Half term already!

It’s hard to believe that we have already been at nursery for a full half term! Everyone has settled so well in to nursery life and is embracing all the new challenges that learning can offer. The children have worked so hard, I think they are in need of a well earned rest.

I do hope everyone manages to get some time to relax and recharge their batteries in readiness for a VERY busy next half term. I would also like to thank you all for your wonderful support of nursery, it is greatly appreciated.

We made a scarecrow called Poppy!

The children thought it would be a fantastic idea to make a scarecrow for the nursery garden, to scare away the birds!!

We found some garden canes and old clothes in the cupboard. A group of friends stuffed the clothes with autumn leaves. Everyone thought the scarecrow should have a happy face and be called Poppy! A good choice I think!

Nursery photographs

Tempest photographers will be coming in on Wednesday the 16th October 2019. Individual and sibling photographs will be taken during the morning. If you have children who are not in school but you wish to have a photograph taken with their siblings in school, then please email school to Mrs Hodges,      bursar@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk  as we will have to ask you to come in early and be here for 8:30am. We need to hear from you so that we can assess numbers.

Harvest

Our Harvest Festival this year will be taking place on Tuesday 15th October. This year we are collecting donations for the Food Bank, a much needed charity for so many. Nursery will be collecting toiletries.

Unfortunately this year we are unable to celebrate in church and instead we will be sharing a liturgy in the hall. Nursery will be joining Reception and KS1. We are so sorry but due to space it will be difficult to invite families; we definitely need a bigger hall!

This Friday and at the beginning of next week, we will be exploring and finding out about how and where our food grows and comes from. We are then going to make bread and eat it for our snack!!! Yummy!

Supporting interactions

Joint engagement happens when you and your child are paying attention to the same object or event during a back and forth interaction. This might happen as you laugh together while watching monkeys at the zoo, or when you’re having fun pushing cars down a ramp. Whatever it is you’re doing, you’re both aware that you’re sharing an interest in the same thing.

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Pretend play

It's so much fun to pretend with your child! But there's a lot more to pretending than just playing around. Children learn so much when they pretend, including some important communication skills.

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Small Talk

A new website ‘Small Talk’ has been developed by the National Literacy Trust. This is useful fro ideas for Chat, Play and Read for different age ranges.

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The Colour Monster...

Back by popular demand!!

This week we have been exploring our feelings and how they can affect how we may sometimes behave. The children love this story and it really helps them to self regulate.

Click here to listen to the story. Enjoy!

Hungry Little Minds

Hungry Little Minds is a new government campaign to support parents with helping their children to develop well in the areas of Communication Language and Literacy. The key message for parents from the campaign is:

‘Many little things light up hungry little minds. Children take everything in, and even the smallest things you do with them can make a big difference. They love it when you chat and read with them, even when they’re too young to understand everything. Whatever the time and wherever you are, you can turn almost anything in to a game. And every little things you do together will help set them up nicely for the day they start school’

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There's only one world and one me!

Look at our wonderful self portraits! We have displayed them for you all to see!

This week....

It has been such a wonderful week at nursery. The children have embraced nursery life with great enthusiasm, we are so pleased.

During this week we have been painting and drawing pictures of ourselves. We have looked closely at our faces and bodies in a mirror and asked questions such as “how many”, “why”, “the same or different” and “what does each body part do?” We hope to have our 'There’s only one world and one me’ display finished next week, please try and pop in for a look! We will be extending this learning thread by discussing exercise and healthy eating.

At the beginning we introduced the number 1 and have spent the whole week exploring this particular number in all its entirety. We have found it hiding in our environment, in books and in songs that we have been singing, in fact we found there is 1 ‘something’ everywhere.

Could I take this opportunity to remind everyone to ensure that your child has one piece of fruit for each session that they are at nursery and a blue Our Lady book bag. Book bags can be purchased fro Top Mark in Wood St, St Annes.

This week everyone should have received their welcome newsletter from their key person. If for some reason you have not yet received yours please let me know.

I believe the weather is going to be lovely this weekend, I hope you all have the time to enjoy it!

Welcome to nursery

Welcome to nursery!

A very warm welcome to all our children and their families.

I hope that everyone has managed to have a restful summer and are ready for a very busy term at nursery.

It has been a lovely start to the year. All the new children have enjoyed exploring the both the indoor and outdoor environments, and for the returning children it has been great to see their friendships pick up from where they left off in July.

Next week your key person will be making contact with you via a welcome newsletter. You will also be either invited to come along to nursery to meet your designated person, or alternatively arrange for a home visit.

As always there will be dates for you diary, these too will be listed on your newsletter. The nursery blog is usually live from Thursday afternoon, please try to check it weekly to avoid missing any important information.

In the meanwhile, if there is anything you need to know or discuss please do not hesitate to contact me.

As we come to the end of the year....

As we have reached the end of the year I would like to take a couple of minutes to reflect.

It has been the most wonderful year, packed with fun and learning. We have thoroughly enjoyed working alongside your children and it has been an honour to watch each child blossom and grow. Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your child’s life and your family.

It is with great sadness that we must now let many of our children go, so they can continue their learning journey. I am confident that they will embrace reception with ’gusto’ and fly!

To the families returning to nursery in September…get ready for even more fun next year !!! We can’t wait!

I must also thank each and every one of our parents. Your unwavering support of nursery has made our work this year so enjoyable. Thank YOU!

Enjoy the summer!

Get outside and see what you can do!

Click here to download your free wall chart! Enjoy!

Sunny Days

We have all been enjoying this lovely weather this week. There has been lots of water play and ice pops!! Let’s hope the weather lasts for the weekend.

May I remind everyone that if you would like a copy of the images we have taken of your child throughout the year, please send a clear USB to nursery NEXT WEEK.

Hooray for Sports Day!

Such a super Sports day. The children wore their bespoke t-shirts and showcased all the fundamental movement skills we have been working on throughout the year. Everyone had great fun and when we got back to nursery we all had rocket ice lollies!

Please remember to press your child’s t-shirt for three minutes before washing it. This will to seal in the colours.

Today we joined in the Gym Jam Jog!

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed taking part in today’s fund raising event...even though it was raining! It was such an early start Barbara, Clare and Sarah were exhausted! A big thank you for getting involved.

Welcome to our new web-page

Everyone is excited about the launch of the new school website!

Nursery’s page can be found by clicking the ‘Learn’ button at the top of the ‘Home’ page. It is worth checking what is happening each week to ensure you don’t miss anything. Furthermore, you will be able to find out what we have been learning about at nursery. I will be blogging every Thursday…hopefully.