Childrens' colds

We know children get colds all the time, but if your child has a temperature, is coughing badly, complains of a headache, sore throat and is generally ill, i.e. not just an everyday cold, they are better off cared for by mums or dads.  We are legally bound to try and prevent the risk of infection in our setting so would appreciate you keeping your child at home if they have more than just a 'cold'. 

Your understanding and support are appreciated.

Duck pond in the frost

We had a walk to the duck pond this afternoon.  It was lovely and frosty.  The children fed the ducks, who were very glad of the bread!

Menu week beginning 29th December - WEEK 2

A Bug's Life

We've not had a good week this week I'm afraid.  There had been a horrible sickness bug here and nearly all of the children have caught it, although we aren't really sure where it originated.  We hope you all feel better soon.  Big hugs and kisses to you all xxxxx

Next week will be a much better week, as we're going to start creating for Christmas!!!  As you all know, we already have our Christmas trees up, so we're really getting into the festive season from next week. 

The weather looks set to be frosty, cold and sunny, which is great.  The children love to play out when its like this - please remember to send hats and gloves, along with a thick, warm coat.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and that all the children feel much better very soon.  Hope no parents catch it! 

Evaluation sheets

If you've had chance to complete our evaluation sheet please would you send it back.  If not, would you be able to fill it in sometime this week.  Thank you, your comments are very much appreciated. 

Week beginning November 22nd is WEEK 1 of our 3-week menu

Menu

I've put our 3-week menu on a page on our blog site.  This saves me creating a new post each week with the menu, which unfortunatley, I sometimes don't get round to doing ~ sorry. 

This week we're on week 3, and will start week 1 next week. 

More cooking

The children are really enjoying baking and cooking at the moment. 

Today, they created their own pizzas, using ham, sweetcorn, cheese and tomatoes.  They looked delicious!

Happy birthday Sam

It was Sam's birthday on Sunday and he is now 3.  We all sang 'Happy Birthday' to Sam and he blew out the candles on his cake. 

We've done lots of dressing up today, as well as playing with fire engines, train tracks and at hairdressers. 

Just have to show you the photo below.  Sam kindly provided our cat Sally with a lovely hat.  I think she looks rather fetching and fits the description of 'The Cat in the Hat' quite nicely.  Her humiliation is now complete!!!!

Scones, collecting leaves and designing a tree

Yesterday the children made some delicious scones in the afternoon.  Hope you all enjoyed them!

Today, we played outside.  The children noticed lots of leaves on the floor, so we decided to make our own tree.  We collected lots of leaves of all shapes, sizes and colours, and stuck them on to a painted tree. 

For some reason, it won't let me download the photo we took.  I'll try and download it next time.  Sorry. 

Happy birthday William!

It is William's birthday today and he's now 6 years old.  He got various football related items for his birthday, including a PNE away kit, Fifa 11, some goalie gloves, and yet another football (he's wanted this particular one for a long time as its the same ball they use at the PNE matches).

We had a little tea party and all the children sang 'happy birthday' to William.  Thank you so much to those of you who gave him a card and present.  :-)

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.   

Firework pictures

We made some lovely, sparkly firework pictures today, using lots of different coloured glitter glue.  We got very sticky and glittery!  The pictures look great on the playroom wall at the moment, and the children will be able to take them home tomorrow.

Bonfire pictures

The children made bonfire pictures today, using twigs, red and yellow paint and glitter.  Even the babies had a go at painting, using their hands to spread it around the paper. 

Yesterday, when we were talking about bonfire night, one of the children made us laugh when they said they were going to 'Pontypandy' to see a fire.  :-)

Biscuit baking

Yesterday, we made some biscuits.  We made stars, hearts and diamonds.  The children had one for their morning snack and took the rest home. 

Welcome back

We welcomed the children back after their holiday this morning.  It was lovely to see them all.  So much can change in a week - the two babies have both started to crawl which is great.  I love it when they move across  the room purposefully when they spot something interesting. 

We had an extra day with William too, as his school don't go back until tomorrow.  We'll really miss him as we love having him at home.  Oh well, only 7 weeks to go before the Christmas holidays!  Best get shopping!