22 Street Lane Nursery - January 2023 Newsletter

Swans Room News January Newsletter

As the weather has been much colder, we have been going out in shorter sessions. But the times we have been outside we have enjoyed spotting the first signs of winter. Lots of us remembered reading about Jack Frost last week and have found lots of frosted leaves. We had fun finding the best ways to melt some of the leaves and even pretended to do some ice skating on the Lookout Tower. The children have all had a good understanding of what clothes we should wear in winter and could explain why. We also read the story ‘The Messy Magpie’ to learn about how people leaving rubbish on the floor is bad for our planet. The children had lots of lovely reasons why this is bad and promised to always put their rubbish in the bin. This week’s Forest School group went out with litter pickers to help clear up Roundhay Park. The children also baked some gingerbread biscuits, which the rest of the children decorated throughout the week. We also had some leftovers and decided to gift them to the fabulous Cygnets teachers. Over the end of November and the start of December, the children did a great job of preparing for the Nativity. The performance took place at St. Andrew's Church and the children wowed Swans staff and all of the grown-ups that attended. Some children also wanted to create their own Christmas tuff tray which we watched them do independently. They thought of The Polar Express and made snow, snowflakes and used silver tinsel and baubles. We also enjoyed taking part in lots of Christmas-themed activities, including our Christmas party, a visit from Ernie the Elf, seeing real-life reindeer and a Christmas book share.

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