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

HO HO HO

 Hello all,

We would like to thank you all for the wonderful and generous gifts you have given us. We wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 We look forward to seeing you on Monday the 8th of January 2024.

 Best wishes from

 The foundation team.

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What an amazing week we have had starting with the performance. The children did so well especially as we were 20 children short due to illness. This bug really seems to be lingering and is affecting lots of children with high temperatures and coughs.  

The children have been engrossed in lots of creative Christmas activities. It has been like Santa's workshop. The children have enjoyed the different activities on offer but we are all looking forward to a bit of structure back in the setting in January.

On Monday the children will be having their Christmas party in the afternoon. I am aware your children will want to be here but please do not send them if they are ill.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶

   Hello all,

Christmas has arrived in foundation and this week we have created a Christmas card factory. The children have enjoyed writing cards, putting them in envelopes and posting them in our post box. We have learnt about the Christmas nativity story and have continued to practice our songs for the show.

The children are looking forward to performing for you but please do not be surprised if your child doesn't sing or gets upset if they see you, this is completely normal, and we will make sure that they are ok. It can be a little overwhelming to be in the hall with lots of adults. Hopefully they will all be ok.

We have been looking at shapes this week and the children have enjoyed using geometric shapes with the play dough. The teachers supported the children with learning the names of the shapes. 

We decided to collect some natural resources, we put them in water to see if they would freeze outside during the night. The photographs show the results. The children were amazed.

Not long to go now before we have our break. I think the children and the adults are ready for a few relaxing days. 

DATE REMINDERS

11th Dec performance to the school        Christmas clothes required

12th Dec Morning performance              Christmas clothes required

13th Dec Afternoon performance            Christmas clothes required

15th Christmas lunch day.                        Christmas jumpers

18th Dec pm Christmas party                  Party clothes

Have a good weekend :)

LET IT SNOW

  This week we have decorated the unit and it is looking very festive. The children have enjoyed helping arrange the room, with lots of snowy areas and Christmas trees. We have continued to practice our songs so there is definitely a Christmas buzz in the air.  We cant believe how well the children are  established with the Foundation environment and routines, it is always a good time to reflect on learning and what progress the children have made since September which is quite evident from observing their interactions and learning on a daily basis. It is a pleasure to see.

 We will be having a busy couple of weeks and some of their normal routines will change due to Christmas activities. Sometimes this unsettles them a bit as it becomes overwhelming. Please be reassured that we  will support the children if this happens as it a normal emotion for them to have. Please speak to me if you have any concerns about it.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

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Regards

Mrs Robinson:)

The children created art in the style of Andy Goldsworthy using natural resources from our environment.