Racing Raccoons News

This week the children have been getting really excited about our Jubilee party, we have been making our Union Jacks and crowns ready for June 1st.

We have also been learning our Makaton signs which the children have all really enjoyed and they have spent lots of time practising the signs which they have learnt. We then continued this activity on by creating a display board so that the children can see the different signs throughout the day.

The Raccoons would like to wish Aanya a very Happy 4th Birthday on Monday.

If you have not done so yet please could you bring in photos for your child’s family book.

Don’t forget to join us for breakfast on Tuesday.

Have a great weekend.

The Raccoons team

This week the Raccoons have been looking at the letter ‘r’ we have been making our own rainbows, playing with rainbow play dough and making our own rhymes up.

Recently the Raccoons have loved playing snakes and ladders so we made our own version with our own big dice which they really enjoyed. This week the Raccoons have been talking about past events and what they have enjoy doing, talking about their interests outside of nursery and remembering our trip to the Look Out.

Sugar Free photographers will be at the nursery on Wednesday 16th May, for more information please see our news item.

Have a great weekend

The Raccoons team

This week we have been focusing on problem solving, reasoning and numeracy. The children have showed a keen interest in different number language for example quarter and half and had lots of fun playing snakes and ladders. Playing this game helped to develop the children’s knowledge of numbers especially those beyond 10 and counting in sequence.

Next weeks letter of the week is ‘r’.

Have a lovely weekend

The Raccoons team.

This week the Raccoons have been doing a lot of role play, one of our themes was pirates we made our own treasure islands and our own little pirates from egg holders. Another of this weeks themes has been super heroes so we made our own masks and capes to use in our play.

The Raccoons have also really enjoyed splashing around in the puddles in the garden and getting very wet!

If any of you have any Sainsburys vouchers that you would like to donate to the nursery please could you give them in as soon as possible as we are approaching the deadline.

The Raccoons would like to wish Asia a very Happy 3rd Birthday next Tuesday and Katie Woodward a Happy Birthday for Sunday.

On Friday 1st June at 3:00pm we will be holding a garden party to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee. We hope that as many of our parents and other family members will be able to join us. Please could you let your child’s key person know if you would like to attend, so that we can inform the kitchen for catering purposes.

The theme for the celebrations is ‘Kings and Queens’, if your child does not have a costume we will also be wearing red, white or blue, please feel free to join us with this dress theme on the afternoon.

This week the Raccoons have been doing a mixture of different activities – from playing a listening game and traffic light games during circle time to group talks on the children’s interests and role playing kings and queens. The children choose this role play after reading a book about a stolen crown, so they made their own crowns and a castle and even made more dens.

The children also loved the weather which we have had this week because they were able to jump in the puddles in the garden!

Our letter of the week this week was ‘o’ so we made orange cheesecake, octopuses and we played with ocean animals and water.

Next week’s letter of the week is ‘p’.

To celebrate St George’s Day on Monday please could the children wear something red to nursery.

Don’t forget to join us for our parents and grandparents for tea on Tuesday 24th.

Our termly parent meetings will be taking place the week of 14th May, please speak to your key person to make an appointment.

Have a lovely weekend

The Raccoons team

This week Kay’s children have been focusing on the environment, looking at dangers and how to keep safe, talking together about what keeps us safe, ready for our walk to the Look Out, encouraging the children to risk assess dangers themselves. The children showed a keen interest and knowledge of this throughout our journey to the Look Out.

This week Perry’s children have been focusing on hand eye co-ordination and control of different utensils, we have been making collages, shape cutting with play dough, playing bat and ball and have also been writing our names.

The Raccoons also really enjoyed our trip to the Look Out and were all very well behaved and had a great time.

We would like to wish Tiffany a very Happy Birthday on Monday.

This week the Raccoons have shown a lot of interest in numbers, this interest started when we read a book about a Dinosaur telling the time. We then began to play number lotto and sang number songs to help us recognise our numbers. Carrying this theme on we also played matching games to help us recognise quantities too.

The Raccoons have also been enjoying playing  in the garden and watching the trees move in the wind, so next week we will be making our own kites out of different materials so that we can watch them in the wind.

The Raccoons would like to wish Shemsi a very Happy 4th Birthday today and wish Emma Richmond, our new team member in the Chipmunks, a Happy Birthday today.

Have a great Easter weekend

We did lots of cooking this week making lemon tarts, shortbread and cornflake cakes. The children love to get involved in cooking and taste their yummy creations!

Through the middle of the week we looked at all the things we could do with leaves. The children really enjoyed leaf rubbing and sticking with dried leaves.

The children got very excited about the Easter Bonnet Parade and seeing the Easter Bunny! It was a great afternoon which ended with party games and music.

We’d like to wish Shemsi a Happy 4th Birthday on the 5th April.

Have a lovely weekend.

This week the Racing Raccoons have spent a lot of time in the garden, enjoying the sunshine! We’ve been moving as many activities as possible outside in the top garden.  We’ve been using circle time, garden games and rule boards to look at awareness of boundaries and what is right and wrong, both inside and outside of the nursery.

Next week the children will be focusing on communicating their interests and wants. We will be doing lots of den building, role play, flash cards and interest books. Please can parents bring in unwanted materials and string for the den building and photos of favourite things for their interest books.

To see what else we have planned please take a look at our planning.

We would like to wish Elliot Deane a Happy Birthday on the 27th. We’d also like to say ”Good luck and good bye” to Gemma, who is moving to our sister nursery in Reading, the Wigwam. Everyone at The Teepee will miss her.

Next week is ‘L’ week. Please only bring in show and tell items of your choice on Tuesday and show and tell for the letter of the week on your first day back only, thank you.

All parents are welcome to join us for the Easter Bonnet Parade next Thursday at 2:30PM. Please remember that you and your child need to make a bonnet. The best bonnet on the day will win a prize! If you need tips or inspiration, please look at our blog for useful links.

Have a great weekend!

Hi

Kay and I would like to invite you all to our second introduction to Pre-school on Monday 26th March at 6pm in Raccoons.

We held our first session last November and the parents that attended found it extremely useful. This time we will talk through all the basics such as planning, reports, termly meetings, the layout of the room and ratios. We will also talk about children’s Personal, Social and Emotional development, and Knowledge and understanding of the world including ICT.

If you would be intrested in attending this evening please let Kay or Perry know.

Emma