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Week Commencing 12th September 2022
Wonderland Day Nursery • September 12, 2022
Wonderland Weekly News
WC 12th September 2022
This Week's Menu
This week we are following our Week 1 Spring/Summer menu
Currently the planned changes we have next week are within the yellow boxes above.
If there are any other changes during the week, you will be notified on your child’s individual hand over sheet.
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 - Hannah H - hannahh@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
2-3’s – Toni – toni@wonderlandnursery.co.uk - On annual leave this week
3-5’s – Emma E – emmaedwards@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Staff holiday
Week Commencing 12th September – Toni + Nikki B, Coco
Monday 12th September – Hannah H + Leah + Sophie H (am), Nichola, Natalie H, Kimberley
Tuesday 13th – Friday 16th September – Tasha
Wednesday 14th + Thursday 15th September – Natalie H
Thursday 15th + Friday 16th September - Nicole
Wonderland 28th Birthday
On Monday the children enjoyed a special party tea to celebrate Wonderland’s 28th Birthday! Here is their yummy birthday cake created by our very talented Kitchen Team.
HENRY Programme
We have a new service coming to North and East Hertfordshire this September. The HENRY programme is a FREE programme for any parent with a child aged 0-5 years. The programme is designed to help parents give their child a healthy start in life.
We will be running a programme at the Broadwater Family Centre on a Tuesday afternoon from 1-3pm. This programme starts on Tuesday 27th September and runs for 8 weeks.
Nursery bags
Please can we ask, if you are bringing changes of shoes or clothes into nursery for your child to use, that they are within a rucksack or pull string bag but not a carrier bag. Carry bags can be a chocking and suffocation hazard therefore the Wonderland staff will remove these from the cloakroom. Thank you for your cooperation in this.
Toilet training and changes of clothes
Please ensure you bring a spare pair of shoes in your child’s bag in case they have a large toileting accident here at Wonderland. We do have some spares, but we do not have a large variety of sizes here at all times.
Changes in weather
Now that the weather is changing, and we are seeing more rain please could we ask for all children to have a pair of indoor shoes with them here at Wonderland at all times.
These can be kept within your child’s Wonderland bag. We are also more than happy for the children to have wellies to wear whilst exploring the outside areas here at nursery, but please make sure these are named.
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II
Are you wondering how to talk to your children about the recent news or worried about how to answer any questions the children may have?
We’ve got you covered! Check out this link from Tiny Happy People below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/talking-to-child-about-death/zmh88hv
There are also many story books to share with children to help them in understanding about death and loved ones passing way. Here are a few:
Lots of the children have been talking about the Queen today and so we thought we would share a link to The Queens fantastic video with Paddington Bear. Ma’amalade Sandwiches Your Majestry!
City skyline
Photo By: John Doe
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The Babies have been...
Continuing to explore how to make marks using a range of small world people and animals as well as their hands to create their very own Autumn Leaf and a birthday crown during Wonderland’s birthday celebrations. The Babies have also been exploring a range of lift and flap books developing their knowledge of symbolic animal sounds and using their body parts to explore their floor piano mat!
The Babies are also still enjoying hopping onto their animal hoppers!
Next week we will be…….. Using mega blocks to create marks in paint, creating their very own pizzas to explore their likes and dislikes of different textures and foods, as well as using chubby chalks to explore mark making on the ground and on chalk boards.
The Toddlers have been...
Developing their awareness of self-care and hygiene routines this week through bathing the babies. The Toddlers have also been developing their knowledge of animals and the sounds they make through a variety of different tuff tray small world areas as well as beginning to explore the season of Autumn.
Next week we will be……
Developing their awareness of number language through singing a range of number songs, continuing to explore texture through messy play as well as developing their fine motor skills unlocking their locks and puzzle boards.
The 2-3's have been...
Exploring how to create marks in a variety of ways by using paint, coloured water through pipets, sponges and even gloop! The 2-3’s have also been painting their own nails using paint and hand print pictures, as well as having a go at using scissors to create snips in paper.
The 2-3’s story of the week has been, Room On The Broom.
Next week we will be... Exploring an animal tuff tray to develop their small world imaginative play, developing their understanding of Autumn whilst exploring leaves to create prints, developing their fine motor skills by threading pasta and extending their children’s interest about Halloween.
Their book of the week will be: Squash and a Squeeze.
Pre-school – The 3-5’s
Our topic is – Following our children’s individual interests.
Our Phonics focus have been… Literacy / Phonics: Aspect 3 – Body Percussion
The children have been singing a range of songs with actions to encourage body percussion throughout the song, such as ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,’ ‘If your happy and you know it.’
We have also been identifying a range of environmental sounds whilst playing sound lotto. Such as ‘snoring,’ ‘sneezing,’ ‘telephones ringing’ whilst practicing to use our listening ears.
Please check your 3-5’s Parents Memo for a way in which to support your child’s Phonics development at home.
Our Mathematical focus has been... Lots of the children continue to show interest in dinosaurs. Some of the children have even been to visit real dinosaur bones! So, this week they have been creating their very own shape dinosaurs as well as sharing the story 10 Little Dinosaurs!
As well as taking part in STEM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) such as rescuing floating dinosaurs within the water tray without using our hands.
Our Topic focus have been…
Creating their very own Magic wands linked to the story of Room On The Broom!
The children have also been creating their very own bubbling magic potions within our outdoor kitchen!
Next week we will be…
Our topic is – Following our children’s individual interests.
Our Phonics focus will be…
Literacy / Phonics: Aspect 2 – Instrumental Sounds
The children will be exploring a range of instruments and the sounds they can make, as well as playing these quietly, loudly, slowly and fast. The children will also be having a go at remembering and repeating a rhythm.
Please check your 3-5’s Parents Memo for a way in which to support your child’s Phonics development at home.
Our Mathematical focus will be…
The children will be programming our programmable mouse to numbered peaches, exploring their number recognition as well as interacting with technology items to explore positional language. As well as ordering different sized crocodiles to explore different lengths and measurements linked to the story of The Enormous Crocodile.
Our topic focus will be...
Learning about the life of Queen Elizabeth and learning about our new King, King Charles III. We will be looking at pictures of the Royal family and then drawing our own pictures of our families.
The children will also be searching our outside area to find hidden Golden Tickets, as well as creating their very own potions within our outdoor kitchen and water trays linked to George’s Marvelous Medicine.
Finally, the children will also be creating their very own dot pictures using paint and cotton wool buds to celebrate International Dot Day on September 15th.
Thank you for your continuing support.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend.
The Wonderland Management Team
