Nursery News 16th December 2024

NURSERY NEWS

16th December 2024 – Edition 356.   Last Newsletter of 2024                                                                                 (Next Newsletter Monday 13th January 2025)

Find out About

A. Christmas Parties

B. The Elf on the Shelf……

C. What the children are learning about this week?

D. Notes for the end of term /dates for beginning of Spring Term

 

A. Christmas Parties

Are Finally Here!

These parties are for all our children regardless of the days you attend.

Unfortunately parents will be unable to stay during the parties as we do not have enough room! Staffing ratio’s will be maintained.

 

Little Nursery Party.

Friday 20th December

9:00am to 10:00am

The Plan:

9:00 Doors Open

Children work in small groups for Christmas crafts.

9:20 Party Snacks.

9:30 Surprise visit from Father Christmas

Songs for Father Christmas

Father Christmas leaves gifts for all children.

9:35 Back to groups to make a decoration.

10:00 Parents arrive to collect all children.

 

Big Nursery Party

Friday 20th December

11:15am to 1:00pm

The Plan:

11:15 Doors Open

11:25am Party Food

11:45am Surprise visit from Father Christmas.

Songs for Father Christmas.

12:00 Christmas Magic Show

1:00pm Parents arrive to collect all children.

 

 

B. Elf on the Shelf…..

 

That cheeky Elf has been busy in Nursery again! Miss England has been taking photographs of him, so that I can share with you all the things he has been up to!

He spent one day hanging out, and eating pizza, with The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

He flew around the classrooms in his hot air balloon.

He spent the day as a Fashion Doll  ‘Elfie’, looking out from his little pink box.

 

C. What the children are learning about this week?

The theme this week is Christmas and winter.

This week the children will be preparing themselves for Christmas. We will talk lots about having a break from school over the Christmas period and what the children might do with their families during this time. The children will see lots of familiar sights around the school such as our Christmas trees, festive decorations and our cheeky Elf. Staff will spend time discussing exciting upcoming events that the children might have planned; things such as visiting family, meeting Santa and sharing gifts with loved ones.

Throughout the week, the children will have the option to take part in lots of Christmas activities. There will be dressing up outfits available for them to role play as Santa or Mrs Claus and the bikes will be decorated to look like sleighs so that the everyone can take it in turns to deliver parcels to different destinations.

Everyone in little nursery will be offered the opportunity to have a ‘Christmas breakfast’ which they will prepare with an adult, it will consist of toast and fruit in a festive style. Baking will continue this week and children that haven’t yet made a mince pie will work with an adult to bake theirs. The children will not eat their mince pies in school, instead, they will bring them home to show their families what they have made.

 

D. Notes for the end of term /dates for beginning of Spring Term

 

On Friday 20th December the school will be open for the parties only. The school office will be closed on Friday 20th December.

 

The staff would like to say Happy Christmas!

to all our families that celebrate Christmas.

We wish all our families a safe and happy break during the school holidays and look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

 

 

Spring Term begins on Tuesday 7th January 2025