November Newsletter 2025
Our teaching toolkit theme of the month is:
Explore and investigate with curiosity- To be curious, fascinated and deeply involved.
What have the babies been up to?
Babies have been busy this month exploring lots of physical equipment such as the climbing frame and the bikes and tunnels in the garden. We had to wrap up extra warm as it got very cold this month, so we had to wear our hats and our warm coats. The babies have also explored some problem solving activities this month such as making marks in the play dough, putting the puzzle pieces into the correct space and looking at our wooden bead maze. The babies also cooked some yummy oat biscuits to have with some warm milk at story time in the afternoon.
What have the toddlers been up to?
The toddlers have been exploring the forest area this month. We explored leaves and mud painting and looked at the different marks we could make with the mud. We also explored the reels and ramps in the garden, and to make bigger ramps the toddlers had an idea to turn the benches upside down. They put the reels down the tamps to see how fast they could go. The children also make some salt dough to create some lovely Christmas decorations ready to go home in December!
What have the pre-school been up to?
Pre-school have been busy with their cutting skills this month creating beautiful snowflakes for our room. It has been so lovely to see them make small snips in the paper to see what they can create. We have also had a nice music session this month. We got all of the instruments out to see what noises they could make with the different instruments. Their favourite seemed to be the instruments that made the loudest noises. They have also experienced lots of painting this month, they have explored puffy paint which was very fun. They also learnt about Remembrance Day and creating some lovely poppy paintings.
Some exciting news to share…
We are thrilled to let you all know that Georgia has had her baby. A little boy called Ethan. Mum and baby are doing really well and we are so excited to meet baby Ethan and have lots of cuddles. Congratulations Georgia and John on your wonderful news, we are so happy for you|!
Let me introduce you to our new Administrative Assistant
This is Bev. Bev currently works on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Before working at Snapdragons Bev was a Receptionist/Administrator at Bristol University. Prior to this Bev was an NHS Children’s Physiotherapist.
Bev is really enjoying getting to know all of the children and families.
Let me introduce you to our new Administrative Assistant
This is Katy. Katy has had various admin roles including another nursery before starting her role at Snapdragons. Katy is a Level 3 qualified practitioner in Early Years and works in the creche at David Lloyd Gym Monday to Wednesday. Katy works at Snapdragons on Thursday and Friday.
Reminders and Events for December:
If your child attends a 9am-3pm session, please be aware that some children to attend from 8am, and may be arriving late. Please could you leave the doorway/foyer clear so they can get to the front door for their child to be collected. We will open the door at 9am for the 9am session.
We are finding that parents are no longer calling if they are going to be late, which does have a knock on effect to our staffing. Please can we ask that if you are running late, then please give us a call as soon as possible so we can ensure ratios are maintained. We have staff member that must leave at 3pm to collect their children from school, so we will need to ensure this is covered. Please also let us know if you are going to be later than 6pm to collect your child, so again we can let the staff know.
You will soon be receiving an e-mail from Snapdragons regarding our new system Famly in the next couple of weeks, as we are hoping to move over to this from January in regards to completing observations on your child. You will be required to set up an account for your child. There will be instructions on how to do this in the e-mail that will be sent to you soon.
Nativity- Friday 5th December. Invitations have gone out, please see us at the desk if you are not sure what time your child’s performance is.
Christmas Dinner Day- Wednesday 10th December
Christmas Party- Thursday 11th December. We will have exciting activities for the children to explore, as well as a visit from a special visitor in the cottage in the car park. We are anticipating this will be busy, so please ensure you wrap up warm as there might be a wait to see Father Christmas.
Children on a term time only booking will finish for Christmas on Friday 19th December 2025- children will return from Monday 5th January 2026.
We are open on Christmas Eve and will then be closed from the 25th December. We reopen on Friday January 2nd 2026 for all children on an all year round booking pattern. If you have any holidays booked Christmas week or you are not planning to bring your child in for Christmas Eve, please do let us know so we can staff the nursery accordingly.