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Newsletter Spring 2019 Welcome Back on Monday 4th March 2019 The theme is Spring for the next 6 week half term Week 1 – St David’s Day – Creative- Listening to different types of music from Wales or Welsh Artists – We would love to see the children in Welsh costume on Friday 8th March to celebrate St David’s Day World Book Day Thursday 7th March, The children can dress up as a character from a book and bring along one of their favourite books, if they would like to Week 2– Easter Egg Patterns – Maths Week 3 – Mums and babies – Knowledge and Understanding of the World Week 4 – Mother’s Day – Language and Communication Week 5 –Easter Card – Welsh Language Week 6 – Polish Easter Traditions – Cultural Diversity Our Famous Annual DUCK RACE You can follow what we are up to on Stepping Stones Magor Facebook page to see pictures of the children and reminders of up and coming events. We are part of the Healthy Pre Schools program and keen to promote healthy eating. At snack time we offer fruit which the children enjoy. We would encourage the packed lunch […]
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NEWSLETTER –Autumn II 2015 Time is flying past; I can hardly believe that it the count own to Christmas! Welcome to the second half of the autumn term. This half-term our theme will be festivals and celebrations. We will be thinking about our signing, day and night, sources of light, animals, autumn changes, recognising numbers, getting ready for winter amongst other things. Week 1 Fireworks & Remembrance Week 2 Diwali – The Hindu festival of light Week 3 Advent – The natural world Week 4 Christmas – Animals Week 5 Christmas – stories and plays Week 6 The Nativity Week 7 Parties and Christmas fun!! We are happy to look at anything that you child would like to bring into the setting that you feel might link in with the topic (or not as the case may be) then they can talk about it in circle time. Stepping Stones will be open on Monday 16th November, even though the school is having an inset day. There will obviously be no wrap around to Nursery on that day but if it would help then you could book your child in for the full day with us instead. I would appreciate it […]
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NEWSLETTER –Autumn I 2015 And so begins another school year… I would like to say a huge welcome to all our new parents and children, and an enormous welcome back to all our established parents and children. We hope that everyone had a wonderful summer and we look forward to a fantastic pre-school year. It has begun really nicely and the children are settling in well. This term our theme will be ALL ABOUT ME. We will be getting to know the children a little better, thinking about things that are the same and different, finding out what we look like, learning about our bodies, comparing what we like (and don’t like), looking at why we are special, talking about our families, investigating our senses and many other things. Week 1 Settling in Weeks 2 & 3 Our faces Week 4 Feet Week 5 Hands Week 6 Our bodies Week 7 I like/don’t like… Week 8 My Home and family We are happy to look at anything that you child would like to bring into the setting that you feel might link in with the topic (or not as the case may be) then they can talk about it in […]
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NEWSLETTER –Summer II Half Term 2015 Dear parents, We would like to say a big welcome to all our new parents and children and welcome back to all our existing parents and children. We hope that everyone had a good half term break. Clothing As we run the school in line with the Foundation Phase Curriculum we offer the children the opportunity to play outside in all weathers. As the weather warm up could you please make sure that your child comes into school with a hat and sun cream if necessary, we do have hats in school and none of the children will go out in the sun without a hat on. We are able to apply sun cream in Stepping Stones but only one that has been specifically supplied for you child and is labelled clearly with their name, if you could please let us know if you want us to apply sun cream as we don’t check in your children’s bags for it. Could you ensure that all of their clothes and belongings are labelled to avoid any confusion and worry. Topics This term our topic is Space Week 1 -Earth Week 2 – Sun/Stars Week […]
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NEWSLETTER –Summer 1 half term 2015 Dear parents, We would like to say a big welcome to all our new parents and children, and welcome back to all our existing parents and children. We hope that everyone had a good Easter break. Clothing As we run the school in line with the Foundation Phase Curriculum we offer the children the opportunity to play outside in all weather. As the weather starts to change could you please ensure that your child comes into school with the appropriate items such as hats and sun cream. We can apply sun cream as long as it’s their own and in a clearly labelled bottle. Please could you ensure that all of their belongings are labelled to avoid any confusion and worry. Thank you. Thank you We would like to say a massive thank you to Helen and Nick (Lilia’s Parents) for their extremely kind gift. They so kindly bought us gift vouchers. The vouchers will be used to purchase outdoor toys and equipment for the children to enjoy. Thank you so much, it was extremely kind and gratefully received. Topics This term our topic is ‘This World’ Week 1 – Australia Week […]