Blog Post
Week Commencing 11th April 2022
Wonderland Day Nursery • April 22, 2022
Wonderland Weekly News
WC 11th April 2022
This Week's Menu
This week we are following our Week 3 Spring / Summer menu.
Currently there are the following changes to the menu below:
Thursday – Tea – Easter Party Tea
Friday – Bank Holiday – Nursery Closed
Working in partnership at Wonderland
If you would like a catch up with your child’s key carer at any time or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate in giving a member of the Management Team an email to arrange this. Our doors are always open. Corrin can arrange permanent session changes and Toni is able to book in extra sessions on your behalf. If you have any invoicing queries please email our Accounts Team on the address below.
Accounts – accounts@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Babies – Corrin – corrin@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Toddlers – Nichola (M-Thurs)– nichola@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
2-3’s – Toni – toni@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
3-5’s – Emma E – emmaedwards@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Important dates for your diary
2nd April – Ramandan begins.
11th April – Living Eggs.
Thursday 14th April – Vaisakhi.
Friday 15th April – Good Friday – Bank holiday – Nursery Closed.
Monday 18th April – Easter Monday – Bank holiday – Nursery Closed.
Thursday 21st April –
Queens Birthday.
Updates to drop off and collection procedures
We are continuing to ensure the foundations are in place to allow all parents and carers to drop off and collect their children from inside the nursery building. However, everything will stay the same until we communicate anything different with you.
Thank you to those parents who have sent over some up-to-date photographs of individuals who are able to drop off and collect your child from Wonderland. This includes the individuals who we are used to consistently seeing, including the children’s Mummy’s and Daddy’s.
Please can we ask those parents who have not sent in their own pictures and pictures of individuals who are able to collect and drop off their child at Wonderland to please do so using your child’s Tapestry account. This can be completed by creating a new observation and adding the pictures to the observation. Within the text box in the observation, please can you write who is who in the correct order.
We will be in touch within the next few weeks to share when you are able to drop off and collect from inside the nursery building! We thank you for your patience and cooperation.
3-5’s Graduation Party
We are pleased to share with you that this year we can have our Graduation Party for our 3-5 children who will be leaving Wonderland during the Summer Term.
We will be inviting two adults per child (who is leaving Wonderland) to join us on:
Thursday 21st July – 2:45pm – 4:00pm
Our party will take place within our nursery garden, where the children will have a Graduation presentation and a party tea.
If your child does not attend Wonderland on a Thursday afternoon but they are leaving Wonderland during this coming Summer Term, they are more than welcome to come into Wonderland to be a part of the Graduation celebrations during this time.
If you would like to attend our Graduation Party, please email Emma Edwards to book your place:
emmaedwards@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
COVID-19 Update
We have the following live chases of COVID-19 within the Wonderland Family.
Babies: none.
Toddlers: none.
2-3’s: Parents of a child within the age group.
3-5’s: Two children and their parents.
Carpenter needed!
If you are a talented carpenter or know of an individual who could complete some work needed at nursery. Please email Corrin Burdis at
corrin@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
The Babies have been...
Exploring taste and textures in a variety of ways. Some of the Babies have been tasting a range of vegetables and fruits as well as exploring lemons and oranges during their water play.
Next week they will be...
The Babies will be continuing to explore vegetables, but this time they will be printing with them. As well as searching for hidden eggs within the nursery garden and Baby room. The Babies will also be becoming little chefs next week, baking their very own rice Krispy cakes.
The Toddlers have been...
Exploring the playdough area to help develop their finger muscles, developing their imaginative play whilst playing in their home area, having picnics and making dinner. The Toddlers have also been enjoying lots of time out in the nursery garden, where this week they have shown particular interest in the big slide!
Next week we will be...
Developing their awareness of hygiene routines when bathing the toy babies, playing hide and seek finding animals hidden within the textured trays and having a go at drinking out of open cups.
The 2-3's have been...
Having a go at rescuing the animals from the green swamp tray, creating Easter cards by using a range of tools to make our very own eggs and exploring texture whilst playing with gloop.
Next week we will be...
Exploring their likes and dislikes of different kinds of fruit, taking part in observational painting and drawing sessions whilst creating chick and egg pictures.
Pre-school – The 3-5’s
Our new topic is – Spring, new life, Autism Awareness Month, Ramadan.
Our Phonics focus have been…
Identifying the initial sound of animals hidden in the nursery environment. The children have also been using the phonic sound reader to segment and blend their names. During their garden play the children have also been shouting the sounds of letters which were written on their hopscotch.
Our Mathematical focus have been…
Developing our awareness of subitising by singing a range of number songs of quantities up to five, such as 5 Little Firemen and matching pairs of socks together to develop our awareness of the same and different.
Our Topic focus have been…..
Decorating and creating their very own puzzle pieces to show that everyone is unique. This is to support Autism Awareness Month. The children have also been riding the balance bikes in the garden as well as using the trikes and pedals to drive around the nursery garden. Many of the children have also had a go at creating ramps and roads for the cars, helicopters and tractors whilst exploring The Den.
Next week we will be...
Our new topics are – Harvest, Spring + New Life, Autism Awareness Month + Vaisakhi Festival.
Our Phonics focus will be…
Using our listening ears and maintaining our concentration when completing animal sound lotto.
Our Mathematical focus will be…
Exploring ‘classification’ of animals linked to our current interest in pets as well as creating a range of pretty flower shape pictures to decorate our main area linked to the Vaisakhi Festival.
Our Topic focus have been…..
Sharing their pet pictures from home during circle times, learning about Vaisakhi Festival when sharing the story of All about Vaisakhi as well as learning about Harvest and creating their very own hedgehog bread.
Thank you for your continuing support.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend.
The Wonderland Management Team
