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Dates for your diary
Mon 29th May
School Closure
Tues 30th June
Mr Hullabaloo
Wednesday 7th June
Family fun day 1.30-3.30
£3 per child or £5 per family
Adults free
Face Painting, bouncy castle and other fun.
There will be also be an ice cream van–
Ice cream available to purchase.
*Children will finish that day at 11.30 (no lunch) to facilitate setting up for the fun day*
Wed 7th June
Annual Parent Meeting will be held at 3.30pm. Please let us know if you plan to attend.
Thursday 15th June
Zoo lab 9.15-10.15
(Rescheduled from 22nd May)
Friday 16th June
‘The Big Lunch ‘-Please bring a picnic for yourself/anyone else attending. School Meals are providing a picnic for the children. A picnic blanket would be a good idea too. 12.30-1.30pm
Fri 30th June(Last day)
No dinners as we finish at 11.30am
Please ensure you pick your child up promptly at 1.30pm Thank you.
Every warm day, please put
sunscreen on your child.
Please bring in a sun hat with your name on it and wear suitable shoes.
Sun screen
We have very kindly been given a donation of sunscreen. Each child has a bottle TO BE KEPT IN THEIR HALL CUBBY. It may then be applied to your child as they arrive to school, if needed. Parents should apply their childs sunscreen. The brand is Ladival, factor 50+
Eco News
We will be planting peas and herbs this month.
Getting Ready to Learn
Questionnaires will be going out in relation to the Getting Ready to Learn scheme. We would be really grateful if you could complete them.
Please return Getting Ready to Learn packs every MONDAY
Once a week take a peek!
Thank you for returning your parental questionnaires– it has been very much appreciated.
Thank you for all your
wonderful support this year. We have had a brilliant year and have seen all the children make a lot of progress. We will miss you all!!
We have had a brilliant year and have seen all the
children make a lot of progress. We will miss you all!Dates for your diary
Monday 1st May
School is closed today for Bank holiday
Tuesday 2nd May
Fitness Freddie at the Walkway centre
Friday 5th May
Parent workshop 1-1.30pm– Getting Ready to Learn ‘Maths’. Cream scones and tea will be served!
Tuesday 9th May
Fitness Freddie at the Walkway Centre
Friday 12th May
Parent Workshop 1-1.30pm– Getting Ready to Learn
‘Fine Motor Skills’
Tuesday 16th May
Fitness Freddie at the Walkway Centre
Friday 19th May
Class Group Photographs
Parent Workshop 1-1.30– Getting Ready to Learn
‘Sensory’
Monday 22nd May
Zoolab are visiting the nursery
Tuesday 23rd May
Fitness Freddie at the Walkway Centre
Open Night for new parents to the nursery 7.30pm
Wednesday 24th May
Mrs Symingtons Class visit Ulster Museum
Wilson, our African Drummer, visiting Mrs McGowans class
Friday 26th May
Grandparents day 11.30-1.30
Monday 29th May
School Closure
Tuesday 30th May
Mr Hullaballoo visits the nursery
Mrs Symingtons Parent teacher Meetings
Will be held Wednesday 2nd– Thursday 4th May. Sign up sheets are available on class notice board.
Thank you !!
A Big Thank you to our Community partners at the Walkway Centre– they very kindly provided the funding for the buses taking us to W5 and the Fitness Freddy sessions which we are enjoying.
Another Big Thank you to Aarons Mum and Kyles Mum for all their hard work organising the Easter Baskets, and Alexanders Granny for organising the ballots.
Our theme this month is fairy tales. If anyone has any old costumes they could send it we would really appreciate it.
Eco news
This month we shall closely study life cycles of frogs and butterflies. We will have caterpillars in class and closely observe the changes daily.
We will continue to observe the mini beasts in our log pile.
We shall be growing vegetables, plants and flowers in our garden
area.
Getting Ready to Learn
We have organised a series of parent workshops– come along a little earlier (1pm) on Friday 5th, 12th and 19th May and get involved in some fun & interesting activities which promote your childs learning
Parent Coffee Mornings with Siobhain
Come join Siobhain our parent worker every Tuesday Morning this Month. Topics to include:
EFT/tapping
Other relaxation techniques
Structured problem solving
Bullying toolkit as prep for big school.
Application forms for Free School Meals can be found on the Education Authority Website:
http://www.eani.org.uk/i-want-to/fsm/howto apply/
We also have a small number of forms available in the nursery that can be collected.
Many thanks