Newsletter – Seesaw Nursery 1

April 2026

Important dates

4 th May – Nursery closed. May Bank holiday. Full fees apply.

25 th May – Nursery closed. Bank holiday. No fees apply

26 th -29th May – Optional days please book in if you require childcare.

Last day of summer term (funded hours) is the 17 th July

Summer holidays- 20 th July- 28 th August . Please book in if childcare is required.

31 st August- Nursery closed. Bank holiday.

Events this term

Preschool

Thursday 30 th April- Preschool Farm trip

Friday 1 st May- Preschool Farm trip

U3s

Walks in the environment

Library visit

Café visit

Trips to the park

These are not specific dates, they will happen spontaneously.

Under Two’s

This term the under two’s will be focusing on the season spring and ‘The Hungry

Caterpillar’ will be our focus story.

Personal social and emotional development – For the older end of the group we will

be focusing on transitioning to tiny – tots, this will include things such as pouring

their own drinks using small jugs and sitting on the potty. For the younger end of the

group, we will be focusing on expressing emotions and will use things like the family

wall in the carpet room to support this.

Physical development –

Gross Motor skills – developing balance and confidence in risk taking

Fine motor skills – Developing mark making skills and hand eye coordination for

snack time.

Communication and language – We will continue to use song puppets and

interactive books to support our communication.

Our babbling babies cards will be used throughout the term and will be changed

weekly, if you would like any ideas to support these at home please ask.

As all the under two’s are now walking and mobile can I please ask that appropriate

clothing and shoes are brought in each day to allow us to explore the outdoor

environment, this is also now including sun hats. Please do also try and apply

suncream before your child starts their day so we can get out in the garden first

thing!

Tiny tots (Under 2-3s)

This term Tiny tots will be focusing on the season Spring.

For Personal, Social & Emotional Development

Getting Ready for transition to Preschool

This term, we’re gently introducing routines and experiences to help your child feel

confident and happy as they prepare for their transition to preschool. Thing you

could do at home to help:

- Practice taking off own coats and shoes

- Sitting on the potty / begin potty training.

- Pouring own drinks.

- And please encourage eating with cutlery.

Physical Development

Gross Motor Skills – Moving and Handling

We’re building strength and coordination through fun, active play:

Fine Motor Skills – Hand eye coordination

Focus Story: The very lazy ladybird

• Reading the story together and retelling it with props

• Talking about healthy foods

• Exploring the magical transformation from caterpillar to butterfly

Preschool

By now all parents should have received their child’s place in school, please let

Ashton know what school your child has been accepted into if you haven’t done so

already. We will be having teacher visits out to the nursery in the upcoming months,

Ashton will let you know which day prior to them coming. Once you know the dates

for school visits, please let Ashton know. We are focusing on school readiness

during there last term with us which involves:

Encouraging the children to become more independent by:

 Dressing and undressing for PE (please make sure PE kits are on their peg in

a bag and all items are named).

 Stories and circle times on school

 School visits

 Independent toileting

 Opening lunch box packaging and using cutlery

 Putting on coats and shoes independently

 Carrying own belongings

This term we will focusing on “Planting and Growing”.

Our Focus Story: Jack and the Beanstalk and Zog.

We’ll be using the stories to support language development, and imaginative play.

The children will have opportunities to retell the story, explore characters, and even

grow their own beanstalks!

Understanding the World – Life Cycles

Children will be planting seeds and learning about what plants need to grow. We’ll

be observing changes over time and exploring the life cycle of a plant.

Maths Focus:

• Patterns – making and continuing repeating patterns using natural materials.

• Size and Comparison – using language like bigger, smaller, taller and shorter as

we compare beanstalks, footprints and more!

• Weight and Capacity – using scales, soil, beans and water to explore heavy/light

and full/empty.

School places

School leavers please let us know which school your child will be going to in

September. So, we can start to prepare transitions and school reports. Thank you.

******September 2026*******

Please let me know if you would like any extra sessions for your child in September.

Spaces are filling quickly

Weather

With the weather getting nicer please can you make sure children have weather

appropriate clothing e.g. hats

Sun cream when appropriate, we ask if you can apply in the morning so we can get

out first thing and we will apply throughout the day.

Gates

Please can you make sure all external gates in the garden are closed when arriving

and leaving. These are locked when we go to play outside but with parents and

children leaving nursery throughout the day, for safety reasons we like them to remain closed

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT !!