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Heads Up….14/07/23

- Dear parents and carers,  The children have had a busy week visiting their new schools, we have loved hearing about their school experiences. Next week is pirate week! We will have lots of pirate themed activities across the nursery, and our pirate party on Thursday where children can come to nursery dressed up (if they would like …

Heads Up…07/07/23

- Dear Parents & Carers,  Well the rain did not stop us on sports day!!! It was a very wet start, but a great finish! Thank you to all the children for their amazing participation, and to the adults who joined in too! There are some great pictures on Tapestry, please do have a look. Pyjama …

Heads Up….30/06/23

- Dear Parents & Carers,  Another busy week at Tenterfield. There is lots of talk in the nursery about Transition, whether that be children moving onto Primary School or staying with us for another year.  Welwyn Parade & Fun day: We will be taking part in the Welwyn street parade on Sat 1st July. The theme this …

Heads Up…23/06/23

- Dear Parents and Carers,  This week ended with a fun visit to the park. The children loved it, and it was lovely to see them all having fun and playing together.  Helping Herts Non-Uniform Day: Helping Herts Week will run from 3 – 7 July, towards the end of the Summer term. It will celebrate everything …

Heads Up…12/06/23

- Dear parents and carers,  We have seen some very hot weather over the last few days. It is important we are keeping our children safe in the sun. Please take the time to read our sun safety policy (attached) Water play day: Tomorrow we are having our annual water play day. Water play day is a really fun day where we ask …

Heads Up…19/05/2023

- Dear Parents and Carers,  We have ended the week with our butterflies arriving!!! It is lovely for our children to experience the awe and wonder of our natural world!  There are lots of updates this week, and some important dates for you: New garden equipment- some new garden equipment arrived this week. We were able to purchase …

Heads Up…28/04/2023

- Dear Parents & Carers,  I would like to start with a HUGE thank you to the three Dads who helped us on our Garden Day last Saturday. We couldn’t have done it without you! Sam (Isaac’s Dad) bought all his power tools and moved fencing to allow us to create a contained garden area for the pink …

Heads Up…21/04/2023

- Dear Parents & Carers,  Welcome back to the Summer Term…can you believe we are here already! And a big welcome to all our new families who have joined Tenterfield this term.  Garden day: Don’t forget our Garden Day is tomorrow 10am-12pm.  We will have our annual garden make over day where staff, governors and parents come …

Heads Up…26/03/2023

- Dear Parents and Carers,  Well, last week turned out to be a bit of an unexpected week with our Ofsted visitors! We had two inspectors joining us for the day last Thursday to evaluate how we teach at Tenterfield. Thank you so much to all those who managed to complete the parent survey, we really …

Heads Up…12/03/23

- Dear parents and carers,  Let’s hope the weather improves a bit this week. Last week was very cold, I think we are all hoping Spring is round the corner!  Eggciting news! Next week we have a very special delivery to the nursery. Keep an eye on tapestry to see what arrives!!  Mother’s Day: at Tenterfield we like …

Heads Up…07/03/23

- Dear parents and carers,    It’s going to get cold this week. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately to be both indoors and outdoors. Leggings/joggers and a T-shirt and jumper are the best attire for nursery life!  If we have to close due to snow then we will send you an app message via …

Heads Up…26/02/22

- Dear parents and carers, A busy week back after half term. Some exciting learning has been happening! Some of the children have been cooking (making delicious biscuits) some of the children have been to forest school and some of the children have been dancing with Miss Hayley from DH Dance Academy! World book day: it is …

Heads Up….19/02/2023

- Dear Parents and Carers,  We are looking forward to welcoming you back to Nursery tomorrow. We hope you have had a lovely half term. The weather has been kind to us, so we hope you have managed to get out into nature! Please upload any photographs of your half term, so we can share them …

Heads Up…05/02/23

- Dear Parents & Carers,  It has been lovely to feel a bit warmer and brighter in the garden last week. And we started forest school with the red and orange group. We had a lovely time exploring the forest, thank you to our parent helpers too!  Update on our marathon fundraiser: Lucy is going to give …

Heads Up….29/01/23

- Dear Parents and carers,  We are looking forward to reading the Gruffalo next week, and starting forest school with the red and orange group!  Strike day 1st Feb: We are very much hoping to be open on Wednesday. If there are any changes to this we endeavour to let you know ASAP.  Child sickness/absence: Can we please …