Term: Autumn 2 WB: 28.11.16
Dear Parents and Carers,
Next week we will be looking at the story, ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman.’ In the story the jolly postman posts Christmas letters to characters in fairy tales. To gain a better experience of posting letters we will be walking to the postbox as a class on Friday 2nd. You will have received a letter explaining about this. Please make sure your permission slips are back by Wednesday.
We are starting to prepare for our Nursery Christmas production! We will be performing to parents on Friday 16th December. Add the date to your diary to make sure you can attend. The children work very hard at learning all their Christmas songs and it is always a very special day for both parents and children. Please remember that ALL children will be attending the morning session that day and the Christmas concert starts at 11am.
Notices
We have noticed at Nursery that some children are struggling to get their coats on by themselves. Please encourage and support your child to dress independently at home. Children should be able to get coats on and put feet in shoes by themselves. If they need help with zips and buckles they can ask for adult help.
If you get to Nursery early and are waiting outside for us to open, please be aware that children should be directly outside the nursery doors or on the path with parents. Children are not permitted to run around the car park or up and down the slope. Staff leave/enter the school at different times and we want your children to be as safe as possible.
Times
Morning Nursery: 8.30am - 11.30am
Afternoon Nursery: 12.30pm - 3.30pm
Please be aware that morning Nursery children need to be collected at 11.30am at the latest. Please make sure you are outside our Nursery door at 11.20 ready to collect your child when we open the door. Children who are not collected by this time will be taken round to the main school office for late collection.
Water area
Our new large scale water area is nearly finished in the EYFS. This will give children opportunities to pump water on a large scale, move it around and observe it properties. We have a selection of waterproof dungarees and wellington boots for children to put on. If you have your own waterproof clothes at home for children to wear please bring them to Nursery and leave them on their pegs at the start of the session. We do our best to make sure children stay as dry as possible. Please understand that children may get a little wet but this will not harm them. We put jumpers etc on the radiator when they come in and make sure our classroom is alway warm. There will be a workshop for parents explaining the benefits of outdoor learning coming soon!
At Mead children play outside in all weathers. Please make sure your child attends Nursery with a waterproof jacket each day. Additional hats/scarfs etc may be needed as the weather gets colder. Please be aware children may finish Nursery slightly messy or slightly damp from playing outside. We believe that children learn a great deal from playing in different weather conditions and please be assured that your children will not be left in soaking wet clothing for the whole session. If you would like to send spare clothes in to keep at Nursery incase of accidents please hand them to one of the Nursery staff in a named bag.
We are aware that some parents are a little concerned that children shoes/clothes are being ruined in the sandpit outside. The sand pit offers a great amount of learning and challenge for the children. If you wish to leave wellies under your child’s peg for the session you can do but please take them home at the end of the day.
The Newsletter will also be published on the EYFS blog. You can view this from the school website: http://www.mead.havering.sch.uk or by following the school facebook page.
Kind regards,
The Nursery Team
