July 2020

Our Monthly update

Welcome back to all our families who joined us in July. All the children have again settled so well especially those who have recently joined us and those who have moved to new rooms. Thank you to everyone for complying so well with the new procedures we have in place with the new hand washing stations and social distancing. We know it can sometimes be challenging when the weather is wet but thank you for all your patience. The drop off and pick up seem to be working well at the moment with the three entrances so we will not be introducing staggered drop off times at present. We will let you know if this is something that may be introduced in the future.

Ladybirds (Babies)

Babies have welcomed some new faces to their group this month. All the babies have been settling quickly and adapting well to their new surroundings and routines. They have loved being outside in the courtyard making those first marks in paint and lots of splashing in the water play on the warmer days.

Dragonflies (Younger Toddlers)

Lots of our older babies have now joined the Toddler room. They have been loving the new challenges the room faces with lots more opportunities for climbing and exploring. Dragonflies have been loving lots of water play, they have been busy baking biscuits and have been exploring lots of messy play like balloons in water, paint and gloop!

Butterflies (Older Toddlers)

Butterflies have had a lovely busy time especially in the garden. They have also been doing lots of experiments with paint and shaving foam and watching the effects of this. They have been looking at what they can find in the garden and then painting what they found and they have also been dancing to the wiggles their favourite songs and (Laura’s!)

Pre-School

Pre-school have been cooking this month, doing their own puppet shows and busy talking about the schools they are going to! We have been trying to work more on the children’s independence and self-help skills ready for school. We have been reading lots of school stories too! The children have also been doing lots of role play with the dolls house and tea set.

Can all children who are due or in receipt of Early years Entitlement funding please complete the documentation they should have received from the accounts team. If this could be completed as soon as possible they would be very grateful.

We will be waving farewell to some of our pre-school children this month as they embark on their journey to school. We will miss them all so much and the team are very glad they have had a few months to spend with them before they leave us! Please make sure you have let us know your child’s last day with us so we amend their finish date.