Phoenix Nursery School

Over the last two weeks, we have been looking after some caterpillars in nursery. We have watched them and looked after them as they grew and changed into butterflies, talking about our ideas together as we used clay, drawing and collage.

Last Wednesday we had a visit from Angie’s Animal Antics. She brought in an owl, a tree frog, a rabbit, a tortoise and bearded dragon. The children held the animals and learnt a little bit about where the animals live and what they like to eat. Thank you to all our families who donate to our school fund as it means we can have treats for the children in school like the animals and the puppet man.

Dear Parents
The Kingswood Trust invites you to join them on Saturday 10 July for their Open Day, where you can find out about day visits, projects and programmes.

We have taken delivery of caterpillar larvae and the children have been noticing how much they have grown and changed over the week. They have looked and seen how their bodies have got longer and wider. Very soon the caterpillars will build their cocoon and the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly will happen.

Staff and pupils from St. Luke’s Primary School arrived with the ‘Wolv Olympic torch’ this afternoon as part of its journey across the city. The children made French flags to celebrate the event.
Each school has their own individual ribbon tied to the top of the torch. We cheered and waved our flags and then The Headteacher took the torch to Graiseley Primary School.

Claire’s morning group have been getting to know the nursery snails. They have enjoyed holding them in their hands and helping to look after the snails by using the water spray to clean them and making sure the snails have some fruit to eat.

🎨 Yo! Wolves school holiday programme is all set for May half term and there are still a few places. 🎭From Monday 27 May to Friday 31 May, all activities will be funded by the City of Wolverhampton Council and will include a meal book now.

Laura’s group have also planted beans. This week we have been looking carefully at our beans to draw them. We have been sharing our ideas about why some beans have grown and others haven’t. We are learning what plants need to grow.

Claire’s children have planted beans and have been looking after them and noticing what has been happening. This week they have used their observation skills to look closely at the plants and draw them. The children have looked very carefully and drawn the stems and the leaves from the plants they have been growing.

Dear All

We have been asked to share the following with our Community on behalf of 'Transport for West Midlands', who have recently launched a consultation on the regional 'Road Safety Action Plan'.

The plan will set out the actions that need to be taken to help halve the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads by 2030.

As part of their commitment to reach voices that reflect the diversity of our region, they are contacting parents to complete the consultation survey https://wmroadsafety.commonplace.is/

They would appreciate it if you could complete the survey to help them maximise the range of perspectives shaping the future of road safety.

The consultation closes on the May 10th.

Thank you for your anticipated support 🙂
West Midlands Road Safety
We will be sharing opportunities for you to contribute to plans for improving road safety in the region.
We will also keep you updated on how our plans are progressing.

West Midlands Road Safety We will be sharing opportunities for you to contribute to plans for improving road safety in the region. We will also keep you updated on how our plans are progressing.

Dear All

The MMR vaccination provides long-lasting protection against measles, mumps and rubella for all school aged children. Clinics are being held for children who have missed doses as follows:

Low Hill Family Hub, Fourth Avenue, WV10 9LZ
>Saturday 11 May, 9.30am-2pm

Whitmore Reans Family Hub, Lansdowne Road, WV1 4AL
>Saturday 15 June, 9.30am-2pm

Rocket Pool Family Hub, Rocket Pool Drive, Bilston WV14 8BH
>Saturday 13 July, 9.30am-2pm

Appointments must be booked in advance by contacting Vaccination UK on 01902 200077.

Thank you

Claire’s afternoon children have been invited to construct bridges for the three Billy Goat’s Gruff and the Troll from the book they are reading this half term. The children have had to think about the lengths of the blocks to support the top of the bridge to make sure it balanced so, the goats could walk across. The children enjoyed re telling parts of the story as they played with the characters from the story.

We have been planting beans. This week we have been looking carefully at our beans to draw them. We have been sharing our ideas about why some beans have grown and others haven’t. We are learning what plants need to grow.

Just before the Easter holidays Clive the puppet man came to nursery to tell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The children enjoyed the story, and we hope you all liked making your own set of puppets to tell stories with at home.

Today the children have joined in with Easter celebrations. They have been on an egg hunt in the garden looking for the same matching egg and the have also decorated an egg shape too. The children have tasted traditional Easter food, hot cross buns. We hope the children enjoy their Easter egg and that you have a lovely Easter break. We will see you all on the 8th April.

Last week for World Book Day. Laura’s afternoon children chose to work with the Walking through the Jungle book. This week we are learning about light and shadow using the characters from the text. This has been a really good context for learning to share and take turns.

Last Thursday was World Book Day and we celebrated it by coming to nursery in our pyjamas and having bedtime stories. The children had voted for their favourite book and took part in activities linked to the story as well as listening to it and enjoying hot chocolate. All the children received a WBD book and token and we hope you enjoy reading the story of Elmer the elephant.

In preparation for celebrating world book day the children have been voting for the book they want to read on 7th March. The children are used to working with the 5 frames so they could see which book had more counters (votes) than the other. Aliens Love Underpants won the vote in Claire’s group. We look forward to celebrating world book day together on Thursday 7th March.

