Nursery 2018-19 Archive
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Happy Healthy Kids is an Education Authority Initiative which aims to increase parents' understanding of the benefits of exercise for preschool children and encouraging them to increase the amount of time spent on physical activity and reducing screen time at home. The key focus of this theme is on physical activity.
Within our setting, staff are observing, assessing and skillfully planning for each child's physical, social and emotional development every day. Staff identify skills to be developed and provide the right balance of challenge and support to help each child progress. This programme aims to raise awareness of the importance of physical exercise, the range of skills young children need to develop and how these impact on future learning. We will look at fine and gross motor skills and discuss ways to develop these in school and at home.
There will be an information session for parents/carers on Tuesday 26 February at 6.30pm about the Happy Healthy Kids Programme. This will be a very informal chance to have a tea / coffee, to look at the resources and be provided with a short overview of how the programme works.
As part of this programme, parents (or grandparents!) will also be invited to a Stay and Play Session in the Nursery on Thursday 14 March at 10.30am. This will take place before the Nursery Sponsored Cycle, which has been arranged for 11.15am on the same day. More information to follow!
We would ask all parents to please complete the anonymous questionnaire which has been sent home with your child and return it to the Nursery by Friday 01 February 2019.
Many Thanks
Mrs C Emerson
Mr C McCambley
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Our new mud kitchen which was in action today with the children busy making soup, mud pies and buns! The mud kitchen was funded by the proceeds from the Nativity ticket sales.
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The children in Nursery had lots of fun in the snow, pulling each other on the sledge, exploring and making footprints and trying to build a snowman! They kept warm around the firepit and enjoyed hot chocolate and marshmallows!
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Digital Clinics
To help parents/guardians overcome any digital barriers the Education Authority is hosting a number of Digital Admission Clinics.
The clinics will operate on a drop in basis and will parents will be assisted in making their online application for a pre-school or primary place. Depending on their wishes/skills this could range from creation of an email address to submission of an application. In addition varying levels of translation services can be accessed at the clinics.
Details of clinics will be available on the EA website and the schedule will be updated regularly at www.eani.org.uk/clinicsforparents as further clinics are arranged.
The following session has been arranged for:
DATE: Thursday, 24 January 2019
VENUE: Lurgan Library 1 Carnegie Street, Lurgan BT66 6AS
TIME: 2.00 pm – 4.30 pm
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The Nursery Nativity was a huge success. Thank you to all the parents, grandparents and family members who attended. Mrs Emerson and Mrs Gilpin are extremely proud of how well all the children performed.
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This week the nursery children enjoyed a 'Big Bedtime Read' evening. They came to school in their pyjamas with their parents for Bedtime stories as part of the 'Big Bedtime Read' Programme which Waringstown Nursery are involved in this year. The children listened to stories read by Mrs Emerson and Mrs Brown and then enjoyed a snack of milk and chocolate chip cookies! They then snuggled down for more stories with their parents before going home to bed!
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The Nursery recently travelled to Armagh Planetarium to conclude their topic on 'Space'. The children enjoyed a space show in the big dome and got to see Astronaut George travelling to the different planets. They then made astronaut helmets of their own and each child got to a handle a rock that had come from space!