September 2023
Updates
Staffing update…. Damian has moved to Rising 3’s, he is enjoying working with a different age group after supporting the preschool children, Lucie has moved to deputy head of Preschool 2 and Chantelle has moved into Babies, both are really enjoying their new roles and getting to know their key children.
We would like to say a huge congratulations to Khadeega who has just completed her Early Years Initial Teacher Training. Another congratulations to Iona, Aimee, and Millie who have passed their Early Years Diploma. Finally, congratulations to Katie who passed her chef qualification!
Phase 1 of the building work across the 3 preschool rooms is now completed, we will be in touch shortly with more details regarding phase 2. The children were excellent and coped well with the movement of rooms. They have been intrigued by the building work and have been making their own buildings using various construction.
Our baby room display family photos in their room, we would love to do this in each room, please could you email in a family photo to cribbs.causeway@snapdragonsnursery.com so we can display them in each of our rooms.
Star nominations- has a staff member gone above and beyond to support your child, if yes then please let us know, staff members can exchange nominations from parents for rewards such as vouchers and treats.You can fill in a slip on the front desk or send an email to let us know why you think a staff member is a star!
The Hungry Caterpillar!
The Baby and Preschool 1 room joined together to enjoy the story of ‘The hungry caterpillar’, after tasting the different foods from the story, they spoke about their likes and dislikes.
Preschool 1 continued their love of the story through using their fine motor skills to make butterflies using scissors and various mark making tools to decorate them.
Toddlers decided to do some delicious fruit exploration whilst looking at the different fruits alongside and exploring them by using their hands and their mouth. They then continued the activity on by making some butterfly prints, using mark marking tools and paint to create different marks on their butterfly.
Mini Chef’s!
Preschool 2 have been developing their chef skills! With the support of our nursery chef Katie they carefully cuts vegetables to make their own pizzas. Talking about what foods are healthy the children selected different toppings for theur yummy pizzas.
Rising 3’s have also been baking, making some delicious vegan biscuits. Each of the children carefully added the ingredients into the bowl, using the wooden spoon to mix. Afterwards they carefully rolled out the dough and used different cutters to make a variety of different shapes.
Dates for the year…
Spooks and S’more’s on Thursday 16th November. Please join us from 5:30- 7:00pm for some spooky activities and some s’mores around the camp fire, the whole family are welcome to join us.
Preschool parents evening-Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th Novemeber, a chance to meet with your child’s keyworker and discuss their start to preschool. Please make an appointment at the front desk.
Preschool Nativity peformances on Monday 4th December, times to follow.
Snapdragons Christmas Party on Wednesday 6th December, more information to follow.