Woodland Activities
Sid has recently completed his Level 2 'Forest School' training and Claire her Level 3 'Forest School'and soon we hope to be able to call ourselves a Forest School Setting. Sid is now solely responsible for ensuring all childrern are able to access the Forest School ethos either down in the woods or in our newly developed garden.In the mean time we are introducing the woodland activities to our children, many of which they have experienced already. We have increased from one session a week to four down in our woodlands, where our children have been participating in 'Forest School' style activities such as Tree ID', bug hunts and knot skills, all of which are already enjoyed by the children that attend our holiday club. The activities take place in our woodlands, around the farm and are supervised by Sid and at least one other member of staff. Claire Burnell is supporting Sid with the activities and planning for the sessions. Our sponsorship of wet weather gear from Cornwall farmers has allowed us to take your children down to experience outdoor learning to its fullest potential! So look out for more information within the setting about what your children are getting up to each week.
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Letters & Sounds
After some fantastic training that staff have attended, we have decided to introduce to the setting a relatively new concept of teaching our children their letters and sounds. The Letters & Sounds' Programme is a Primary National Strategy that aims to ensure our children have continued awareness of the language we use. This is a six phase strategy and primarily we will deliver this through staff, ensuring they use correct language and pronunciation of words with our children, we will all have ongoing training!! Another aspect to this method of learning is to ensure the children are provided with opportunities where they will hear specific letters and sounds at the start of our words and within them. To enable this to be introduced we have decided to link our Makaton word of the fortnight with a new 'Sound' of the fortnight. The board for our Letters, Sound & Sign' is in the pre-school on the right as you walk in through the door, if you look on the board you will see the actions for the sign of the fortnight, the linking Makaton sign and you will see how to sign the word as usual in your childs green book.
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'Oscar' & 'Dave'
Both Oscar and Dave have been travelling well in 2011, Oscar has been skiing and holidaying all around the British Isles as well spending time at home with many of our children. At present he is sunning himself in Australia, lets hope he comes back home to the rain.
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Early Years Entitlement
Following your childs 3rd Birthday you are entitled to claim Early Years Entitlement. You can able to claim your entitlement at more than one setting as long as you do not exceed the maximum entitlement you are able to claim.
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Sponsored Event 2011: British Heart Foundation 'Mini Olympics'
As you will know we held a 'mini olympics' back in May in the nursery and pre-school holding a variety of events such as walks, runs, obstacle courses and a variety of new sports events making sure that all children had a chance to participate throughout the week. We have been raising funds for the British Heart Foundation and we would like to let you know that we raised over £500 which we will be presenting on Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Holiday Club
Thorne Manor Holiday Club run each school holiday for children aged from 5 to 12 years. We spend time exploring our extended woodland area as well as running a hidden theme with guest speakers and activity days. If you know of any parents looking for child care over the summer period ask them to contact us for a registration form. Children under the age of 5 years are welcome to come and join us in the pre-school during the holiday periods.
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