Lucy Wayland Registered Childminder

We had fun today talking about the snow we had seen yesterday, what it looked and felt like. We then decided to make our own snow having fun rubbing it between our fingers to recreate the snow flakes we had seen, making tracks with cars and paintbrushes through it, then we got some droppers and made some drops of rain onto it watching what changes this brought. Eventually as the 'rain' turned the snow into clusters we binded it all together and made some 'snowmen' with the dough.

We had a lovely morning at the Methodist Church Tree Festival, the enchanted forest was very impressive !!

Discovering the water in our tuff tray had frozen we had fun cracking off chunks of ice from the plant pot in it, painting the ice (,it's awesome watching the colours run down it) and watching kitchen roll change as we placed it on top. Afterwards we warmed up with a cup of warm milk

Wowser......1 childminding setting, a bunch of generous parents and a shed load of cakes made £120 in total for children in need. Thank you sooooo much for your generous donations, I'm watching the programme now and touched by the difference they make 🥰

All about me week, we've had fun exploring our unique features, measuring ourselves, how we all differ and how other people differ. Here's a picture we made from our different hands.

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Surrey beauty spots hosting free outdoor theatre shows ideal for kids

Healthy Start Information - Free fruit/veg/baby milk and vitamins available for pregnant women and children under 4 for those eligible see fil:///C:/Users/lucyj/OneDrive/Desktop/Childminding%202021%202022/Parents%20info%20sheets/NHS%20Healthy%20Start%20-%20Get%20help%20to%20buy%20food%20and%20milk%20-%20leaflet.pdf

This week we've been looking at the new year, what it means, new beginnings and to finish off, today we were looking at the numbers that make up 2024. We used our fingers to decorate the new year with 'fairy lights'

Many hands and feet decorating the tree at the Horley Methodist Christmas tree festival

MEASLES IMPORTANT INFORMATION.....The UK health security agency have asked all children's settings to inform parents that they are concerned about a low uptake of the MMR vaccine. Please see information below and follow this link for more information on measles https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/measles/

The number of young people
catching measles has risen. It’s
never too late to be vaccinated.
You need two doses of MMR
one month apart to be fully
protected against measles,
mumps and rubella.
It’s time to make measles a disease
of the past.
If you have symptoms of measles,
stay at home and phone your
GP or NHS 111 for advice. STAY
AWAY from GP surgeries and A&E
departments – you could spread the
illness to others.
the safest way to protect your child
For more information contact your local
GP surgery or visit: www.nhs.uk/mmr
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Measles Find out about measles, a highly infectious viral illness that can be very unpleasant and sometimes lead to serious complications.

CHILDREN IN NEED WEEK . ...we had fun talking about diversity, the differences we have between us and how children in need (& pudsey bear) help children who may need some extra help. We set up our 'cake shop' decorated the table with 'spots' and pictures then set about making cakes to sell. Not sure if they had more fun making the cakes, eating them or selling them to parents.......BUT thanks to the generosity of our amazing families we raised £80.25 !!