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Dear Parent

We love celebrating a diverse range of special events together, this week we have talked a lot about celebrations and traditions with the children; we enjoyed Pancake Day by making and tasting pancakes and practising our flipping skills. The children tried dates as we talked about Ramadan traditions, our Reception area had a lovely Chinese New Year display. The children were able to practice using chopsticks and tasting noodle, Conker Room enjoyed making a dragon and decorating it. These celebrations help children appreciate different cultures, develop respect and foster an inclusive community where everyone's traditions are valued and enjoyed.

Have a lovely Weekend.

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

This week our book of the week is Where, Oh Where, is Rosie’s Chick?

We will be sharing the story together, joining in with repeated phrases and talking about what might happen next. This supports children’s listening, attention and early reading skills (Communication & Language, Literacy).

Our Keywords are Wheelbarrow chick and under

Our Rhyme this week is "One potato two potato"

Home Learning: Mark Making

Please support your child at home with some fund mark making, it can be paper and crayons or washable paint. Let them draw or make marks freely. You can also use water and a paintbrush outside. This helps their hand skills and creativity.

Acorn Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Next week our story of the week will be Never Touch the Bugs. We will be using this fun, rhyming book to spark the children’s curiosity about minibeasts and the natural world. Through the story we will be supporting Communication and Language and early Literacy, as we join in with repeated phrases and talk about the different bugs.

Our Rhyme this week is "Roll the ball"

Home Learning: Can you practise learning the BSL sign ‘Mummy’ and ‘Daddy’?

https://www.signbsl.com/sign/mummy

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 "Polly Put the Kettle On"

Home Learning: Dressing Up Skills

We are working on our dressing Skills you can help at home by giving your child opportunities to take their shoes and coats off and put them on..

Nursery Room
Book & Rhyme of the week

Next week our story of the week will be The Three Little Pigs. We will use this traditional tale to support the children’s Communication and Language and early Literacy, by retelling the story, joining in with repeated phrases and talking about the characters and houses. We will also explore simple story sequencing – what happened first, next and last.

Our Keywords are Tiny, Cottage, boiling, bricks, Chimney and beware

Our rhyme of the week is "Humpty Dumpty "

Home Learning: Celebration _ understanding of the Wordl

Talk to your child about the celebrations and festivals you enjoy as a family. Look at photos and remember what was special about those events. Please send in any photos to nursery so we can share the celebrations that are important to each other.

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 has been full of wonderful celebrations across all our rooms. The children have been talking about the special events we have shared together. To mark Shrove Tuesday, Willow Room and Nursery School created a fantastic pancake-themed display in their playdough areas, rolling, flipping and “serving” pancakes to friends. We also recognised the first day of Ramadan and Chinese New Year, with the children all having the opportunity to taste noodles and talk about different foods and traditions. In Acorn Room, the children especially enjoyed their water play, splashing, pouring and exploring. We are so proud of their curiosity, enthusiasm and growing understanding of the wider world.