The Weekly Update #7

• Hull FC with Pearls and Rubies

• Hull FC with Diamonds and Sapphires

• Scalby Grange Pumpkin Picking – Little Pearls & Pearls

• Parents Evening (if you haven't already made an appointment please pop us an email and we can arrange this for you. In person or phone call appointments available)

• 17:00 (Eyes down at 18:00) Halloween Bingo. Hot dogs, drinks and treats available.

• Children can come in halloween costumes or non-uniform

• 13:30 – 14:00 SEND Drop-ins for parents

• Please can Pearls bring clothes they can get dirty for outdoor learning on a Monday.
• Pearls are going on a Pumpkin picking trip (Wednesday 21st October) to Scalby Grange. Please give permission under trips in Arbor. This is a free trip.
• Please note that the trip for Diamonds to the Yorkshire Museums is now on the 6th November rather than 22nd October as originally in the diary. This will be added to Arbor soon.
• Please ensure all items are clearly named.
• Please ensure children have a coat in school.
• Please ensure PE kit is always in school all week.
• If any of your contact details have changed please let the school office know.

littlepearlsnursery@swinefleetprimaryschool.co.uk

This week as we continue to learn about our bodies, we will be focussing on how to keep our bodies healthy, we will be reading 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' talking about different foods we enjoy and which foods are good for our bodies. This story also supports our learning about growth and decay and what we notice in nature.

On Wednesday we have our very exciting Pumpkin Picking trip! We will be reading 'Pumpkin Jack', and over the next half term we will be observing our own pumpkin and talk about what changes we notices as it decays overtime.

The pumpkin fun doesn't stop there; on Thursday we plan to make our own delicious pumpkin soup.

We will be using pumpkins to support our maths, as we continue to count in stable order.

And of course, our sensory exploration as we scoop out and get messy looking inside the pumpkins!

We will break up on Friday for half-term and look forward to seeing you all back in nursery on the 2nd November, when we will be talking about our experiences and celebrations, with a particular focus on Halloween, Diwali and Bonfire night, exploring some of our favourite books, 'Room on the Broom, 'Funnybones' and 'The Best Diwali'.

• Remember that Wednesday's are our Forest School style sessions so we will get muddy so old clothes are advised.
• Little Pearls are going on a Pumpkin picking trip (Wednesday 21st October) to Scalby Grange. Please give permission under trips in Arbor for your child to attend. This is a free trip.
• Please ensure all items are clearly named and that your child has a coat in school.
• If any of your contact details have changed please let us know via the nursery email as soon as possible. Many thanks.

Week beginning:

19th Oct

As a school, we want to encourage high attendance as we know the positive impact this has on children not just academically but socially too. Many schools give out rewards for 100% attendance but this is not something we do. We appreciate that children can be ill and do not want to discourage those who always attend when they can. We are parents ourselves and can appreciate the battles that sometimes occur in a morning trying to get your child to school when they are not feeling it that day so do want to try to help with this.

We do not want to penalise children for being off but want something that we can all aim for to encourage high attendance. As a team, we have decided that we will trial a new approach this summer term. For every 50 sessions that your child attends they will earn some form of reward. The first one will be non-uniform for the day, which is always popular. This means if your child is ill they do not miss out, all children will achieve this when they have earnt 50 sessions. We hope that if for example your child is on 45 sessions it might encourage them to attend to reach their 50.

This week's attendance 12th - 16th October:

Pearls - 94% Below expected standard

Rubies - 100% Excellent

Diamonds -99% Good

Sapphires - 99% Good

The below workshop is being put on by the MHST who work with our school and in the authority. A number of parents have accessed other workshops before and found them really useful. The up and coming workshop is listed below:

Understanding Anxiety: A Parent/Carer Workshop

• 4 February 2027, 4:30pm (Online)

The workshops are free to attend and offer parents and carers the opportunity to learn evidence-based approaches to supporting their child's emotional wellbeing and behaviour.

Parents and carers can book a place via the Eventbrite page (East Riding Mental Health Support Team) or the direct links next to each workshop.

New dates are in red and purple shows a change in an originally planned date.

We will share resources each week but also see our monthly newsletter for a collection of these resources that have been sent previously.