Can we all at Nursery, say a great big THANK YOU to all that have supported us with our fund raising events for Talacre Beach. The children have really enjoyed getting involved and we are well on our way!
A Huge Thank you
May 11th, 2011 by d.day
Summer Time!
May 11th, 2011 by d.day
Its is at long last looking and feeling a little more like summer.
The children are spending a lot more time outside, expoloring the Nursery garden as it is beginning to grow!
We have some fruit and vegetables growing, so keep an eye out as you pass in the morning and afternoon, for those first shoots. The children are tending to them very carefully!
World Book Day
Mar 2nd, 2011 by d.day
World Book Day this Friday 4 March. Dress up as
your favourite book character and have lots of fun!
Do they know its christmas time…
Dec 15th, 2010 by .
They do now!
The Nursery has had a fantastic time this half term with lots of Christmas and winter themed challenges! They are all playing hard, the poor staff!
On Tuesday at the Nursery christmas Party, there was dancing, games, pass the parcel, and the children shared food brought kindly by the parents! It was a great time, and guess what…Father Christmas paid them a visit parking his sleigh on the roof. The children sang him some lovely Christmas songs, and he was that impressed that he gave them all a super present!
The children and the staff all need a nice long rest now, so enjoy your two weeks. Remember School closes at 2.00pm on Friday!
Enjoy!
**Wintery Weather**
Nov 25th, 2010 by .
Please make sure you bring in your big coats, hats, gloves and scarves to keep warm outside over the next few weeks! Its getting very chilly! REMEMBER…sensible shoes with good grip, and pop your name in all of your wintery wears.
Nursery are..having a great time exploring in the Frost!
Nov 24th, 2010 by .
Moving on up…
Nov 24th, 2010 by .
Wow, what a start to the new school year! The Reception children have moved up to year 1, the Nursery children have moved up to Reception and now we have our fantastic new Nursery children settling in to their busy new setting!
Keep an eye out on the new Birchfields Web Site Nursery Pages, for information on parents groups, activities, and exciting learning opportunities!
Parent’s Information Day June 2010
On June 9th we held an Information day for parents. We invited lots of local organisations that offer free services for children and families. Lots of parents said the information they heard was useful and some will be using the services they have found out about in the future. There was also a stall to report to parents on attendance for Nursery and Reception children. Mrs. Atkinson explained how attendance is monitored and what incentives are available to children who attend regularly. Some children received prizes, certificate and medals. Look out for us in the South Manchester Reporter on Thursday 17th June! Meanwhile here’s some snaps of the interesting and fun things that went on.
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- Proud owner of an attendance medal
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- Lots of fruit and healthy eating ideas
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- Information about fire safety and smoke alarms
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- Surestart Information – and balloons!
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- Anson Cabin Play Project
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- Information about sun protection for children
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- Sunshine Sam gives out sun hats and shades
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- Information about the new library and library service
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- Photo Call with the South Manchester Reporter
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- Dental Health Information
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- The Family Information Service
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- Fire Service show how it’s done
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- Councillor inspects attendance medal
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- Webster Stratton parenting programme
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- Year 6 “Traffic Cops”
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- Mrs. Atkinson awards an attendance certificate
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- Proud Mum shows off attendance medal
May 2010
We have been visiting the Manchester City Art Gallery.
We took lots of our Mums and some dads with us too!
We are thinking of making our own Gallery collections in the Nursery.
APRIL 2010
CATERPILLARS
Spring has arrived in the Nursery. Over the next few weeks we will be looking after our caterpillars that arrived today. Hopefully they’ll all make it into butterflies.
PLANTING
We’ve been planting vegetable seeds and sunflowers. We can remember how we harvested carrots and potatoes in October and made vegetable stew now we are starting all over again.
Filling the trays with soil.
Planting peas and beans.
ART GALLERY VISITS
We are also visiting the Art Gallery this half term. Blue Group visited today. Lots of parents came with us on the bus. Tomorrow it’s Red Group’s turn and the other groups are visiting in the next few weeks. Watch out for pictures soon!
PARENT AND TODDLER SESSIONS
We are starting PARENT AND TODDLER sessions on Tuesday mornings, so come along with your toddler to sing some songs in Nursery. This is a great way to help your child get to know the Nursery setting and staff so they will be more confident to start school.
PEPL BAGS
We are running our PEPL bag scheme this term. Children have the opportunity to take home a different bag every week for 6 weeks. The bags contain rhymes, toys and ideas to help you engage with your child in activities that will help them with their reading and writing. Blue and Red Group have really enjoyed their bags. There will be a meeting for the parents of other groups to explain the scheme in more detail soon.
WRITING IN FOUNDATION STAGE
Last term we held two meetings to share with parents information about how we teach writing in the Foundation stage and especially the Nursery. Parents said they found the information very useful and informative. Here are a few pictures of some of our boys mark making!
Mark making
Precision marking!
It's a group effort.