Nursery Weekly Newsletter

Term: Autumn 1 Date 30.09.13

The children have continued to settle well and seem happy. We will spend the next few weeks teaching the children about the expectations within the Nursery setting. We usually base all of our activities around a specific theme which has been directed by the children. The children have expressed an interest in fruit and vegetables, so this will be theme for the rest of the term.

Personal, Social and Emotional
Aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.
Plays cooperatively with other children and adults.
Responds to a few appropriate boundaries, with encouragement and support. 

Communication and Language
Listening to and joining in with the story of ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’.
Enjoys rhymes and demonstrates listening by trying to join in with actions or vocalisations.
Beginning to ask simple questions.

Physical Development:
Makes connections between their movement and the marks they make.
Beginning to balance blocks to build a small tower.

Mathematics
Beginning to organise and categorise objects.
Enjoys filling and emptying containers.
Associates a sequence of actions with daily routines.

Understanding of the World
Tasting and describing various fruits.
Remembers where objects belong.
Matches parts of objects that fit together. 

Expressive Arts and Design
Vegetable prints.
Joins in with nursery rhymes.
Expresses self through physical action and sound.

Messages.

Thank you to all of the afternoon parents who are waiting until 3.30pm to come down to the Nursery to collect their children. We appreciate this, and as I’m sure you understand it prevents the children’s learning time from getting disrupted.

We are aware that it can be a little busy around the registration board. You are more than welcome to help your child hang their coat and bag and then place their name in their key group. This may alleviate some of the pressure.

We already have a number of unnamed jumpers and cardigans. If the children’s clothes are not name we are able to find its owner.

Finally, thank you for all of the Wishing leaves we have had returned, there are some lovely ‘wishes’ which we hope to support your children in achieving. Once the wishing tree is complete we will post a photograph of it on the blog.
Thank you for your support

The Nursery Team