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11 th November 2016 Hello from Playtime Staines! We hope you’ve all had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend. Staines Little Gems & Mini Tots Using a range of different material Little Gems used paint and different types of paper to create poppies. We explored cereal play using our hands we used small words to describe the texture. We made superhero masks where we stuck different coloured squares onto our mask. We explored superhero playdough which was blue, glittery and had peppermint extract, we loved the scent and used our hands to make marks and squeeze in the playdough. We used our hands to create butterflies; we independently pushed our hands into the paint and onto the paper. Little Boppers We have been making our poppies using lolly sticks, cupcake cases and painting them red. We made our own cakes and decorated them with red icing and sprinkles to represent our own poppy cakes. We used our hands to create a robin using different colours of paint and winter hats and gloves as we talk about the change in weather, we used sequins, glue and cotton wool to decorate them. We went on a leaf hunt in our garden and used the leaves to make marks in paint. Next Week Next week we will be dressing up in yellow for children in need week. We will be using different coloured circles to stick on a bear, which will help us when we decorate our cakes with yellow icing and different coloured circles. We will be making yellow scented playdough and creating our own Pudsey bears using different sized bear cutters. Next Week Next week we will be dressing in yellow for children in need week. We will be developing our scissor skills using scissors as we cut along wavy and straight lines. We will make our very own Pudsey bears and decorate using different colours of paint we will talk about each colour of paint and see how many we can recognise. We will make Pudsey bear cupcakes and decorate them. We will be learning how to trace letters in flour using our finders as we sing the alphabet. Next Week Next week we will be dressing up in yellow for children in need week, making Pudsey masks and decorating with a choices of paint, glitter and glue and talk about the different colours we can use. We will be making a giant igloo with milk bottles that we have collected as we learn about the North Pole and what animals live there. We will be developing our counting during a number sequence game. Pre – School In preschool we have made our own puzzle using fire engines we cut up with scissors and tried to piece back together. We made superhero handprints using different colours of paint and created our very own choice of superhero. We explored different animals, reptiles and bugs as Zoolab UK visited us which we really enjoyed.
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11th
November
2016
Hello from Playtime Staines! We hope you’ve all had a great week and are looking forward to the
weekend.
Staines
Little Gems & Mini Tots
Using a range of different
material Little Gems used paint
and different types of paper to
create poppies.
We explored cereal play using
our hands we used small words
to describe the texture.
We made superhero masks
where we stuck different
coloured squares onto our mask.
We explored superhero
playdough which was blue,
glittery and had peppermint
extract, we loved the scent and
used our hands to make marks
and squeeze in the playdough.
We used our hands to create
butterflies; we independently
pushed our hands into the paint
and onto the paper.
Little Boppers
We have been making our
poppies using lolly sticks,
cupcake cases and painting them
red.
We made our own cakes and
decorated them with red icing
and sprinkles to represent our
own poppy cakes.
We used our hands to create a
robin using different colours of
paint and winter hats and gloves
as we talk about the change in
weather, we used sequins, glue
and cotton wool to decorate
them.
We went on a leaf hunt in our
garden and used the leaves to
make marks in paint.
Next Week
Next week we will be dressing up
in yellow for children in need
week.
We will be using different
coloured circles to stick on a
bear, which will help us when we
decorate our cakes with yellow
icing and different coloured
circles.
We will be making yellow
scented playdough and creating
our own Pudsey bears using
different sized bear cutters.
Next Week
Next week we will be dressing in
yellow for children in need week.
We will be developing our scissor
skills using scissors as we cut
along wavy and straight lines.
We will make our very own
Pudsey bears and decorate using
different colours of paint we will
talk about each colour of paint
and see how many we can
recognise.
We will make Pudsey bear
cupcakes and decorate them.
We will be learning how to trace
letters in flour using our finders
as we sing the alphabet.
Next Week
Next week we will be dressing up
in yellow for children in need
week, making Pudsey masks and
decorating with a choices of
paint, glitter and glue and talk
about the different colours we
can use.
We will be making a giant igloo
with milk bottles that we have
collected as we learn about the
North Pole and what animals live
there.
We will be developing our
counting during a number
sequence game.
Pre – School
In preschool we have made our
own puzzle using fire engines we
cut up with scissors and tried to
piece back together.
We made superhero handprints
using different colours of paint
and created our very own choice
of superhero.
We explored different animals,
reptiles and bugs as Zoolab UK
visited us which we really
enjoyed.
Remembrance Day 2016 At 11.00am this morning (11th November 2016) our children all did 1 minutes silence to remember our fallen heroes.
All the children did amazingly and was all very quiet, we are all super proud of them.
Well done children!
Arts &
Crafts
Some Exciting news
this week!
Our fish have had
babies!
Be sure to come and
have a look and
watch them grow
with us!
Zoolab came to Playtime nursery Staines on Wednesday
9th November, they brought a range of different reptiles,
bugs and animals for all the children to see and even
hold.
