Nursery news: Vale
Autumn 2009 News
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We would like to thank all the parents who attended this year’s sports day, we had a lovely morning followed by a farewell party in the afternoon where we said goodbye to many of our friends who have left to go to school.
The over twos have been looking at Autumn They have put a lovely display together using leaves and conkers that the children have collected. Children from both the over twos and under two’s room have been able to enjoy walks to the park where they have collected everything they need to make their autumn corner.
Thank you to all families who continue to bring in bits ‘n’ pieces for our junk modelling. Recently the children have enjoyed making models which are now on display in the foyer.
A BIG thank you to all the Children, Parents and Staff who have and continue to take part in our colour days. We still have many colours to come but so far we have seen everyone wearing brown, yellow, orange and pink. We look forward to seeing you all wear white, purple, black, blue, green and red
Wednesday 18th November – White Day
Thursday 26th November –Purple Day
Friday 4th December- Black day
Monday 7th December- Blue day
Tuesday 15th December- Green Day
Wednesday 23rd December – Red day.
Party plans have started ready for Christmas, We look forward to seeing Colin the Clown on the 18th December at 3pm. At 4pm all the children will enjoy a party tea and a few party games followed by a very special visit from Santa at 5pm.
Christmas dates.
We will be closing on Christmas Eve at 6pm and will re-open on Monday the 4th January at 8am.
In November we welcome 4 new friends to the baby room and hope they all enjoy spending time with us at The Vale
We will sadly be saying goodbye to Joanna on the 26th November and wish her all the best for the future. Joanna will be missed by all
In December we will be saying goodbye to Janka who will be leaving us to have her second baby. We would like to wish Janka and her family all the very best.
Summer 2009 News
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It has come to the time of year again where we must say farewell to many of our friends who are leaving us to go to school. We wish all the children all the best on their new adventures at big school, and we look forward to hearing all their stories.
We will be holding our sports day on Friday the 28th of August starting at 10:30 am. We will break for lunch and a rest and will then end our day with celebrations to wish a happy farewell to all the children who will be leaving. In the afternoon we will be able to enjoy activities like jumping castle, ball pool, duck pond, music and face painting
In September we look forward to a fancy dress day. We will be holding this on Wednesday 23rd September. This is being held for charity and donations are welcome on the day. All monies raised will go to a feel good charity for brain injury centres. In the afternoon we will enjoy a party tea and party games.
In the under twos room the children are busy with many different activities the children have enjoyed reading many of their new books. Over the coming weeks the children will have the opportunity to learn about numbers 1-10
In the over twos room the children have been enjoying building and playing in many different dens. We thank Brent council for providing us with many ideas and materials to improve our den building. The children have been continuing their work on being healthy and all about themselves. The children have and will be looking at healthy eating, our body, clothing and much more.
Recently the children have either done a hand a foot print painting. The children will then tell us what they use their hands and feet for. Some children have told us they use their hands for : ‘catching balls’, ‘for painting and washing’ and ‘to cover mouth when we cough’. The children also told us what they use their feet for: ‘climb and pedal the bike’, ‘run outside’ and ‘walking and stamping’.
In the Over 2s the staff have been teaching the children how to stay healthy. Many children now understand the concept of ‘catch it, bin it, kill it’ and will happily tell you why we must do this. They are currently learning a lot of healthy eating and the children all bring in fruit and discuss with their friends what fruit they have brought in and why it is good for them.
BuB’s 20th anniversary at Vale
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We would like to thank all the children and parents for helping us celebrate bringing up baby’s 20th birthday at the Vale. On Friday 8th May we started our celebrations by getting our faces painted and getting dressed up in our special birthday T-shirts. These were decorated with our handprints on the back and our photo on the front. All children and staff had their own personal T-shirt.
At three o’clock we all sat down for our tea. All the children enjoyed their yummy party food. Colin the clown joined us at tea to help sing happy birthday and play on his guitar. He also made the children balloon animals.
After tea all the children, parents and staff enjoyed a fantastic show by Colin the clown where we watched him playing many musical instruments, juggling, doing magic tricks, fire juggling and games. All the children and parents watched in amazement as Colin juggled with fire in the back garden.
After Colin the clown we all got up to have a play on all the fun games. We had hook the duck outside where the children won lots of prizes. We had a disco inside and all the children enjoyed dancing and trying to catch the bubbles. Inside we also had bouncy castles and a ball pool.
We would also like to thank all our past and present students who came in to help us celebrate. Their help and interaction was greatly appreciated.
You can see pictures of the party at Vale by downloading this PDF.
March 2009 News
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This month we have been very busy planning and organising our 20th Anniversary celebrations for the 8th May. This month we have sadly said farewell to some of our close friends one who has moved back to Poland – we wish them all the very best, and another who is now attending a school nursery.
We have had to say a very sad farewell to Tom and Jerry our pet Terrapins. Tom and Jerry were growing very quickly and needed a lot of attention that we could not provide for them. Kandie took Tom and Jerry to a pet shop where they have put them in a bigger tank, Kandie stops by to see them both regularly and tells us how happy they are.
In the over two’s room they have been focusing on gardening and Me, Myself and I. In their gardening the children have planted Daffodil bulbs for Marie Curie Cancer research they children have enjoyed watching there daffodils grow, the children have also planted carrot seeds and are patiently waiting for them to start growing.
The children have also been learning about their body parts and senses. The children have all had the opportunity to draw their own portraits in front of a mirror to put on display and are also learning about their family backgrounds.
In the under two’s room the children have been looking at animals. All the children have enjoyed many different kinds of art work on different animals whilst looking at the animals. They have done collage, block printing, string painting and sticking on all their favorite animals. They have also been looking at fruits including many cultural fruits.
January 2009 News
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Happy New Year!!
We hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas Break and Happy New Year; we have started off the year busily taking down all our Christmas decorations and preparing for another busy year.
We would like to start off by welcoming some new faces to Nursery, and sadly say to farwell to some children. We say farewell to 5 children. We welcome one child to the under twos room and Cristina to our over two’s staff team.
The over two’s room has been focussing on developing some of its area’s within the room. Staff have been introducing more mark making for the children to help encourage to learn recognise the alphabet and to be able to recognise their own names. Name cards have been made for all children, with use in the mark making area. . Name cards are also being used throughout the day in simple acitivities to encourage children to recognise their names. Children have all been provided there own book which they can use in the mark making area and are able to take home to show there families what they have been doing.
The Under two’s have just learnt about all things red, the children have collaged, painted, coloured many things that are red including Strawberries, bus, Cherries, Apples, and many more. Next the under two’s will be looking at all the different farm animals noises they make what colour they are.
Some important dates to remember for 2009,
- Friday 2nd January 2009 Nursery re-opens at 8am
- Wednesday 28th January Open day
- Thursday 9th April Easter tea party 3.30-4.30
Nursery closes at 6pm
- Tuesday 14th March Nursery re-opens at 8am-
- Wednesday 25th March Open day
- Friday 24th April Parents assessment evening
- Friday May 8th 20th Birthday Celebration
- Friday 24th July Sports afternoon/family picnic
- Wednesday 29th July Open day
- Wednesday 28th October Open day
- Friday 23rd October Parents assessment evening
- Tuesday 22nd December Children’s Christmas lunch
- Friday 18th December Children’s Christmas party
- Thursday 24th December Nursery closes for Christmas at 6pm
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