Blog Update w/c 18^th March

Easter Celebrations:

Week commencing the 25^th March, Clover Court Nursery and Pre-school will be providing the children with learning experiences that promote the festivities of Easter. We will be holding an Easter Bonnet competition and parade on the Thursday 28^th March. Other activities planned for the week include:

·        Cooking – making Easter Nests with shredded wheat, chocolate and mini eggs.

·        Easter cards

·        Decorating paper mache eggs

·        Easter egg hunts in the garden

Forest School Trip:

On Thursday 4^th April, Clover Court Pre-school have planned a trip to visit Ivy Cottage’s Forest School. Ivy Cottage is another setting within the Cranbrook Company group, and they are lucky to have a small forest attached to the back of their garden. We would like to take the children to explore the forest and do a little bit of bug hunting which is a strong interest amongst the children at the moment. The pre-school team will be handing out permission letters for the trip, please complete and return them to confirm your child’s attendance.

Buy and Sell:

We have had one of our parents suggest that we add a buy and sell page to our blog for the parents to use. We’d just like to ask who would be interested in us setting this up. If we get a good amount of responses then this is something we’d be willing to put into place. Likewise, if anyone has any other suggestions as to how we can make our blog more interactive, then we’d welcome the feedback.

 

Red Nose Day:

We would like to say a huge thank you to our parents for supporting our Red Nose Day activities and for your kind donations.

Louise and the team at Clover Court

 

 

 

March 2013

Red Nose Day

On Friday 15^th March we will be participating in Red Nose Day. Please can we ask that you dress your child in the colour red and provide them with a red nose. We are also going have wacky hair for the day so any style goes, go CRAZY. We ask that you please donate generously as this is a great charity event. We look forward to seeing your wacky hairstyles.

Baby Room News

We would like to thank all the parents who have donated items to help the baby and nursery room garden. We have had a lovely few weeks out in the garden enjoying the different environment, let’s hope the warmer weather returns soon.. The children have been really enjoying tatty bumpkin and have also enjoyed moving to the different animals. We would like to say a huge thank you to the parent that donated the ball pit to baby room. The children very much enjoy playing in it.

 

Nursery Room News

In the nursery we have now moved the children’s art folders so that they are accessible to the parents. Please can we ask that once you have been handed over to by a member of staff that you check your child’s individual folder for any letters and art work. The nursery staff are also developing different areas in the garden area using recyclable materials. If you have any of the following unwanted items, we would be grateful if you could donate them to us:

·        Door handles

·        Milk crates

·        Plastic bottles

·        Curtain rings

·        Old CD’s

·        Pieces of material

·        Hooks

·        Large yoghurt pots

·        Metal utensils

As many of you have noticed both nursery rooms have been decorated. Over the next few weeks we will be transforming them even more with exciting new displays.

Friday 15^th March is Sam’s last day as she will be going on maternity leave. She would like to say ‘Thank you’ for your kind words and support. We look forward to seeing her and her new baby very soon.

Preschool News

In pre-school we have had our superhero day which the children really enjoyed. They loved the face paints and superhero role play. We have had a great time building in our re designed outdoor construction area and we are enjoying making dens. The children have also been enjoying indoor activities like role playing in the new ICT area. A few of the children have loved going to the mobile library to get some book to borrow and share with their friends. We are all now looking forward to Red Nose Day so dress in red and don’t forget your crazy hair.

 

From all at Clover Court

Written by Lucy Goddard