Summer Term Home Letter no. 5

Child’s name __________________________ Key Person’s name _______________________

Dear Parent/Carers and Other professionals.

I hope you have all enjoyed the glorious weather during the Easter break. A great opportunity to be outside in the sunshine, after a cold and wet time. I’m hopeful that the bugs have been blown away.

URGENT- We are wanting to try again with FROG SPAWN but my usual source has not had any living. If any of you have some we would welcome a donation. Thank you.

This letter is giving you information about the Topics and activities we will be doing this half term and how we will achieve them. This term is 8 weeks long finishing on Friday 27/05/2016. Return Monday 06/06/2016. With a bank holiday on the Monday 2th May.

Last Teacher Training days- Monday 13th June and Monday 4th July. Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May. Playgroup will be closed on all these days.

Safeguarding children; Clifton playgroup is determined to ensure your child’s safety and well-being, we continue to follow Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board guidelines and want you to feel free to talk to me and or Jane Suddens, Board of Director with special responsibility for “Safeguarding “and Hayley who is playgroup Supervisor if you have any concerns. All adults have a role in keeping children safe. Please be watchful of your children and the others. We need to work together to keep all Clifton Playgroup children safe. Start by keeping the gates closed.

Housekeeping. This is a voluntary contribution, which has a huge impact on our budget. We are a small group and every penny counts. If you wish to contribute, it is £20 a term. Thank you.

PROGRESS WEEK: This will be next ½ term. BEARS GROUP=the week beginning the 4th July. Appointments will be given out closer to the time. CUBS GROUP 11th July appointments will be given out closer to the time.

New schools and Transition arrangements; BEARS GROUP going into school in September. As soon as you find out which school your child will be going to please sent in the information to Playgroup with reception class teachers name please. Visits to schools will be arranged by the new school. But please keep us informed. Clifton Primary school have not given me any details of their transition arrangements for this year yet.

Clothing- Please ensure that the children have their clothes and belongings are named, we cannot take responsibility for unnamed clothes. They need a coat/water proof as we are outside every day. If they come in wellies please make sure they bring in shoes to wear inside. Sun hats and sun cream needed this term, both named please.

Fund Raising- I can’t thank the team enough for all the hard work and dedication they put into putting the events together. Do support them where you can.

The Tea towel Cleaning group. Thank you for washing all the dirty tea towels etc. A great job is done every week and I appreciate your help.

Now the fun part!!!!!

I shall send home the usual home learning. The children enjoy showing the things they do at home. So please continue these shared activities. Other things you could also do to support their learning is talk about the letters in their names and the sounds those letters make especially the first sounds. Counting things by using their pointing fingers, touching what they count. Going from left to right. Encourage them to tell you about their mark making and write it down for then.

Term Topic; Planting vegetables, The story of St George will be explored this term. Celebrating his name day as well. The other celebration this term is from Japan it’s called Kodomo No Hi- translated means Children’s day. A great day to celebrate all our children.

Weeks 25/26. 04-11/04/2016. We continue with our work on the Alphabet, the children will help in the making a display, we shall be naming letters and saying the sound they make; this is the letter ‘A’ and it says ‘ah’.

· We shall segment words so that the Bears group will identify how words are constructed. We shall start to plant seeds ready for planting out into the garden.

· Traditional story is Goldilocks and the 3 bears. Exploring size- drawing bodies and painting portraits

· Identifying the names of letters and sound they make.

· Bears and Cubs- counting 0-5 0-10 and matching numerals to quantity. Bears =taking one and two away from the larger group and still being able to count the groups together.

04/04 Home learning; measuring parts of the body to compare size.

11/04 Home learning; Big drawing – Picture of themselves.

Week 27/28, 18- 25/04/2016.Activities in group include;

· Activities to celebrate St George’s day; George and the Dragon story etc.

· Continue to monitor the seeds growing and planting potatoes etc.

· Continue making alphabet display with children’s help.

· Continue with maths challenges.

04/04 Home learning; Identify the first sounds of these pictures. Can the adults help to write them down. George and the Dragon sheet.

11/04 Home learning; Sequence the story- can the adults please write down what the children tell you the story is.

Week 29/30 02-09/05/2016,Activities in group include; Bank holiday 02/05. Playgroup will be closed.

· Activities to celebrate Kodomo no Hi; learning simple origami. The story of Sadoko Sasaki. Learning a Japanese song.

· Continued care of plants and seeds.

· Using the computer to source Japanese cultural information.

· Name writing practise and pre writing skills.

02/05 Home learning; Collage a carp picture

09/05 Home learning; Origami crane and how to make it, with the Sadoko Sasaki story.

Week 31/32. 16-23/05/2016. Activities in group include;

· Continued care of plants

· Maths challenges.

· Continued Name writing practise and pre writing skills.

· Recapping things we have done this ½ term.

16/05 Home learning; Number challenge. Match quantity to number.

23/05 Home learning; Sequence growth of plants-a cut and stick activity.

This is a super term, busy and I am hopeful we will have some good weather to get the children outside as much as possible.

If you have any concerns or just want to talk about transitions and new schools do come in.

