Family Tree Day Nursery
North Cray Neighbourhood Centre, 1 Davis Way, Sidcup, DA14 5JR.
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Family Tree Day Nursery • May 21, 2020
Butterfly Room (Babies)
The butterflies have been playing with transport cars and garage, experimenting with different sounds and buttons. They have enjoyed water play with coloured balls as they learn to say new words like, blue, orange, green and yellow . They have had fun playing with push along cars and trike in the big garden, they have been developing their skills of climbing through as well as climbing on and off equipment.
They have been creative as they enjoyed painting tractors using balls. We’ve been using our fine gross motor skills to pick it up & roll it over the paper. We have enjoyed playing with the soft balls, rolling it our friends. In the garden, we’ve been playing with animals in the water, building with popoids and playing on the sea-saw using our balance to climb and get on the sea-saw.
Watch out for the butterflies next month…
As they explore more messy play with water splashing in the paddling pool as we sing our favourite nursery rhymes. They will also continue using their finger grip to hold glue sticks and crayons to colour as they explore different autumn season animals developing their confidence in textured play whilst hand painting.
Bumblebee Room (Toddlers)
This month the toddlers have focused on creativity a lot as they have been making flower plant using different colours of cutout paper shapes. They have also been learning their colours and numbers as they engaged in number stamping. We have spent a lot of time outdoors engaging in various activities like riding, sliding, climbing, jumping, and hopping. We have had fun doing role play with train tracks, doll house and the small world people. They have had their construction resources like stickle bricks and wooden block out to support their independent thinking and decision making.
Next month in bumblebee room, the toddlers will be…
The children will be spending a lot of time outside enjoying water play with balls developing their motor skills as well as hand-eye coordination as they scoop, pour and squeeze. They will have great experience exploring with colours and numbers as well. Watch this space!
Ladybird Room (Pre-school)
This month, the preschoolers have been working on the very hungry caterpillar-counting sheet for their maths activity. They have been improving on their fine motor skills they enjoyed picture tracing, painting and colouring as well as using scissors to cut pictures and sticking it on paper. They have been outdoors engaging in various physical activities such as climbing, jumping, hopping, throwing and catching balls as well as riding bikes to support their muscle and bone development. They have enjoyed water play with ducks and they have had their lego, pipe connect, cars & garage out to support their. They have spent time on letters of the alphabets this week using their letter linkers. They have had their train tracks out this week and have enjoyed water play with floating and sinking objects.
Next month the Ladybirds will be…
Exploring numbers counting with ducks as well as frogs. There will be messy play with ice packs and finding hidden sea creatures in the ice using their hammers to support their handling skills.
Upcoming Events & Reminders
General Information
Wellies & Rain coats
As the weather is getting wet and cold now, we implore parents to please endeavour to make welly boots and rain coats available in the children's bags to protect them from the rain when they go outside in the big garden.
Coronavirus - If Children Are Worried
Please see the link below from the Government with advice on how to explain Coronavirus if children are worried.
Also, Bexley has launched a new helpline for local vulnerable people. Many vulnerable people will have friends, family, neighbours and other support networks to help, but the Council is there if help is needed. Whether it is someone to get shopping, pick up other essentials, or provide information, guidance and advice, please call. The helpline is open from 8am to 8pm. The number to call is apply for help online 020 3045 5398.
Lost Item
We have had something handed in from the car park. If you think you have lost something, please let management know and they will return it to you.
Thank you all for your continuing support. From the Family Tree team.
This month the babies have been looking at autumn animals, squirrel and fox. They have enjoyed colouring autumn wreath, hedgehog and squirrel and they have been very creative this month making foxes and owl out of their junk modelling and identifying key features like eyes, nose, and feathers. They have enjoyed soft play, building towers, laughing with friends and practicing counting. We have also been enjoying musical instruments, hearing different sounds and using their touch to create different sounds. They have enjoyed stacking rings to help with our hand–eye coordination, learning new words like big, small and colours of the rings.
This month the babies have enjoyed musical instruments, responding to music. We’ve been getting lots of practice crawling and running outside in the garden. We have also been very creative by making leaf printing pictures, learning the colours red, yellow and orange. We've been colouring fruits and repeating single words after our teachers. We’ve enjoyed looking at books, listening to teachers’ different tones during story time outside in the castle. We have enjoyed role-play with happy land people, animals and small world, sharing toys and using our imagination. We continued looking at autumn using red, orange and brown colours, creating and collecting leaves.
