New Beginnings

 Welcome back and what a week we have had. The children have enjoying exploring new areas that we created for them. This includes a hospital, dinosaur land, and office and a restaurant. All of these areas  support your child's holistic development. The children have engaged with each other which has shown their ability to problem solve and negotiate through verbal and non verbal communication. We have observed their interactions which have been amazing. We look forward to seeing these areas develop over the next few weeks. 

On Friday we had a math's day which we are going to continue to focus on next week. The children used different resources which supported problem solving. 

Next week

Thursday, March 3rd is World Book day. This is a day that the children really look forward to. As usual the children can come dressed as one of their favourite book characters (no football strips please) and they will be carrying out lots of activities related to books chosen by their class teachers throughout the day.  This is a very important event because being able to read well is one of the most important skills that a child can acquire and promoting it in a fun and exciting way helps us to promote this message. 

Please speak to me if you have any concerns regarding this.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs robinson

Parent Consultations

 Here is the new link for the meetings this evening from 4.00pm onwards.

 I look forward to talking to you.

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We made it!!!!!!

 We have made it to the end of the week!!!!!!!! I always feel that this holiday splits the bad weather and dark days with new beginnings. After the holidays we are going to be looking at Spring and all the new life that it brings.

This week we have been learning about staying safe on the internet. It was clear that the children had a good understanding about certain things that they can do and also what they should do if they see anything that scares or upsets them when they are using electronic devices. We watched a short video which demonstrated what they should do if they press the wrong buttons. All the children know that they must inform an adult if they feel uncomfortable or see something that scares them when they are online.

It has also been children's mental health week. This is something that we work on every week and not just on isolated occasions. We have discussed our feelings and we are fortunate that our children are excellent at expressing their emotions in a safe and secure environment. We continue to support each other with all our emotional needs so that we can be happy within ourselves.

Below is the link for the parent consultations which will be help on Tuesday 22nd February. If you have not booked a slot please do so ASAP.

I hope you all have a fabulous healthy week and we look forward dot seeing after the holidays.

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Happy New Year

 This week we have been reading the story of The Enormous Turnip. The children have really understood the sequence of the story and have enjoyed pulling the turnip out of the ground. We are going to continue with the turnip next week and see if the children can create their own version.

There has been lots of dragon dancing in the unit this week to celebrate Chinese New Year. The children have been very creative using red and gold resources to represent good luck. We also cooked some noodles and tried to eat them with chop sticks.

Next week will be our last week before the holidays. We are going to be looking at some of the changes that are beginning to happen as we move closer to spring. It is also children's mental heath week and on Tuesday it is  safer internet day. We will be  using these themes throughout the week.

Please make sure you have signed up for your parent consultation and speak to me if you need any more information about this.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson

新年快乐 / 新年快樂

Xīnnián kuàilè

Happy New Year

Darkness

 What an exciting week we have had in Foundation. On Wednesday the unit was in darkness and the children had the opportunity to experience play using their senses. Their eyes adapted quickly and we observed the children working out how to utilise their torches to enable them to continue with activities of their choosing. 

I have included a selection of photos that hopefully demonstrate just how dark the environment was.

                                            The children made shadow patterns on the sensory light.

                                           I positioned my torch so that I could cut the paper.

                                       We had glitter in the play dough and our torches made it sparkle.

                            We played with the sensory lights. We thought it looked like an octopus.

                                                           We made a fire with the wood.

                        We put the torches near the fruit bowl so that we could choose our snack.

                                                               We enjoyed reading books.

                                                           We made patterns in the sand.

What an amazing day.

Next week is Chinese New Year and we will be learning about this celebration. We will be eating noodles with chopsticks.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson

Billy Goat Gruff

 This week in Foundation we have been enjoying and learning to retell the story of  The Three Billy Goat Gruff . The children used puppets to retell the story and have acted out and used prediction for what happens next. We have made a puppet theatre for the children to enjoy using characters from many of our favorite stories.

On Tuesday we had a visiting drama workshop all about the jungle. The children were really engaged in the activities and it was a great success.

Next week we will be  learning about day and night and about nocturnal animals.

On Wednesday we are going to be having a sensory day. We will be making the nursery dark and we will be using our senses to explore and experience familiar activities in different ways. For this day we would like the children to come to school in the pyjamas and dressing gowns. ( Onesies are not recommended as the children will struggle with the toilet). Please make sure your child is warm enough as we will be going outside as usual. On previous years parents have put clothes on underneath their Pj's so that they are warm. We would like each child to bring a torch clearly labelled to use on that day. Please speak to me if you do not have one.

If you have concerns about this day please speak to me or email me, I will be happy to alleviate any concerns.

crobinson@littleheath.herts.sch.uk

 We have had a great week with lots of scientists in the setting. The children have observed the ice outside and have found different ways to help it melt. We put some containers in the freezer containing animals, we discussed different ways of getting the animals out of the ice. The children's suggestions were excellent and they decided that we could put them in the sun outside to see what happened. We left some in the unit and we put some in warm water. We then discussed which had melted the quickest.

On Thursday Mrs Howe launched a rocket outside which I have included in this weeks photographs.

Our new children have settled well this week and they have been supported in many ways by our existing children. They have been very caring and have shown the new children what we do and how we play and learn.

Next week we are going to be looking at the story of the 'Three Billy Goats Gruff'', which is one of my favourites.

I hope you have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)