Butterflies Day Nursery

The Mill, Sulby Glen, Isle of Man IM7 2BB

01624 897226

Announcements and Special Events

One World is Enough

Fairtrade Goods Party

Friday 9th May

7.30 till 9.00pm

At the nursery. 

All money raised to go to mini bus fund

Mini-Bus News

It seems to all that the minibus has disappeared off the face of the earth but it is not the case as at last work has begun on it.  All the old stickers have been taken off and the rusty spots have been sorted down one side.

We still need to do the other side and then put it in for it's test.  We think it will probably fail first time but hope to get it sorted really quickly and then we will be able to use it.  I hope to get it up and running for this summer so that we can go on trips to the beach.

We are going to ask Signman to give us a price to get stickers put on her, and are going to run a competition to give her a name.

March Activities

Topic – Modern Tales

Colour - Brown

Creative Activities – Kerry will be writing stories with the children during March, these will  be in the form of their own pictures and writing  which Kerry will then scribe with their words on the back.  We hope to make a book of all the stories.

Pauline will be making some ploughed field pictures to go on our colour wall, Susy is making caterpillars to go with our sub-topic – The Hungry Caterpillar.

Hazel is in charge of the big group projects, where the children will be making a large butterfly to hang from the ceiling and an equally large caterpillar, while Pauline helps with the food that the caterpillar eats in the story.

Cat will be working with the children to create a new writing area of their design.

Observation –

This month we are concentrating on Communication, Language and Literacy.

Cat will be observing the children communicating with adults and their friends.  She will be looking out for good interactions during imaginative play and group activities.

Susy is observing children reading books and listening to stories throughout the month.

Cat will also be looking at pre-writing skills and collecting evidence from each of the children to go into their profiles.

We will be recording the children with a tape recorder singing songs and reading their own and other stories.  We will also be doing quite a lot of filming and look forward to showing you this at the parents evening.

Circle-time –

Circletime will be a movable feast throughout March as we are hoping that some people from the community will come and read us a story.  We will be concentrating on 'The Hungry Caterpillar ', and have found a really nice song in Music Express to learn.  We will also be looking at other books such as Vegetable Glue, The Gruffalo and We're going on a bear hunt

We will be getting out as much as we can over the next month and hopefully the weather will be picking up.  We will be looking at pre-writing skills in the garden too, with paint brushes and water and writing in mud with sticks.

Cookery

 We will be making bread, concentrating on the recipe, cheese letters (like cheese straws, but in the shape of the initial letter of their name) and chocolate nests.

Other Activities

• Washing Line game
• Listen and Do game
• Playing 'Pairs' and 'Kim's game'
• Reading books of all shapes and sizes
• Small sand trays for writing in
• Sound Lotto
• Peg boards
• Chalk
• Making sand paper letters
• Looking at writing opportunities in our interest boxes (ie hairdressers, doctors, post office)
• Making signs
• Going on a word walk.
• Puppet shows

News

We are collecting bottle tops from pop bottles to make a mosaic for outside in the summer.

We have also just started collecting Fairtrade labels to make a mosaic for Fairtrade for an all island community project.  All bottle tops and labels will be gratefully received.

All children still need waterproofs, wellies, hats, gloves and warm clothes!

Caterpillar Craft is looking at Spring as it's topic for the next few months.  Thanks to Pippa, Jay, Hazel, Emma and Wendy for the planning and running of the craft sessions.  The last session this term is 18^th March and the sessions run Tuesdays from 1.30 till 3pm.  Next term will start on 8^th April.

If you are interested or know someone who may be, come and speak to me or give me a ring.

We are starting to get ready for our parents information evening which will be on Thursday 24^th April from 7.30pm till 9pm.  We always look at one aspect of the curriculum but this year we have decided to introduce you to the new EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) Curriculum which we are planning to put in place for September 08, through wall and table displays.  There will be plenty of opportunity to speak to staff members and to look at the work that your child has been doing over the past year.  It will be our usual low key affair with refreshments and will give you the chance to speak to other parents.

I seem to still be having email problems and I am not sure why.  If you are having problems getting through to me and I haven't answered an email, please let me know.  I always acknowledge emails, so if I haven't replied I probably haven't got it.

Thanks

Estelle xxx

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