What a lovely welcome back treat this was for nursery, a little visit from
‘The party animal man ‘ who was absolutely fantastic !
He talked to the children all about the importance of not being frightened of these animals and insects, how to look after them and where in the world they are from. Most if not all of the children were keen to stroke and handle them, which really impressed Simon. He was very surprised to how eager and caring they were towards the animals he brought along with him, and my did he bring a verity! From cockroaches, chinchillas, bearded dragon, Spiders, frogs and probably the biggest snake I’ve handled, so heavy!

Simon wasn’t the only one impressed this week, our whole team were with our new little starters in Mighty Oaks who have settled right in. We appreciate your patience with us on such a busy week but I do hope by now you have met your child’s key workers. If not please do not hesitate to ask to meet them at the gate if you’re unsure to who this may be.

All relevant information and messages about up coming events and important dates to remember will be posted on here, our main website
( Newdale school ) over text or on our message board outside the entrance.

Thank you again and I can’t wait for a new exciting summer term looking at the over arching theme of
‘ under the sea ‘ 🌊🐬🐠⛴

What a truly wonderful treat it was to see all of you who were able to attend the Stay and play sessions for Mother’s Day !
We know time is precious with your little ones and work commitments can be hard to juggle such time, so thank you for coming along. The staff and children had a really nice time and all week they’ve been very busy behind the scenes making cards and things for you to come home with, hopefully saved for a very relaxing and treat day on Sunday. ❤️💐

Also today being Red Nose Day we brought out the silly noses and a splash of Red for the occasion. We’ve talked about why we are doing such things raising awareness that not all children are so lucky as ourselves. The day has been filled with colouring, games and dancing. 🔴🕺
Hope you all have a nice weekend and thank you once again for your support on both days!

” There is a difference between not knowing and not knowing yet. Their mistakes allow thinking to happen! ”

Here in Mighty Oaks we’ve had a very active busy week, jam packed with planned activities around maths to support the NSPCC Number day today. 🔢

Our book about numbers was ‘ Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons’😻by Eric Litwin, for this the children sat, listened to the story and sang along to the song. Then in numbers and patterns time they had challenges to count down, take away and problem solve with real buttons. ✏️🎶📚

In their child initiated time they were free to explore activities set out with maths in mind. We had ladybug bingo, match the quantity to the numerals, find sets of the same, number blocks, painting with number stamps and a messy maths sensory play for capacity. They really had lots of fun while testing their theories! 🧪👩🏾‍🔬🧑🏼‍🔬

Cooking club tested their peeling and chopping skills on a number of different vegetables ready for their very own homemade soup. We counted how many pieces each friend had cut and placed into the bowl. We talked using math language to explain, all most full, more, plenty and how long. 🧑🏾‍🍳⏲

Forest School looked like it was far to much fun to be doing maths ?!? 🌳🪵

They counted together how many friends were going and asked questions to test their knowledge, understanding and encourage recall.

How many sticks they could find? who’s was longer or shorter?

How many they can carry? Are they heavy or light?

PE time the children had to listen to instructions involving numbers,

1, foot on the ball, 2, bottom on the ball and 3, tummies on the ball. ⚽️

I’ll be counting sheep in my sleep!

Thank you to everyone again for your donations and efforts in dressing up today.

From Mrs Giordano and all the Mighty Oaks team 🌳