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2 years ago
Posted on 07th Feb 2024 by

Funding information for 2-4 year olds

There are now several funding offers available for parents, below is  a short roundup of what the new and existing funding streams look like:

There are 3 different routes for application for 2 year old funded places

There are 2 different routes for 3 & 4 Year old funding:

  • 15 hours universal funded places for all children which will be applied for directly through the childcare provider of your choice.
  • 30 hours funding for working families apply here Childcare Choices.

If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school office.

 

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2 years ago
Posted on 03rd Feb 2024 by

Mega NSPCC maths day, mega jam packed week!

Maga maths day wasn’t the only thing going on this week in Mighty Oaks, oh no we’ve also crammed in lots of other exciting learning opportunities for the children to dive right into.

Learning about feelings and being kind while talking through this weeks book

‘ The invisible ‘ the children were taught the meaning of the words, ” invisible, kind, afford, curled sad and lonely. ” we talked about how to be kind to those around us and helping each other., the children came up with some wonderful ideas ❤️ alongside playing games of hide to teach the children the word ‘ invisible ‘ 🫥

We had a fantastic tuff tray with special colour vision goggles to check out different coloured shiny gems, this was a magnificent sensory tray to explore, see and feel. It looked magical and as always enjoyed by many.!🥽💎

The hospital role play area had the tricky challenge of making your very own glasses out of junk materials. So cool they came out looking like something from a steampunk convention or for those old enough to remember mad max. 🤓 just brilliant!

Small worlds tuff tray was a particularl favourite full of a train track and road to steer yourself around a course of a big city. 🚂🌇 marvellous opportunity for imaginary role play language to be used.

It didn’t stop there either, creative was really full of industrious children, making a Chinese dragon from the recycling ♻️ 🇨🇳🐲 and a beautifully decorated one for purple groups on going wall display. Then magic wax Crayon painting! Which showed the children the invisible crayon coming to life full of colour revealing their picture. Just like our book of the week. 🎨👨🏾‍🎨🪄✨

Outdoor PE lesson was all about getting the most treasure they could from the middle of the pitch and returning it to their boats. Who got the most was the winners. Great opportunity for testing their maths skills and who would keep to the rules of only one treasure at a time 😂🏴‍☠️

Indoor PE session was all about playing together in team games and circle games. This always helps build up the confidence of being around others and supporting fellow peers. ⭕️🤾🏼‍♀️

Joining in with traditions we had a Chinese tasting snack with oodles and oodles of noodles and prawn crackers. Could the children use their taste buds and tell us the different flavours?  Was it crunchy, soft , hard or hot?

And of course Fridays marvellous NSPCC mega maths day jam packed with maths activities and games to learn numbers and counting through play, the best way hey! 🧮🔢

Talking about jam ! Next weeks book is ‘ The giant jam sandwich ‘  a rhyming story that tells us all about the fictional town of itching down, which was invaded by four million Wasps 🐝🥪

https://youtu.be/fAriZ69qZtY?si=ZIeGLtyF1_YxFsWW

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2 years ago
Posted on 29th Jan 2024 by

NSPCC Number Day – Friday 2nd February

NSPCC Number Day 2024 Information

Don’t forget, Newdale are taking part in this year’s NSPCC Number Day!  All of our pupils, from Nursery up to Year 6, will enjoy a variety of Maths activities, maths stories and competitions on Friday. Years 2 – 6 will be involved in a Times Tables Rockstars Battle too.

To raise money for the NSPCC and support all of the important work that they do, we are inviting all children  to dress down in number-themed outfits on Friday. The donation for this can be made on ParentPay. Thank you in advance for your support.

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2 years ago
Posted on 29th Jan 2024 by

Safeguarding, Heath & Safety Governors Committee

The Safeguarding, Health & Safety governors met last Thursday and really enjoyed listening to the views of girls from reception, Year 2, 4 and 6. Governors asked many questions about lunchtime and break time activities. Children responded confidently about what there is to do both indoors and outdoors. They knew what to do should a ‘dangerous situation’ arise and what to do should they come across damaged resources. Year 6 are going to report back to Miss Cook about ideas for interactive games that they could use in their outdoor area. Governors reviewed the food standards documentation and look forward to pupil voice and menu analysis as part of the next committee meeting.

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2 years ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2024 by

The bear and the piano


What a week it has been!

We read and talked through the book ‘The bear and the piano’ talking about his feelings throughout which were, happy, proud, lonely and sad because he missed his friends. 🐻🌳🌆

Giving the children the chance to explore their musical side, 3 keyboards were left out for them to orchestrate and perform to a crowd of friends. 🎹

The book lead into our challenges this week, in small world the tuff tray had natural materials in representing the woods and a tray for you to build your very own big city.

The hospital role play was to make a hearing devices out of recycled materials and in creative we had a beautiful textile tree for the children to touch and feel different textures.

Maths was all about matching quantities to numerals 0-5 the children did really well at this and loved the hide and seek number games.

Cooking we made cranberry granola bars, talking about how much bears like berries and honey 🍯 yummy.

indoor PE had an assault course ready for the children to move their bodies in different ways.

In the forest, children were taught about how to look after the birds making bird feeders for the big bird watch week. As I am a lover of birds seeing the children staying focused on an activity which helps the birds and watch them was a pleasure to see. In nursery Mrs Pablos created a lovely lookout window in the cozy corner for them to watch closely at the birds feeding. Tweet, tweet what a treat! 🐧

Next weeks book will be ‘ The invisible’ ❄️💨 https://youtu.be/bQplJCEYgWM?si=5nNWm9HElrGvJyZ2

https://youtu.be/IN4k7vfEY8c?si=qJpIFGlYMbsLE7E9 The bear and the piano

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2 years ago
Posted on 22nd Jan 2024 by

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.

 

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2 years ago
Posted on 20th Jan 2024 by

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 !