little animals to hold.
They were able to recognise and point to the animals when asked and understood the story and what was happening with the help of the pictures. They listened with interest and loved it when Mrs. Julie used her binoculars to find all of the animals they were holding.

What a fantastic Term the Pre School have had! We have celebrated the Queens Jubilee, the Armed Forces, we have spent a week exploring science experiments, we have been to space, completed daily nature challenges and prepared ourselves for our next chapter of starting School.
The Pre School team are super impressed with the school leavers, they have been practicing writing their names, developing understanding of shape and numbers and most importantly learning those vital steps ready for transition to school which is learning how to build relationships, work as a team, follow instructions and building independence in self care.
We would like to thank all parents for braving the very hot weather to attend the graduation ceremony on Monday, I'm sure you all agree the children all did an amazing job to stand in front of a large crowd.
We wish all children and parents the Best of Luck in your next journey in September. The pre School Team ☺️

☀️☀️After taking into consideration the extreme weather conditions, we have decided to close the nursery at 4.30pm today.
We understand this is very short notice but the safety of the children is our priority.
Please could you collect your Children before 4.30pm, you will not be charged any fees at this time. ☀️☀️

☀️ This month in the baby room we have celebrated the queen's jubilee by baking cakes, exploring coloured rice and decorated a crown which we wore to our jubilee party 👑🇬🇧.

We have also had a water themed week in which the children made cups of flavoured fruit tea, felt the texture of marshmallows in water and stamped using our wellies in the tuff spot. 💦

The babies have had lots of fun in the sunshine splashing in the paddling pool and chalking with their friends. ☀️

The children in the Toddler Room have been enjoying learning about planting and growing.
They have helped to plant some seeds, water them and watch them grow. Today the children picked the strawberries and washed them. They took it in turns cutting up the strawberries and tasting them which they really enjoyed.

This morning the Tweenie room have had a wonderful time at the park, climbing, running, balancing and working as a team to use the see-saw. ⛅

This month in the Tweenie room we have been looking at our different emotions and reading about them in the colour monster story book. 😀😭😔
We have been developing our counting skills and have even looked at recognising numbers 1-5 during maths week. We used our fine motor skills to match the number pegs to the different shapes.1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣🟥🟡🔺
We have turned the home corner into lots of exciting things like a restaurant and a shoe shop measuring our own feet and engaging in new activities with our friends. 👟👠
Franklin had his 3rd birthday and brought some yummy cakes for us all to eat. 🎂🎈
Last week we got messing using our senses to explore the different tuff tray activities, extending our language and learning new words like sticky, runny, squishy and slimy while playing with the gloop.🔍

🌈This month in the baby room we have been concentrating on using our communication and language skills. The babies have been listening and understanding simple sentences as well as learning new single words, we used activities to enhance this such as pulling items out of a bag, identifying objects from a group and recognising animal flashcards. 🐾

The babies have also joined in with row the boat and playing peekaboo with their keyperson making relationships.🌈

Last month in the Toddler room we have really enjoyed different imaginative play, we have encouraged the children to take part in simple pretend play. We had a vets, a flower shop and a vegetable patch.
The children helped to plant out different vegetables and we have been learning how to care for them. They used their physical skills to pour and fill up the watering can to water the new seeds.
We helped the children with their counting skills, counting out the different vegetables that they could see.
We have also been learning Makaton signs to help the children develop their language. The children do this as part of their daily routine and have picked it up really quickly.

Reminder..
The Nursery will be closed Good Friday & Easter Monday!!!
Have a lovely Easter 🍫🥚🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣

This month in the baby room we have been getting messy exploring with different foods such as beans, cereals, making marks in flour and painting with spaghetti wands! 🥄

🐾We had a dinosaur themed week involving finding dinosaurs in wobbly jelly, creating dinosaur eggs and using the large dinosaurs to make huge pawprints. 🐾

🌻We introduced Spring into the baby room using lots of our senses to dig and feel the texture of the compost in the carrot patch 🥕, we smelt and felt the flowers in water and the children explored with natural herbs in playdough. 🌻

🌼The babies celebrated Mother's Day by making a yummy biscuit, planted some sunflowers to give to our parents/carers and we made cups of tea using the teaset and flavoured tea bags in the garden.☕️

We introduced words throughout the weeks such as Mummy, flower, water, cold and dinosaur. 🌈

Over the last few weeks the children have had lots of fun in the Tweenie Room.
We have had a week of building and construction, using our own ideas to extend and elaborate on our play. We enjoyed a visit from the fire brigade looking at the fire engine and talking about people that help us. 👷🧱🚒🧯🧑‍🚒
We have celebrated mothers day making pictures, exploring in the tuff tray and planting sunflowers.
It was a child's birthday today, we played lots of games and had a surprise visit from Barney the dinosaur.🎈🎂🦕🦖

☀️☀️With the Sunshine making a very welcome appearance, could we please ask that you bring in Suncream & Sun hats ☀️☀️

The toddler room enjoying story time with Mrs. Julie listening to the "Owl Babies".

☀️☀️Spring is on the Horizon and the Sun is Shining at Sunshine Pre-School ☀️☀️

Come and have look around and see what we have to offer this Saturday 19th March.
Sessions will be available 9am-3pm starting after Easter!!