Week Commencing 18th October 2021
Wonderland Weekly News
WC 18th October 2021
Parents Evening – On Zoom
Coming up in November you will be able to book an appointment time with your child’s key-carer via Zoom for a parent’s evenings. If you would like to book next month, please make your interest known by contacting your child’s room mentor or by asking your child’s key-carer!
Who can I contact within my child’s age group?
If you have any questions about your child’s age group, worries or concerns please feel free to email the corresponding room mentor. Here are their email address’:
Babies – Corrin – corrin@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Toddlers – Nichola - nichola@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
2-3’s – Toni – toni@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
3-5’s – Emma E – emmaedwards@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Important Message!
A child in the 3-5’s age group has sadly misplaced a red hat whilst at nursery! We are still searching for the missing hat, but we urge that parents please check their child’s bags. This hat is brand new and has the child’s name in the label. Thank you.
This Week's Menu
This week we are following our yummy Week 2 Autumn/Winter menu.

There are no planned changes currently, but if anything does change…these will be communicated with you via your child’s daily individual handover sheet.
Chickenpox
We can confirm that we have had a few more confirmed cases of chicken pox within our Baby Unit. Chickenpox is common, spreads quickly and mostly affect children, although you can get it at any age. If you suspect your child has Chickenpox, please contact your GP to get this confirmed. Once this has been confirmed your child must stay at home until all spots have scabbed over.
If you would like some more information regarding Chickenpox, please look on the NHS website.
Hand, Foot and Mouth
Hand, Foot, and Mouth is rife within the local community currently and in turn has also made its way into the Wonderland community. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common childhood illness that can also affect adults. This usually gets better on its own in 7 to 10 days.
The first signs of hand, foot and mouth disease can be a sore throat, a high temperature and not wanting to eat. After a few days mouth ulcers and a spot like rash will appear. If you would like more information, please follow the link to the NHS website below.
Whilst there is no exclusion from nursery for Hand, Foot and Mouth, your child must be well enough within themselves to attend nursery. If your child has a spot like rash or other symptoms in relations to what could be Hand, Foot and Mouth, we may ask you to visit your GP to get this confirmed for us. We have had confirmed cases within our 2-3’s, Toddler’s and baby age groups. Please could we ask you to let a member of the Management Team know if you have had your child confirmed with Hand, Foot, and Mouth so that we can ensure we keep our pregnant staff members safe. Thank you.
Sickness & Diarrhoea
We have recently had some sickness and diarrhoea cases throughout the nursery. Diarrhoea and vomiting is common in adults, children, and babies and can spread quickly. It is often caused by a stomach bug and should stop within a few days.
If you know your child has had extremely loose stools or has been vomiting, please keep them off nursery for 48hrs from their last episode of sickness or diarrhoea.
Despite the girls’ best efforts to sterilize the nursery daily, these illnesses are very common and spread easily and quickly amongst children. We urge parents to continue to work together with the nursery to help us identify any of these illnesses so we can contain the spread asap.
It’s Time To Order Your Child’s Christmas Cards!
The majority of the children’s Christmas card designs should now have been handed out to parents on handovers. However, if you have not yet received yours you should get it sometime this week.
Art Projects for Schools, established in 1997, is the leading supplier of fundraising creative projects to primary schools and educational settings. The Christmas Card Project has seen the transformation of 220,000 artworks into almost 6 million Christmas cards over the 8 weeks leading up to Christmas in one year.
All of the children at Wonderland have worked very hard to create their very own Christmas Card. This is available to order using the simple steps below:

1. Visit www.apfsorders.co.uk
2. Enter the unique artwork code found on the back of your child’s artwork.
3. Place your order.
4. Please return your child’s artwork to Wonderland. Without your child’s artwork to scan, the art project cannot print your order!
Zoo Lab
Thursday 28th October
We are delighted to confirm Zoo Lab will be visiting nursery on the morning of Thursday 28th October. Zoo Lab will be bringing a range of animal / insect visitors into nursery for the children to explore and learn about.
Keep an eye on your child’s Tapestry account to see the children enjoying this session. If your child would like to dress up in Halloween friendly outfits (nothing too scary please) they are able to do this during the week of 25th October.
16th November – Photo Day
We are pleased to confirm we have booked ‘ElGood Photography’ to attend Wonderland on 16th November. If you would like your child to have a change of outfit for their photo, please place this in a named carrier bag and let your child’s key-carer know on their arrival to nursery that day.
If your child does not attend Wonderland on a Tuesday and you wish for them to still have their picture taken, please email emmaedwards@wonderlandnursery.co.uk to arrange a time that you can pop in with your child. Nearer the time, we will allocate times to those parents and children who are ‘popping in.’
The Babies have been...
Having a go at some Halloween ink stamps to create marks on paper.
• Practicing ‘turn taking’ in the garden playing roll the ball.
• Exploring our new sensory colours, textures and shapes area.
Next week we will be...
Creating autumnal pictures using natural objects.
• Explore lights and colours inside the dark sensory tent.
• Practice using sounds in play using the small world cars and trains. E.g. ‘Choo choo’ or ‘Beep’.
The Toddlers have been...
This week the toddlers have been
Going on a buggy walk to the local pet shop to see the different animals.
• Making marks and creating shapes using different tools in playdough.
• Practicing number names through songs using puppets for props.
Next week they will
Exploring full body messy play using water and gloop!
• Practice copying actions and learning songs during rhyme/circle time.
• Have a go at balancing independently on the garden obstacle course.
The 2-3's have been...
Doing spaghetti spider play.
• Had a go at Conker counting and have used them to create marks on paper in trays.
• Following tracks on the ground with small world cars to develop a sense of direction.
Next week we will be...
Engage in some role play using the baby dolls, learning to care for and bath them.
• Have a go at hammering golf tee’s into pumpkins to improve fine motor skills.
• Play a game of bowling using a pumpkin and some empty tins!
The 3-5's have been...
Our new topic is – ‘‘Following our children’s individual interests.”
Our Topic activities has been…
Creating and exploring our wormery and hammering golf tee’s into pumpkins to improve our fine motor skills.
Our Phonics focus has been…Guess the animal game.
Our Mathematical focus has been… Conker rolling and counting. Making Halloween magic potions using natural materials.
Next week we will be...
Our new topic is – ‘‘Following our children’s individual interests.”
Our Topic Activities will be - Exploring jelly cubes filled with Halloween objects and playing a game of Halloween musical statues or traffic lights
Our Phonics focus will be…
Reading the ‘That’s not my…’ book collection, touching the different materials and sounding out the texture words.
Our Mathematical focus will be…
Number counting using various natural objects. Using the garden A-frame to practice balance and co-ordination
