September 2025 Newsletter

We would like to welcome you and your child to Early Learners.
Our newsletters will keep you informed of themes, topics and outings for the nursery.
Our programme is based upon the Curricular Guidance for Preschool Education:
- Personal, Social & Emotional Development – Co-operating, turn taking and sharing
- The Arts – painting, music, drama and dance
- Physical Development and Movement – large and fine motor skills, hand/eye co-ordination
- Language Development – speaking, listening, reading/writing
- Early Mathematical Experiences – numbers, size, shapes, sorting
- The World Around Us – observing, understanding the environment

As a pre-school setting, we prioritise learning through play.
Play is key for a child’s development as they build up their confidence by exploring the environment around them, develop independent problem-solving skills and establish positive relationships with others.
At Early Learners, we believe play should be enjoyable, engaging and intrinsically motivating which creates opportunities for spontaneous learning, creative thinking and risk-taking. Therefore, our programme has been planned to incorporate various aspects of play-based learning. This takes into account the holistic development of the child while allowing freedom to explore the world around them.
During the month of September our focus will be on settling the children, getting to know staff / making new friends and learning nursery routines

Settling In
Getting to know staff / making new friends
Imaginative Play – Home Corner
Art Area – Painting, gluing, drawing
Dough Area – Making our own play dough
Sand Tray – Buckets, spades, diggers
Water Tray – Bottles, funnels, pouring and filling
Table top – Jigsaws, Duplo house, Sticklebricks, basic table-top games
Outdoor – Basic obstacle course, balance Bikes, ‘Secret’ Garden
Story area – Books related to: ‘First Day at School’; Traditional Stories such as Three Little Pigs; Red Riding Hood; Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Group activities – ‘Warm-up Exercises’, Traditional Games such as ‘The Farmer wants a Wife’, ‘Who do you want to swing with?’, ‘In and Out the Dusty Bluebells’.

15th – 21st September 2025
Did you know that your child can learn Coding from as young as 3 years old without using a digital device?!
Please see your seesaw app to see the wonderful activities your child will be doing!