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3 years ago
Posted on 06th Feb 2023 by

NSPCC Mega Maths day

” 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 🌳

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3 years ago
Posted on 29th Jan 2023 by

Mighty oaks special visitors

This week in Mighty Oaks we’ve had two special visitors .

One being Ernie, Chloe from lady bugs was very kind and brought him in for a wonderful visit and talk. She explained all about how baby Ernie has grown and what his needs are. The children were delighted and so surprised as they remembered Chloe pregnant with him. All very keen for a cuddle. 😍

Thank you Chloe and Ernie.

Second was Cool Cat, who all week had been coming in to say good morning to us all. The children have loved seeing Cool Cat and had wanted to give him some special pictures they had made to take away. They enjoyed having cuddles, high fives and praise for their time keeping. Thank you Cool Cat 🐱

Along side these visit’s we’ve also done lots of maths work and reading. In maths the children have been focusing on measuring using cubes then recording their findings and capacity, where we talked about estimating and comparing.

In read, write ink time we’ve been using Fred frog 🐸to say/read simple cvc words and looking at letter formation. With the story of the week ‘ Ten fingers, ten toes’ about babies the children have been looking at visual prompts for recall and role play and playing Kim’s game, which is a game set to challenge them on missing charters or objects relating to the story.  📚

In cooking club we made Oat cookies with cherries 🍒 and dried fruits. We talked about where the products had come from and used the weighing scales to measure out our ingredients. The children had lots of fun experiencing the changes in the ingredients throughout the process and carefully used the knives to chop up the cherries. After they’d been baked in the oven we had them for snack with some milk. ⏲🧑🏾‍🍳

In Base camp the children explored the safe area to make dens, climb on the Jacob’s ladder and roll down the muddy paths. 🌳🪵

Looks like everyone had great fun, can’t wait to see what next week brings.

3 years ago
Posted on 24th Jan 2023 by

Baby pictures

We have been receiving the most wonderful baby photographs of your children via evidence me, thank you.  We are talking all about babies this week including having a visiting baby on Friday.  If you haven’t had chance to send any baby pictures in yet you still have time.

Thank you for your continued support

Lisa Curnow

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3 years ago
Posted on 11th Jan 2023 by

Update regarding entry point near Reception

Please note that the gate adjacent to the Reception classrooms will no longer be used as an exit or entry point onto the school site at the start of the day and at home time. If you usually enter or exit through this point, then please use the gate a little further along (via the quiet area, past the carved Bear) instead. This is to ensure that the equipment in the Reception classroom outside area remains set up and accessed by Reception children only. This will take effect as of Thursday morning.

Thank you for your support.

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3 years ago
Posted on 06th Jan 2023 by

Welcome back

Welcome back Mighty Oaks children and a big hello to our new starters.

This term our over arching theme will be

‘ All about me ‘ through this we will cover a ray of topics and resources to learn all about ourselves.

To support their learning and help them understand where they come from, we are asking if you could either send in some baby and family photos through the evidence me app or bring them in with your child with a brief description of who’s who and where your from.

We’re really excited about this theme as it always helps us get to know the children even better !

If you’ve been having any issues or not yet signed up to the app, please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

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3 years ago
Posted on 17th Dec 2022 by

Christmas party day

Well the last day went amazingly well, finishing off a great week

Our Christmas party 🎉 was full of fun. We started the morning off with a snow ball fight in the hall, great fun without getting wet or cold! Then we returned back to nursery for the party games, stick the nose on the snow man, hook a hoop on Rudolphs nose, musical statue’s and then being a little silly with the photo props, has to be done ! The children have filled their tummies with party food, sorry if they don’t eat all their tea tonight.

But guess what….. Santa came !!!!!! Eek how exciting.

He came down from the nursery roof onto his ladders with a bag full of carrots ready for Christmas Eve, Santa tells us they are the best treat for his reindeers.

I, Mrs Giordano and the team here wish you all a very Merry Christmas and happy new year. Thank you for all our gifts, cards and kind words. ❤️

 

3 years ago
Posted on 13th Dec 2022 by

Treeific Tuesdays

In Mighty oaks we are hoping to restart our Treeific Tuesday sessions on Tuesday 10th January.

Yellow, red and green groups will be heading to the woods in the morning and blue, purple and orange group in the afternoons.  If you are unsure which group your child is in please just ask at the gate.  Don’t forget that your child will need wellies in the woods and some shoes to wear inside.

Thanks again

Lisa Curnow

3 years ago
Posted on 08th Dec 2022 by

Scarlet Fever

Dear Parents/Carers,

All schools have been asked to share this letter with Parents.

Please read carefully. We will update you with any changes that are specific to Newdale.

Regards,

Miss Cook

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3 years ago
Posted on 05th Dec 2022 by

Scarlet Fever Information (based on advice from the Health Protection Hub) December 2022

5.12.22

Dear Parents/Carers,

You may have heard the sobering news of a six-year old child dying after contracting a Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection in an outbreak in a school in Surrey.  The common childhood illness scarlet fever is caused by this bacteria and in the vast majority of cases is a mild illness, but can sometimes be more severe.

Signs and symptoms of scarlet fever

The early symptoms of scarlet fever include sore throat, headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. After 12 to 48 hours the characteristic red, pinhead rash develops, typically first appearing on the chest and stomach, then rapidly spreading to other parts of the body, and giving the skin a sandpaper-like texture. The scarlet rash may be harder to spot on darker skin, although the ‘sandpaper’ feel should be present. Patients typically have flushed cheeks and pallor around the mouth. This may be accompanied by a ‘strawberry tongue’. As the child improves peeling of the skin can occur.

If you suspect your child could have Scarlet Fever please

  • Seek advice from their general practitioner.
  • Keep your child off school and seek advice from the doctor as to how long your child should be off.
  • Inform school of any diagnosis and absence.

What we are already doing:

  • Encouraging children and staff to implement good hand hygiene
  • Encouraging staff, children to implement good respiratory hygiene
  • Children and staff are reminded that all scrapes or wounds, especially bites, should be thoroughly cleaned and covered.
  • Maintaining good ventilation in the setting.
  • Carrying out enhanced cleaning, to help reduce transmission.

If you suspect your child has Scarlet Fever, it is important that you let school know as soon as you can. This early notification would support us in taking any necessary precautions to avoid further  spread.

Regards,

Miss Cook