Dear Parents and Carers of our Worcester Park, Kingston and Stoneleigh Nurseries,
We hope everyone enjoyed the sunshine and warmer days in February, and of course had a fantastic Valentine’s Day with their loved ones.
To celebrate Valentine’s Day the children made beautiful cards for their families and enjoyed an outing to the local shops to browse the bouquets of flowers. The children also enjoyed making Valentine’s cards and tissue paper bouquets. The children enjoyed exploring with chopsticks and noodles whilst learning about Chinese New Year, the year of the pig masks. The children have also enjoyed taking part in activities such as parachute games, obstacle courses and soft ball games.
Take a look at our gallery of photographs of what the children have been learning and exploring from the month of February at our nurseries…
Nursery Gallery of February, 2019
Our Topics in March 2019
Spring Term
The children will be celebrating and recognising these special dates during March.
1st St. David's Day
1st National Pig Day
5th Shrove Tuesday
7th World Book Day
15th Comic Relief
17th St Patrick's Day
31st Mothering Sunday
Week 1 – ‘Story Book Week’
To celebrate World Book Day on 7th March, we would like the children to come to nursery dressed as their favourite story character. The children will be making their own story sacks and talking about their favourite stories. The children will also be making pancakes this week, to celebrate “Shrove Tuesday”.
Week 2 – ‘Baby Animals’
During the second week of March the children will be learning about baby animals, and how their “family group” is made up – e.g. – a lamb is a baby sheep. We will be using the small world animals to explore these. To celebrate Comic Relief on 15th March we would like the children to wear something red in to nursery and bring in £1 to donate to the
“Red Nose Day” charity.
Week 3 – ‘Seasonal Changes’
This week the children will be looking at the changes from Winter into Spring. The children will be creating leaf paintings and rubbings, painting with spring colours and exploring the changes in the garden.
Week 4 ‘My Family’
This week we will be learning all about our families, the children will enjoy talking about their families and looking at their family photos. The children will also be making Mother’s day cards for ‘Mother’s Day’ at the end of the month and talking about the special people in their lives.
Parent/Carer Partnership – Reminders and Notable Dates:
Exclusion Periods
Please can I encourage all Parents and Carers to review the Exclusion Period Policy and the Medication Policy, to ensure they are aware of all exclusion periods relating to illnesses at the Nursery.
Security of Nursery Front Door
Please can we emphasise the importance of ensuring the front door is closed properly when entering and leaving the building. Can we also please remind all Parents and Carers to clearly state their names and who they are collecting when requesting entry to Nurseries.
This is for the safety of all the children.
Notable Dates
7th World Book Day
15th Comic Relief
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Holidays and Absences
Please can we remind all Parents/Carers to email the nursery in advance with any holiday dates or absences. If your child is unwell and cannot attend their session, we also require this in an email. This is required under our Prevent Duty safeguarding requirements.