Nursery News – 3rd November 2025

NURSERY NEWS

3rd November 2025 – Edition 388

Find out About:

A. School Photographer visiting.

B. Parent Consultations, Big Nursery this week.

C. Walk in the Dark.

D. Can you help with some Tissues?

E. BBC Children in Need.

F. What are the children learning about this week?

 

A. School Photographer visiting.

A little reminder that a school photographer will be here on Wednesday 5th November and Thursday 6th November.

 

B. Parent Consultations, Big Nursery this week.

Big Nursery will be having their Parent Consultations this week!  Parents have made appointments with Keyworkers, here are the times staff will be speaking to parents on the phone, as a reminder:

Monday 3rd November, Miss Skai’s Orange Group Consultations, 5 minute telephone consultations between 3:15pm and 4:20pm.

Tuesday 4th November Miss Howe’s Yellow Group Consultations, 5 minute telephone consultations between 3:15pm and 3:45pm

Tuesday 4th November Mrs Cashmore’s Yellow Group Consultations, 5 minute telephone consultations between 3:15pm and 3:55pm

Thursday 6th November Mrs Patterson’s Blue Group Consultations, 5 minute telephone consultations between 3:15pm and 4:20pm

Each appointment lasts only five minutes. Please help staff to remain on time.

 

C. Walk in the Dark.

Miss Howe is organising a ‘Walk in the dark’, an activity for children and their parents to attend together, after school, on Thursday 13th November at 5:00pm. Children will need to arrive, wrapped up warmly, ready to search the Nursery Garden for hidden soft toy animals. Children will need to bring a torch, because the garden is very dark in places! We will provide refreshments for everyone who attends. Brothers and sisters are very welcome too. If you plan to come, please send an email to Mrs Selth  cselth@willownursery.co.uk entitled ‘Walk in the dark’ detailing your child’s name and how many adults and children will be coming, so we can buy enough food….

 

D. Can you help with some Tissues?

Sometimes we ask parents for some specific donations that help our school.

In Winter months’ we see a rise in the number of coughs and colds within the school community. We teach all the children about the importance of using tissues hygienically to blow their nose, to try to stop the spread of germs.  We think that the hygienic use of tissues, combined with frequent handwashing helps maintain a cleaner, healthier school environment. So, I am asking if all parents could help us by donating a box of tissues for the children to use, to help keep everyone healthy.

 

E. BBC Children in Need.

Friday 14th November is Children in Need Day. Parents often ask us what we are doing for Children in Need. –So as in previous years, we will collect money in Charity buckets, should anyone wish to donate. We do organise activities with a Pudsey Bear theme, and we try to share with the children that we are fundraising to help other children. Sometimes the Nursery children want to dress up because they see their older brothers and sisters dressing up for their school’s event. We are happy for children to dress up, or not to dress up. We do not wish any family to feel under pressure.

 

F. What are the children learning about this week?

The theme this week is Festivals and Autumn

The children will be learning about colour and light, especially the colours they may have seen in fireworks. Some children may have experienced fireworks due to having celebrations such as Bonfire Night and Diwali.

The learning intention this week is for literacy; to show interest in illustrations, words in print and words in the environment. There will be lots of opportunities for the children to look at words and pictures in different areas throughout the school, we have a large library and cosy corners for the children to snuggle down and explore some books. Staff will also encourage children to look for signs and logos that are around the school and talk about what they mean.

Our seven C’s learning intention is to show an interest in others. We have been working on learning everyone’s names and similarities and differences. We will teach the children to remember to use names when talking to their friends and to show an interest in what their friends like to do at school. This makes playing with others more fun, because the children are sharing their interests and allowing others to join in with their play.