[é| Grimsbury Manor Welcome to our August Newsletter Parents Evening * New Beginnings €& On Tuesday 22"¢ of August 2023 we will be In th hof A Il be welcomi holding a Parents Evening. Sign up sheets willbe In the month of August, we will be welcoming “ ” © three new members of staff. Heather our New available outside your child’sroom this week. This." is forall parents that have been withus Pre July Room Leadin the Toddler Room (currently 25s). Courtney a newly qualified L3 educator and 2023, Those who have usttated with ys we wll ous quale teecher who wl be teaching Waar children are wore settled in the Pre-school room. Sadly we said goodbye to Bronwyn who decided to move to Wales and our Chef Aidan will be leaving us, he needs to spend more time athome with his children Room Changes during school holidays.. As you all know, and have been eagerly awaiting, our Pre-school room will Hello Song of the Month officially open from Monday the 4 particular favourite of Baby 2's see Katie September. The children will go up and Thomas for the tune settle before this. The children currently in Baby 2 will mostly be moving to what Hello, Hello and how are you? And how are you we will now call our Toddler Room (2- today 3yrs). And those children in Baby 1 that Hello, hello and how are you? And how are you are ready will be moving to our Baby 2 today? room, Over the course of the month the Hello Sammie, hello Joshua, hello Margot its good children will be settling in their new tosee you here, rooms to make the transition in September smoother for all Baby! This month's activities Baby2 ‘Some of thebabies have been finding their feet, those ‘who were not yet walking have taken those first initial steps. A very exciting moment. The babies have been exploring textures such as; gloop, flour, and water. They have been using paintbrushes to make patters in the flour and enjoyed swimming the Sealife animals through the gloop. ‘The children is Baby2 have been getting creative this past month, They have been using different materials to make collages, particularly enjoying using the gloopy glue. ‘They have shown an interest in the farm ‘animals, singing old MacDonald and learning the different sounds the make. 24s ‘The toddlers have been flashing the cash and going on shopping sprees. ‘They have been buying different goodies from their friends and using mathematical language when talking about money. They also enjoyed exploring clay, using avariety of tools to mold and shapethe clayinto sculptures. Dates for your diary 22°4 August 2023- Parents Evening 6-7.30pm 28th August 2023- BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY (nursery closed) 4 September 2023- Pre-school Opening 29" November 2023- INSET DAY (nursery closed) . ae .. Storal *