Governors feedback linked to the Curriculum meeting

Governors were delighted to talk to enthusiastic Geographers from Reception to Year 6. Children were very knowledgeable about topics such as volcanoes, earthquakes, Mount Everest, capital cities and details around maps.

Governors could see clearly that the children in our nursery provision have a high-quality offer with exciting resources and stimulating environments.

Governors want to celebrate the swimming offer with you – please see below the report created by Miss Jones our PE lead.

Swimming Update January 2024

Governors had an in depth look at the After School Club provision and were impressed with the overall offer including the carefully thought-out snack menu, planned trips and exciting activities for the children. Governors agreed to release more funding to further resource our After School Club.

 

Settling in nicely ❤️


Well they’ve all settled in and back very nicely here in Mighty Oaks ❤️
It’s a big change in routine for most for them but they have adapted really well and starting to explore the setting and making friends.
We appreciate your patience while the staff learn all the new faces of mommy’s, daddy’s, grandparents, aunties, uncles and childminders at pickup time, thank you 🙏🏼
Now your children have been assigned a colour group, you well start to see observations coming through from their key worker. If you are still unsure please ask at the gate and we will welcome you to your child’s teacher.

This week our story has been Funny bones 🦴 we’ve dug right into this quite literally by digging for bones in the tuff tray, looking at X-rays in our hospital role play 🩻 making skeletons out of pipe cleaners and cotton buds, then out lining our bodies with wooden blocks.

In cooking they made tasty savoury puff pastry bones, while learning about the importance of calcium and where their ingredients came from. 🧑🏾‍🍳

In the woods they’ve explored its changes our time and made their very own dream catchers 🌳

Indoor PE was all about balance, yoga and team work. Playing lots of tag games and memory games. 🏃🏽‍♂️

Next weeks book is ‘ The bear and the piano ‘ all about a bear and his talents who’s taken away from the woods to a great big city and all the emotions that he felt. Will we see our future musicians as the keyboards are coming out? 🎹 very excited !

 

 

Mighty oaks New term

This term in Mighty Oaks 🌳 our Topic is
‘All about me’ As we will be talking about ourselves and our families, we would love to see photos of your houses ( just the outside) and family photos for our boards and display ‘ love you to the moon and back ‘ The family photo is mainly for our new starters as I know many have done this for us already ❤️ and the children love looking at each other’s families. If you haven’t already sent in a family photo, then there’s still time.
All photos of your house and families can be sent in via the app evidence me.

Our Treefic Tuesdays will be starting next week, the following groups will be going in our Am or Pm slots. To make this fair we rotate these termly so every group gets a turn to go. For this please bring in wellies and come in an old coat that you don’t mind getting a little bit dirty.

Am
Green group
Orange group
Red group

Pm
Yellow group
Purple group
Blue group

If you are unsure what group your child is in I can answer this for you now or you could ask on Monday at the gate.

That’s a wrap

Well that’s a wrap 🎄🎁 what a term it’s been! Full of celebrations all around. Seeing Santa, disco party, snow ball fight, the Christmas performance and many, many more exciting activities.
We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year 🥳
Thank you from all of the team for the wonderful positive comments it really does make us feel proud of what we do with the children and each milestone achieved. Also a massive thank you for the ever so thoughtful cards and gifts.

We look forward to returning in January with some new faces joining us ❤️

Our Christmas play 🎄

Thank you to all that were able to attend the play on Friday 🎄
The children have worked incredibly hard on learning all these songs and their lines. They thoroughly deserved the round of applause you gave them. 👏🏻
I’ve attach a few images here but please see your evidence me accounts for short videos. As always we ask you not to post these videos on any social media accounts as some parents don’t give their permission to do so. ❤️🎄

The Christmas dinner went down a real treat this week, the children celebrated in style with their very own handmade party hats.
Next week there will be a very special visitor coming to nursery on the Wednesday afternoon ( I wonder who that could be this time of year? 🎅🏼) and a Christmas party Thursday with fun and games and lots of party food 🎄❄️

Christmas dinner and play

Don’t forget this week Wednesday 13th Christmas dinner and Friday 15th the Christmas sing a long play there will be two showings one at 10:00 and one at 2:00 if you child is not booked in on the Friday but you’d love to let them join in, please bring them to the main entrance where will we collect them from you ready for you to watch the show in the hall. No tickets required and children for both events are more than welcome to wear something Christmas for the occasions.
🎄🎅🏽

Wonderland 🎄❄️🎅🏼

Walking in a winters wonder land. 🎄❄️
Mighty oaks had the most magical time visiting wonderland on Thursday, they were so excited to see Santa and his reindeers. What a treat ! 🎅🏼❤️
Exploring wonderland we had a boogie, rode on the rides, ate our dinner in a castle and even adventured through the woods of the dinosaurs 🦖
Thank you to of our helpers on the day it really does make a difference. Having opportunities to go on these visits with nursery is a really bonus, memories to treasure forever.

Finance and Personnel Committee Update

Finance & Personnel Governors met today and were impressed with the knowledge and enthusiasm that the School Parliament children have within their role. Governors encouraged them to expand on future plans by looking at the possibility of an ex cabinet member visiting school to talk to the children.

The school SENDCO outlined the expenditure connected to EHCP’s and the future plans for the new year. Governors also discussed policy, procedure and spending plans for across the school.