Head of school / Day Care Manager 's message

Dear Parents and Carers,

We’ve had another busy and joyful week here at Muriel Green Nursery! This week, we’d like to give a special mention to our wonderful volunteer and ex-member of staff, Katrina, who has been working incredibly hard in the garden with the children. She has planted a variety of fruits and vegetables, and the children are already showing such enthusiasm as they begin to tend to the plants and eagerly watch for signs of growth. This time of year offers fantastic learning opportunities about nature, care, and the fascinating changes we see over time.

We do have a small housekeeping request:

Could all parents and carers please check through your children’s bags and return any items that don’t belong to you?

We have noticed a few pieces of clothing have gone missing recently, and it’s possible they may have been taken home by mistake. On this note, we kindly ask that all belongings brought into nursery are clearly labelled with your child’s name to help us keep things running smoothly.

Thank you as always for your cooperation and for supporting our community spirit. Wishing you and your families a lovely weekend!

Warmest regards,

Dates coming up:

May Bank Holiday

Monday 4th
Monday 25th

Grand Parents Day

Friday 15th May (10.00 to 11.00 am or 2.00 to 2.50 pm)

May Half Term

Tuesday 26th - Friday 29th May

Start Term

Monday 1st June

FUDGE Breakfast (Father, Uncle, Dad, Grandad and everyone else)

Friday 12th June (7.45 to 9.00 am)

Nursery School Sport Day

Friday 3rd July (details will follow)

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Additonal session are available in our daycare

We now have day care sessions available each week, offered on the ad-hoc basis with no weekly commitment required. Availability may wary, the table below details next week's available sessions.

To book or enquire, please email admin@murielgreen.herts.sch.uk

Additonal session are available in our daycare

We now have day care sessions available each week, offered on the ad-hoc basis with no weekly commitment required. Availability may wary, the table below details next week's available sessions.

To book or enquire, please email admin@murielgreen.herts.sch.uk

Conker Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Next week our book will be Hug by Jez Alborough. We will be using this story to develop children's understanding of what can make us sad and what makes us happy. We will concentrate on the blue zone of regulation using various activities to support their communication and language, physical and personal, social and emotional development.

Our Keywords are Sad, Happy, Hug.

Our Rhyme this week is "Shapes Song"

Home Learning: Fine Motor skill

Give your child pegs to practice and strengthen their finger muscles. They can catch small pieces of paper or pompoms, and place them in a bowl.

Pulling off small pieces of sticky tape on a flat surface.

Using spray bottle to wash off shaving foam off a balloon or the bathroom wall.

Acorn Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Next week our book of the week will be That’s Not My Teddy. We will be exploring the story together, feeling different textures and talking about what we can see and touch. This will support the children’s Communication and Language, early Literacy skills and sensory exploration.

Our Rhyme of this week: Teddy Bear Teddy Bear

Home Learning:

We will be looking at recognising our own faces and body parts. We will be using lots of mirrors and pictures of the children to support understanding. Please can you email over an updated family photo or any pictures you have of the children doing different things at home. Thank you.

Willow Room/Nursery school
Book & Rhyme of the week

Next week in our Early Years setting, our Book of the Week will be Clean Up!

We will be using this story to encourage the children to learn about tidying up, looking after their environment, and working together. Through fun activities, songs, and role play, we will support their understanding of responsibility and routines.

Our Keywords are Crew, Surfing, Sanctuary and Island.

Our rhyme of the week is Hickory Dickory Dock

Home Learning: Exploring Value of Numbers

You can support at home by encouraging opportunities for your child to explore quantities, meal times are a great time to incorporate there skills " Have you got more apples on your plate?"

Let's count them

"Let take away one piece. How many are left?

Can you scoop 2 times?

Nursery Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Next week we will continue exploring our book of the week, Somebody Swallowed Stanley. The children will have more chances to act out the story, using props and roles to build their confidence, vocabulary and speaking and listening skills. We will also adapt our story map by adding new characters and ideas, then telling our own versions together as a group. This will support their imagination, understanding of how stories are built (beginning, middle and end) and early Literacy skills,

Our Keywords are Soared, scruffy, shore, barnacles, seabed, tentacles.

Our rhyme of the week is Cobbler Cobbler Mend my Shoe

Home Learning: Re-cycling

Talk about re-cycling explaining use of bins to save and sort materials for example Food bins, plastics, cans, and paper and helping to save our environments form rubbish and waste.

Birch Room
BooK & Rhyme of the week

Rhyme of the Week: Cobbler, Cobbler Mend My shoe

Children will enjoy joining in with this repetitive rhyme, using actions and rhythm to support engagement and participation.

Ideas for Home:
Give your child opportunities to practise independence during daily routines, such as pulling up trousers, attempting fastenings or carrying their own cup. Use simple, consistent language and visual cues to guide each step. Encouraging “first/then” routines (e.g., first shoes on, then play) can help children understand sequences and build confidence in completing tasks.

Focus Skill:

We are focusing on independence, self-help and daily living skills, developing confidence in routines such as eating, toileting and following simple structured sequences.

Success Story of the Week!

This week in the Birch Room we have been celebrating the children’s growing confidence with fine motor skills and mark making. They have taken part in a range of activities to develop hand strength, coordination and imitation, including using crayons, chalks and pens to make different types of marks. The children have also enjoyed large-scale painting on big sheets of paper, exploring primary colours and making bold strokes and patterns. Through these structured adult-led activities and free exploration, the children are building important early writing skills in line with the EYFS focus on Physical Development and Literacy.

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this summer Term 1 music genre is
Country music

signs of the week

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