Nursery News
14 February edition
Spring Term 2014
Learning Focuses
Chinese New Year
Shapes, colours, size, Chinese New Year and emotions.
We learned about the story of ‘The Race’ and how the years were named after animals. We tasted noodles and had a go with chopsticks.
Birthdays Stars of the Week
We looked at Chinese calligraphy and learned how to say ‘Happy New Year’ in Cantonese. Kitty even had her name written in calligraphy to show everyone.
Charlotte Anderson Halley Locke Lilly Bomberg Millie Callaghan Florence Bartram
We did our own Dragon dance and imitated moving like a horse for the year of the horse. We had great fun making our own horses and racing them around the garden! Mrs Whiter helped us to paint a giant dragon in Art.
Max Carter
Congratulations Mrs Bainbridge has just been awarded a ‘Distinction Plus’ for her dissertation which focussed on children who use English as an additional language – Well done Mrs Bainbridge!
Reminders Gruffalo-themed Open Morning Saturday 8 March We are delighted to invite all current parents, grandparents and friends to see around our wonderful school! There will be a puppet show and a Forest school session. Music performance Wednesday 12 March 9am Nursery children need to be dropped off at Pre-Prep on this day. Pick up will be from Nursery as usual. Sports Relief Friday 21 March Children are encouraged to wear some wacky socks for charity and bring £1.
Parent, Baby and Toddler Thank you to everyone who comes along to our Parent, Baby and Toddler sessions each week. You always create such a lovely atmosphere! We are always delighted to welcome new faces to the group so please feel free to extend an invitation to your friends. Our next Parent, Baby and Toddler fun swimming session will be on 21 March. Please note that Culford has joined forces with a new swimming group called ‘Water Babies’. Lessons are tailored to teach babies and toddlers to swim. Please click on the link or take a leaflet if you are interested. https://www.waterbabies.co.uk/classes/ ip286tx
Having fun
Dates for your diaries Friday 28 Feb Craft and music session
during a forest school session on a Wednesday afternoon!
Friday 7 Mar Craft and music session Friday 14 Mar Craft and music session Friday 21 Mar Sports Relief, Easter craft, music and swim session (11am-12pm) Friday 28 Mar Mother’s Day and Easter crafts and egg hunt, music session No session Friday 4 April—End of term Friday 25 April P, B & T Session recommences
The children explored our new
number line in the garden
Culford School Nursery Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6TX 01284 385413 www.culford.co.uk
Coming Soon!
Friday 2 May NINO’S Children’s clothes sale at Nursery
Stylish, practical and affordable clothes to view and buy from a lovely new shop recently opened in Bury St Edmunds. How often do your children get to play whilst you shop?
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