What we've been up to...
Nursery team updates
Change in nursery manager:
- We are sad to see Sarah leave us and we wish her all the very best. in the future We are pleased to introduce Gabby (pictured), who is a very experienced nursery manager and who has been running our Wing nursery for the last few years. Gabby has now taken over the running of both nurseries as a Dual Site Manager.
We are delighted to announce that three members of our nursery team have been promoted:
- Kristina has been promoted to Third in Charge, Gisella has been promoted to Toddler Room Lead and Vanessa has been promoted to Baby Room Lead.
We would like to introduce a new member to our team:
- We'd like to welcome Katie to our team who has joined as our new SEN.
Team thank you!
- We'd like to thank our team for collecting donations from the local community to create new photo walls and display areas.
Mother's Day crafts
When making our Mother’s Day cards we focused on the process over the product.
We provided a variety of flowers and offered ideas but ultimately allowed the children’s choice to lead the way.
This invitation to create provided an array of learning opportunities but most importantly it didn’t portray a production line of mass produced identical Mother’s Day cards.
British Science Week
From 5th to 14th March it was British Science Week. The team offered the children a variety of learning opportunities which linked to British Science Week.
The children used pipettes to capture coloured water before making predictions about what would happen when colours are mixed.
As well as being an enjoyable experience, the opportunity helped the children to strengthen their fine motor skills, pincer grip and hand eye coordination.
World Book Day
As an extension to Fairtrade Fortnight and an introduction
to World Book Day we made vegetable soup. The children had lots of fun learning how to to chop vegetables safely.
This also supported our story of the week ‘What I do with vegetable glue’ which promotes independence, self-care and food safety.
Two of the team also dressed up as the ‘Smeds and the Smoos’ – one of the children’s favourite stories.
