Weekly Bulletin 19 May 2026

19th May 2026

18^th– 21st May – Walk to School week – please try and walk, scooter or cycle to school this week.

Wednesday 20th May – Really Wheelie sponsored trail – a fun children’s cycling/scooting or buggy pushing activity, around 3 laps of the Nursery garden – Thank you to all the parents who have offered to volunteer.  We now have enough adults helping. If you would like to sponsor your child then please make a donation to school fund in the usual way.

Friday 22nd May – The Centre is closed for a staff training day focusing on Well-Being and Outdoor learning.

Monday 25th – Friday 29^thMay – Half term.

Holiday club will be running from Tuesday 26^th– Friday 29th May

Monday 1^st June Term restarts

Please remember to bring your child’s favourite wheeled vehicle ie their scooter, bike, buggy etc in the morning to use for the trail. Please make sure you name their vehicle (and helmet). If your child prefers to use a Homerton bike or scooter that is also an option for them.

Dear Parents

The children have all so enjoyed The Bear Hunt activities this half term so I thought you might also enjoy recapping the story with them by sharing this visual vocabulary sheet together.

We’re going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

At the beginning of the story a family set off confidently to hunt for a bear    and on their way they have to push through a field of grass , wade though a river  , squelch through mud , stumble through a forest   and find their way through a snowstorm   before they discover a cave   with a bear    and rush home , not feeling quite so brave.

Thank you for coming on the bear hunt with us last week J

Hong Lele taking a rest after a busy circle time!

The Nursery classes have all being doing work on what is known as the ‘Safety Circle’. This is an adult led activity where children work with the class staff thinking about who the safe people are that they can rely on to help them both at home and in Nursery.  Hong LeLe, who is a ‘persona doll’, has also visited the classes, to help explain who helped him find his lost teddy recently.

Hong LeLe has an ‘All about me book’ which is shared with the children on his first visit to the children’s classes. He is 4 years old, 100cms tall, has black hair and eyes.  His favourite animal is a panda and his favourite colour is red, like many children his age he has a fascination with dinosaurs, and he loves visiting the train museum. He lives with his Mum, Dad and 2 year old sister, Hong Lili. He speaks both Chinese and English and goes to a Kung Fu class. His favourite time of year is Chinese New Year when he and his family enjoy lots of celebrations.

Helen, our school photographer, has let me know that she will have photos ready on her website for you to order after the half term break. I had a sneak preview last week of some of the pictures taken and they really captured the fun of ‘The Bear Hunt’ and the many activities children enjoy in our gardens.

We apply sensitive skin sunscreen, provided by the Centre, to all children before they go out in the garden just after lunch.  If for a particular reason your child needs to bring their own sunscreen then please can you put their name on the bottle and give it to class staff first thing in the morning. 

The children in the Nest enjoyed dressing up and role play together

They also sang and then drew some familiar rhymes and songs using chalks on our wipe clean cloth

South Room were doing some acting of their ‘Helicopter stories’

Whilst in West our builders were making models using our magnetic construction sets

And also cutting and sticking using resources from our making trolley

East Room have been dodging the showers whilst learning all about planting and growing at the allotment

The Nest have been looking at their baby photos and identifying their friends from the photos of them as babies.

They went on to use non-standard measuring construction toys to see the height of the baby, and themselves, in order to see how much they have grown since being born.