We have had such a super start to the Spring Term in nursery!  Our older children have impressed us all by settling back into the classroom quickly and happily.  They have also been doing a wonderful job of looking after the 8 new children who have joined us over the course of this week.  We are very proud of how thoughtful they have been in welcoming the new children and showing them what happens during our mornings at nursery.

Our new children have also been impressing us with how well they have settled into their new classroom and how brave they have been when saying goodbye to their mummies and daddies.  We would like to wish all of our new families a very warm welcome to our nursery and we hope you are already beginning to feel part of the St. Matthew’s community.

This term, our topic will be ‘Out of the Egg’.  We will be reading lots of stories about animals and focusing particularly on those animals that hatch out of eggs.  I will shortly be sending home our Spring Term edition of Nursery News which will provide more information about the topic and give you some ideas of activities you might like to try at home.

This week, we read the classic story of ‘Dear Zoo’ by Rod Campbell which is always worth a re-read.  It is a lift-the-flap book which the children find particularly engaging!

You can watch the story of Dear Zoo being retold here in this youtube clip:

And here are some of the wonderful ‘invitations to play’ (as I like to call them) which have been set up this week by Mrs W & Mrs M…

Despite the chilly weather, many of the children are still keen to race outside once we open the classroom doors.  So please do remember to send in hats and gloves, particularly as it looks like this cold weather will continue – thank you!