Head of school / Day Care Manager 's message

Dear Parents and Carers, What a wonderful week we’ve shared at Muriel Green Nursery! The children have been immersed in a host of engaging activities, from creative arts and crafts to lively story sessions and exciting outdoor explorations. It’s always such a joy to see the children’s enthusiasm and curiosity flourish as they discover new skills and form friendships. After half term in Nursery School we will be looking at different celebrations. We would love your support with this! If you have any lovely photos of your family celebrating special occasions, birthdays, religious events, cultural festivals, or any moments that are meaningful to you, please send photos in. These photos will really help us bring the learning to life and support the children’s understanding of the many wonderful ways families celebrate.

A gentle reminder: next week is half term for Nursery School, so we will be closed. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Monday 23rd February.

Thank you as always for your ongoing support and for being such an important part of our Muriel Green community.

Dates coming up:

HALF TERM

Monday 16th to Friday 20th February s

Start of Term

Monday 23rd February

MADGE (mother , aunty, daughter, grandma and every other female) Celebration Day

Friday 13rd March 2.00pm to 5.30 pm

Last Day of Term

Friday 27th March

Easter Holiday

Monday 30th March to Friday 10th April
Friday 3rd April - Good Friday Nursery and Day-care is Closed
Monday 6th April - Easter Monday Nursery and Day-care is closed

Inset Day

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

Conker Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Next week our books of the week will help us learn about some special celebrations: Chinese New Year, Pancake Day and Ramadan. We will share simple stories and pictures to talk about different traditions, foods and ways that families celebrate. This supports children’s Understanding the World and Personal, Social and Emotional Development.

Our Keywords are Flip, Dragon, date(Fruits)

Our Rhyme this week is "Five Crispy Pancakes"

Home Learning:

Making pancakes together is a fun way to use mathematical language, such as how many/whole/half/etc. Talk about the shape of the pancake and if they can find the same shape anywhere else.

Acorn Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Next week our book and song of the week will be “Horsey Horsey, Don’t You Stop.” We’ll be singing the rhyme, adding actions and exploring toy horses and carriages to support children’s Communication and Language, Physical Development and Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Repeating familiar rhymes helps build children’s confidence, listening skills and early memory.

Our Rhyme this week is "Horsey Horsey Don't you stop"

Home Learning: Posting Games

Can you make a container with a slot (like a wipes box) and let them post large pom-poms, socks, or chunky shapes inside? This is great for hand eye coordination and strengthens their pincer grips.

Willow Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Next week our book of the week will be My Pet Star. We’ll be sharing this gentle story about caring for a fallen star, using it to talk about kindness, feelings and looking after others. This links to Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Communication and Language.

Our Keywords are Glow, Sparkle, Start.

Our rhyme of the week is "5 Crispy Panckes"

Home Learning:

we are discussing all the celebrations happening this week. You can talk about any traditions your family or friends have at home or even go out into town and see if you can spot any decorations.

Nursery Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Next week our book of the week will be My Pet Star. We’ll be sharing this gentle story about caring for a fallen star, using it to talk about kindness, feelings and looking after others. This links to Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Communication and Language. We will use the story for simple star-themed activities, such as mark-making, counting stars and talking about night and day.

Our Keywords are Glow, Sparkle, Star.

Our rhyme of the week is "10 Crispy Pancake "

Home Learning:

we are discussing all the celebrations happening this week. You can talk about any traditions your family or friends have at home or even go out into town and see if you can spot any decorations.

Birch Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Rhyme of the Week: Humpty Dumpty
Children will enjoy listening to and joining in with this familiar rhyme, using actions, anticipation and shared attention during key moments of the song.

Ideas for Home:

Share Humpty Dumpty together and pause before the “great fall” to give your child time to anticipate, gesture or vocalise. Offer simple choices (e.g. “again or finished?”) and model words, signs or actions to support requesting. Repeating the rhyme and waiting for your child’s response helps build confidence in intentional communication.

Focus Skill:

We are focusing on early communication, supporting choice-making and requesting through adult modelling, turn-taking, anticipation and simple people games.

Success Story of the Week!

This week, Conker Room’s success was continuing our work with the book Dinosaur Roar. The children used their imaginations to draw their own dinosaurs and carefully cut them out using child-friendly scissors, developing fine motor skills and hand–eye coordination. We talked about how to use scissors safely and practised waiting for our turn, supporting social and emotional development. Later, we created a story map together. The children revisited the story and helped Veronique choose which dinosaurs to place on the timeline. Their work joined the dinosaur footprints painted last week, creating a wonderful display of our story.