Nursery Bulletin
Welcome Back, Bumblebee Class!🐝
A huge welcome back to all of our Bumblebees! We are already one month into the school year, and I have been hearing lots of wonderful things from Mrs Hughes about how well you have all settled in and how hard you have been working.
I am now fully recovered from my knee surgery over the summer and am so excited to be back at school with you all. I have missed you and can’t wait to see everything you have been learning and doing.
We have lots of exciting things planned over the next few months as we explore our topic, “Our World.” We will be learning all about ourselves, our community, Autumn, Harvest, light and dark, Diwali, Bonfire Night, and, of course, all things Christmas!
Phew! It is going to be a very busy and exciting few months filled with lots of learning, creativity, and fun. I am looking forward to sharing it all with you.
As always, parents and carers, thank you for the continued support you give. Your encouragement and partnership make such a difference to the children’s learning and development, and it is greatly appreciated.
Here’s to a fantastic term ahead!
Mrs Hurst 🐝🍂✨🎄
Celebration Worship – 12.9.25
It was lovely today to hold our first Celebration Worship of the new school year and it was fabulous to see how children are showing our values everyday! It’s also been wonderful to find out about all the successes our children are having outside of school.
This week’s awards winners are:
Reception
Edith – for Wisdom and Perseverance in all her learning, but especially maths.
Year One
Evie – for Trust and Respect and having a fabulous start to Year One!
Year Two
Adrian – for Respect and being a fabulous role model to others
Year Three
Hallie -for demonstrating Wisdom in her learning and editing skills.
Year Four
Toby – for Wisdom as he’s given everything 100% this week!
Year Five
Beau – for Respect and Wisdom, making a brilliant start to Owls class and always wanting to show her best.
Year Six
Lucy – For all our values! She sets a high standard of work and shows kindness to all.
Outside of School Achievements
This week Nancy-Grace earned the Player of the Match award in her first football match for her new team!
Harriet has been working really hard in her swimming lessons and has now achieved her 200m distance award.
Matilda has also been working really hard in her swimming lessons and has completed all of the Duckling Awards!
World Nursery Rhyme Week – B.I.N.G.O
In Bumblebees we are celebrating World Nursery Rhyme Week.
Thursday’s rhyme was B.I.N.G.O, so as well as learning the song and completing lots of doggy themed activities, we followed the children’s interest in dogs and watched a short episode of Crufts.
The children were amazed at how fast the dogs were and really enjoyed watching them complete the agility course.
We decided to set up our own agility course for the children, which they had great fun completing!
Queen Elizabeth II
At St John the Baptist C.E Primary School we are all deeply saddened by the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
We shall remember her service through our learning and Worship, and consider how as our Queen she was the embodiment of, and a role model for, our school values of Love, Hope and Respect. We will be thankful for the times that we have been able to come together as a community to celebrate Royal jubilees, birthdays and weddings.
Our thoughts and prayers are with our new King, Charles III, along with the wider Royal Family as they mourn the loss of a beloved mother and grandmother.
Red Nose Day – Friday 18th March
On Friday 18th March we are celebrating Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day in style!
Firstly, “Wear your favourite outfit” on Friday… from football kits to party dresses, wear whatever you love most. It’s all about YOU!
Secondly, we are holding a Bake Sale on Thursday and Friday. If you can, bake or donate some cakes for Fun & Games Council to sell over the two days: all money raised will be donated to Comic Relief.
Eco-Team have also set another challenge: it has been Fair Trade Fortnight over the past two weeks so they have challenged any bakers to use a Fair Trade ingredient in their creations… Good luck!
Nursery Activities
Hi Nursery Children and Parents,
I hope you are doing ok and are keeping yourselves busy at home. I thought you might like some ideas for activities to continue your learning, ready for when we return. I’ve put a Tapestry entry on for everyone with these ideas and a couple of websites you might like to use. If you log in to your Tapestry account you will find the entry titled ‘Activities’. It would be lovely if you could add any comments or photos onto Tapestry of things you are doing and learning whilst at home. Any questions just ask via Tapestry.
Have fun and stay safe
Steph 😁
Well-being Wednesday – from Mrs Viner
Well-being Wednesday
Hi everyone, it’s Mrs Viner here checking how you are getting on in this strange and unusual time!
I am sure that you are making the most of being at home, but I also wanted to remind you that it is important to keep your mind and body happy and active!
This can be achieved in a variety of ways. 🍴🏃😴
Firstly, by eating a healthy balanced diet and drinking plenty of water. Food is really important as it fuels our bodies, so we have lots of energy to run and jump around!
Secondly, you need to do some physical exercise. When you exercise your heart rate increases and your body releases chemicals called endorphins – which make you feel happy and motivated.
Lastly, sleep is really important as it gives our bodies rest and allows it to prepare for the next day.
Did you know, that every living thing sleeps from the smallest insect to the largest whale. Some animals spend as much as 20 hours a day sleeping!! 😴
I would love if you would send me your ideas of how you are keeping yourselves feeling happy and keeping active. Here are some ideas to get you started.
- Can you create a healthy plate of food? You could draw the different food or create a menu. If you are a budding chef maybe you could prepare the food for someone in your house. (Always check with an adult before hand).
- What exercises have you been doing? Rhys and I have started the Couch to 5K. Could you create your own exercise video like Joe Wicks? Tell me about the places you have explored for your daily exercise?
- Could you find out how much sleep other animals get? Who sleeps the most in your house? For any of our top mathematicians, could you record how much sleep you get every night over a week? Then put it into a graph or/and find the average amount of sleep you get?
So, over to you…please send your ideas to viner.l@ruyton.shropshire.sch.uk
Take care and stay safe 😊
Storytime for children – on-line
These websites offer stories read by actors and authors. They are a good idea for quiet time and can be accessed on most devices. The sites offer stories for all ages.
https://www.worldbookday.com/storytime-online/
A Prayer for these difficult times
Kate Gregory has written this prayer for us all and we wanted to share it with our school community.
Dear Lord,
The world feels a strange place right now.
Our classrooms are empty and it is hard to play with our friends.
At this time, please look after my friends, my family and the people in our community who live on their own.
Help us to remember that you are always there and that one day this will pass.
Amen
