Message from Jenny:
Pancakes & Shamrocks!
Half-Term Activities; what have we been up to? The sun has come to play!
Volume 1, Issue 3
March 2014
Spring has sprung! I have dug out
my sunglasses and officially moved
the majority of our play to the
outdoor kind.
Our evening
sessions have just flown by the last
couple of weeks with being able to
play football, tennis and Hide &
Seek in the warm sunshine.
If you are venturing into your
spider webby sheds for the first
time this year, please have a look
and see if you have any outdoor
toys that your children have
outgrown. We are looking for
anything suitable for age three
upwards from scooters to hula
hoops and everything in between.
Anything you want to clear out,
please give us a shout first. We’re
happy to collect bulky items, too.
School Wrap, Long Buckby Junior School, South Close, Long Buckby NN6 7PX
jenny@schoolwrap.co.uk or abbie@ schoolwrap.co.uk
07973 778619
www.schoolwrap.co.uk
DON’T FORGET!
Ofsted No: EY467087
Half Term Rocks!
What a week we had! On messy day
we had everything from crazy painting
(their hands, arms feet were a sight to
behold) to igloo building; the children
used their super engineering skills to
work out how best to build it and stick
it together so it didn’t fall over! That
was great until someone then jumped
on it! A new game was born 
On Wednesday we held Movie and
Sports Day. The children created
giant-sized story boards and lots of
them went on to film their movies.
We had a much needed afternoon in
the playground playing lots of sports
and finally settled down for a late
afternoon movie. Then we went
home to dream and scheme for the
Easter Holidays!
Pancake Day was interesting: 46
pancakes on a camping stove was an
experience…one the children loved!
I’m not so sure I’ll be repeating it
though! Certain parents laughed at
our culinary skills…or lack of them. It
hurt. It really hurt.
Then there was Spy Mission Day! The
children worked as special agents who
had to follow the clues and collect the
keys to free Agent Z. The killer laser
room (with real lasers I might add) was
a hot favorite, along with invisible
writing, creating agent names and
collecting footprints and finger prints.
It was a huge success and Agent Z was,
unsurprisingly, very pleased to be
freed from the cleaner’s cupboard!
However, not a single scrap of
pancake was left so they may have
looked a bit dodgy but they tasted
mighty fine with a variety of savoury
and then sweet fillings.
On one of our trips to The Phoenix
Recycling Centre in Welingborough
(kids’ club dream) we found some
massive rolls of paper. The children
had so much fun with them! They
started by drawing huge pictures,
then writing funny notes next they
EYFS Update from Abbie :)
Stars of the Week
Caitlin Hedley Caitlin comes to
School Wrap every day and
always meets us with a cheerful
greeting! She is great at using
her independence in play and
gets on well with all of the other
children. A great role model!
Our Second Star is
Harry Railton. Harry has a
super imagination and is always
engrossed in play; he plays well
with the other children.
Became vehicles to be pulled around
on, worn like hats and were cut up to
make dressing ups. Now who needs a
Wii?
World Book Day
Term Time Antics
We work alongside the 8 Playwork
Principles
(attached
with
Newsletter). They are also on the
Parents’ Noticeboard at the club.
Please have a read so that you fully
understand
our
aims
and
objectives at School Wrap. This is
why, a lot of the time, children
direct their own play, rather than
have specific activities or rules to
follow in a craft or game (although
we do a bit of this). They may not
come home with a beautiful
crafted sculpture every day, but
they havewinding down and
Book for Easter Now!
Summer Holiday spaces available NOW!
So, as you can see, we’ve been
incredibly busy over the past few
weeks! And how do we tie all of this
mayhem into the EYFS?! Easy!! Our
Spy Day for example met plenty of
milestones in the EYFS Development
Matters Framework. For example,
Personal, Social and Emotional targets
were met in the form of ‘Can play in a
group, extending and elaborating play
ideas’, ‘Enjoys responsibility for
carrying out small tasks’ and ‘Can
usually adapt behaviour to different
events, social situations and changes
in routine’. These milestones support
and encourage children’s self-esteem
and self-confidence, and their ability
to manage relationships, their
feelings and behaviour. So as you
can see, each activity the children
participate in, game they play or
experience they gain helps them to
reach the milestones that get them
ready for the rest of their
educational lives.
Up to this point, I have been Key
Person to all our EYFS children
which means I am the main point of
contact for parents and children,
and will complete all necessary
paperwork such as planning and
adding to their Learning Journey’s.
The Children looked fantastic dressed
up as their favourite book characters
for World Book Day. Some wonderful
classics in there including Pinocchio
and Fantastic Mr Fox.
Shamrock City!
We shall be celebrating St Patrick’s
Day on 17th March in style! Perhaps
no Guninness or hairy bacon on the
menu (my dad’s favourite when we
were kids…yuk!). However we’ll be
finding some novel ways of
presenting…, yes, you guessed it,
POTATOES!
We are also planning some Irish
themed crafts and games so watch
this space for the craic!
Now that Chloe is getting settled
and beginning to work through
her NVQ in Childcare, we have
decided that it would be
beneficial for her to take on the
responsibility of Key Person for
one of the children. We have
notified this family, but we hope
that you will all support her in
completing her course! 