A great start to the week with PJ Day! Everyone was snug and comfy for the day. Thank you for supporting us raising money for a very important cause, Brian House Hospice. Brian House is the only children’s hospice on the Fylde coast, and offers specialist care to our community’s most fragile children and their families. Whether they are the hospice or being supported at home, the staff and their work help to create lasting memories and fun, as all children should have.
The learning landscape this week changed again…there were birthday cake number challenges, sound hunting, shape making with elastic bands and best of all we found out about ‘fossils’. We even became paleantologists, dug in the sand to uncover dinosaur fossils, and made our own fossil using clay. Click here to find out about what a paleantologist is.
Justine and the children made nearly life sized dinosaurs using reclaimed materials! They are really scary! An update on our dinosaur egg that we found in the nursery garden…it has hatched! The shell cracked open and a triceratops came out…Barbara took a video and we watched it on the Touch TV, sadly she left the door open and it has escaped, arghhh! Keep a look out for it, we spotted dinosaur footprints in forest school
Worship
This week in Worship we have continued our ‘Prophecy and promise’ topic. Our key words DONKEY, JOURNEY and BETHLEHEM.
We began our first session talking about a long journey – have we ever been on a long journey? What was it like? We spoke about how long it would have taken Mary and Joseph to get to Bethlehem and how tired they must have been. We watched this lovely video all about a special donkey: click here to watch.
Our second session was all about the special story of Jesus being born. We had pictures telling the story and we had to find them al hidden around the room. We are so good at remembering the story – we have our stable now on the worship table and we can’t wait to add all the special animals and people as we learn more and more during Advent.
Our child led worship this week was also all about Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem. We watched a video of what it might have been like, click here. It gave us a really good idea of what it might have been like. We saw Mary, Joseph and the donkey. One of the children also noticed there were lots and lots of people. We spoke about how busy it would have been as everyone was going to be counted, and that’s why there was nowhere for them to stay.
Christmas Nativity
This years Nativity is being held for parents and family on Wednesday 3rd December and Thursday 4th December at 9.30 am. Owing to fire regulation these performances will be ticket only events, with a limit of 4 per family over the two performance. Please get your tickets now to avoid disappointment.
All the nursery children are invited to take part in the Nativity but if it is not your child’s usual day we kindly ask that you collect them straight after the performance, approximately 10.30 am. All children should be in nursery no later than 9.00am
Tuesday 2nd December will be our dress rehearsal. If possible it would be great if we could have all the children in nursery. This is also the day the Nativity DVD will be filmed.
If your child will not be present for one of the performances can you please let us know.
PLEASE NOTE
We have the star costumes ready but each child will need a pair of named plain white leggings, a plain white t shirt and a strand of silver tinsel. Please bring them into nursery by Monday if possible.
The children are doing so well learning all the songs and actions for their Nativity, perhaps they will sing them at home for you.
An even busier week next week as we edge closer to the start of Advent and our journey to the stable. Have a restful weekend and I will see you all on Monday.
Stay safe and God bless
Barbara