Supporting your child’s emotions As well as the usual continuous provision and activities, the children have been thinking about emotions this week. As adults, we take for granted how we feel and are able to put a name to that feeling. For a young child, these feelings are something that they may struggle to...Read More
This week’s activities Please find below a summary of some of the activities that have happened over the last couple of weeks. One of the children, who had been reading a book with penguins in, was curious about whether a penguin was an amphibian? This led to discussion around what animals are amphibians, so the...Read More
This week’s extra activities Cooking The children made ‘egg muffins’ during cooking this week. The simple ingredients were eggs, milk, red peppers and tomatoes. First a couple of children carefully helped to crack the eggs – this is quite tricky for younger children, so the adult was on hand to make sure no shell...Read More
This week’s one-off activity We have had a mixture of weather this week – sometimes bitterly cold, sometimes mild and sunny. At the beginning of the week, when it was very cold, some of the children noticed that some ice had formed on the crates in Robin Garden. They carefully transported the ice to...Read More
Welcome to the Team We are really luck to welcome two new members to our fantastic team of Early Years Educators: Suzanne Many of you will be familiar with seeing Suzanne at the setting. She has been covering as bank staff for some time now but we are really happy to welcome her as a...Read More
This week’s ‘one-off’ activity summary Over the last few weeks each child has created their very own Christmas ‘card’. They each chose their own design and what resources they wanted to use. Each card is therefore as individual as each child – it may not look particularly Christmassy in the traditional sense, but your child has created...Read More
Update to COVID-19 guidance Dear Families Further to yesterday’s parentmail, we have today received updated guidance from Government on what an individual should do if they are confirmed as a contact of a positive Covid-19 case. As of 14 December 2021, the following people can take a lateral flow test every day for seven days instead of...Read More
