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As we come to the end of another school year, which we can’t quite believe we have, we would like to thank you all for the lovely gifts and very kind words. We really do appreciate your thoughtfulness. For those children and families who are leaving us we wish you luck in your new schools and for those who are returning to us, we look forward to seeing you on 7th September. Finally, we wish you all a fantastic summer break.
Take care
The Nursery Team.
We were very excited this week to welcome ‘Angie’s Animal Antics’ into nursery. The children were introduced to a range of animals: a bearded dragon, an owl, a rabbit, a hedgehog and a tree frog. Please check your Teams app for more photographs of your child. Talking about them together is an excellent way to help your child’s communication skills.
Dear Parents/Carers,
Play sessions are being offered at Phoenix Park over the six weeks holiday. To book your place, please scan the bar code.
Dear Parents/Carers
We understand that it is a difficult time for everyone, with the cost of everything that we need to purchase to meet our family's needs, rising. We would, therefore, like to highlight food bank services, which are available to families in Wolverhampton.
Please access the following website for details:
In nursery, we have been getting to know the Three Billy Goats Gruff story. We want our children to develop a love of stories and books. We have thought about this story in many ways: working together to build a bridge for the goats, drawing pictures of our characters, acting like the characters as we play on the bridge outside, reading the book and playing with our puppets. You can share this book at home by watching the video story together on Teams.
Dear Families,Parents and guardians in Wolverhampton are being asked to ensure their children are up to date with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, as latest data shows uptake across England has dropped to the lowest level in a decade. The percentage of five-year-olds who have had both doses of the MMR vaccine in England is currently 86.3%, well below the World Health Organization’s target of 95% which it says is needed to achieve and sustain the elimination of measles. It also means around three in 20 children starting school are at risk of catching measles. The virus is highly contagious, so even a small decline in MMR uptake can lead to a rise in cases. And, as international travel resumes, it is more likely that measles will be brought in from countries that have higher levels of the disease. The MMR vaccine is known to give 99% protection against both measles and rubella. Children are offered two doses of the vaccine by their registered GP surgery, the first when they turn one and the second at around three years and four months, before they start nursery or school.For more details on the MMR vaccine, visit
www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/mmr-vaccine/.If your child isn’t registered with a GP, you can find out how to do so at
www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/gps.
In nursery, we have been exploring pattern. As we notice patterns around us and create our own patterns, we build up an idea of what pattern is. Patterns can be created in lines, vertically or in circles. Having a good understanding of pattern helps our later mathematical thinking as we continue to look for connections and similarities. Can you talk to your child about patterns you notice at home? Perhaps you can create your own patterns together too.
The children in Laura’s morning group have been using the iPad to photograph each other. Through this, we are learning how to use the iPad's and evolving our observational skills. We are developing our language skills and technical vocabulary too.😀
One of our in depth stories is ‘The Train Ride’. The children have been invited to create a track like the one they are becoming familiar with in our story. The children have the choice of a range of construction materials and choose wooden blocks and magnets to build with. The Educator encourages the children to join their tracks together to make a larger train track encouraging early collaborative skills.
Dear Parents
The BBC have launched their 'Tiny Happy People' website, which aims to reduce the 'word gap' by supporting parents/carers to help develop their little ones' vocabulary in the home learning environment.
We have included the link to the website for your information:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
It was such a pleasure to welcome our families back into nursery today for our Jubilee celebrations. We thoroughly enjoyed our royal festivities and look forward to seeing you again on Monday 6th June.
Laura’s morning group are continuing their snail enquiry. We have been finding out about the shape of the snails’ shells and have represented this through clay, drawing and painting. We have engaged with a projected video of snails, where some children showed their interest in the snails’ tentacles, their texture and the patterns on their shells. We look forward to finding out more about these ideas together.
Claire and Mina’s children have been growing some broad beans. Over the Easter holidays, they have grown a lot and the children have been talking about the changes they can see. The children have then used their observation skills to help them represent the plant through drawing. The children have noticed many features of the plant like the leaves and the stem and as you can see they are representational of the actual plant.
Today we have celebrated Easter in nursery. We have taken part in an Easter egg hunt outside, tasted hot cross buns, sung Easter songs and made our own patterns on egg shapes using loose parts. The children have also received an Easter egg to take home. We hope you enjoy your Easter break and look forward to seeing you back in nursery on Monday 25 April.
On Wednesday we were visited by Clive Chandler and his puppet show. We thoroughly enjoyed his retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk and it was great to see how engaged the children were with this traditional tale.
This week the children have been talking about what food is good for our teeth, such as fruit, and things that are not so good like sweets and pop. They also looked at what was inside the box to help them look after their teeth, a toothbrush, toothpaste and a timer to know how long to brush them for to make sure they are clean. Please read the leaflet provided by the special care dental service to help with supporting good dental habits. Thank you.