Draw a picture for your nursery teacher. Children will love drawing and colouring a special picture for their favourite teacher. You can also edit these bookmarks if you like, so you could slightly alter the poem if you wanted to make it more personal. Plus, you can write each of your children’s names on them to make them feel extra special.

This superb collection has been designed by qualified, experienced EYFS practitioners to help every child manage the transition from nursery into reception class. You will find lots of guidance both for parents and practitioners about ways in which you can support young children in their first weeks in a new setting. There are also many fantastic activities you can try with children to help them prepare for the transition to school. All teachers and practitioners do amazing work and deserve lots of gratitude! That’s why we have more lovely resources like this Leaving Nursery Thank You Poem to help your children show thanks and appreciation towards teachers. These lovely DIY Teacher Thank You Cards are great for early years children, as little ones can colour their card in themselves to personalise their gift and make it extra special. Parents, why not give a Teacher Appreciation Poem as your children leave kindergarten? This can be a lovely way to say thank you! Early Level Graduation Star Cut-Outs – An editable memento to recognise children’s unique personalities.Why not create a lovely memory by reading this childminder leaving poem out loud when there's a child leaving? This childminder poem is full of heart-warming rhymes and imagery, and the language is very accessible to children so they'll love listening.

This leaving nursery poem for teachers to read out loud or give to their students as they leave on their last day of school. These bookmarks have a wonderful poem written on them, which acts as a written message from you to your children. It lets them know how brilliant the past year has been and how sad you are to see them go. Why not use this to mark the last day of the nursery term? Your learners and their grown ps can share in this lovely poem and use it to mark the end of their time at nursery and the beginning of their school adventure. You also might like to explore our Early Years School Transition Hub! It’s full of really helpful information to help guide you and your child through the next steps of school, including tips on emotional transitioning, and transition worksheets. Other useful resources like this Leaving Nursery Thank You Poem:

They care for small groups of children of different ages, from babies under one year old to older children. Childminder’s support early learning and often provide children with toys, books, and activities while giving them adult guidance as they play and learn. This might include things like: And of course, little learners deserve thanks for their hard work too. Our heart-warming Childminder Leaving Poem is perfect if you’re a childminder who wants to say a special goodbye to each child. And this End of Year Leaving Poem is lovely to share with pupils before they move onto another class. In fact, we have a whole collection of Transition Resources and Nursery Graduation Ideas for you to browse. Help children move up into the next stage of their learning more smoothly with these thoughtful ideas and resources, such as a personalised Graduation Certificates. How can I say thank you to a nursery teacher? End of Year Reflection Activity - Help your children to summarise everything they’ve learnt over the past year and reminisce about some of their best memories. Presenting children with their own Graduation Certificate is an excellent way to help them feel accomplished and give them a wonderful keepsake to commemorate their journey. These are editable, too, so you can tailor them to your requirements. Give them a thank-you poem. This is something you and your child can both write or print out, and take in to school together.

All our resources here at Twinkl are created by our experienced team of practitioners, teachers and early years specialists. These graduation nursery ideas are designed to save you time, so you can spend more time doing what matters most; nurturing the bright young sparks in your care. As early years professionals, we realise how important (and a tad challenging!) it can be to maintain that healthy life balance; we’ve done the work, so you don't have to! Our resources are also available to print in an eco-friendly version too, saving the planet and your printing budget. More Transitional Support in EYFS Why not try these Nursery End of Year Certificates to help your nursery learners celebrate their time at nursery? This is a great practise to help them say goodbye to their time at nursery and feel ready for starting P1. You might want to try out this EYFS Starting Reception eBook for those coming from nursery into reception. The book talks about the main character’s newfound feelings and emotions, which come with her first day of school. A great channel for talking about emotions is through using stories since there are tonnes of feelings that can emerge from reading. Read by students at an end-of-year school assembly as students move onto the next stages of their learning journey. Have your learner or learners meet with their new teacher and any of the staff at the school who they’ll be working with. Seeing a familiar face can ease anxiety on the first day of school.

This moving goodbye poem is written for parents saying goodbye to their children on the first day of school. There are lots of ways that you can use this poem: