Finally, the summer is here! The days are getting brighter and the evenings are getting longer too. With restrictions changing and
people able to meet extended family members outdoors, it feels like a very welcoming change.

Our children had such fun during our monthly events in May. They were so engaging and took a real interest in our curriculum topics.
We loved Firefighter Day, International Nurses Day and World Baking Day and for Rock N Roll Day, we had such fun dancing and
singing! We are delighted now have all our children back together. Each day is different and we make such it is jam packed with lots of
fun. Keep an eye out on our Social Media Channels for photos of our daily activities.
In this newsletter, we have shared some insight into the activities from each of our rooms that has taken place during the month of
May.
At the end of May, over 70 members from Team Links took part in a Links 10KM Fun Run, were over €2000 was raised for The Jack &
Jill Foundation. Thank you to you all for sponsoring and supporting us in raising these much needed funds for a very worthy cause.

Sarah Bell – Crèche Manager

Activities from our Baby Room

It has been a height of activity and fun in our Baby Room during the month of May.

Cars and Bicycles – Babies made a car and roleplayed driving around the room and garden. They also had fun playing on the small bicycles in the
garden. The babies also made a car from Lego to put their dolls into.

Water Play – We experimented with water in the garden and added different sensory materials like
leaves, feathers etc. We also compared the feelings of warm water and cold water.

Farm Animals – We acted out the different sounds and actions of the farm animals. We also loved
learning old Mac Donald.

Construction – We built bridges and roads for the animal toys. We explored the different types of
construction toys like wooden blocks and plastic Lego.

Summer – We decorated our room with a big sun. We also created a beach on our display board with
sand and different beach materials.

Earth Day – We used green and blue paint and our handprints to create the planet earth. We also
explored different nature items like leaves, sticks to appreciate our environment.

 

 

 

 

Our Wobbler Room News

Transport – Our Wobblers created a road from black bags and used this in play with all of our transport toys.

Circus – we looked at the different acts in the circus like the clowns and magician. We created our own clowns and read
a circus story.

Summer – We learned about the clothes we wear in summer like shorts and summer hats and wearing sun cream. We had a picnic outside with our fruit snack. We also
created a giant sunflower in our room.

Fire Fighters Day- we made our very own firefighter hats to wear and role play with.

 

 

Our Toddler Room News

Transport – We learned about the different types of transport such as cars, motorbikes, helicopters, planes and
trucks. We made our own transport puzzles and had races in the garden with our trucks.

Food – We learned about healthy food and what we like to eat. We made different foods from playdoh and had fun
role playing in our kitchen.

Pirates – We learned what a pirate looks like and made our own pirates with handprints. We also spent the week
creating our very own pirate ship to role play on.

Circus – We talked about what we can find in the circus and what happens there. We did circus arts and crafts like
making clowns and played circus games where we had to balance and mimic things.

 

Our Pre-school Room News

Europe – We looked at different places in Europe and their main attractions. We created our own Eiffel Tower, Big Ben,
colosseum, GPO and the Tower of Pisa.

Transport – We talked about the different types of transport we see every day. We created games where we had to
classify which types of transport travel on land, sea or air. We also made memory games to play with different types of
transport.

Summer – As the weather gets warmer, we talked about how we need to prepare for summer like wearing our sun cream
and sun hats. We created summer-based arts and crafts like flipflops, the sun and watermelons.

We also made a role play area with seashells, sunglasses, summer hats, summer books and flashcards. We also created our own beach, ice-creams and crabs.

Ready for school – We role played using our ready for school box and made our own ‘packed lunch’ with the kitchen toys.

International Fire Fighters Day – We painted our own fire and then created a big hose from Lego and other construction toys and role played putting out the fire.

Earth Day – We made a recycling bin and talked about what materials should be recycled. We also created planet earth art.