January Newsletter
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January Fun
We hope your children have been sharing with you all the fun we have had at nursery since coming back after our Christmas break. To start the term we explored the season of winter. We hope the birds in your gardens have enjoyed the fat balls the children made for them. We have enjoyed feeding the birds, and squirrels, that visit our nursery bird table
This month we have been busy exploring our favourite stories. We have explored aliens, monsters, dinosaurs and pirates love underpants. We find these stories very funny but we also learn from these stories how our underpants are very private to us. We also explored the story of pantosaurus. We had great fun exploring the pirates are coming. We love being pirates š. We have thought about the days of the week along with numbers and healthy eating whilst exploring the hungry caterpillar. Over the next couple of weeks we will explore three billy goats gruff and guess how much I love you
We have thought about the letter sounds n, o, p and will have fun with activities before half term looking at an and r sounds.
We have really enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year and the year of the snake. We had fun creating our own dragon dance. A
Upcoming Events
Friday 14 February 2025 – break for half term
Monday 24 February 2025 – nursery reopens
Friday 11 April 2025 – family afternoon – further details to follow
Friday 11 April 2025 – break for Easter
Monday 28 April 2025 – start of Summer Term 2025
Policy Reviews
We have reviewed and updated the following Policies
Healthy Workplace
Immunisation
Medication
Health and Safety Policy
Superhero Policy
Policies are available for you to review in the policies folder in the reception area. If you would like a paper copy please speak to either Paula or Andrea
Family Day
It was so lovely to have all of you come along for our first family day at the end of the Autumn Term. We really hope you enjoyed joining in craft activities with your little ones and seeing some of the activities and resources that the children enjoy
We look forward to spending time with you at the end of Spring Term. If there are any activities you would like us to plan for this event please let us know
Hot Dinners
We were really disappointed when we received the news that the hot dinner price from Telford and Wrekin was going to be Ā£4.40. We had hoped it was going to be the same as school, as the dinners would have been combing from school. School dinners cost Ā£2.90.
Some of our parents are using mini flasks for their childrenās lunches for items such as soup, rice, beans, jacket potatoes and things like that. You are very welcome to send such things rather than cold packed lunches
Online Safeguarding Links
Letās Talk Pants
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/
Online safety for children with SEND / NSPCC
Use Parental Controls to Keep Your Child Safe / NSPCC
Help keep children safe online with Techosaurus / NSPCC
Teaching Your Child about internet & Online Safety/NSPCC
Look, Say, Sing,Play -Brain-building tips NSPCC
Smartie the Penguin @ childnet.com
Flood and Snow Closures
We are now at that time of year again when these events may occur. As a lot of our families might already be aware there are occasions when nursery has to close because of flooding or heavy snow. We will do our best to inform you as quickly as we can if this is going to happen. We fully understand that these closures can make things tricky and we will only make a closure decision when absolutely necessary. We will put information on our website, use the school closure line and make telephone calls to let everyone know what is happening
Emergency Contact Details
Can we please ask that you ensure we have your up to date contact and emergency contact details and that any changes to mobile phone numbers are notified to us
Thank you
Nursery Library
Please feel free to borrow any of nursery books that are in the red box in the reception area. There is a little book for you to note down which book you have borrowed, the date taken and return date
We also like seeing you reading the books with your children in our reception area whilst waiting for your sessions to start. As we all know reading and listening to stories is so important for childrenās development
