Summer Term – April 2012
Welcome to all children and parents old and new to what will be another busy Summer Term. We will begin with the theme ‘Tadpoles, Frogs and Butterflies’ taking the lead from children and parent who brought in some tadpoles. It will also incorporate the outside environment too so lets hope that we have a lovely warm summer. The children will take part in making ‘Frog Sock Puppets’ and ‘Butterfly Feeders’ as well as other activities related to our theme.
Our ‘letter of the week’ begin with the letter ’F’ for frog! Also please watch our outside notice board to see what we will be doing in the coming weeks and what the next ‘letter of the week’ will be!
Home Activities:
To encourage the learning that your child will get from the above activities, there are things that you can do together at home:
* Explore the countryside together by going for walks and collecting nature items that you might find.
* Talk to your child about the world around them and have them describe what they can see, touch and smell.
* Watch children’s nature programmes or read stories together relating to our theme.
* Bring into Pre-school any objects/books relating to the nature theme or our ‘letter of the week’ that you might have, so that we can look at them together as a group at ‘Circle Time’.
Don’t forget our contact number at Pre-school is: 07855 279934.
Stories:
You could read together; maybe even take a trip to the local library to find some of these books:
* Caterpillar Spring, Butterfly Summer by Susan Hood
*Ten Tiny Tadpoles by Debbie Tarbett
*Two Frogs by Chris Wormell
Clothing:
Due to the unpredictability of our weather, please make sure that your child has appropriate clothing such as a jacket, sun hat and sensible outdoor shoes.
We aim to allow the children free flow access between indoor and outdoor environments as long as it is safe to do so. Plimsoles are also a good, safe footwear for indoor wear. Please label all your child’s clothing & footwear.
Due to the nature of the activities that we do and the fact that we don’t want to restrict their play to much, we would suggest that best clothes are not worn to Pre-school as they do tend to get messy!
We recommend Pre-school Sweatshirts and T-shirts as it takes away the worry of what to dress them in and helps them to feel part of the group.
Sweatshirts = £8:00 / T-shirts = £5:00. Also Book-bags can be purchased for £3:50.
Important:
If someone different is collecting your child, could you please make sure that Pre-school is aware of who this will be by writing it in the Parent Book. Also if you change your address or phone numbers could you please let us know so we can ensure emergency contact details are kept up to date.
Notice Board:
Our notice board is one of the ways that we can keep you informed of all the relevant information such as policies, procedures and activity plans. This is to ensure that your child’s time at Pre-school is safe, secure and as much fun as possible.
Healthy Eating:
We have a ‘Healthy Eating Policy’ at Pre-school and we are a ‘Nut Free Zone’. Therefore we encourage all parents to support us in this by sending their child to Pre-school with a healthy and manageable lunch. (No Nut Spreads, Chocolate Bars, Sweets or Fizzy Drinks).
Sickness:
If your child has sickness or diarrhoea, they should not attend Pre-school for 48 hours after the symptoms have gone, as they may still be infectious.
Also, if your child has a very heavy cold and/or cough please keep them off Pre-school so as not to spread the infection to others. Please ring or text us on Pre-school’s number 07855 279 934 if your child is unable to attend for any reason.
Practicing for Big School:
As many of our older children will be leaving us this July to go onto Primary school, they have already started practicing how to put their outdoor clothes on and become more independent. Please could you continue this at home as it will help with the settling in process. We will also be talking about going onto Primary school to the children who are leaving and reading stories on this subject together.
Those who go on to Dormansland Primary will also be watching a DVD that we have been provided with. A visit from all the Primary schools concerned will take place at Pre-school usually around June or July.
Sports Day: With an Olympic Theme:
Sports day this year will take place on Friday 04th May from 11:00-12:00 and will be held in the park. Parents will need to accompany children who want to take part who aren’t usually at Pre-school on Friday mornings. There will be a £2 entry fee per family and the money collected will go to a charity. If it rains, sports day will be cancelled! More details to follow in due course.
Jubilee Celebration Week: W/C 28th May 2012
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee we will be holding various activities throughout the week and hopefully, sunshine permitting, enjoying picnics in our outdoor area. More details to follow in due course.
End of Year Party:
This years ‘end of year party will be ‘Red, White and Blue Themed’, with hopefully all children wearing any clothing but in the colours Red, White and Blue! It will be on Friday 20th July from 13:00-15:00. More details will follow nearer the date.
Dates to remember:
First day – Summer Term = Monday 16th April
(May Day = Monday 07th May).
Spring Bank Hol Last Day = Friday 01st June.
Spring Bank Return = Monday 11th June.
Last Day = Friday 20th July.