Nursery News 5th May 2026

NURSERY NEWS

 Tuesday 5^th May 2026 – Edition 408

Find out About

A. Destination Primary Schools for our July 2026 Leavers.

B. Milk.

C. What are the children learning about this week?

A. Destination Primary Schools for our July 2026 Leavers.

Parents found out the results of their applications for Primary or Lower School on the 16^th April 2026. Soon after, Willow was sent information to allow us to see where our 2026 Leavers are moving on to in September 2026.

We have 42 pupils leaving us in September, and I am pleased to say all 42 families applied for a place, so we know where everyone is going. Willow children will be moving on to 9 different destination schools.

Miss Howe liaises with teachers in the destination schools to ensure the transitions are smooth and everyone’s individual needs are met.

B. Milk

The Nursery Milk scheme provides all children under 5 years old, who attend an eligible setting for 2 hours or more, a 189ml (1/3 pint) carton of milk, each day free of charge.

We provide these cartons of milk, on a trolley outside, near to the queue at going home time, for children to take home a carton of milk each if they would like one.

We have noticed during the past week we have run out of milk twice before Yellow group have had a chance to take any. There were also other days last week when we had 10 milk cartons left over. We want to order enough to meet demand, but we do not want to have too many cartons and be throwing milk away.

We will adjust the amount of milk we order, but this may take up to three weeks to be implemented.

C. What are the children are learning about this week?

The theme this week is The Very Hungry Caterpillar

We will be looking at the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar written by Eric Carle, and staff will organize lots of activities for the children that link to the theme of the story. There will be some creative opportunities for the children to take part in such as symmetrical butterfly paintings and caterpillar collages. Staff will also set up some literacy tasks such as magnetic storyboards and practicing writing names in caterpillar templates.

We have been lucky enough to have some caterpillars delivered to our school, which means that the children can see how they live, grow and change. They can watch them building their own chrysalises ready to transform into butterflies. This helps the children to fully understand the life cycle of a butterfly, just like in the book.

Our learning intention this week is to enjoy joining in with moving, dancing and ring games. This includes singing songs, listening to music and playing with instruments.

Our seven C’s learning intention this week is for the children to be able to challenge themselves physically, which can include running, climbing and riding bikes. There will be lots of encouragement for the children to try new things and remember how to act sensibly, keeping themselves and others safe. We hope to see the children’s confidence grow as they realise that they are becoming more independent in their play.