Dates coming up:
Day Care Sport Day Thursday 27th August 2.30 to 3.25 finish ( you are welcome to take your children home or leave for tea)
Inset day - Tuesday 1st September (Nursery and Day care Close in the morning for Training and Open afternoon 13.30 t0 3.00 pm
Start Term - Wednesday 2nd September
MacMillan Coffee - Friday 25th September 7.45 to 6.15
Inset day - Friday 23rd October (Nursery school and Day care close)
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Head of school / Day Care Manager 's message
Dear Parents and Carer
What a wonderful first week of the holidays we have had. The children have thoroughly enjoyed making the most of the warm weather with lots of exciting water play, developing their confidence, coordination and teamwork while having great fun staying cool.
Our staff created some fantastic tuff trays offering a wide range of hands-on learning opportunities. The children explored sensory materials, investigated different textures, practised their fine motor skills and used their imaginations through a variety of engaging invitations to play.
Our creative learning has been inspired by two much loved stories ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and ‘The Enormous Turnip’, talking about healthy eating and helping set up a lovely interactive display complete with their own artwork.
Thank you to all parents and carers for your patience with our new entry system this week.
Reminder:- Please label all your children belongings mostly hats, Many thanks
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
Conker Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
Next week, the children will carry on with this magical tale and use props to retell the story. They will make some of their own props and talk more about healthy food and not so healthy foods as they "feed" our Conker room caterpillar prop. This will develop their Expressive Arts and Design skills, as well as their Literacy, Communication and Language and Fine motor skills.
Our Keywords are Eggs, Cocoon and Nibble
Our Rhyme this week is Little caterpillar on the leaf
Home Learning: Stacking Skills
This week we practised stacking during our Busy Fingers sessions. Here are a few activities for you to support your child's learning:
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Give your child a pile of different sizes books.
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Various sizes of boxes from your kitchen cupboard.
Acorn Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
We’re excited to share that next week’s Book of the Week is Puppy’s Big Adventure!
The story will spark lots of fun conversations about friends, feelings, and new experiences as we follow Puppy on their exciting journey. We’ll use the book to encourage language development,
Our Rhyme of this week: Bingo
Home Learning:
Go on a short walk together and look for dogs, birds, flowers or puddles. Talk about what you can see using simple words such as walk, run, stop and home.
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Read your child's favourite story together every day. Pause to let them point, copy sounds or turn the pages.
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Play "Where's Puppy?" by hiding a favourite toy under a blanket and encouraging your child to
Willow Room/Nursery school
Book & Rhyme of the week
Next week, our "Book of the Week" continues to be the vibrant and delightful Handa’s Surprise!
The children have been absolutely captivated by Handa's journey through Kenya, and we can’t wait to dive even deeper into the sensory wonders of this story. We will be exploring the delicious fruits, discussing different animals, and celebrating the themes of friendship and kindness
Our Keywords are Hen, Chick, Wavy
Our rhyme of the week is Hockey Cokey
Home Learning: Learning about Bee's
Next week is World Bee Day! We’ll be learning all about bees—where they live, what they do, and why they’re so important for our flowers and food. Please support your child at home if they ask question about bees.
Nursery Room
Book & Rhyme of the week
Our Book of the Week will be The Enormous Turnip. The children will enjoy exploring the story through role-play, counting, sequencing and learning about how vegetables grow. We will also talk about teamwork and helping others.
Our Keywords are Moat, Navigate, Ferry
Our rhyme of the week A Sailor went to sea, sea sea
Home Learning: Follow Instruction
At home play Simon Says game to support your children to follow instruction.
success of the week
It has been a wonderful, child-led week in the Willow room!
We know that children learn best when we follow their natural curiosity, so we listened closely as they shared their excitement about upcoming holidays and how they travel to reach them. Inspired by their interests, we created a fantastic immersion tray filled with different types of transport. This has been a brilliant way for the children to develop their imaginative play and understanding of the world.
We also held engaging group discussions using transport flashcards, helping to expand vocabulary and communication skills. It is so rewarding to see how our environment comes alive when we plan specifically around what the children love!
signs of the week
All absences must be reported to the school either by leaving an absence message or emailing admin@murielgreen.herts.sch.uk, We politely ask that if you plan to take your child out during school time, you notify the Nursery office. For appointments, we ask where possible that these are not during the school day. If this is not avoidable, please kindly share the relevant information for this appointment in order for us to be able to authorise this. Regular attendance at Nursery is very important, as it helps children build the foundational knowledge and skills they will need as they move through school. Establishing good attendance habits now supports a smoother transition into primary school and helps ensure children develop positive routines that will benefit them throughout their educational journey. Thank you for your continued support in helping your child attend regularly and on time.
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