What another great start to the week. Our parents visits are very popular with the children and I hope you are all finding them as rewarding. It has been so nice to see the interactions with the children and all the parents. We look forward to welcoming more over the next few weeks. I am sorry we didn't manage to go the woods but I have to take a risk assessment each time we go. Unfortunately on Monday there were trees down blocking the route so it was definitely a no go. Hopefully we will manage to get there next week, weather permitting. Please sign up if you haven't already, if you would like to join us.

The children are enjoying lots of season learning with our winter cold area and we have now, after popular request reinstated another salon.  This has been a huge success and learning has been exceptional.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)

Let it snow

 Welcome back. It has been a good week in foundation and the children seem very happy to be back with their friends. We have created a Winter area for the children to play and learn in, with lots of activities relating to the cold. I have included some photos for you to see. 

Next week we are going to be starting  stay and play sessions. I have put families into groups so that we don't have too many people in the unit at once. Please make sure that you know what date you are invited to join us and speak to me if you have any queries.

Child Initiated Stay and Play Sessions

Happy New Year to you all. The children are happy to be back and have settled well into their routines. This term we have decided to hold some child initiated stay and play sessions every Tuesday morning starting next week. This will be an opportunity for you to stay and play with your child in the foundation environment, seeing and learning what they do on a daily basis. We are hoping this will help to improve attachments, relationships, strengthen bonds, and support children's overall development as we will be able to share learning. As we have lot of children I have split the sessions so that we only have a maximum of 10 parents in at a time. This will ensure that the children do not become overwhelmed with the sessions. I am aware not all parents will be able to attend due to commitments but hopefully you may be able to attend one of the sessions during the year. We are asking that only one parent attends if possible and no siblings. I know this may be inconvenient due to childcare issues but space in the unit is limited and we want the sessions to be about the children that are in here at the moment. We really hope that this will be a great opportunity to come together to share our practice and for you to see how amazing your children are at independent learning.

 

The sessions will be from 8.50am-9.30am.

The groups and dates are:

Tues 16th Jan	Sophie	Kian	Starsius	Anabia	Amelia-Mable	Ellie Lottie	Olivia	Amelie S	Isabelle
Tues 23rd Jan	Lucia	Teo	Diola	Taylor	Ashman	Edie	Violet	Beth	Jackson
Tues 30th Jan	Logan	Miglena	Jasmine	Poppy	Elyana	Lilly	Eliz	Grayson	Ellie-Marie	Sadie
Tues 6th Feb	Samuel	Clara	Matteo	Mahad	Amalie B	Ariana	JJ	Ivy	Oliver
Tues 13th Feb	Raphael	Mohammed	Beau	Ava	Pedro	Noah	Danny	Oscar	Alex	Charlie
Tues 27th Feb	Sophie	Kian	Starsius	Anabia	Amelia-Mable	Ellie Lottie	Olivia	Amelie S	Isabelle
Tues 5th Mar	Lucia	Teo	Diola	Taylor	Ashman	Edie	Violet	Beth	Jackson
Tues 12thMar	Logan	Miglena	Jasmine	Poppy	Elyana	Lilly	Eliz	Grayson	Ellie-Marie	Sadie

 

Tues 19thMar	Samuel	Clara	Matteo	Mahad	Amalie B	Ariana	JJ	Ivy	Oliver	Jackson
Tues 26thMar	Raphael	Mohammed	Beau	Ava	Pedro	Noah	Danny	Oscar	Alex	Charlie