Southernwood: Events 2007

Southernwood Events and News Letter – March 2008

Over the next 4 weeks, we will continue with our vegetable planting. We have

already planted tomatoes, courgettes and sweet corn and we have bought potatoes

ready to plant as soon as the weather is suitable!

This week and next we will be doing Easter activities starting with making

cards. Next week we will organise an Easter Egg Hunt which will be outside if

possible .We will do one every day of the week to make sure that all the

children can take part. We will also be making Easter buns and Hot Cross Buns

next week.

The following week we are going to be making cress heads. We have been

collecting egg shells over the past few weeks so that we can make them into

little faces with cress hair growing out of them. The children will all take one

home so they can cut the hair and eat it in a sandwich .

We plan to do a big Spring wall display which all the children will help to

create. It will show blossom trees, daffodils and all the other things

associated with Spring.

Ofsted Some of you probably know that we had a visit from Ofsted last week.

Thank you to all the parents who spent time talking to the inspector.

We should get our report some time this week. There will be a copy in Nursery

that you can read but we will also put it on our website or you can go to the

Ofsted website where they publish all their reports.

Letter Sounds At Nursery we do lots of games involving phonics with the children

which helps them when they start school and they begin to read. We have noticed

that quite a few of our children know the names of some letters which they will

need to know when they are a little older, but at Nursery age, learning the

sounds is the best start for reading.

Staff News Teresa who was due to start last month had an unforeseeable family

problem so unfortunately she was unable to join us. We now have Irene starting

who we have known for a number of years as a Foster Carer. She is also from a

Primary teaching background so is completely tuned into this age group. We know

she is going to fit in really well and will be lovely to work with.

Funding Forms Please fill in your form and return it as soon as possible. Ethnic

codes are attached which you can fill in if you wish( there is no obligation)

Egg boxes
We need lots. If you remember, please save them for us.

Scrap Paper
If you work in an office where paper is thrown away, please throw it our way, even if it's used on one side. The children use huge quantities, most of which ends up in the bin after they've practised using scissors, colouring etc.

Cereal boxes
These are very useful for making all sorts of things. Please save them if you remember.

Bits and Pieces

Please remember that if you are introducing the children to letters, start off by telling them the letter sound rather than the name of the letter as this helps when they start to read and it's consistent with how we teach at the nursery.

Please return funding forms with the birth certificate number on a.s.a.p.
No need for proof of address any more.
If you are discarding girls trousers, we are short for spares - thanks!
Please make sure we have up to date phone numbers including mobiles and if there is a change to emergency contact numbers, please inform us.