Newsletter :: April 2009

On Tuesday March 31st in the over three’s centre and school

Please make a hat at home with your child – decorate with Easter or spring things like eggs chickens flowers

Morning children -bring the hat at 10.30 - we will give you a cup of coffee and a hot cross bun         The children will wear their hats at 11 o’clock and parade for you

Afternoon children -bring the hat at 3 o’clock- we will give you a cup of coffee and a hot cross bun     The children will wear their hats at 3.30 and parade for you

The hot cross bun is special food we have at Easter – the cross reminds us of Jesus

We will also have an Easter tombola on that day – buy a ticket and win a prize

We would be grateful for any prizes of chocolate eggs  for the tombola

All the children will be making a chocolate nest to bring home next week

 We can sing an Easter song

5 eggs and 5 eggs – that’s makes 10

Sitting on the top is the mother hen

Crackle, crackle, crackle what do I see -10 yellow chicks fluffy as can be

Education provision in the School will be closed from Monday 6th April until Friday 17th April

There will be holiday club places in the school building on Monday  to Thursday of the first week and Tuesday to Friday of the second week from 8am - 4pm. 

This is for children aged 3-8 years old.  Please ask in the school office if you would like to book a place - we only have a few places left.

Reminder

Daycare will be closed on Good Friday- April 10th  and Easter Monday- April 13th

Both centres will be closed on May 4th for a bank holiday and May 8th for staff training

Mrs Mohmed will be a permanent member of the office staff from April

Mr Elcoat is sadly leaving us on April  15th due to ill health- we wish him well for the future

 Mrs Vernon will be of work for 6 weeks from beginning of April following an operation

 – Mrs Farhana Master will be joining us in April as a member of the daycare team

Small groups of over three’s children have been to the science museum for a session on SPACE

We are learning this song to help with counting and numbers

5 little men in a flying saucer

Flew round the world one day

They looked to left and right of it

And didn't like the sight of it  so 1 man flew away  “ how many left?  4”

4 little men in a flying saucer

Flew round the world one day

They looked to left and right of it

And didn't like the sight of it  so 1 man flew away  “ how many left?  3”

3 little men in a flying saucer

Flew round the world one day

They looked to left and right of it

And didn't like the sight of it  so 1 man flew away  “ how many left?  2”

2 little men in a flying saucer

Flew round the world one day

They looked to left and right of it

And didn't like the sight of it  so 1 man flew away  “ how many left?  1”

 1 little man in a flying saucer

Flew round the world one day

he looked to left and right of it

And didn't like the sight of it  so 1 man flew away  “ how many left?  0”

Use this song to help your child to

              Count   forwards and backwards                          recognise numerals     

               talk about adding and taking away                talk about zero -0 or nothing

Ask your child  these questions

Where did the space men go when they flew away?   what do we call our world?

What is it like in space/   how do we get to the moon?

Please don’t send your child to our centres with food or sweets.

We recently found a child giving food from a bag to other children

We have to be very careful that children are not given food that makes them ill or goes against religious beliefs. There are children in our centres who are allergic to milk and so we make sure they don’t eat chocolate

If your child has food in their bag please tell a member of staff and we can put it somewhere where the food is safe and other children cannot get it.