Welcome back!

Two weeks into our new term and we are very pleased to say that our new children have settled extremely well into their new environment.  The existing nursery children are doing a fantastic job making their new friends feel welcome and showing them the ropes!  Well done everybody!

We had some exciting news over the Christmas holiday. Seven little piglets were born on New Years Eve and we were thrilled to be able to watch Mr Campbell bottle feeding one of them yesterday!  It will be wonderful for the children to watch them grow over the next few months.

Our theme this half term is 'Once Upon a Time'. Our activities will be based around some of our favourite stories.  The story of The Three Little Pigs was brought to life yesterday when we went to explore the straw houses made by some of our older Coptillians! 

Parents evenings are being held on Tuesday 5th and Thursday 7th February from 6pm - 9pm.  You will be emailed shortly about booking your 10 minute slot.  Please do not worry if you are unable to come along on the evening as we can arrange a mutually convenient time maybe at drop off / pick up if need be. 

As always if you have any queries, no matter how small, please do come and ask.

Kind regards, Mrs Forman and all of the Nursery Team.

Some photographs from our busy week!

We've had a lovely week preparing for our Interactive Nativity tomorrow and basing all of our activities around Christmas.  Over the next week your child will be bringing home a Christmas bag full of  their wonderful creations.  The children have really enjoyed our festive craft activities and can't wait to bring them home to share with you all.  Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible in the hall tomorrow.  The more the merrier! 

 

Christmas is coming!

With our Interactive Nativity two weeks tomorrow and the Copthill Advent Fayre next Saturday we thought we could get away with starting to talk about Christmas in Nursery this week!  We have been starting to learn our Christmas songs and are looking forward to having our families in school for our Interactive Nativity Story on 7th December at 9.30am.  We haven't tried this before and for it to work we will need your good help on the day!  Costumes will be provided for any little ones who would like to dress up and join in. All will be revealed!

What with Fireworks, Diwali and Remembrance Sunday to talk about our little ones have been extra busy this week!

We have all enjoyed the vast amount of craft going on in Nursery this week, our rooms have been very colourful indeed.  This half term our theme is "The Spirit of Christmas".  It seems early to be preparing for our Interactive Nursery Nativity in the school hall but it is only 4 weeks away! We have songs to learn and lots of fun to be had over the next few weeks.  The Early Years corridor really is the best place to be at Christmas time!  Please come along to the hall on Friday 7th December.  If your child is in session or not that day - the more the merrier and it would be really lovely to have a full house!  Our plan is to encourage everyone to get involved, parents and children alike. Watch this space for more information ...   

What a busy time we're having in the Nursery!

We are thrilled with how the children have settled into their routines and have been venturing further afield.  The children enjoy their walks around the school grounds and especially enjoy visiting the vast array of Copthill animals we find along the way!

Keyworker groups have now been finalised and email address are as follows:

alex.forman@copthill.com, sarah.nelson@copthill.com and anna.keightley@copthill.com

Parents evening is next Tuesday 16th October.  For those of you coming along for the first time it is a sociable evening with wine, soft drinks and nibbles in the school hall followed by an opportunity to meet with your child's keyworker without any distractions.  Please do not worry if you are unable to attend as we are very happy to make an alternative arrangement to meet with you or we can telephone you at a mutually convenient time.  As you know we operate an open-door policy and if you have any concerns, no matter how small, please ask at drop off or email myself or your childs keyworker when we will be pleased to help.

We hope that you are all up and running with your Tapestry accounts.  Please share any photographs of activities your child does outside of school.  Your children love to share what they have been doing with us all.  Any queries regarding Tapestry please do not hesitate to ask.

That's all for now.

Kind regards from Mrs Forman and the Nursery Team.