| Homerton Early Years Centre – Weekly Bulletin
24th June 2025 |
| Dates for your diary:
Class Trips to Nightingale Park, we need volunteers on the following days. Please can you let class staff know if you can help with these dates below – Thank you.
Wednesday 25th June 9.30am-11.30am – South Room Monday 30th June 9.30am-11.30am – East Red and some East Purple children Tuesday 1st July 9.30am-11.30am – West Room Thursday 3rd July 9.30-11.30am East Blue and remaining East Purple children
Nest trips are taking place on Wednesday 9th and Friday 11th July
Other dates Wednesday 2nd July – Summer Celebration musical event in the garden for parents and children. Parents are welcome to attend at either 11am or 2.30pm. We suggest 11.00am for our Nest, South and East Red/Purple parents and 2.30pm for West and East Blue/Purple parents. Wednesday 23rd July – End of Term Thursday 24th and Friday 25th July – Whole Centre is closed Monday 28th July – Summer Holiday club begins. Please respond to Mel’s email if you would like a place for your child.
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| Reminders and Requests:
Sunscreen and Hats Now that the weather is getting warmer and UV levels are much higher please can we request that all children have sun cream applied first thing in the morning before coming to Homerton, and that they come with a named sunhat to go on their pegs. Could we also request that children have an extra drink at breakfast so they are well hydrated for the day ahead.
Nightingale Park Trips Please sign up on the sheets outside your classrooms, or speak to class staff, if you are able to help with these trips.
Parking plea Thank you to everyone who is parking considerately, we have noticed that there are still a number of cars at drop off and pick up across driveways, so PLEASE can you allow extra time so that you have time to park with more consideration for our neighbours, thank you.
Pick up at the end of the session Please can you pick up your children promptly at the end their session and use the park next door, rather than the Homerton garden, for a play at the end of the day. Our insurance doesn’t cover us to have children on site playing unless they are being looked after by our staff in Owlets. Your help with this is much appreciated.
Nest Gates Please can you help us to keep all the children safe here at Homerton by making sure you close and bolt the Nest gates after picking up your child. Thank you
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| Message from Headteacher
Dear Parents The hot weather, though lovely, can present quite a challenge for young children. We are trying our best to ensure everyone stays well hydrated through the day. We have also been using the garden sprinkler hose to cool children off, as well as getting the paddling pool out at times.
Two very exciting events took place at Homerton last week based on Lifecycles. The butterfly eggs all turned into caterpillars and two of our tadpoles in West room turned into frogs. The children have been fascinated by watching both of these events taking place. Bob has kindly taken the tadpoles and frogs to live in his wildlife garden pond, so hopefully they will be very happy in their new home.
This week sees the start of our trips to Nightingale Park. South Room will be going on Wednesday morning – thank you to all the parents who have offered to help on this trip. We will be providing the children with drinks and biscuits for the trip, but please bring whatever you need for yourself in terms of water and snacks if you are helping.
One of our parents has been taking part in a research project with The Faculty of Education and said it was a lot of fun, so if anyone else is interested in doing the same I am copying the link below
https://www.camblab.psychol.cam.ac.uk/participate-in-research
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| Medical Update:
We have a case of chicken pox reported in the Nest. |
| Some of our Learning this week
The children have been learning how to colour mix with different powder paints and finding out what happens when red and blue, or blue and yellow are mixed together.
Harvey’s Mum brought in baby Louis and talked to the children about life with a baby and his learning and development
South Room had fun following a recipe to make bread rolls which looked and smelt delicious
Rolling the dough before putting it in the oven to cook
One of our beautiful fruit birthday cakes
Looking at the caterpillars at circle time in the Nest
Can you spot the tiny frog in this picture?
The children in Nest green enjoyed learning some songs in French with Adele – thank you to her
Our Nest children also visited the Nursery garden as part of our transition work to help them settle in for September
The children have also been enjoying making campfires
Our scientists of the future have also been experimenting with moving water from one place to another using jugs and guttering at different heights and angles
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Best wishes from all of us all at Homerton
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