Blog Post
Week Commencing 2nd May 2022
Wonderland Day Nursery • June 9, 2022
Wonderland Weekly News
WC 2nd May 2022
This Week's Menu
This week we are following our Week 2 Spring / Summer menu.
There are a number of changes to our Week 2 Menu so please have a look at the above revised menu.
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
2-3’s + Toddlers – Toni – toni@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
3-5’s – Emma E –
emmaedwards@wonderlandnursery.co.uk
Staff News
We would like to welcome our new Third In Charge, Hannah Houghton to Wonderland. Hannah is also our Todder Room Mentor. Currently Toni is covering the emails and communication for the Toddler Age Group. Her email address is listed above.
Important dates for your diary
May day bank holiday – 2nd May – Nursery Closed
Platinum Jubliee - Thursday 2nd June + Friday 3rd June - Nursery Closed
Wednesday 15th June – 3-5’s Photo Day
Thursday 21st July – 3-5’s Graduation Day
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
Staff Holidays
Tuesday 3rd May – Lili C + MJ
Wednesday 4th May – Charlotte
Thursday 5th May – Charlotte + Finty
Friday 6th May –
Finty + Lara + Florrie
The Babies have been...
Having lots of fun playing in the water as well as having a go at building and pretending to be Bob the Builder. The Babies have also been exploring the world around them whilst going on a walk to the park and playing in their garden, as well as exploring their new indoor.
Next week they will be...
Exploring vegetable painting as well as fruit tasting.
The Toddlers have been...
Exploring how to make marks in a range of ways, such as using paint brushes and water as well as using large pens, chalks and their fingers in paint. The Toddlers have also been continuing to explore texture and their senses when exploring the lemon and orange tray as well as mixing the mud and sand during their garden play. The Toddlers have also been exploring the parachute this week. Finally, the Toddlers have said goodbye to their Age Group Mentor and the nursery Third In Charge – Nichola Carroll this week and have welcomed their new Age Group Mentor; Hannah Houghton. Hannah is also Wonderland’s New Third In Charge.
Next week we will be...

Exploring their colours in a range of ways, learning about brushing their teeth by sharing stories and using their own toothbrushes to clean their teeth after snack times as well as exploring the shape sortes to have a go at fitting the different shapes into the sorters.
The 2-3's have been...
Exploring how they feel whilst dancing in paint to a range of music, creating play dough chicks as well as identifying hidden Easter Eggs using tweezers to develop our finger muscles. The 2-3’s have also been using bubble wrap to make different marks.
Next week we will be...
Exploring the water tray to find sea animals and to explore capacity whilst filling and emptying the jugs. Taking part in an hidden animal search around the nursery as well as taking part in sponge painting.
Pre-school – The 3-5’s
Our new topic is – Spring + New Life + Vaisakhi Festival + St George’s Day.
Our Phonics focus have been…
Identifying hidden letters in the digging tray. The children then used these letters to construct their own name.
Our Mathematical focus have been…
Classification this week. Classification helps the children to identify what is to be counted. We have been doing this by separating animals into groups who live in the air, on the land and the water. The children’s Key Carers then asked the children questions such as what can we see? What do we notice?
Our Topic focus have been…..
Creating our very own St George’s Day Flags and sharing the stories of George’s Dragon & The Dragon and The Nibblesome Knight whilst learning about St George’s Day. As well as creating our very own crowns to celebrate the Queens 96th Birthday. The children have also been looking at pictures of the Royal Family and drawing pictures of them, as well as learning facts about Queen Elizabeth.
Within our Art’s and Craft Area the children have also been exploring fresh flowers in the water tray and painting observational pictures of the chicks using paintbrushes and our fingers to make marks.
Next week we will be...
Our new topics are – Spring + New Life + Minibeasts
Our Phonics focus will be…
Identifying the initial sounds of a range of objects by matching these to the sound buttons.
Our Mathematical focus will be…
Continuing to explore our Sunflower Challenge. The 3-5’s children have been having a closer look at the world around them, to see how amounts of objects can be different. The children have been having a go at being able to recognise amounts without having to count them. This called subsidising and is a key part of understanding how numbers are made of different parts.
As well as exploring number in a range of ways. Such as numerals throughout our small world play and continuing to categories and create patterns with a range of gems, stones and buttons.
Thank you for your continuing support.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend.
The Wonderland Management Team
