This week has been a little disrupted following a couple of COVID cases at local school, this meant a number of staff had to leave work to go and collect children and we would like to thank you all for coming early on Tuesday to collect your children in response to our text. This may become part of life over the winter months and we thank you in advance for your patience. We will do all we can to operate as normal but you will be aware that sometimes this will be beyond our control and the safety of the children, the staff and their families will always take priority.
It is a reminder to ensure you use the hand gel, that the children wash their hands often here and that we follow social distancing at all times.
We have had a really enjoyable week here with more puppet shows and acting, more music and dancing, the children have loved the soft play and waited perfectly for their own turn, building patience and strength!
We have started planning for our Christmas performance which we hope will be streamed live and a recording to be available but we have changed the date so we encourage you to check the newsletter.
Circle times have been lovely with lots of emphasis on friendships and fun and numbers and the world around us.
The Star group have worked on numbers quite a lot, singing songs, playing matching games and counting. The children have also enjoyed listening and joining in with Sticky Kids which is a great exercise CD, they have joined in games with friends, explored size concepts and learnt new vocabulary too.
The Sun and Moon groups have been busy learning about growth and decay with lots of items Alison left out to go mouldy! They have talked about and learnt about and recreated animal skin patterns and practised scissor skills, made patterns themselves. The have made clay sculptures, looked at their faces in a mirror and made self portraits and spotted words on packaging and talked about logos too.
Lots of clay out this week which is great for hand strength and imagination, lots of tools – hammers and screwdrivers on the table with us teaching the children how to use them safely!
Our planning for next week involves lots more learning about the world, practising who, what and where questions while reading stories and while out and about on a walk to encourage conversation, do some simple drawings together – send them in with your child and we will start to learn Christmas songs and made decorations so have a look on your phone from last Christmas and show your child your tree from last year!