September 2024 Newsletter
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back, we hope you all had a lovely summer!
We would like to welcome back all the children and parents returning to playgroup as well as welcoming all the new children and parents joining playgroup over the next few weeks.
I would like to introduce myself to you all, I am Cat and have recently taken over as the Manager of the playgroup and I am looking forward to meeting you all and being a part of the journey each of your children have at the playgroup. You will still see Julie from time to time as she continues to play a vital role in the playgroup. In other staffing news we would like to welcome back Emma from our bank staff who is currently working Monday – Thursday with our two year olds alongside Siobhan. We also have Ros and Michelle working with our 3 & 4 year olds and Teresa who is a member of our bank staff who works Fridays. All of the children are settling in nicely and both rooms are working really well thanks to our wonderful staff team.
This term our topic is “All about Me”. We shall be learning all about ourselves, how tall are we? What size are our hands & feet? What makes us different? We will also be looking at our families. Who's in our family? Are they younger/older?
Along with lots of craft activities.
We will be using the front & back gardens for digging, planting, hunting mini beasts & playing with the sand & water, so please send your child to Playgroup in clothes that you don't mind getting dirty & also footwear/coats that are water proof.
Don’t forget we have our 'WOW' board for all those milestone awards and certificates to be displayed. This board is for you to share any achievements made outside of Playgroup, favourite pets or people, not just of the children, but anyone in the family. If you have a certificate or a picture you would like to share, we would love to put it on display.
In October we will be doing a pumpkin decorating contest in the playgroup, the children will carve/decorate a pumpkin in small groups with some support from an adult and we will post pictures of these on our Facebook page where we want YOU to help choose your favourites! Please keep an eye out on our Facebook for more details.
Our playhouse in our garden is looking for a few little renovations to prevent any leaks with the wet winter weather, we were wondering if any parents are skilled in this area and would be able to volunteer some time and their services to carry out some maintenance on the playhouse for us? If this is something you are able to do please get in contact and let us know.
Cat and staff
Dates for your diary:
Committee Meeting: Tuesday 8th October 2024 (7:30pm in Playgroup)
Half Term Playgroup Finishes: Friday 18th October 2024
Playgroup Returns: Monday 4th November 2024
Consultation Evening: Tuesday 26th November 2024
Nativity Play: Thursday 19th December 2024
Christmas Party: Friday 20th December 2024
Song and Colour Schedule
Tuesday 3rd September - Friday 6th September:
Song/Rhyme of the week: Jack and Jill
Colour of the week: Blue
Monday 9th September - Friday 13th September:
Song/Rhyme of the week: Three Blind Mice
Colour of the week: Green
Monday 16th September - Friday 20th September:
Song/Rhyme of the week: Little Miss Muffett
Colour of the week: Yellow
Monday 23rd September - Friday 27th September:
Song/Rhyme of the week: Incy Wincy Spider
Colour of the week: Red
Monday 30th September - Friday 4th October:
Song/Rhyme of the week: Humpty Dumpty
Colour of the week: Pink
Monday 7th October - Friday 11th October:
Song/Rhyme of the week: Polly Put The Kettle On
Colour of the week: Brown
Monday 14th October - Friday 18th October:
Song/Rhyme of the week: Hey Diddle Diddle
Colour of the week: Cream