March Newsletter, 2026

Chatham

Outdoor learning

With the weather getting warmer we are planning on planting seeds to grow both vegetables and flowers, they will all be planted around the Bug hotel.  The children have been very keen to start building the pond, however with the weather being so wet, we were not able to start with the digging yet, so hopefully we can start soon.

We are already completing supervised toothbrushing with the children but we are extending this. We are joining the Medway Smiles campaign and prompting oral health throughout the nursery. Further information will be coming out shortly.

Baby room

The topic in March will be Spring. The children will be making spring chickens and making a flower garden picture, using paint and different material as part of their art and craft activities. The children will be introduced to a new nursery rhyme called Spring chicken and will be planting some flower bulbs.

Special Days

1^st March-St David’s day, daffodil picture

4^th March-Holi, colourful pictures

5^th March-World Book day, the theme will be Bananas in Pyjamas, the children can come in wearing their pyjamas

15^th March- Mother’s Day, Mother’s day craft

17^th March-St Patrick’s day, rainbow and a four leaf clover pictures

Toddler room

The topic in Toddler room will be Spring and Wildlife. The children will be learning about the animals and what their babies are called by looking at picture books and flash cards. Once they are more familiar with each animal, they will be matching them to their babies.

The children will also have the opportunity to use their senses to learn about the different habitats the animals live in, by having a sensory tray, which will have snow/ice, tree bark, moss and sand in it.

As part of the art and craft activities the toddlers will be making flower prints and will be making flowers and animals from playdough.

Special dates:

1^st March- St David’s Day, daffodil painting

3^rd March-World Wildlife Day, animal print, painting, bug hunt in the garden

15^th March- Mother’s day, Mother’s Day craft

Pre-school

In Pre-school room the topic will be Spring and New Life. The children will be doing some gardening;  planting some seeds indoors before they can be planted outside, such as tomatoes, beans and peppers. The children will learn about life-cycle of a frog and a chick, by colouring in the different stages and placing them in order.

As the weather is changing the pre-schoolers will learn about each season, especially Spring, what the weather is going to be like, how is it different to Winter, what changes happens in nature and the impact on animals.

Special dates:

1^st March-St David’s Day, drawing daffodils

3^rd World Wildlife Day, learn about wildlife and their habitats

5th March, World book day dressing up as their favourite books and reading lots of stories.

6-15^th March-STEM week, what STEM is, activities, eg. how can we build a house from recycling materials

15^th March-Mother’s Day, card, home-made presents

17^th March-St Patrick’s Day, four leaf clover pictures and hat making

18^th March-Global recycling day, learn about why we need to recycle and how does this affect the planet

19^th-20^th March- Eid Al Fitr, colourful painting

20^th March-Red Nose day, “Design your own red nose”

20^th March-Spring equinox, talking about what happens in Spring

20^th March-Frog day, making clay frogs

Holborough

Special dates

1st March St David Day making welsh crafts, dragon pictures, flags, daffodils, trying leek and potato soup

4th March Holi festival of lights, playing with different coloured paints, coloured powder play

5th March, World book day dressing up as their favourite books and reading lots of stories.

15th March Mother’s day crafts, making cards, talking about their mothers and what they do for us.

17th March St Patrick's day flag, four leaf clovers, tasting Irish stew, pots of gold, playing and counting money, painting picture of rainbows

18th March recycling day, introduce recycling bins in preschool, making recycled paper

19th March St Joseph’s day, talking about fathers and how important they are and the special things they do for us.

23rd March World bear day, teddy bear picnic with the children bringing in their favourite bears from home.

As well as all these special days Baby room are looking at Spring time for their theme this month. They will be learning about baby animals, flowers and talking about the colours of the flowers that are growing. There will be lots of nursery rhymes being sung this month.

Toddlers this month are talking about all the people who help us. There are lots of fun activities going on. Toddlers are also going to be do exercise sessions and talking about health foods and how to keep our teeth healthy.

Preschool will be continuing to learn how numbers and letters can be formed. In the excitement of getting ready for big school, the pre-schoolers are going to be talking about what to expect at their new schools and talking about their feelings around this.

Polite reminders

Invoices need to be paid by the 7^th 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.

We would like to remind parents to stick to drop off and pick up times, also if you would like a detailed feed back please come at least 10 minutes before the child’s session is due to finish.

At Chatham, we are requesting that parents leaving buggies can these please be small and foldable pushchairs. The cupboard is limited and this is to prevent fire hazard, as it is not safe to store them in the corridor or in the parent room.

Thank you