A big thank you to Father Christmas who took time out of his busy schedule to visit the Infant children at All Saints School. The children were very excited to see him. They all recieved a gift and had their photograph taken with him.
Dear Parents,
Arrangements for Christmas
Dress Rehearsal Tuesday 1st December at 9.00 am.
Afternoon children to attend and to be collected at 10.30am please. All children to attend dressed in their costumes. Reception children to bring school uniform in a bag to get changed into. If you don’t wish your child to have paints used on their face please inform your child’s class teacher.
Christmas Concerts Wednesday 2nd December and Thursday 3rd December at 9.30 am
Arrangements as for dress rehearsal and remember you are invited to one of the productions of “Whoops-a-Daisy Angel”. You may take photographs during the performances. Coffee and tea will be served in the school canteen following the concert. Morning Nursery Parents may either take their child home at the end of the performance or return for them at 11.30am as normal. Afternoon children to return at 12.35pm for the afternoon session. Ticket requests will be sent out at a later date.
Coverdale Puppet Show Friday 4th December
If Parents of morning Nursery children wish their child to attend the puppet show please return your child to school at 1pm and collect them at 2.15pm. If your child is attending Playgroup Plus you must notify PG+ staff who will accompany your child if you so wish.
Christmas Dinner Day Thursday 10th December
It is intended to have all the Nursery children in for the morning of Christmas Dinner on 10th December. Nursery children will finish at 11.30am and will need to be collected or School Staff will transfer Playgroup Plus children to the Cedar Rooms. Places for Playgroup Plus will need to be pre-booked.
Party Day Wednesday 9th December
No morning session for Nursery Children. All Nursery children to be in school in party clothes for 1pm.
Reception to come to school dressed in their party clothes and they will be photographed with Father Christmas during the morning session. (Proforma to follow!)
Photographs
Nursery children will be able to meet Father Christmas on Tuesday 8th December to have their photo taken (Proforma to follow!) Father Christmas will visit in the morning and afternoon for both Nursery sessions.
Christmas Cards
If your child is bringing in cards to share with friends please ensure both Christian name, surname and class are on the envelope to avoid any confusion and stress to staff!!!
School Website
Please visit the school website on www.allsaintsgresford.co.uk to view latest information, letters and photographs.
Happy Christmas when it comes!
Early Years Staff.
On Friday 16th October, children and staff celebrated the Indian festival of Diwali. It was a very busy day with lots of activities available for the children to take part in. For example, they could taste Indian food, have their hands decorated with ‘mendhi’ style patterns, colour Rangoli patterns, listen to Indian music, make peacocks, make clay diva lamps, make paper lanterns and make Indian flags. We also had some traditional Indian sweets to taste- they were delicious! Here are some photos of some of the activities. We hope you like them.
Dear Parents,
Festival of Diwali
On Monday 12th October the children will be making Indian Barfi sweets.
On Friday 16th October the children will be involved in a range of activities such as tasting Indian foods (please let us know if your child has any allergies that we need to be aware of), dressing up in the role play areas, making Diva lamps, collages of peacocks, Rangoli patterns and the Taj Mahal and much more!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Friday 16th we would like all children to come to school dressed up in either an Indian costume or wearing clothes that match the colours of the Indian flag (Orange, green and white)
Our colour table for this period will be orange.
Thank you.
Early Years Staff.
A big well done to all Reception children who took part in the Harvest Festival on Monday 28th September at All Saints’ Church. They sang ‘The Leaves on the Trees’ beautifully and we were all very proud!
So far we have been very pleased with how all the children seem to be settling into the daily routine. The Reception children are already enjoying their new responsibilities of acting as ‘Buddies’ to the Nursery children. Some good friendships are already being formed!
The Early Years Unit is set out into three main areas – Language, Numeracy and Knowledge & Understanding of the World, plus the Outdoor area. Each class visits all of these areas for focused activities.
During focused activities all work is differentiated to suit the different developmental needs of individual children.
This term our Topic is ‘All About Me and My Family’. We will be looking at the different parts of our bodies and what we use them for, our senses, emotions, personal hygiene, people in our family etc..
In Language, we are currently focusing on letter sounds and correct letter formation with Reception children, and speaking and listening skills with Nursery children. Each week, we have a ‘News Time’ session whereby Reception children write their news and Nursery children recall their news orally.
In Mathematical Development, we are concentrating on counting skills and number recognition. Reception children will also be focusing on recording and correct number formation.
Personal, Social & Emotional wellbeing is an important area especially during the first term. Our primary aim is to ensure that all the children are happy and settled. We will then concentrate on social skills, listening skills, manners, personal hygiene and dressing/undressing skills.
As part of our Harvest celebrations, Reception children will be taking part in the Harvest Festival in Church on Monday 28th September at 1.30pm. All Reception parents are welcome to attend. Children are asked to bring a small food donation into school on that day. Please ensure that your food item is not too big or bulky as each child needs to be able to carry their gift over to Church (a challenge in itself)!! Nursery children are welcome to bring a donation if they wish.
As part of encouraging all children to become independent we would be grateful if Nursery parents could encourage their children to hang up their own coats, put away reading folders etc. when they come into school. This helps children to become familiar with their peg and possessions for when they have to collect their coat, pump bag etc. at the end of the session.
Please ensure that all children have their PE kit in school each week. All Nursery children have PE on Monday. Dosbarth D Reception children have PE on Tuesday and Wednesday. Dosbarth E Reception children have PE on Tuesday and Thursday. Dosbarth G Reception children have PE on Wednesday and Thursday.
We would like to take this opportunity to remind parents to ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled.
Finally, please come along to the Early Years Coffee Morning on Tuesday 6h October at 9.15am. You will have the opportunity to learn more about the Early Years Curriculum as well as meet other parents.
Everyone welcome!
If you have any concerns regarding your child, please do not hesitate to contact any member of the Early Years staff.
Thank you for your continued support and co-operation.
Mrs Goodwin, Mrs Dobie and Miss Evans
There were lots of activities for the children to take part in. They could make banana caterpillar, snail sandwiches, ladybird biscuits, handprint spiders, playdough spiders and decorate butterflies. They could also play ladybird dominoes, build a bug game, as well as use a paint program on the interactive whiteboard to draw minibeasts. Most children also had their faces painted, thanks to Miss Evans, Miss Williams, Mrs Sue Jones and Mr. Williams.
For snack the children had minibeast jelly, minibeast cakes (kindly made by Mrs Marshall - big thank you!!), and worms (Wotsit crisps!).
Also during the day, all children took part in a Barnardos Sponsored Toddle around the school grounds. Well done to all the children. We hope that we have raised lots of money for this worthy charity and would be grateful if all sponsor money could be returned to school asap.
Here are some photos of the day. We hope you like them.
Dosbarth D
Dosbarth D
Dosbarth E
Dosbarth E
Dosbarth G
Dosbarth G
Sponsored Toddle
Sponsored Toddle
Sponsored Toddle
Sponsored Toddle
All Early Years children visited Alyn Waters during the week commencing 1st June as part of their Topic on Minibeasts.
During the day they took part in various actitivities such as hunting for minibeasts, making colourful crowns using natural materials found in the environment, making clay models of minibeasts, playing a caterpillar game and looking for dragon flies and caterpillars.
It was a very hands-on experience for the children and they all had a great time. In fact, they have been looking for minibeasts everywhere since!!
A big thank you to all the parent and grand-parent helpers who accompanied us on our visits.