Next week the Mighty oaks children are focussing on the story “Little red riding hood”.  In the story the little girl visits her grandmother.  Linked to this, we are going to be talking about grandparents and would love to see your child’s grandparents.  Please could you send in a photograph, either a paper one or on evidence me, of the grandparents in your child’s life.  We will use these photo’s as a prompt for your child to share stories and memories about their nan’s and grandad’s.

In addition, please share “Little red riding hood” at home with your child to help familiarise them with the story.  You may have the story at home, be able to get it from the library or watch on youtube.  Please talk about the characters, settings and the order of the story to support your child’s vocabulary.

Thanks for your support

Mrs Lisa Curnow

28.9.22

Dear Parent/Carers,

It is with great regret that we must inform you that Paula will be leaving our Nursery team next week.

Paula has been a very valued member of our team for 16 years. She has always put her heart and soul into the work she does with our children and families.

We have been busy looking at our staffing structure and can assure you that the high-quality provision will continue in Paula’s absence. We are undergoing a recruitment drive and will soon be welcoming new members to our Nursery team.

Planning will remain very tight with Mrs Curnow (Nursery Teacher) working hard with the team to ensure consistency and support.

I know you will join us in wishing Miss Pugh every success in her future.

Regards

Miss Cook

Headteacher

Now that our Mighty oak children are a little more settled in we are excited to start our treeific Tuesdays.  Half of our children will spend the morning in the school’s forest area whilst the other half will stay and take part in a cooking session.  We then swap over for the afternoon.  If your child is heading to the woods please ensure that you send them named wellies in a named bag.  They will need to wear their shoes to come into nursery and wear afterwards when their wellies are muddy.  Please put their names in their shoes to prevent them getting muddled up (some children do have the same ones).  Your child will also need to wear either trousers or leggings on Tuesdays, preferably old ones as they can get muddy, as this helps prevent nettle stings.  They will also need a coat and when the weather gets colder please send some gloves and a hat and scarf (all named).  Nursery provide a waterproof pair of trousers and a waterproof outer coat.  Please see the list below to see what activities your child is participating in.

In the morning

Forest session:  yellow, red and green group

Cooking session:  blue, purple and orange group

In the afternoon

Forest session:  blue, purple and orange group

Cooking session:  yellow red and green group

Your child’s keyworkers are:

Yellow group – Mrs Jo Turner

Red group – Mrs Shelley Giordano

Green group – Mrs Kerry Hall

Orange group – Miss Rebecca Preston

Blue group – Mrs Lisa Curnow

Purple group – Mrs Sarah Ferriday and on Tuesday Mrs Carol Azzopardi

If you are unsure which colour group your child is in please just ask.