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Dear parents/carers,

It’s hard to believe we are already in the last term of the school year. Time goes by so quickly! If your child is leaving us to move to primary school you will soon be given information about the arrangements for visiting their new school and for the staff to visit the…

This half term red and yellow class will be exploring the sea. Our core story is a non-fiction book ‘Under the Sea’ by Anna Milbourne but we will also be reading ‘Rainbow Fish’ by Marcus Pfister.

We will be discussing what lives u nder the sea. We will also be sharing our own experiences of…

Last half term as part of Road Safety Week, children in Blue and Green Rooms enjoyed the Road Safety Puppet Show. In Blue Room we also went shopping to the supermarket, looked at the environment and talked about what we could see. In the warm weather just before half term the children enjoyed the…

When I arrive at nursery, the first thing I always try and do are my rounds of saying hello. Apart from the importance of saying hello of course, it is also to see what's been going on - so much happens in a week. 

In the studio with Yellow Class

A new group, and although I have only 4 weeks…

On Monday 24th April Red and Yellow Class launched our new topic ‘Let’s Investigate’ with a visit from Science Boffins. This magical science show has inspired us to become scientists. Through this topic we will explore cause and effect and change. We will be making predictions and carrying out our…

Blue Room would like to send a warm welcome to Amelia and Iqra who have joined us from Birth to 2s. We also have some children who have come from home – hello! Rishi and Taha have left us to move up to Yellow Class, and Aqib has joined Red Class. We would also like to welcome the two new fish in…

Arissa has joined us in the Baby Room, and has settled really well. Vicki has left our room for her new job. We are sad to see her go, and wish her all the best.

This term we will be having a musical theme. We have lots of special musical toys and will singing lots of new songs.

We have been…

Parental Involvement News – Amanda Jordan

As usual there are lots of activities for families going on at St Edmund’s throughout the term that you are welcome to join in with – story time on Mondays 8.45 to 9.15 and Fridays 12.45 to 1.15 and singing sessions on Wednesdays at 8.45 and…

Dear parents/carers,

Welcome back. I hope you all had a restful break and hopefully, like me, you are ready to get back to the usual routine. I spent a lovely week in Weymouth, Dorset and had a nice time walking on the beach and paddling in the sea.

Staff changes

Over the Easter break we…

Conversations in Red and Yellow Class

This week I have decided to use some photos and conversations to see if you can “guess what went on”. I think they show quite a lot.

Conversation 1

‘Hello’

‘Hello’

‘What’s that?’

‘They taking one’

‘Yours the proper…

In red and yellow class this half term we will be learning to ‘Keep Happy, Keep Healthy’. Through this topic we will be talking about healthy foods, exercise, sleep and hygiene. Together we will explore how we keep healthy. We have a pretend doctors and vets where we are practising booking…

Blue Room

Welcome to Liyana who has joined us from 0 – 2s. Congratulations to Rishi who is now a big brother to a lovely baby boy. Welcome also to our new snails, which the children, parents and staff are all fascinated by!

We have a new staff member Josie – welcome to the team! Vanessa has…