Derby Street Nursery Glasgow March 2014 Newsletter 45 General News Bluebell Room 1 December 2009 V olu m e 1Tessa , I s s u eand 1 like to wish Miss Laura is now a fully qualified First Aider, Firstly the boys and girls would December 2009 completing the 3 day course on the 21st of Emily lots of fun times in the Daffodil Room. We olume 1, Issue 1 would also like to welcome Esme toVthe room; we March, well done! look forward to lots of fun together. Throughout Miss Jillian attended Planning and Responding to th March Miss Denise began to explore the sense of sight Under Threes Play on the 26 of March delivered with the children. We will be continuing this by Experiential Play and is keen to feedback to throughout April by making reflectors for our garden staff at next weeks full staff meeting on her and exploring different light sources. experience. In March Miss Laura and the children chose ‘Fun Our baby sitting service is proving to be a Farm’ to be their story of the month. They have all popular addition to Derby Street Nursery with been enjoying listening to the story and making parents/carers already enjoying some ‘me’ time! animal sounds. We will be continuing to read ‘Fun The service is offered to parents/carers of Farm’ and creating an interactive wall display so Nursery children at a reduced rate and where that the children can move the little calf to meet his friends and flaps for the children to lift to see what possible you can request a particular staff animal is hiding. member. The Nursery is enjoying many visits and In March Miss Rachel and the children had lots of fun places being taken for children and we would exploring the sand and water. We love splashing in like to take this opportunity to thank you for the the water and pouring the sand into our sand toys. recommendations you give to family and friends This month we will be exploring different textures who are seeking childcare for their children. with sand such as cornflour, water and shaving foam. Buttercup and Daisy Room During the month of March we have been exploring things that move; the pull along toys, the rocking caterpillar, the musical walker and the boats. All the children are becoming very confident in pulling themselves up and climbing, well done Daisies! We would like to welcome Mattias and Raphael to the room; we look forward to fun times together. Now that it is spring we are looking forward to the good weather and exploring the outdoors. During March Miss Shadab and the children explored sound in the sensory area using metal and wooden spoons, boxes and tins. In April we will be creating Easter and spring paintings using colours and a variety of tools e.g. sponges, paint brushes and lollipop sticks. We are also making lots of flowers for our Mothers Day wall. Daffodil Room Last month we were very busy in the Daffodil Room. We talked about people who help us and focussed on road safety. We learned about waiting for the green man and how the lollipop person helps us. We also talked about firemen and police officers. We even got to be fire fighters rescuing someone from a building that was on fire! We had made our own building out of boxes and dressed up in the fire fighter costume. We had lots of fun being wiggly caterpillars and fluttering butterflies as we celebrated Very Hungry Caterpillar Day. Street Nursery News Letter Derby StreetDerby Nursery Fun was had by all; we read the story, watched the DVD on the SmartBoard, played some games, danced like butterflies and had some caterpillar cake. Best of all Miss Jillian painted some very cool butterflies and caterpillars on our faces. What a great month we had!In the coming month we will be focussing on spring. We will be making lots of pictures and exploring and discussing plants, flowers and animals. We will also be decorating our book corner to reflect our new book of the month ‘The Animal Boogie’. We would like to remind parents/carers about the lending library; you are welcome to borrow a book. We would like to welcome Emily and Tessa to the Daffodil Room, we are very excited about having 2 new friends to play with. Thistle Room This month we have been learning about farm animals. We have been exploring the names of baby animals and have been learning about what foods we get from animals. We are in the process of developing our role play area into a farm shop. We have also been participating in nature walks in the park to look for the early signs of spring. We also celebrated World Book Day by writing our own stories which we read to our friends. Finally we celebrated “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” day by reading the story, participating in butterfly ring games, using the parachute and we used face paint to dress up as butterflies and caterpillars. Eco Schools Page 2 Page 2 Chef Belinda’s Recipe Aubergine and Chickpea Masala Ingredients: Aubergine, potatoes, olive oil, mild curry paste, fresh coriander, onion, garlic, chickpeas, basmati rice, mango chutney, vegetable stock, natural yoghurt/soya natural yoghurt Method; Dice onions and potatoes. Roughly chop aubergines and peel garlic cloves. Heat oil in a large pan and add the aubergine and garlic, cook for 5 minutes. Add stock and cook until soft then blend. Meanwhile heat oil on a baking tray in the oven and add the diced potatoes and onions, cook until soft turning occasionally to avoid burning, cook at a moderate heat. Meanwhile cook the rice. Add curry paste to the blended aubergine mixture, then add chickpeas then add the cooked potatoes and onions. Cook for a further 20 mins then add the mango chutney, chopped coriander and cook for a further 5 mins. Just before serving add some natural yoghurt and serve with the rice. Eco schools continues to move forward. Our application for our Bronze Award is imminent. We now have our eco Children’s Quotes of the code written along with a rap and a song, a big thank you to the Parent Committee for their excellent contribution. Month We are currently replacing the 40 watt bulbs in our chandeliers to energy efficient 3 watt LED bulbs. LM “I want to be a caterpillar so I can The children will soon be undertaking some planting of eat lots and lots of food” seeds. One of our parents has very kindly volunteered to Upcoming Events assist us with this. As ever if you would like to be involved or have any ideas HG “The chicken lays the egg and we buy them from Marks and Spencer” and “At or suggestions please feel welcome to speak to Hazel in the weekend we bought a smart TV. It is the Daffodil Room. Upcoming Events and Reminders to Parents/Carers Glasgow’s Book Festival ‘Aye Write’ from the 4th to the 12th of April. The Nursery will be closed on Easter Monday, the 21st of April. Easter Bonnet competition Thursday the 17th of April. Thistle Room story telling event Monday the 7th of April at 10.15am. smart because you can watch Netflix on it” When asked what hibernation was DAV answered “It is when the animals sleep for 100 years” When talking to her friend AH said “You are a clever girl but I am cleverer”