Head of school / Day Care Manager 's message
Dear parents and carers,
This week we have made the most of the glorious sunshine, with plenty of time spent playing and exploring in our nursery garden. The children have especially enjoyed planting seeds together, learning about growth and caring for the natural world.
We’ve also had lively music sessions indoors and outdoors, with everyone listening, dancing, and moving to the rhythm—fantastic for building confidence, coordination, and joy. It’s been heartwarming to watch the older children help each other, share, and build friendships supporting the younger children as they play. Friendship, laughter, and teamwork have been at the heart of every day, ensuring every child feels included and valued.
Our aim is always to provide a nurturing and inspiring space where learning happens through play and exploration. With spring in full bloom and our garden adventures continuing, we’re looking forward to an exciting term filled with new discoveries and happy memories.
​A reminder that Monday 13th April is an INSET day both Nursery School and Day care are closed
Dates coming up:
Inset Day
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Monday 13rd April Nursery and Day-care is closed
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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 the children will continue immersing themselves in our story of the week Bath Time For Little Rabbit. We will use props to retell the story and feed little rabbit to build up their communication and turn-taking skills. We will also focus on our hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills using various resources to switch and using a brush, as well as our speech development with blowing activities.
Our Keywords are Switch, Blow and Brush.
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Our Rhyme this week is "Humpty Dumpty"
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Home Learning: Poking Skill
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Use dry spaghetti to poke in an upside-down colander.
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Ask your child to poke bubbles
Acorn Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
Next week our book of the week will be Spot Goes Shopping. We will use this story to support the children’s language and communication, talking about the characters, the shop, and the different items Spot finds. This links to the EYFS Communication and Language and Literacy areas, as we build listening skills, recall and early story understanding.
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​​​Our Rhyme of this week: Down to the Station
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Home Learning: Family Photos
When you're out shopping, can you find any oranges or cereal like Spot? We love to roleplay at nursery with real food and boxes
Willow Room/Nursery school
Book & Rhyme of the week
Next week our book of the week will be Jasper’s Beanstalk. We will be using this story to support the children’s understanding of time, growth and caring for living things, linking to the EYFS areas of Understanding the World and Communication and Language.
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Our Keywords are Dug, Waited and Planted
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Our rhyme of the week is Down the Station​​​
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Home Learning: Gardening Skill
We are exploring planting/growing this week. Do you have plants growing in your home or surroundings? Take a walk and go on a plant hunt. How many different kinds can you find? This would be a great opportunity to incorporate mathematical language, e.g Which plant is bigger?
How many leaves are on that plant?
Which plant has more flowers?
Nursery Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
Next week our book of the week will be Not A Box. We will use this story to help the children think about imagination, problem‑solving and how we can use everyday objects in different ways. This will develop the children Communication and Language, Personal, Social and Emotional Development,
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Our Keywords are Pretend, Wonder, Adventure and Imagination
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Our rhyme of the week is The Wheels on the bus​​​
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Home Learning: Imagination Skill
Collect some empty boxes of different shapes and sizes. Think about how you can use them in your play. What can you do with the boxes? How can you pretend with them? What can you use for? How can you play with them.
Birch Room
BooK & Rhyme of the week
Rhyme of the Week:
The Wheels on the Bus – Children will join in with familiar actions like wipers, wheels, doors and horns, using repetition, gestures and shared anticipation to engage with the rhyme.​
Focus Skill:
We are focusing on early communication, supporting choice-making and requesting through adult modelling, anticipation and simple people games.​
Ideas for Home:
Sing the rhyme together and pause before key actions (e.g., “the wheels go round…”) to give your child time to respond with gestures, signs, or words. Offer simple choices such as “wheels or doors?” to encourage intentional communication. Repeating the rhyme and celebrating your child’s attempts helps build confidence in expressing their wants and making choices.​
Success Story of the Week!
In Conker Room we have been exploring bubble art. We used a bubble gun to fire paint bubbles onto paper, taking turns and working together to create a giant piece of artwork. Squeezing the bubble gun helps to strengthen the muscles in our hands, supporting our fine motor skills and early writing development (Physical Development – moving and handling; Expressive Arts and Design).
We also enjoyed taking turns to blow bubbles outside in the sunshine. Blowing bubbles helps to build the muscles in our mouths, which is important for developing clear speech and supporting early language skills (Communication and Language – speaking; Personal, Social and Emotional Development – turn-taking).
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this summer Term 1 music genre is
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signs of the week
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