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Newsletter January 2025
Dear Parents and carers,
Happy New Year!
Welcome back for the start of the spring term.
Unfortunately, it does not feel like spring yet, so please ensure that your child has a thick, winter jacket, hat, scarf and gloves, as we spend time outdoors every day. Can you also label clothing as it makes it much easier to ensure that clothing goes home with the correct child.
We would like to welcome Szilvia Egyed to the Jelli Tot's team. Szilvia will be working alongside key workers and helping the team to provide support for children with additional needs at nursery.
School applications
If your child is in the pre school group (Josie, Maggie or Sakinah's groups) they will be starting school in September 2025. To apply, you should make an online application through brent eAdmissions.
The deadline for applications is next week on Wednesday 15th January 2025.
If you need support with the application, please see Wendy.
Animation Project: Our animation project for the pre-school groups will start on Thursday 16th January with Dora Martinokova from ‘Schooling the Imagination’. She will be helping the children to devise and create a short 5 minute animated movie, during sessions that will be held at nursery. The project will last for 6-8 weeks so try to ensure that your child attends every Thursday. The children have started to make up a story for the project, and we will begin creating lots of artwork linked to the topic. This will include props, characters and scenery. The children will be recording their voices to narrate the story. Children will each receive their own copy of the film on a USB. To help fund the project we are asking for a £20 donation for each of the children taking part. This will be added to your invoice, however if there is a problem with this, please see Wendy. When the film is complete, we will hold a premiere at the Lexi Cinema in Kensal Rise. Children’s tickets are included in the cost of the project but additional tickets will need to be purchased nearer the time, for any adults accompanying them.
Early Years Conference and Training Day
The nursery will be closed on Friday 7th February for staff training. The team will be attending the Early Years 'Start for Life' conference at Wembley where the team will listen to a variety of speakers in the morning and attend a workshop in the afternoon.
Outing to the Museum of London Docklands
The pre school children will be visiting the Museum of London on Wednesday 12th February for a workshop and interactive play session in the mudlark's gallery. This will be a sensory journey through the Docklands in an interactive, musical session.
The children will learn how this part of London has changed over 200 years from a bustling port to gleaming skyscrapers - while singing sea shanties, moving to classic nursery rhymes, smelling spices and playing instruments. They will finish the session by creating their own song and accompanying movements, which will be recorded and sent back for nursery for us to watch.
As a part of your timetabled visit, we will be also visit Mudlarks, which is an interactive children’s gallery featuring soft play, small world play, and water play.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Friday 7th February - Nursery closed training day.
Wednesday 12th February- Outing to Museum of London Docklands for pre school children.
Thursday 6th March- World book day breakfast for parents and children
Thursday 10th April - Last day of spring term
Friday 11th April - Staff training day
Tuesday 22nd April - Start of summer term
Friday 18th July- Bring and share end of term meal
Friday 1st August- last day of term (nursery closes half day)