June newsletter 2026
Chatham
Outdoor learning
We have done so much at our Outdoor learning, even with the weather changing every 5 minutes. We talked about the importance of the rain and sun, what happens when it’s raining while it is sunny, however we couldn’t see any rainbows. The rain has definitely made the sessions fun.
Throughout the morning the children were able to learn how to use secateurs safely and have been playing in the water tray with the flowers.
Baby room
In June the topic in the baby room is Insects, the babies will have the opportunity to look at picture books with insects, explore them in a tuff tray, while they try to find them in the jelly and other malleable items. The babies will be also going on a bug hunt in the garden, to look to see if they can find any bugs and insects in our flower beds.
For art and craft activities the children in baby room will be also painting butterflies, using a sponge and different colours.
This month the song will be : Incy wincy spider, where the children can learn the actions and learn the words.
The book of the month is The Snail and the Whale
Special days
Dinosaur day, 1st June
Picnic day, 18th June
Father’ day, 21st June
Insect week, 22nd-28th June
Fairy day, 24th June
Toddler room
The topic in this month will be learning about people who help us and also about modes of transport. The children will be making their own construction site using Weetabix, cocoa powder, adding diggers and trucks to it. The children will be also going for a walk to town to observe the traffic, talk about the colours in the traffic lights and what each colour means.
We are also planning on having a nurse visiting the room, so she can talk about her profession, and the children will have an opportunity to use bandages and plasters as part of giving first aid to each other.
For art and craft activities the toddlers will be painting pictures, by dipping the vehicles into paint and comparing the different marks each vehicle makes. In the garden the main focus will be on learning to ride a tricycle, by encouraging the children to use the pedals.
We would like to ask the parents to let us know, when they started potty training at home, so we do the same at the nursery, also please remember to pack lots of spares, underwear, trousers/leggings, socks and even a spare pair of shoes.
Even if we take the children to the bathroom regularly, accidents still do happen and the nursery has started running out of spare clothes.
We also like to ask parents if the child has gone home wearing something borrowed from the nursery, please return them.
Books of the month
· Going to the Hospital
· Paula the vet
· Car, car, truck, jeep
· Chef
Stay and play session
17th June from 2.30-4 pm, all toddler parents/carers are welcome
Pre-school room
In Pre-school there will be two topics this month, Going to school and Growing up.
Going to school
The pre-schoolers have been practising their graduation songs, they can’t wait to sing them at the graduation party.
The children will be talking and reading books about going to school, will try some uniforms on, as well looking at photos of their new school. Some primary schools have already started visiting the children in the nursery. We have been encouraging the children to be more independent like serving themselves lunch, pouring water for themselves, wiping their noses, going to the toilet.
Growing up
The pre-school children will be talking about growing up, what happens at each stages of life, how our body changes and what happens when we grow up. They will be completing a life cycle and a growing up puzzle, where they can match the right stages to the right pictures.
Graduation, for the school leavers will be 22nd June, at 10 am
Holborough
Baby room
The book of the month is Peekaboo Farm
The room planned a trip on the 8th June to soft play and will be going to Kent life later in the month. More details to follow, please speak to a member of staff if you have any questions.
The babies will be exploring the sensory tuff tray - the different textures of the animals
During story time the babies will be able to explore and play with the puppets and will be learning to sing Old Mac Donald’s Had a Farm.
During this month the babies will be learning the animal names using Makaton sign language, as well as learning all the different sounds the animals make.
The children will have a Pig messy play- finding the pigs in the brown foam
As part of art and craft activities the babies will be making sheep, using cotton wool, as well as finding the eggs in the shredded paper.
The room is also planning on taking the babies out for a walk to the park, where they can have a picnic and play different games, such as football, running races and bat and ball on the field.
During June the room will be planting tomatoes in the baby room garden, watch them grow and care for them.
Toddler room
The children in Toddler room will be learning about Road safety, they will be going out on a walk, where they can observe the traffic, learn about traffic lights. During the month of June, the toddlers will be learning about body parts, they will be making a person and sticking the body part on the paper.
The books of the month will be Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood, the children will have the opportunity to learn about social cues, who is good, who is bad?
For art and craft activities the toddlers will be painting aeroplanes and for the trooping of the colour making crowns and preparing their own scones for tea.
Father’s day cards/ special person cards, talking about special people.
For world ocean and turtle day, they will be finding the animals in the water and ice.
World wellbeing week-hand washing activity, making emotion faces out of playdough, emotions flag cards.
Rain forest day - Making rain sticks
Ice cream melt tray
Pre-school
Father's Day activities - making cards and colouring special pictures for their dads/ special people. making cakes and decorating them
3rd June world bicycle day - Riding bikes in the garden, making a track to go around, playing the traffic light game and going for a walk to count the bikes and different types of transport (doing a tally charts).
5th June childhood day - making family trees and talking about the special people in their lives
8th June ocean day looking at different sea animals, reading stories about sea animals and playing with Sean animals in water and ice. Jelly fish cutting skills activity.
13th June Kings birthday - making crowns, reading stories and talking about the king and his family. afternoon tea with cucumber sandwiches and scones. tissue paper of the kings face outline.
17th healthy eating day - cutting and sticking a healthy plate, talking about healthy food and trying some different types of health food for snack. designing a fruit kebab.
18th June going for a picnic on world picnic day
24th June writing day - doing letter formation and for the school leavers writing their names so they recognise them.
Polite reminders
We would like to ask parents to provide some change of clothes, so we can change the children after a messy activity, after being outside in the garden or taking part in our outdoor learning, but please remember the children are learning through exploration, the messier the better!
At our outdoor learning the children are always having lots of fun, but the sessions that the children are still talking about is when they were able to stand in the mud and scoop them up with their hands.
Invoices need to be paid by the 7th of each month, any enquiries regarding these need to be made via email. Thank you to the huge number of parents that do pay by this date, however late charges will be added to those that pay late. If the fees are not being paid we have the right to refuse entry or change the children’s sessions for the afternoon.
As the weather is getting warmer, we would like to ask parents to make sure the child has a sun hat and apply the sun cream before coming to nursery. If the child is doing a full day session, please make sure they have sun cream in their bags, so we can reapply it in the afternoon. If the children come in with no sun cream on, unfortunately they won’t be able to go outside to the garden.
Please remember appropriate footwear that is suitable for the nursery. The children should not wear flip-flops or sliders.
Thank you
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Sun cream needs to be applied before the children coming to nursery. We care for many children and it is impossible to apply the sun cream before temperatures rise too high. Unfortunately, without having sun cream and sun hats on, the children won’t be able to able to enjoy the garden
Tel: 01634 786 500