| Homerton Early Years Centre – Weekly Bulletin
6th November 2026
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| Message from the Head Teacher:
Dear Parents and Carers
I hope you have all had a good half term break. Thank you to Mel, Bridget, and the staff who ran holiday club, which I understand was very successful.
Homerton Catering Staff This half term we have had farewell celebrations for Angela, our wonderful cook for the past 18 years. We are very sorry to lose her and I know many families and children have appreciated her lovely fresh meals cooked at Homerton. We are very lucky that Liane has now taken over her role and has been trained by Angela so you will continue to receive the same excellent service at lunch time. We hope your children are enjoying the new menu which we started offering this week.
Parents Evening and Play talk on Wednesday 18th November 7.00-8.00pm. This is just for Nursery parents in South, East and West Rooms. Nursery parents please do come along to hear about how we play and learn at Homerton and have an informal chat with your class staff. This is also an opportunity to meet other parents from your child’s class. The Nursery classes will have a more formal, one to one meeting, with all parents during the second half of the Spring Term.
Our Nest parents will also be having a parent one to one meeting, with the key worker for their child, during the year, as part of the ‘2 year check’ which is offered for all children between the ages of 2-3.
Litter Picking Related to our “10 Things I can do to help my World” theme – litter picking is the focus of this month and we have a litter picking event planned which we would like to invite you to. It is on Saturday 21st November from 10-11am. Please see attached poster but we will meet outside Homerton and have borrowed litter picking equipment for the day so do come and join us to increase the impact we can have on clearing up our environment.
Wednesday 2nd December 8.45-9.30am Christmas Storytrail for all families both in the Nest and Nursery and takes place in our Nursery Homerton garden. The Christmas storytrail is a magical event for both children and adults so please do allow time on the 2nd to go into work a little later, as children love to go around the trail with their parents. It usually takes about 15-20 minutes from arrival to complete the trail, although children often like to go around more than once!
Request for Christmas Raffle prizes We are having our annual Christmas Raffle on Wednesday 9thDecember. We will be selling raffle tickets on the 9th December only. The raffle tickets will cost £1.00 per ticket (cash only please). If you are able to, please donate a prize to go into the raffle, for example, a box of biscuits, chocolates, wine, new books, smellies etc. Please take your donation to the main office, or give it to class staff, by Tuesday 24th November. The money raised will go towards a Christmas present for each child when Father Christmas visits the Centre in December. Thank you to Tracey, Suzy and Alex, for helping to organise the raffle for us and selling tickets on the day.
Toilet Training If your child is in nappies/pull ups, and you and the staff feel they are now ready to move on to wearing pants instead, then please chat to staff and work together to toilet train. There is a very useful website https://eric.org.uk with information on toilet training, which you may find helpful.
Supporting Independence skills in young children I am also attaching some NHS advice on what is known as ‘Backward Chaining’ a technique for encouraging and supporting children to become more independent in activities such as dressing themselves. Please do have a look at the attachment as there are really good tips on how you can encourage your child to learn new skills leading towards independence which builds confidence and is really helpful for children when they transition onto school.
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| Medical Update: Please continue to support us in keeping children at home if they are unwell as we want to prevent the spread of illness amongst other children and staff.
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| Some of the Learning this week
Fireworks on Wednesday On Wednesday the children enjoyed a small Fireworks display, using the quietest selection of fireworks we could find. We talked to them about keeping themselves and their pets safe around fireworks, we also learned a special Homerton fireworks song which you might like to ask your child to sing to you? Here are some pictures of the fireworks your children enjoyed J
Core Book – Whatever Next by Jill Murphy We are also introducing our new Core story ‘Whatever Next’ by Jill Murphy this half term. It is all about a bear going on a visit to the moon. It provides opportunities for children to learn about the themes of space travel, and light and dark. I shall be sending out a picture story telling sheet for you to share with your children next week, once they have been introduced to the story in our class Circle times.
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| Dates for your diary:
Wednesday 18th November Nursery Parent’s Evening – this is just for parents of children in our Nursery classes which are South, East and West Room and is 7.00-8.00pm
Saturday 21st November Litter Picking 10-11am
Wednesday 2nd December – Christmas Story Trail for all parents and children around the garden 8.45am-9.30am – West Blue children, and any children from the Nest who attend on a different day/time, please come in to enjoy this event with everyone.
Wednesday 9th December – Christmas Raffle please send in donations for prizes by Tuesday 24th November. Thank you very much in advance.
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| Reminders/Requests:
Please can you ensure that our office and class staff have up to date mobile phone contact details, and that we have a contact person based here in Cambridge, for us to ring, in the event that your child becomes ill, or has an accident, whilst at Homerton.
Please encourage your children to walk into Homerton rather than being carried or pushed in a pushchair.
Please remember to provide your child with warm and waterproof clothing for our Garden times. Please can we also have 1-2 spare sets of clothes in your child’s bag as we go out in all weathers.
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