We made it

 Well we survived and didn't melt in the heat. It has been a very strange week as the children have been inside all day. Although the air conditioning system kept us all cool it completely changed our normal routines. Thank goodness the temperature has dropped and for our last morning we are going to be outside the whole time. 

We would like to thank you for our wonderful gifts that are much appreciated. We would also like to wish the children who are going to other schools good luck. We know that they will settle well into their new schools.

Have a great and safe summer and we look forward to seeing you all in September.

Mrs Robinson and the team.

Our final full week

 It is our final full week in nursery and the children have enjoyed lots of learning with their reception friends who will be moving into year 1 in September. Transition is very simple for our children as they will be moving carpets only so they do not need any extra preparation for this move. On Thursday we had a visit from some new children who will be joining our class and it was lovely to see them take the children by the hand and show them around the unit. Our children will become the older children and with that comes responsibility. They know they have to be kind and caring to our new friends and I know that they will be excellent with that responsibility.

We finally managed to pull up the potatoes and pick the beans on Friday. The children cleaned the vegetables and we cooked them so that they could taste them. They were all very excited to clean and cook but not so keen to try. We always encourage them to have a go, but not all could be persuaded.

The children have been playing a game with a blind fold, they have been using their sense of taste and smell to identify things presented to them. They managed to identify most of the substances.

At the end of the day we are looking forward to seeing some of you at the summer event on the fields. I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson

We are very excited that Miss Chandler has given birth to a baby boy called Alby. I am sure the children will be very excited to see the photographs on Monday as they have been observing the timeline of  the pregnancy. We wish the family all our best for the wonderful sleepless nights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 No news on the butterflies but we are still eagerly awaiting their arrival. The children have been very busy this week being creative. We have discussed what creativity means and they have learnt that it is about using our imaginations in everything we do. They have applied these skills this week with lots of story telling and role play. 

Next week the children will be bringing their learning journals home. These books will have your child's report inside.

We are also having our transition day on Thursday. This is when the children move up to their new class for an hour. We are very lucky in foundation as your children will only be moving carpets hahahahha.

Transitions

 We have had a very busy week. The caterpillars have now built their cocoons and they are ready to go into the butterfly house to spend some time before they become butterflies. The children are very excited and eagerly await the transformation so watch this space. The potatoes are ready to be pulled out of the ground and the beans are ready to be picked which we will be doing next week. We are going to cook the potatoes and beans for the the children to eat. 

We are  approaching the end of term and we are looking forward to supporting reception as they move into year one. We will be welcoming our new nursery children into the setting and I am sure that our existing nursery will welcome them into the unit. They had a visit this week and it made me realise just how much our children have grown. 

We hope that next week the weather continues to be kind to us and we can continue to enjoy outside learning.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jubilee.

 What an end to the week we have had. It was such a great event and so nice to all be together after such a long time apart. I hope you enjoyed the afternoon and seeing your children singing so well. 

I hope you all have a fantastic break and we look forward to seeing you all again on Tuesday 7th June.

Around The World

  This week we continue with our ' Around the Word' topic. Henry brought pictures from America where he could see crocodiles and an enormous  Hulk made of lego. We learnt about Enzo's family and looked at the village where  Enzo's Papi lives in Italy and the village where his nana is from in Cyprus. Mrs Sheehan has told the children the legend of Poland and has begun to teach them 'The Wheels on the bus' in Polish.  It is great to see the children developing their knowledge and curiosity about the World and we look forward to seeing more photos and hearing interesting stories from all our children.

The children have been checking on our mini garden where we are growing plants and some vegetables. They are understanding the importance of looking after them and watering them daily. We will observe and monitor their growth and discuss the changes taking place.

Next week we are holding a Platinum Jubilee Celebration afternoon on Friday, 27th May for parents. The event will start at 2.00pm and will take place on the school grounds. All the classes will be performing a song from every decade that the queen has been on the throne. Children will be sat in class groupings but parents will be allowed to sit with their children as long as the class teachers know that you have your child. On the day the children should come to school dressed in red, white and blue, refreshments will be for sale during the afternoon. As the event is taking place outside it will be weather dependent. Fingers crossed though that it will be able to go ahead and help give us a rousing send off into the half-term break. If you would like to make a donation towards the refreshments, please send your donations in from Thursday 26th May. Please label any boxes you would like returned to you. 

                                         I think that Grace had a good day at nursery in the mud.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Robinson