This week the children have been investigating some bones and an egg that we have found outside in our garden. We have put the egg in a box so that we can observe it hatching. We are not sure what is inside but the children have spent the week investigating what and where they have came from. We have used books to research what could be inside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.

On Wednesday  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 have 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.

Have  good weekend

Mrs R:)

WHO ATE THE STRAWBERRY?

 This week we have been creating art work for the school corridors. We have been looking at the natural world and decided to create an underwater display. The children have made a huge whale, jellyfish, fish and many other underwater creatures. I have uploaded another lockdown video I made about under the sea. 

The children are enjoying looking after our plants, especially the strawberries. The large strawberry has

been nibbled and the children have been investigating to find out what or who did it.

I cant believe we are coming towards the end of the school year with lots of changes coming up. To support transitions into year 1 Mrs Flatley will be spending time each week working with the children in our foundation unit. This is a good opportunity for her to see the children and how they learn in the EYFS environment so that she can create a smooth transition for the children into year 1.

I hope you all have a good weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)

 

 Another busy week in foundation with lots of learning taking place. We are always looking to extend learning and development and have decided to create a cycle track on our side garden. This is in the planning stage but unfortunately I am very impatient so I have created a temporary one so that the children can have a go. They were amazing whizzing around the track so we look forward to its development over the next few weeks.

 Its that time of year when we start to think about transition and we are now putting things in place to support the children through this. Mrs Flatley will be spending time in the unit with the reception children until the end of term. This helps the children get to know her and visa versa. We will also be visiting our new children in their settings and inviting them to come and play. If you have any questions about transition please ask myself or Mrs Sheehan.

A text was sent out last week about trainers and this has also been in previous blogs and the newsletter. Trainers are not part of Little Heath uniform and should not be worn to school. Please ensure your child has the correct footwear on. If you are unsure please see the website or my previous blog for a full uniform list.

I hope you all have an amazing break and lets hope the sun comes out. 

Mrs Robinson:)

                                           Gymnast

                                       Thomas the toad came to visit

                                       Parents came for stay and play

 What a busy week we have had in Foundation with visitors and lots of learning taking place as usual. The children always like visitors in the setting and enjoy talking and sharing what they have been doing. They were all very polite and were able to articulate their learning. 

This week we have planted, made timelines, mixed potions and enjoyed playing in our new camping Summer area. We have a tent, BBQ and picnic table for them to use in role play. It is a joy to observe. I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson😁

As promised a blast from the past. My poor dogs, what was I thinking!

 Finally the sun has arrived and it has definitely made us all feel a lot better. This week we have been planting outside and the children are going to nurture them over the next few weeks and observe their growth. We have been learning about the rainforest and the children have learnt many interesting facts. I am sure if you ask them they will be able to tell you about how people live in the rainforest.

The children have been singing lots of counting songs and one of our favourites is Alice the camel. This reminded us of many videos we made during lock down. We shared them with the children who were very entertained. I have uploaded a couple for you to enjoy. I think Myself and Mrs Sheehan should stick to our day jobs!

I have started to develop our season area and have put up a tent and made a fire pit. If you have any old camping chairs or anything that we could use in the area we would greatly appreciate it if your throwing it out. Recycling is our aim.

Please make sure your child has a sun hat clearly labelled and sun cream on in the mornings if necessary.

Have a great weekend 

Mrs Robinson⛺⛺

Chick chick chicken

We were very lucky this week to have some visitors from Charlie's house. We had chick in the setting and the children loved to hear about how to look after them. A big thanks to Charlie's mum for giving up her time to bring them in for us to see.

 We have introduced a new area outside which the children have been using. We have observed their ability to negotiate and turn take whilst  managing to develop imagination during play. I am a bit concerned about all the snakes and crocodiles they seem to find whilst on safari. I hope none of them come for a visit!

As a result of  this area we have had lots of writing which has been initiated by the children. I have displayed this on the wall outside for you to see.

 Thank you to those who have donated plants this week, we are hoping to get a few more to put into the garden so if you have anything in your garden that is overgrown please sent it this way.

Can I please remind you about school uniform as it appears there is some confusion with children not wearing the correct uniform in school. Mrs Custis wrote on her blog last week to remind parents what the children can wear. I have also copied a list from our school website as a reminder.

Navy tracksuit with school crest

Polo shirt with school crest

White, or grey socks

Formal, non-casual, waterproof black shoes (not sneakers or canvas shoes)

Optional for Summer* – Navy blue and white checked school dress and grey short trousers.

Grey skirts are for year 1 onwards and not foundation.

 I would like to remind you that trainers are not part of school uniform. Please ensure that your child is wearing suitable footwear for school and that means shoes which are waterproof, formal and black.

We are looking forward to a long weekend and hope you all have a good one.

Mrs Robinson👍

 Hello all,

This week we have celebrated The World Earth Day.  Through stories, videos and information books we have been learning how to look after our planet. Following this theme, we are working with the children on developing our garden area. We have already sown some seeds and are patiently waiting for them to grow.  We would greatly appreciate if you could donate a bag of soil or an established plant for your child to plant it our Foundation garden. 

Using books, we have learnt facts about our planet. We have identified water and land on the globe. We read and discussed ‘Somebody swallowed Stanley’ which is a book that develops children’s awareness of plastic pollution. We have also started learning about recycling.

The children were very excited about Tooth Fairy visit to our classroom. They have been writing notes and we have discussed the ideas and the vocabulary that the children might want to include. Many children wrote letters to the Tooth Fairy during child initiated play. 

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson 👀

Teeth

Welcome back. It was lovely to see the children so full of enthusiasm to be back in the setting with all their friends.  We have been talking about relationships and how we look after and care for each other as we have some new children that have started in nursery. All the children have made a brilliant effort at welcoming  and sharing their space with them. 

Over the year we often have visitors that come into the setting at night such as Tinkerbell, Jack Frost and the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk. The children were very keen to invite another character in at night time. As we have been learning about oral health this week we decided to invite the tooth fairy. We will be responding to the tooth fairy with correspondence in the mornings. We will leave evidence around the room so that the children can become engaged creatively with the activities. We will be developing this further over the next couple of weeks.

As the weather begins to get warmer, hahahhaha please send your child in with a hat and sun cream if you feel they need it. We can always live in hope!

I hope you all have a great weekend, wood walks and stay and play sessions will commence from next week. We look forward to sharing learning with you.

Mrs Robinson:) 😁😁😁