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Week Commencing 28th February 2022
Wonderland Day Nursery • March 16, 2022
Wonderland Weekly News
WC 28th February 2022
This Week's Menu
This week we are following our Week 1 Autumn/Winter menu.
On Tuesday the children will be enjoying pancakes to celebrate Pancake Day!
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.
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
World Book Day – 3rd March
Throughout this week the children at Wonderland will be celebrating World Book Day in a range of ways.
If your child would like to dress up as their favourite from one of their favourite story books during this week they are more than welcome to do so!
Arriving late to collect your child at the end of their session
Please can we make you aware that if you arrive late on many occasions you will start to receive a late fee. Our staff have families and other commitments, and it is not fair that they these are comprised on a regular basis. Our late fee is charged at £15 for every 15 mins you are late.
Updates to drop off and collection procedures
We are beginning to lay the foundations for changes to our drop off and collection procedures to ensure we have all the information we need when Wonderland is given the green light to lift all COVID-19 procedures. This will include changes to our current drop off and collection procedures. 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.
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.
Important dates for your diary
Tuesday 1st March 2022 – St David’s Day + Pancake Day
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 – Ash Wednesday
Thursday 3rd March 2022 – World Book Day
ERIC – The Children’s Bowel & Bladder Charity
ERIC have a variety of helpful resoruces, ways of communicating with other parents and professionals for advice to support your children in beginning and continuing on their potty training journey. There is also guidance when dealing with constipation in children and much much more.
The Babies have been...
Making pizzas by adding sauce and toppings with the support of their carers. They have been playing on the slide in the garden learning to take turns. They have particularly enjoyed their tiny mite’s class this week and joined in with actions.
Next week we will be...
Creating Lion family footprints creating marks on the paper. We will be using the sensory balls to create marks in paint by rolling them around on the paper. We will be looking at favourite books and will be creating chalk marks on the chalk board when in the garden.
City skyline
Photo By: John Doe
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The Toddlers have been...
Exploring the roleplay home corner and practicing simple roleplay with the tea set and play food. They have been enjoying a new range of books and using their skills to lift the flaps and make the moving parts work. They have been enjoying singing nursery rhymes with props and joining in with all the actions.
Next week we will be...
Creating our own art and craft pan cakes, we will be developing our physical skills by creating an obstacle course using items to balance on. The children will be looking at various colour’s whilst mark making. They will also be playing parachute games with their peers and learning to take turns.
The 2-3's have been...
Creating bubble wrap paintings to create rainbows and have been speaking about the recent rainbows in the sky. They have been washing muddy farm animals as part of a small world roleplay activity. They have been exploring a ‘bear hunt’ sensory tray. They have also been engaging in group games such as ring games, parachute games and balancing activities in the garden.
Next week we will be...
Making pancakes using lemon scented playdough. We will be practicing our cutting skills when cutting playdough and other materials. We will also be ‘going on a bear hunt’ in the garden particularly exploring the mud area.
City skyline
Photo By: John Doe
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Pre-school – The 3-5’s
Our new topic is – Winter Olympics, St David’s Day + Two’s Day (22.02.2022.)
Our Phonics focus has been… Creating our very own Olympic medals. The children have formed a range of marks or the initial sound of their name onto their own medal. As well as some children writing their own name onto their own medal.
Our Mathematical focus has been… Taking part in a number 2 hunt around the nursery environment to see how many number 2’s we could find. The children have also been continuing to explore different shapes when creating pizzas within our Pizza Shop using a range of different shaped pizza bases.
Our Topic focus has been... Taking part in our 3-5’s Olympic Games during our garden play, throwing bean bags into numbered hoops, completing hurdle races, and creating a hopscotch. The children have also been creating Daffodil suncatchers and taking part in observational art activities using Daffodils to paint and play dough to create their own interpretation.
Next week we will be...
Our new topic is – Pancake Day and World Book Day
Our Phonics focus will be… Taking part in initial sound pancake races during their garden play.
Our Mathematical focus will be… Creating a range of different shaped track to direct the BeeBot and Robot Mice around our track. We will also be using positional language to describe which direction the Beebot or mouse will be travelling.
Our Topic focus will be... Making Gruffalo crumble, saving the super veggies from the evil peas (developing our fine motor skills).
Thank you for your continuing support.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend.
The Wonderland Management Team
