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Week Commencing 21st November 2022
Wonderland Day Nursery • January 9, 2023
Wonderland Weekly News
WC 21st November 2022
This Week's Menu
This week we are following our Week 1 Autumn/Winter menu
Currently there are no planned changes to this week’s menu. If there are any 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
3-5’s – Emma E – emmaedwards@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Extra sessions – toni@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Changes to your child’s usual booking pattern, if your child is leaving Wonderland - bookings@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Hannah Bly is now on Maternity Leave. In Hannah’s absence please contact Our Accounts Team using the email address above.
Staff Holiday
Monday 21st November - Emily H, Corrin
Tuesday 22nd November - Tasha
Wednesday 23rd November - Hannah J
Thursday 24th & Friday 25th November - Charlotte J, Ellie D
Friday 25th November - Pm - Florrie
Children In Need Week
Wonderland have been taking part in lots of lovely activities and staff challenges right throughout the week to raise money for Children In Need!
If you would like to send in final donations, please use the following link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=aZ26pHb_tkCxjjBI3j4WHCXDo1Qdf_JFpnKe-cs_WvBURDkxNUNKMldMNzVCQTNRRDIxT0NVM0cwUSQlQCN0PWcu
Kitchen Team and Gary's Pie Challenge!
The Pre-School Teams Water Tipping Challenge!
Toddler Teams Balloon popping Challenge!
Toni's face painting challenge!
City skyline
Photo By: John Doe
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Corrin's Pudsey Pong Challenge!
2-3's Colour Run!
Babies - Whacky Hair Day!
Booking extra sessions and requesting changes to your child’s permanent sessions
We are changing the way we would like you to communicate with us regarding increasing, decreasing and requesting changes to your child’s permanent nursery sessions.
If you would like any changes to your child’s permanent nursery sessions, please can you email the following address: bookings@wonderlandnursery.co.uk Corrin our Nursery Manager will look into your request as soon as possible.
If you would like to book extra sessions, please may we ask that these are still sent to Toni our Deputy Manager using the following address: toni@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Toni will look at the availability and will get back to you at her earliest convenience.
Current illness' at Wonderland
We have a confirmed case of Croup within our 3-5’s Age Group as well as several viral rashes within our Baby and Toddler Rooms.
Who let the Dads Out?
Calling all Dads, Grandad’s and Father Figures, would you like to have lots of fun with your children up to the age of 6 years old? Come along to St Paul’s Church Hall, Pixmore Way in Letchworth to meet other Dads, Grandad’s and Father Figures for Bacon rolls and a coffee whilst the children explore their fantastic arts and crafts, activities and play with a variety of toys.
St Paul’s Church Hall,
Pixmore Way,
Letchworth
SG6 1QT
Icknield center – Christmas Concert
We are so pleased to be able to share with you that this year we are able to invite Parents and Carers of the 2-3’s and 3-5’s children to join us at the Icknield Center in Letchworth on Wednesday 14th December.
More details and times will follow once we have visited the Icknield Center to confirm the final timings and details. However, this will take place after 2:45pm on the afternoon of Wednesday 14th December.
The 2-3 children will take the stage first and sing a range of Christmas songs with their Keycarer and peers.
After this the children will be taken back through to a separate room where they will then be signed back over to their Parents and Carers.
Once your child has completed their singing and has been handed back to you, you are able to visit a special visitor with your child before heading home.
If you are unable to make the Christmas Concert and your child still attends Wonderland on a Wednesday afternoon session, please email Toni to let her know your child will be in Wonderland’s Care throughout the afternoon. We will then arrange dinner and transport back to Wonderland for your child.
Please also email Toni if your child DOES NOT usually attend Wonderland on a Wednesday afternoon session, but you are going to bring them along to the Icknield Centre to take part in the Christmas Concert.
Toni’s email address is:
toni@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Pre-school – 3-5’s children – Icknield Centre
The 3-5’s children will take to the stage after the 2-3’s Age Group have finished their Christmas singing – timings to be confirmed asap! However, this will certainly be after 3pm.
The 3-5’s children will be working hard over the next few weeks to learn and perform a Christmas Play for you all to enjoy.
If your child attends Wonderland on a Wednesday afternoon they will be transported on a coach with the Wonderland Team to the Icknield Center at 2pm.
The children will arrive at the center and have their afternoon snack before changing into their costumes. Don’t panic! We will send out information on this asap. The Pre-school Team will endeavour to create as many of these as possible with the children!
After the children have completed their play, they will be taken back into their room to then be handed over to the Parents and Carers who have come to watch. The children will also be able to visit a special visitor after their performance.
