Newsletter – Seesaw Nursery 1

April 2025

Important dates

21st April – Nursery closed. Easter Bank holidays Full fees apply

5th May – Nursery closed. May Bank holiday. Full fees apply.

26th May – Nursery closed. Bank holiday. No fees apply

27th-30th May – Optional days please book in if you require childcare.

Last day of summer term (funded hours) is the 21st July

Summer holidays- 22nd July-29th August. Please book in if childcare is required.

25th August- Nursery closed. Bank holiday. No fees apply.

Events this term

Preschool

Tuesday PM 22nd April- Ninja class (Preschool)

Friday 2nd May- Preschool Farm trip

Friday 9th May- Preschool Farm trip

Monday 15th July- School leavers party

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 buttering their own bread at snack and pouring their own drinks using small jugs. 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 up on the under two’s planning wall in the hallway of the 1st floor – these will be changed weekly, so you will be able to see what we are working on for that week.

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.

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.

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 Hungry Caterpillar

• Reading the story together and retelling it with props

• Talking about healthy foods

• Exploring the magical transformation from caterpillar to butterfly

Preschool

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

Our Focus Story: Jack and the Beanstalk

We’ll be using this story 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.

Personal Independence – Getting Ready for School

We’re 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).

• Taking responsibility for belongings and daily routines.

• Caring for their own plants.

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 2025

With working parent funding increasing in September, 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 be closed when they are not locked

Thank you.