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Summer 2010 News

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Over the past few weeks we are seeing many changes to our outside play area. All the children and staff are very excited to see our new canopy being built and the garden being dug up ready for our new soft surface.  The children have been very interested in what has been happening outside and are often found questioning our builders about what is happening. Whilst all our building work is taking place the children have been lucky enough to have a large play area fenced off at the end of the field where all the children have enjoyed the extra large space they have been given.

In this lovely hot weather we have been enjoying lots of outside play especially in the water. We have been having lots of fun in the water trays splashing each other and the teachers -even the babies have been enjoying a splash.

We have welcomed many new children to the baby room and we are preparing to say farewell to some of our children going to school. We wish them all the best and hope that they will come back and visit us in their holidays.  We have also said farewell to Lucia who has been with the Vale Day Nursery for 6 years. We wish Lucia all the very best in her new position and for the future.  

We recently had a Fancy Dress Day where we raised £20.00 for Momentum Charity – Brain Injury Centre; we also raised £40.00 in our penny draw for Sunny Days Children Charity.

The Over Twos’ room has been doing a lot of gardening recently and all the children have been given the opportunity to plant some carrot seeds or green beans. Several of the children from the Under Twos’ room have also enjoyed helping plant the seeds. The children have all enjoyed the responsibility of watering and taking care of their plant and they have taken pride in showing many parents what they had achieved. The Over Twos are also helping to keep our flower boxes at the front of the nursery looking lovely by watering them and removing the old flowers and weeds.

Spring News 2010

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A lot has been happening in our rooms over the last few months we are pleased to welcome many new faces to our over twos and under twos room. But have also said a sad farewell to some of our friends.

We have seen some staff changes in February – we said farewell to Cristina who left to further her experience and qualification and we wish her all the best in her new adventure. We send big congratulations to Janka and her partner Patrick who welcomed their lovely daughter to their family. We welcome back Mihaela who has returned from maternity leave. We also welcome Nicole and Mekeisha to our team whose faces you will see occasionally throughout the nursery.

With the warmer months approaching the children have thoroughly enjoyed being able to play outside more often and we look forward to having our new canopy and soft play area that we will be getting shortly. This will provide the children with the opportunity to access the outside area more often.

During the winter it was difficult for the children to play outside however the children and staff thoroughly enjoyed playing in the snow. Many staff found themselves as targets for snowballs which the children made. The children enjoyed making snowmen and then jumping on them soon after they were finished.

We would like to thank all our  parents and carers who took part in the penny draw raising funds for Sunny Days’ Children’s Fund – we raised £40.00. We would like to also send a big cheer to Colin the Clown (who came to the nursery for our 20th Birthday Party and also our Christmas party) Colin recently took part in the London Marathon with the aim to be the first pensioner to juggle through the marathon.  

The under two’s room have been developing their areas and has developed a new Sensory Wall. Their wall includes many different textured materials and mirrors. All the children have enjoyed exploring this area. 

The Over two’s room have been focusing on their families and we thank all the parents who bought in family photos to share with the nursery. They made a photo album for each child to keep at nursery. The children have enjoyed sharing their photos with friends and also completed their own family portrait to display on their family board.

Autumn 2009 News

Last modified on 2009-11-13 15:29:22 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

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

Last modified on 2009-09-16 09:12:58 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

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

Last modified on 2009-06-19 14:29:07 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

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.