Early Years news 27th April 2023
It been a fun start to term and we enjoyed hearing all about what the children had been up to on their breaks away.
We are very pleased to announce we have a new member of staff with us for this term, welcome to Jo. Jo has previously worked as a TA in the school and has a wealth of experience in Early Years. Jo will be with us Tuesday to Thursday.
This term’s topic is mythical creatures and to support this we have made an enchanted café which the children have been helping to decorate. The children have been having a great time playing cafe, taking our orders and making lots of cups of tea and cake!
For one of our phonic lessons this week we were listening to the sound of pouring water and then mimicking the sounds of all the different containers used. This is a great activity to continue at home by encouraging the children to listen out for all the sounds around them.
We have been making the most of any sunshine we’ve had the last few weeks and been enjoying our new sensory area in the garden and mini climbing frame.
For PE we’ve been using the school playground and making large shapes with ribbons.
Mrs Jackson would like us to extend a big thank you to all of you who bought Easter Dinosaurs. Over £500 was raised for the chosen charity Francis House Children Hospice.
We sent an email earlier this week, responding to some feedback regarding the use of Evidence Me. Please let us know if you do not believe you have an account or are not receiving any observations.
We want to say a big thank you to all of our parent helpers so far, we hope you have enjoyed spending some time in the setting and with your child. There are still plenty of sessions available for parent helpers so if you would like to volunteer we would be very happy to have you!
FOLSS keep a stock of pre-loved uniform at bargain prices, including some Early Years items or for those of you moving into Reception. Please email info@folss.org.uk if you would like to enquire about availability. They are also very happy to receive any quality pre-loved items you no longer need. These can be left bagged outside of the school reception.
As ever please get in touch or pop in if there is anything you’d like to discuss.
Email: earlyyears@leonardstanley.gloucs.sch.uk
Phone: 01453 827681
