May holiday

Nursery is closed from 27th May for the Spring Bank holiday. We re-open on Monday May 6th. Have a happy holiday and we hope you see some sunshine.

May's afternoon attendance

Well done to the children who had 100% attendance in May. Keep it up.

Ayaaz
Nimrah
Yahya
M Noor
Zayn
Shahzaib
Zainab
M Qasim
Mariya
Zaynab
Aamina
M Khizar

May's morning attendance

Well done to the children who had 100 % attendance in May. Keep it up.

Besaan
Muskaan
Hamzah
Haroon
Aiza
Fatima
Zahraa
Aleesha
Alisha
Ayaan
Aysam
Riley
Khadijah
Ayesha
Zain
Rocco

Wellbeing Wednesday

Tomorrow is Wellbeing Wednesday, please dress your child in pink clothes. The children will be learning about how to keep themselves safe in the sun.

Nursery Photographer Important Notice

Please note that the photographer at Wensley Fold is only taking graduation photos of those children going to school, wearing a cap and gown. Additional photo opportunities will be available at other times of the year.

Two Year Old Funding

Parents can now apply for 2 year funding online. St Marys @ The Park now have morning and afternoon places available for September 2016 for 2 year olds. Parents can apply whenever but funding

starts the term after your child's second birthday. For advice with this please speak to Amanda

Nursery Photographer

The photographer will be at Wensley Fold Children’s Centre on Monday 13^th June at 1.00pm. Everyone is welcome if they would like their child’s photo taken. Pop down and have your picture taken and you can collect your photo's from St Mary's @ The Park when they are ready. Prices will be available when photos are ready. There is no obligation to buy.

Handa's Surprise and Oliver's Vegetables

Over the next two weeks the children will be learning all about healthy eating, looking at different types of fruits and vegetables following the stories of Handa's Surprise and Oliver's Vegetables.

Spider Sandwiches

This weeks activities have been lead by Hanaa and linked to the story, Spider Sandwiches. The children have manipulated dough to make different bugs such as spiders and worms etc. They used their creative and critical thinking to find ways to hide from Monster Max before he ate them, children used construction pieces to build dens for the bugs to hide in and bridges for them to escape accross. They used their mark making skills to colour pictures of Max. Children also explored water beads and observed how they grew as they absorbed water, they squished them all to create a jellylike substance. The children practised their counting skills while creating a spider picture and some children were encouraged to do simple additions to extend their maths skills further. Children explored and observed a real spider, watching it crawl and climb and they went out into the park environment to find hidden, pretend spiders. Parents were encouraged to explore their creativity too by supporting their child in making a spider from junk modelling resources as part of our at home activity.

April Attendance

Congratulations to all our morning

children who have received their 100% attendance certificates for the month of April. April was a particulary poor month for attendance with 202 sessions missed so an extra special well done to everyone who got 100%.

Bear Hunt in the park

The children took their own teddy bears into the park on a bear hunt, exploring nature and the world around them.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Last weeks activities were lead by Fahmeeda based on the story We're going on a Bear Hunt. Children explored colour mixing and printed bear footprints using a potato, discovering colours that make brown when mixed. They had brown playdough to represent the mud in the story and were encouraged to manipulate the dough to achieve  a planned effect, making the snow from the story or a cave to hide the bear in. Additional props such as bear footprints were added to the smll world area and children were encouraged to build a cave for the bear, thinking about how they can build it, which bricks they need, what to do if it falls down etc. This type of acivity develops children's thought processes and problem solving skills to promote their mathematical development. During group time the children learnt about over, under and through and had to act out the positional language with a bear. The children coloured bear pictures in mark making, developing their pencil control skills and their understanding of colour, making choices and how to be creative. Children discovered different textures in the tyres, representing different sections of the story. The week ended on a bear hunt in the park with their own teddy bears.

April Attendance

Congratulations to all our afternoon children who have received their 100% attendance certificates for the month of April. April was a particulary poor month for attendance with 202 sessions missed so an extra special well done to everyone who got 100%.