Another month gone, and what a busy month we’ve had!

Wellbeing week

Our wellbeing week was a huge success so thank you to everyone who contributed! Our little ones enjoyed visiting other rooms for their lunch and talking to some new faces, especially our siblings who got to join up for their meal! We did some really relaxing yoga outside in the garden and dropped all of our food bank goodies to ASDA, kindly donated by you. Whilst we were dropping them off the toddlers had a secret mission, to collect items on their shopping list containing flowers for Kim, formula for the babies, and a sneaky treat for the grown ups back at nursery! They did such a good job!

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Babies

The babies have got really stuck in with their Halloween activities this month! They have created foot print ghosts to decorate their room, along with some spooky cobwebs and spiders. Some of the babies enjoyed using glue and collage materials to create some spooky pictures, whilst others used oranges to squeeeeeze in to their orange playdough to make it smell delicious! Then moulded the dough in to little pumpkins, using sticks collected in the garden as stalks!

Toddlers

Toddlers have been getting in to the autumnal spirit whilst exploring their book of the month ‘Room on the Broom’. They have been out in the gardens collecting natural resources such as conkers to roll through paint and make abstract patterns. They used leaves to create hedgehog pictures and enjoyed using craft materials to make their own broomsticks from their book of the month!

Pre-School

Pre-school have also enjoyed getting stuck in to Halloween. They have been exploring pumpkins and carving them out to turn them in to tunnels for the trains! They have also been making magic potions with lots of different colours and bubbles to stamp patterned pictures. Some of the pre-schoolers have also been showing off their artistic side, carefully drawing their self portraits to go up on the wall.

Notes and Reminders!

We are now well and truly in to the autumn weather! We kindly ask that your little one has some essentials to keep here on site for the winter, as we do go out in all weathers!

These are, a warm coat that is named, a waterproof suit or trousers that is named, a pair of wellies that are named, a water bottle that is named and a pair of shoes regardless of age so we can avoid soggy socks! If you’re willing we would also appreciate a pair of named slippers to keep our toes toasty indoors.
Some of your children will be transitioning to their next step through the nursery at this time of year. If this is you, and you would still like a further conversation with your child’s new keyworker, or another tour of their new room, please just let us know.
Charlotte was THRILLED at everyone’s efforts on pink day this month to raise awareness for breast cancer support! We are still planning some more events and games for you to be involved in so keep your eyes peeled.
Jadea will be on annual leave from 6th November until the 15th November. If you have any queries relating to babies in this time please contact either Beth or Ella until Jadea’s return.
We have a new team member! Martyna, our house keeper, will now be working on site from 5pm until 7pm, so if you see her around on pick-up please feel free to say hello!
This year’s flu vaccination programme is underway. Children aged 2 and 3 years old (on 31 August before flu vaccination starts in the autumn) are eligible for a free flu vaccine given as a nasal spray.
Bristol Early Years encourages all early year’s providers and schools to share the Flu Immunisation leaflets and information with families, and to encourage parents and carers to take their child for a flu immunisation in half term where appropriate.
Annual vaccination of children helps provide protection to each child and reduces the spread of flu to their families and the wider community, protecting others who are at increased risk of becoming seriously ill from flu. The flu vaccine also promotes a healthy working environment in nurseries and childcare settings by reducing the risk of flu being spread to others including staff.

We are collecting!

As you all know, we are a curiosity approach setting. As we are in the process of renewing this, we are looking to extend the provision that we have around this area. If you ahve any ‘curious’ or homely objects lying around that are not being used we would LOVE a donation! This can be anything from saucepans and vases to conkers and shells. We have put a little kit list below with a few suggestions.

- Bowls. - Spoons. - Trays. - Dishes - Boxes. - Massage rollers. - Trinket boxes Chopping boards. - Curtain rings. - Wicker mats. - WIcker baskets. - Mug trees. - Pots. - Wooden animals. - Baskets. - Picture frames - TV remotes. - Old phones

Key dates

Babies and toddlers parents evening - Thursday 2nd November
Pre-school parents evening - Wednesday 1st November
Spooks and smores - Wednesday 22nd November
Pre-school nativity - Friday 8th December
Nursery closes for Christmas - Friday 22nd December
Nursery re-opens for the new year - Tuesday 2nd January

October at Atworth!