Nursery News 8th June 2026

NURSERY NEWS

8th June 2026 – Edition 412

Find out About:

A An Open School Event: For Big Nursery Yellow Group Parents: Basic Skills.

B. Parent Consultations July 2026

C. End of term arrangements July 2026

D. What are the children learning about this week?

 

A. An Open School Event: For Big Nursery Yellow Group Parents: Basic Skills.

Miss Howe teaches some Big Nursery Yellow Group children ‘Basic Skills’ on a Wednesday morning. Mrs Cashmore teaches some Big Nursery Yellow Group children ‘Basic Skills’ on a Thursday morning.

The children move to a quiet space in Room 5 where they work in small groups (approx. 8 children) to learn reading, writing, mathematical skills and problem solving.

We would like to invite Miss Howe’s Yellow group parents in to observe a 30 minute reading/writing activity on Wednesday 17th June.

We would like to invite Mrs Cashmore’s Yellow group parents in to observe a 30 minute reading/writing activity on Thursday 18th June.

A further invitation letter will follow to Yellow Group parents so that we can match up time slots, so parents can join their child’s small group. Blue Group had their Basic Skills groups in the Autumn Term 2025 and Orange Group had their Basic skills group in the Spring Term 2026.

 

B. Parent Consultations July 2026.

We plan to have face to face parent consultations for all the children on 7th and 9th July 2026.  All consultations will be 5 minutes long. Staff will be in touch with you to arrange an appointment time.

So for Little Nursery,  All the Children who will be staying with us in September

Tuesday 7th July–

Miss Gaffney’s Green Group Children. Five minute appointments available between 3:15pm and 4:35pm

Mrs Brinkley’s Red Group Children. Five minute appointments available between 3:15pm and 3:55pm

Miss Allen’s Yellow Group Children. Five minute appointments available between 3:15pm and 4:20pm

Miss Tyler’s Blue group children,   Five minute appointments available between 3:15pm and 3:35pm

Mrs Chiriac’s Red group children  Five minute appointments available between

1:00pm and 1:30pm

So for Big Nursery, All the Children who will be leaving us in July:

Thursday 9th July–

Mrs Patterson’s Blue Group Children. Five minute appointments available between 3:15pm and 4:15pm

Miss Skai’s Orange Group Children. Five minute appointments available between 3:15pm and 4:15pm

Miss Howe’s Yellow Group Children. Five minute appointments available between 3:15pm and 3:45pm

Mrs Cashmore’s Yellow Group Children. Five minute appointments available between 3:15pm and 3:55pm

 

C. End of Term arrangements July 2026

The last day of term in July 2026 for all children will be Thursday 16th July.

On Friday 17th July school will open only for the Big Nursery children that are leaving us. The session will be from 8:50 am to 11:50 am. All Big Nursery leavers are invited to attend this session, regardless of your child’s normal attendance days. As children are attending for the morning only, no child will require a packed lunch. Children will require their water bottles. We are going to consult the children about what activities they would like to plan for their last day, and try to enable their ideas. There will be no charge for this session.

 

D. What are the children learning about this week?

The theme this week is The Smartest Giant in Town

The children will be listening to and sharing the book ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’. They will get to know the characters and learn how they are so kind to each other. The characters in the story talk to each other about how they feel in different situations and the staff will use this as a discussion point for the children to explore their own emotions. This fits with our learning intention to talk about how others might be feeling and respond according to their understanding of the other persons needs and wants. We will be encouraging everyone to be considerate of each other and to remember to be kind.

We will be talking to the children about different things that may affect our mood such as being hungry, tired and hot. When the weather is hot we give the children lots of reminders to take breaks from the sun, wear sunhats and drink plenty. It is important that children understand that it is okay to feel a range of emotions but also that there are different ways to manage the way we feel so that it doesn’t affect others.

As a staff, we work hard to teach the children how to manage their emotions and to understand that the way they feel is important. We model different ways to communicate with each other and offer solutions to support the wellbeing of the children.