In friendship

Barbara

Please give your children a variety of things to eat at lunch time and remember that we have nowhere cool to store the boxes.

CLIFTON PLAYGROUP FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE SUMMER TERM NEWSLETTER We had another very successful fundraising drive last term raising over £700 for new equipment, opportunities and resources that our children and others in the future will hugely benefit from. Thank you for all your support with the quiz, cake sale and sponsored bounce. Barbara is still collecting money if you’ve got any funds left to hand in. With only one term left, we hope you’ll agree that we’re planning a good ‘un! So here is what’s happening this term: SUNDAY 17TH APRIL – 4-6PM – SPRING SOCIAL FOR ALL THE FAMILY @ THE BULL Building on the stonking success of the Halloween Social, there will be a similar event for £5 per person (adult or child) – to include food (hot dog/pizza/chips), an egg hunt and other games. There will also be a Fancy Hat competition for £1 entry. This could be an Easter bonnet or let your imagination run wild! FRIDAY 29TH APRIL – FROM 7.30PM – SILENT AUCTION NIGHT @ CLIFTON PRIMARY SCHOOL Thanks so much for all your donations towards this auction! A separate letter will explain the details of this but please support our joint venture with the Primary School PTA. SUNDAY 8TH MAY – FROM 9.30AM – FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION We have booked a professional photographer who will ‘shoot’ your whole family(!) and can provide a take-away pack for £20, with other gifts available through a website. The playgroup will get 10% of all sales and you will get memories to treasure! Please book in below. WEDNESDAY 25TH MAY – 3PM – CAKE SALE! After Mary Berry failed to attend the last cake sale (some people let fame go to their head), we’ve managed to bag Paul Hollywood *(from Bagshot) to savour your sweet creations so get your buns in the oven and bring them along (with your wallets too of course!) SUNDAY 26TH JUNE – 2PM – TREASURE HUNT AROUND THE VILLAGE You may have taken part in the treasure hunt last year – it’s great fun for only £5 per family – prize included! No need to book ahead, just put the date in your diary and see you there! PLEASE RETURN THIS LETTER OR SLIP TO PLAYGROUP Child’s name: ________________________________ SPRING FAMILY SOCIAL @ THE BULL – SUNDAY 17TH APRIL I would like to book tickets for people at £5 each and entry for the Fancy Hat competition at £1 each. Therefore, I enclose £___________ with this slip. FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION – SUNDAY 8TH MAY Please book my family photo session for between (tick as many as appropriate): 9.30-10am 10-10.30am 10.30-11am 11.11.30am 11.30am-12pm A more specific 10-minute time slot will be confirmed as soon as possible.

PLEASE RETURN THIS LETTER OR SLIP TO PLAYGROUP

Child’s name: ________________________________

SPRING FAMILY SOCIAL @ THE BULL – SUNDAY 17TH APRIL

I would like to book tickets for people at £5 each and entry for the Fancy Hat competition at £1 each.

Therefore, I enclose £___________ with this slip.

FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION – SUNDAY 8TH MAY

Please book my family photo session for between (tick as many as appropriate):

9.30-10am10-10.30am10.30-11am11.11.30am11.30am-12pm

A more specific 10-minute time slot will be confirmed as soon as possible.

CLIFTON PLAYGROUP FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE

SUMMER TERM NEWSLETTER

We had another very successful fundraising drive last term raising over £700 for new equipment, opportunities and resources that our children and others in the future will hugely benefit from. Thank you for all your support with the quiz, cake sale and sponsored bounce. Barbara is still collecting money if you’ve got any funds left to hand in. With only one term left, we hope you’ll agree that we’re planning a good ‘un!

So here is what’s happening this term:

SUNDAY 17TH APRIL – 4-6PM – SPRING SOCIAL FOR ALL THE FAMILY @ THE BULL

Building on the stonking success of the Halloween Social, there will be a similar event for £5 per person (adult or child) – to include food (hot dog/pizza/chips), an egg hunt and other games. There will also be a Fancy Hat competition for £1 entry. This could be an Easter bonnet or let your imagination run wild!

FRIDAY 29TH APRIL – FROM 7.30PM – SILENT AUCTION NIGHT @ CLIFTON PRIMARY SCHOOL

Thanks so much for all your donations towards this auction! A separate letter will explain the details of this but please support our joint venture with the Primary School PTA.

SUNDAY 8TH MAY – FROM 9.30AM – FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION

We have booked a professional photographer who will ‘shoot’ your whole family(!) and can provide a take-away pack for £20, with other gifts available through a website. The playgroup will get 10% of all sales and you will get memories to treasure! Please book in below.

WEDNESDAY 25TH MAY – 3PM – CAKE SALE!

After Mary Berry failed to attend the last cake sale (some people let fame go to their head), we’ve managed to bag Paul Hollywood *(from Bagshot) to savour your sweet creations so get your buns in the oven and bring them along (with your wallets too of course!)

SUNDAY 26TH JUNE – 2PM – TREASURE HUNT AROUND THE VILLAGE

You may have taken part in the treasure hunt last year – it’s great fun for only £5 per family – prize included! No need to book ahead, just put the date in your diary and see you there!