July Newsletter

Welcome to Grace, Megan, Anais, Regan and Alex

We would like to give a warm welcome to our new Early Years Apprentices. We have Megan and Grace who will both be working in our toddler rooms. Anais who will be based in our baby room full time and Regan will be in our preschool rooms.

We also would like to welcome back Alex, some of you may remember Alex before she went on maternity leave, she will be joining us back two mornings a week. We are so happy that Alex has joined our Snapdragons team again!

Please give the girls a friendly hello when you see them.

Jenna is having a….

BOY!

Congratulations again Jenna!

Dates for the diary:

August:

6th - Jenna’s Birthday.

9th - Snapdragons’ summer Olympics: Please dress your child in their best sports kit and get them ready to compete in the biggest sporting event of the year! The children will compete in a variety of races and competitions throughout the day such as the classic egg and spoon race and who can stand on one leg the longest.

21st - Preschool Graduation (More information will be sent out nearer the time).

22nd - Isla’s Birthday.

30th - Lowenna’s Birthday.

What have we been up to this month?

Babies:

Babies have been concentrating on keeping cool this month! It has been extremely hot, so the staff have been offering lots of water play to keep the babies nice and cool. Babies have also had lots of sensory play on offer like usual, with shaving foam and paint being firm favourites. The babies have continued to look after the rabbits and are still loving spending time with them and getting lots of bunny cuddles.

Toddlers:

This month toddlers have really concentrated on their physical development, both gross and fine motor skills. They have been using the climbing frame and big loose parts to practice their climbing and they have taken part in lots of messy play to improve their fine motor skills. Toddlers have made a robot this month out of cardboard boxes and the toddlers have really taken an interest in butterflies and slugs, they had great fun looking at the slugs in the rain.

Preschool:

They have been super busy this month! Preschool created the most amazing obstacle course in the forest garden and then spent the rest of the month testing it out and making it easier or harder depending on what they wished. Preschool have discussed nocturnal animals this month too after reading the story ‘Owl Babies.’ The children also made owl pictures and oat cakes to go along with this. Preschool also enjoyed a story in the forest garden with warm milk too.