Creative Communities have put together some free 'Art Workshops for Parents', which will be held around 8 of the family Hubs within Wolverhampton. Each Hub will have a community artist working alongside you to help you enhance your artistic abilities, and children are also welcome.
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Our new children have been settling into nursery and getting used to the routine and the resources we have to play with. They have been pretending to cook in the kitchen, learning how to paint at the easel, enjoying books and puzzles. The children have begun to build relationships with their Educator and the other children in their group.

We loved having parents in yesterday for our Christmas celebrations. We hope you enjoyed our retelling of the nativity story and making decorations with your child as much as we did.
Today we have finished celebrating Christmas with a party. We have danced, played games and enjoyed lots of party food. It was great to see you all in your special party clothes! We watched a special video message from Santa, who unfortunately couldn’t be with us but sent a sack of presents for the children.
Have a great Christmas and a happy new year. We will see you back in nursery on Tuesday 9th January.

Over the last couple of weeks, the children have been finding out all about Christmas. They have decorated the Christmas tree in nursery and as part of our Christmas celebrations the children have been thinking about the tree in nursery and how it can be recreated with lots of different materials. We call the resources the children have been using ‘loose parts’ because they are open ended and can be transformed by the children’s imagination into anything they are thinking about. We have offered straight and curved materials so that children can create their own tree. They have had to solve problems like fitting straight sided resources together to make the sides of the tree and think about how they can make the shape of the tree before decorating it. The children have also learnt about a Polish tradition called ‘Little Santa’ where a shoe or boot is left out and is filled with sweets for the children.

Last Friday we took our children and parents to Kingswood to experience a day full of outdoor activities and enjoy being in nature too.
The children were able to climb trees, enjoy the rope swing and zip wire. They also got to hold and stroke the pets that live at Kingswood and experience pond dipping. In the forest the children followed the owl trail and collected nature’s treasure to use with clay to make animals.
A hot lunch was provided by Kingswood which families enjoyed. We hope you enjoyed this wonderful opportunity which was offered at no cost to everyone.

The children have been celebrating Diwali this week in nursery, wearing special clothes and eating special food. We have also looked at rangoli patterns and made our own. We have danced, sung and drummed too!
The children also had a visitor in nursery. We would like to say a special thank you to Harnoor’s Nan who came in to decorate the children’s hands with mehendi.

Happy Diwali everyone!

In nursery we have lots of different materials for the children to learn how to use so that they can express their ideas through them. This week the children have been introduced to the water colour paints and how to use them by dipping brushes into water, loading the brush with paint and then placing it on the paper. The children will have lots of opportunities to use the watercolours over the coming months.

Next week Laura and Claire will be showing you how to access the video stories and rhymes sent through the TEAMS app. Please check your TEAMS app for a message which contains a link which you need to click on, the link will take you to a video of this half terms story ‘From Head To Toe’ by Eric Carle and the songs and rhymes the children are learning in nursey. Offering story videos for the children to watch and listen to at home will help them to have a deep understanding of the story so that they can begin to retell parts of it. Listening to the rhymes will help children’s vocabulary and understanding of rhythm and rhyme which will support their emerging reading skills.

Hello everyone, this is our first post of the new school year. We have been very busy welcoming all our new children and families to nursery. Here are some photos to show you how they are all getting used to their new environment and making relationships with their Educator and group. We have sent all our families the first newsletter link through the teacher to parents text messaging service so, please take a look, as there are lots of important dates and information for you.

This week the children have watched the release of the butterflies. They have seen first hand the process of change that the caterpillars have experienced, from larvae, to caterpillar, to chrysalis and finally to butterfly. The children have nurtured them by feeding them fruit like they eat and now the cycle begins again with the release of our ‘painted lady’ butterflies.

On Friday we had a visitor to nursery, Angie came with a variety of animals to show the children as an end of school year treat. She brought a hedgehog, tortoise, owl, guinea pig, rabbit, and skinny pig. The children were able to stroke and hold the animals if they wanted to. A big thank you to all our parents who pay school fund as we were able to use your generous donations to pay for this treat.

Dear Parents

The Kingswood Trust invite you to join them at their Open Day where you can find out about school day visits, residentials, team days and volunteering opportunities.
There'll be plenty of fun for all the family too with...Pond Dipping, Animal Handling, Campfire Cooking and Trails in the Woods.
At Kingswood Trust they have many accessible paths and welcome assistance dogs.
Light snacks and a selection of hot and cold drinks are available for sale and they have undercover shelters as well as picnic benches.

There are toilets and handwashing facilities including outdoor hand-wash stations and they also have a defibrillator and first aid on site. Their volunteers are on hand to help and show you around. Just ask at Woody’s Snack Stop if you would like to speak to them.

Any donations towards their charitable aims are always much appreciated. They very much look forward to seeing you.

To book your free ticket to the event, please follow the link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/100-years-of-kingswood-trust-our-centenary-open-day-15th-july-2023-tickets-591233263607?aff=oddtdtcreator

100 years of Kingswood Trust - Our Centenary Open Day 15th July 2023

Discover Kingswood through the years - come in fancy dress, explore indoors and out, fun activities, competitions and displays.

100 years of Kingswood Trust - Our Centenary Open Day 15th July 2023 Discover Kingswood through the years - come in fancy dress, explore indoors and out, fun activities, competitions and displays.