This term seems to have flown by and we are almost at the end of another year! I wish everyone seasonal greetings and peace and happiness in the New Year. Kind regards, Margot Dixon This half term the children have been busy experiencing Autumn and finding out about the changing seasons. They have been learning about our core stories of Elmer, Rainbow Fish and Whatever Next! They have explored different colours and patterns, played sharing games, made their own rockets and had lots of fun acting out the stories. They have also been getting ready for Christmas, decorating the Christmas tree and singing Christmas songs.
After the Christmas break the children in the nursery school will be looking at some traditional stories. In Room 1 they will be reading the stories, The Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. There will be opportunities to find out about different materials and their uses, creating large scale models and collages and finding out about different sizes. In Room 2 the children will be reading the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Here we will explore the concept of size and make some different flavoured porridge. Then we will discover the Gingerbread Man story where we will learn about sequencing, 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. and make some yummy Gingerbread biscuits.
The children in Blue Group will be looking at the story ‘Dear Zoo’. We will be learning about the animals in the book, learning their names and the sounds that they make. We will be doing lots of creative activities based around animals. We will also be looking at each others family pictures so, if you have any family photos we would love it if you could bring them in for us to see. Do you need support to stop smoking or to stop using smokeless tobacco products, such as Paan or Naswar? If you do please give Julius Budo a call on 01274 722070. Julius is Abbey Green’s STOP SMOKING CHAMPION and is here to help. LIFE IN THE UK - CITIZENSHIP COURSE STARTING AT ABBEY GREEN IN FEBRUARY 2015 PLEASE CONTACT THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITIES TEAM FOR DETAILS
Our next SAT Dads is on Saturday 11th January 2014 between 2.00pm and 4.00pm Our Parent’s Cafe which is held every Tuesday morning between 9.00am and 10.00am and everyone has been busy learning to knit and knitting blanket squares which, when finished, will be donated to BRI Special Care Baby Unit. Some families have joined our ‘Parents Partnership’ The partnership meetings offer an opportunity for families to get involved with the Centre, help us to organize fund raising events and share your ideas about what you would like to see happening here at Abbey Green. The next meeting will be on Tuesday 13th January at 9.00am
Finally we would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas, an enjoyable holiday and a very Happy New Year …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. We love to hear your ideas. Are there any courses that you would like us to try and arrange for January? Is there anything you would like to see happening in our classrooms? What would you like us to do during the school holidays? If you have any ideas please fill in this slip, tear it off and return it to the main office. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..