We met, Milkshake the milk snake, Jane the cockroach,
Leo the gecko, Squeak the rat and spike the bearded
dragon. Alan from zoo lab gave us a description about
each reptile, insect and animal and encouraged the
children to touch or hold them.
The children were really excited and were sad to see
them go.
We hope you like our snaps!
Welcome…
We have a new member of staff called Chelsie Pettit
who has joined our Little Gems team; Chelsie joined
us at Playtime on Monday 7th November.
Welcome to the Playtime Family Chelsie!
Employee Of
The Term!
Employee of the term is Tabitha aka Tabbie.
Tabbie has received special recognition for all her
hard work and dedication at Playtime Nursery
Staines in the Little Boppers room which has
continued as she has moved up to our Pre-School
room.
We would like to thank you for all your hard work
Tabbie, keep it up!!
We have been
approached by Teddy
Tennis with an exciting
opportunity for our
children to learn to
play Tennis.
We are hoping to meet with Doug, Teddy Tennis
owner, in the next couple of weeks but would like to
see how many of our parents would be interested in
their children taking part.
Please complete the form attached or email
[email protected] to register your
interest.
After speaking with Doug a letter will go out to
parents will all the information you need.
Invoices
You can now speak directly with Lisa in our
Account office for any invoice related queries. Lisa
is contactable via phone on 01932 246 424.
We want to give all our time to our children at
Playtime Staines and think that by contacting Lisa
directly it will also save parents time.
Fruit Basket
This month’s Fruit Basket will be given to the
parent of Pearl Tracey in Little Gems.
Pearl has really progressed in the Little Gems
room and has been coming on visits to our
Little Boppers room which she has really
enjoyed.
Well done Pearl and we hope mummy and
daddy enjoy the fruit!
Wrap up and be warm!
Winter is well and truly here…the
temperature is dropping!
Please make sure you child attends
nursery with a coat and warm
clothing so they can still use the
garden to play in.
Potty Training
As we have a few children going through the potty training
transition we would like to provide support to you and your
child and make the transition as smooth as possible, if you have
any queries about what to do or how to help your child and if
you’re not sure if they are ready please do not hesitate to
contact me at the nursery and I can provide you with
information and support.
Here is a good website that can answer any questions
regarding potty training that you may have and remember
never to give up your child will develop the skill and get there ,
they all develop at different times and rates but will make this
achievement. https://www.nct.org.uk/parenting/potty-
training.
Chloe
Crazy Art
Time: 10 Mins
Age: Under 5’s
Level: Easy
Materials
Piece of Cardboard
Paint
Clingfilm
Method
1. Squirt small bits of paint on to the
cardboard using as many colours as you
would like
2. Lay a piece of cling film over the top (I
wrapped it around the sides too to stop
the paint oozing out the sides)
3. Now the fun part! Squish the paint
through the cling film!
Now you’ve got a crazy looking picture and the
colours will start blending to create different
colours.
How many colours can you see?
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January 2017
3rd Re-Open – Normal
hours
December 2016
16th End of Funding Term
20th Christmas Party
11.00am – 12.30pm
23rd End of Term – Closing
at 6.00pm
November 2016
14th – 18th Children In Need Week
21st Parents Evening – Little Gems
22nd & 23rd Parents Evening – Little Boppers
Parents Evening
Parents Evening will be taking
place as follows:
Monday 21st November |
Little Gems
Tuesday 22nd November |
Boppers
Wednesday 23rd November
| Pre – School
Emails have been sent out already
– please ensure you speak with
your child’s key worker to arrange
a time to come in.
If your child is sick or will be off nursery for any reason please let the office know by 8.30am on the day by either calling
01784 457 514 or email Chloe ([email protected]) or Laura ([email protected]).
It has been brought to our
attention that the Funding Term
Dates originally posted are
incorrect.
The Funding Term ends this year
on the 16th December 2016 and
re-starts 3rd January 2017.
The full 2016 - 2017 dates are:
Term Start End
Autumn 5/9/16 16/12/16
Spring 3/1/17 31/3/17
Summer 19/4/17 19/7/17
We are very sorry for any
inconvenience this has caused
you.
Christmas Party!!!
On the 20th December Playtime Staines will be having a Christmas Party. All the children
are welcome to attend and should be dressed in their best Christmas Jumpers. There will
be lots of Christmas songs and activities and Father Christmas said he’s coming!
The party will be on from 11.00am until 12.30pm.
Children In Need Week
14th to 18th November 2016
For Children in Need 2016 we will
be going yellow!
Please all come in your yellow-ist
clothes…if you’ve got anything
Pudsey evening better!
We will be doing lots of Pudsey
inspired activities so be prepared for
a fun filled week!
Donations please… Playtime Staines would greatly appreciate any old toilet roll / kitchen roll tubes, tissue boxes, cereal boxes, egg holders etc.. that you may have laying around. In the run up to Christmas our children will be doing lots of arts and crafts, from drawing pictures to making decorations, and supplies are always helpful. Thank You!
