22 Street Lane Nursery - May 2023 Newsletter

May Newsletter Cygnets Room News

In the Cygnets Room, we have been celebrating Vaisakhi, a traditional Sikh and Hindu festival celebrating the Spring Harvest. We've also been very busy creating lots of colourful crafts including making the Sikh Flag, called the Nishan, making lions and even baking our own chapattis. The Cygnets enjoyed taking part in learning about Vaisakhi! Our caterpillars have also arrived, which all the Cygnets are very excited about. Over the next few weeks, we will be watching the lifecycle of the caterpillars as they turn into beautiful butterflies. To support this, the Cygnets have been reading 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and learning some Makaton signs that go along with the story. We have also been celebrating Eid, where the Cygnets painted some henna patterns, made traditional lanterns, as well as painting pictures of moons and stars to celebrate Eid! We also learned a lot about Eid from these activities. Based on the children’s interests, we have had lots of activities in the creative area using the scissors to cut out pictures from their weekend adventures, lots of cars and princesses and using different natural resources. Next month we are looking forward to celebrating the King Charles' Coronation and we'll be learning about the Royal Family through fun and exciting activities. We will also be having a Afternoon Tea Party to celebrate! We also can’t wait to watch our caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies next month, the Cygnets have been so engaged in watching their progress in them every day and can’t wait to see them transform.

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