The children will then be able to go home from the Icknield Center once they have performed their Christmas Songs and dances.
If you are unable to make the Christmas Concert and your child still attends Wonderland on a Wednesday afternoon session, please email Emma E to let her know your child will be in Wonderland’s Care throughout the afternoon.
We will then arrange dinner and transport back to Wonderland for your child.
Please also email Emma E if your child DOES NOT usually attend Wonderland on a Wednesday afternoon session, but you are going to bring them along to the Icknield Centre to take part in the Christmas Concert.
Emma E’s email address is: emmaedwards@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Babies and Toddler Christmas 'Tiny Mites Sing-a-long'
This will take place during the morning of Wednesday 14th December 2022. Times will be shared very soon. However, this will be after 9am and finished by 11:30am.
Babies – Please email Hannah H to confirm if you are attending. We are able to have two adults per child.
Please also email Hannah H to let her know if your child will be attending the Christmas Tiny Mites Sing a long and they do not usually attend Wonderland on a Wednesday morning. Please remember that your child will have to go home after the sing a long if a Wednesday morning is not their usual nursery session.
Toddlers - Please email Hannah H to confirm if you are attending. We are able to have two adults per child.
Please also email Hannah H to let her know if your child will be attending the Christmas Tiny Mites Sing a long and they do not usually attend Wonderland on a Wednesday morning. Please remember that your child will have to go home after the sing a long if a Wednesday morning is not their usual nursery session.
Hannah H’s email address is: hannahh@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Welly Walk
The Babies have been...
Continuing to explore how they can use their bodies to make marks. This week they have dipped string in paint and then had a go at moving these across their paper. The Babies have also been showing interest in symbolic animal sounds whilst exploring their small world play.
The Toddlers have been...
Exploring different types of shapes in a hunt around the nursery as well as hunting for Pudsey and Blush the bear. The children have loved being a part of Children in Need this week and have created their very own Pudsey hats which they will be wearing at their party tea later in the day.
Next week we will be…
Taking part in a fishing activity singing and practicing number names, getting ready for Christmas by making our very own Christmas crafts to decorate the nursery with as well as exploring new textures with our hands incorporating new words into our vocabulary.
The 2-3's have been...
Roleplaying cooking and mixing using natural objects. They have been making Pudsey hats, biscuits and have taken part in a Pudsey hunt around the nursery. They have also been taking part in parachute games and have been practicing fine motor skills when exploring puzzles and activity boards.
This week's book of the week is: Happiness is...
Next week we will be...
Writing letters to Santa. They will be practicing their hand-eye coordination when wrapping up Christmas presents. They will also be exploring programs on the computers such as paint and math’s games.
Pre-school – The 3-5’s
Our topic is – Children In Need & Christmas
Our Phonics focus have been… Literacy / Phonics: Aspect 4 – Rhythm and Rhyme
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...
Exploring matching numerals to quantity by selecting the correct number of objects to represent numerals 1-5.
Our STEAM activities this week have been…..
Using our loose parts to extend our play as well as creating our very own fairy garden!
Our Topic focus have been…
Using our mark making skills to create our very own fireplace to hang our Christmas stockings on, creating Christmas baubles as well as creating their very own Pudsey Bears out of play dough and yellow card.
The children have also been developing their gross motor movements during their garden play by throwing balls and bean bags into the basketball hoops as well as creating and moving across our obstacle course. The children used a range of wooden planks, tyres, platforms and crates.
Next week we will be…
Our topic is – Following our children’s individual interests + Christmas.
Our Phonics focus will be…
Literacy / Phonics: Aspect 5 - Alliteration
The children will been exploring the initial sounds of words by arranging a range of objects into groups of the following sounds, s,a,t,p,I,n. As well as trying to create our very own alliterative story such as, Simon the snake, slide down the slide!
Please check your 3-5’s Parents Memo for a way in which to support your child’s Phonics development at home.
The children will also be using the talking conversation toy phones to develop their speech and listening skills, creating marks on their new light up mark making boards, recording their favourite songs on their sound buttons, and using their dinosaur puppets to begin to interact imaginatively with their peers.
Our Mathematical focus...
Continuing to explore our 5 frames and beginning to develop our awareness of what happens when we have a completely full 5 frame. We will be introducing a 10 frame to continue the children’s development of their number sense.
Our Topic focus...
Role playing how to cross the road safely as well as talking and visiting our nursery car park to talk about car park safety.
The children will also be continuing to complete a variety of Christmas Crafts as well as continuing to practice their Christmas play and songs.
Thank you for your continuing support.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend.
The Wonderland Management Team
