Fun in the sun

  This week the children have been practicing for sports day and have spent lots of time with Mr Mills running on the track. We have looked at what sports days look like in other schools so that the children had an idea what it actually meant. I hope you all had a good day watching or for some having to join in with the activities. 

It was good to see some of you at our induction evening on Wednesday and we are looking forward to welcoming our new families into our school community. It will be strange that your children will become the older ones as they join reception. We are very lucky at Little Heath as we no transition issues as the only changes for your children will be that they will only be sitting on a different carpet. Sometimes children get upset at the thought of transitioning to another class so we do encourage you to not build up this situation for them. As far as they are concerned they will be coming to us in the same way we will just have some new children to play with. Please speak to me if you have any concerns about any issues in relation to this.

We have continued learning about the Life cycle of a butterfly this week and we  can't believe how quickly our caterpillars are growing. We think they have tripled in size since last week. The children are very observant and can describe the changes in the caterpillar's appearance very well. Throughout the week we have been story telling 'The very hungry caterpillar'. The children used the props to sequence the events of the story. 

Next Friday is the reception assembly and we are looking forward to watching them share their work with their families. We also have parent consultations on Thursday so please sign up if you have not already done so.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson

 What a hot week we have had. The children have enjoyed having fun with the water sprays which have been a fun way to help us cool down.

This week we have turned our fruit and milk station into a shop. The children have been learning about money and have had to pay for their fruit and milk using the till and coins. It has been a great way to introduce money to the children in a fun way. We will be continuing with the shop theme over the next few weeks. We have also had a delivery of caterpillars which we are going to look after and put into our butterfly enclosure. The children will be learning about the life cycle of a butterfly and other life cycles in our environment.

Next Wednesday we are having our induction evening for our new families joining us in September and also our existing nursery parents. Please speak to me if you have any concerns about this event.

Thursday is our sports day. The children will be in groups with their siblings and other children throughout the school. When you arrive you will be able to join your child's group as they do activities. Each group has a member of staff with them so please be reassured that your child will be ok. We will congregate on the school field so find your child and join in. We are hoping for nice weather so fingers crossed. The children can come to school wearing their own sports clothes.

Please continue to send your child into school with a sun hat and sun cream as the lovely sunny weather continues.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Robinson

Fun with the water spray.

 Welcome back, the time is flying and it will soon be the end of the year. We still have lots of time for learning in Foundation and this week the children have been using their ICT skills by using a camera to take photos of each other. They really enjoyed doing this. They were amazing at striking funny poses  behind the camera lens. We are going to see how this develops over the next week, who knows we may find some amazing photographers in the unit.

The children have helped make the Royal carriage for the parade on Sunday through Potters Bar. If you are not walking with us we hope to see some on you along the route. Shout and give us a wave, we will have the queen with us she may even wave back. 

Have a good weekend.

Mrs Robinson

Maybe a little work is needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!