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Welcome to Autumn 2
Welcome to Term 2 We have had a busy and fabulous first term in Sunflower room! There have been new friendships formed and lots of learning and sharing of interests. We are very proud of how calm and settled the children have been coming into Nursery in the mornings. Our first two weeks back include our parent reviews – please make sure you have signed up for these.
This term we will be going on a trip to St. Augustine’s farm to support our Core Book learning around Rosie’s Walk. We hope that his will be a fun and memorable learning experience for our children. Later we will invite you in to share with our seasonal celebration – Nursery Winter Warmer, where we will share our winter songs that we have been learning.
If you have any worries needs or concerns, please talk to a member of our friendly team to help you x
Meet the Teacher
Early morning routine Help your child will find their name card and register on our Key Worker boards. Please sign in and record your child’s lunch choice for the day.
We will help your child settle on an activity in our Key Worker areas. We refer to this time as Talk Time. It is a time for you to share any news or information with the Key Worker and chat to your child as they settle into their new day. These activities will have been carefully planned to suit the groups interests. We then say hello to each other and have a small activity in our groups.
Packed Lunches If packing a lunch for your child, please ensure that it is healthy and when possible varied. Please see below some information and ideas on a range of healthy foods to provide. Nuts are not allowed due to allergies. Please could grapes be cut into quarters as they are a choking hazard, and we ask no chocolate bars please. Take the time to check the sugar content of yogurt drinks and snacks as it is very easy for your child to be consuming more than their daily intake of sugar without you realising. As a rule of thumb, foods that are unprocessed and fresh contain less sugar and artificial colours and flavours.
Reflective Planning
In our 3YO Nursery we use Reflective Planning. We follow the interests of your children and whilst they are playing, we support and extend their learning. We then reflect on our observations and interactions to carefully plan how to support your unique child. Whilst observing we may spot schemas in your child’s play. We may use these to help plan more enjoyable learning experiences. If you are interested in finding more out about schemas, follow the links below.
www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/features/eyfs-best-practice-all-about-supporting-schemas
Staff who work with your child are:
Teachers: Stephanie Johnson and Johanna Welch
Nursery Practitioners: Ellen, Sarah, Sam, Sally, Santana
Super Skills
Term 1 – Communication
Term 2 – Resilience
Home Learning
We will be taking the children out to enjoy the wooded area and the outdoor classroom where we will be encouraging them to notice the changes from Autumn to Winter. You can support your child noticing the changes you see in the outdoors – the colours of the leaves and the coolness of the air, the changing of the light! Or you could create a collage using leaves or other natural resources.
Dates for the Diary
- 2.11.26 First day back
- 2.11.26 Parent Reviews week 1
- 4.11.26 Individual photos
- 9.11.26 Parent Reviews week 2
- 11.11.26 St. Augustine’s Farm
- 16.11.26 Anti bulling week
- 23.11.26 Road Safety week
- 9.12.26 Christmas Fayre
- 14.12.26 Winter Warmer
- 16.12.26 Christmas Jumper day
- 16.12.26 Winter Warmer
- 18.12.26 Last day of Term 2
Termly Curriculum Letters
Please download and print as required.
Makaton
Michelle has been filming Stephanie to support our parents and practitioners with using Makaton. Here are some of the signs that we felt were the most helpful!
Need help with potty training and toileting your young child?
https://www.eric.org.uk/ This is a valuable website with lots of information to help you and your child with this learning. Attached are some leaflets from the website to give you the information you need to understand difficulties children have with toilet training, with suggestions to support and what is important to look out for to keep your child healthy.
Downloads:
ERIC Thinking about potty training now your child is 2
Look at what we have been doing!
Term 1 :
