Welcome to all our new parents/carers & children we hope you enjoy your time spent with us at The Learning Tree and for existing parents “nice to see you back”- we hope you all had a good Summer!!!

Firstly there is a lot to explain so if we miss something and you are unsure please ask one of us, we ALWAYS try to make ourselves available during any part of the day and as we cannot hold a parent’s evening we will always spare the time to discuss your child’s development with you.

Key worker most larger Nurseries /pre-schools work to a system whereby a child is assigned one adult so that they bond & work closely with that person during their time at a setting but as there is only the two of us we do have a list of children each but we do everything together this way our children know us both and we find this works well at The Learning Tree as we are such an intimate pre school-we do pride ourselves that we have such a strong connection with ALL our children(& parents/carers)

Planning as you will see from our Parent’s information table we do work to a broad plan (which is connected to the Early Years Foundation Stage document) but we incorporate the children’s interests into this, so if there is anything your child has a particular interest in please let us know or use the suggestions box and we will try to plan something for them.

This half term’s themes will be-

Getting to know us/Growing/Autumn & Weather & we hope to cover the following areas of learning:

• Personal Social & Emotional-talk freely about their home & community
• Communication Language & Literacy-use simple statements and questions often linked to gestures
• Knowledge & Understanding of the World-are interested in others and their families
• Problem Solving Reasoning & Numeracy-use some number names and number language spontaneously
• Creative Development-Capture experiences and responses with music, dance, paint and other materials or words.
• Physical-Use movement to express feelings.

Please take note of attached sheet that gives us extra information regarding your child this helps us build on their individual profiles.

Uniform we do keep a small amount of used items which are available for a small donation but if you would like your child to wear our uniform please add your name to the list on the table and we will place the order ASAP.

Dates for your diary

Half term break up- Fri 23^rd Oct- Return Tues 3rd Nov

Christmas break up- Fri 18^th Dec- Return Tues 5^th Jan

Feb 2010 half term break up- Fri 12^th- Return Mon 22^nd Feb

Nursery/Home links books Please use these as much as possible as it provides evidence for Ofsted the connection between parent/child & pre-school and these are a good source of information. Please can you inform us of any changes at home-new telephone numbers/addresses etc.

Juice & Biscuits we try not to ask for much but any donations of these would be gratefully received!!

Library Scheme we have a box of books that you may borrow to share with your child at home-just sign them out and return when finished!

Please keep an eye on the table for any other important information and events that and PLEASE if you are unsure of anything do not hesitate to see us.