Thursday 16 May 2013

Week commencing 20th May


Summer picnic- This Saturday!

THE PICNIC IS ON!!!!

The weather doesn’t look too rainy until later in the day on Saturday so we are going for it!

The picnic is 12-2 We would like to invite the whole family along to Shalford Park to join us in our summer picnic. For those of you who have not been before, everyone brings one dish and we all share our food “buffet style”. We hope to see you all there!

 

The Farm

The farm visit was a great success! Everyone enjoyed seeing the animals



 

 

Father’s week

You can now book your slots for Father’s week – Week 10th June, Every day there will be time slots for Dads to come and join in activities with their children. On Friday 14th June  we will be having a Father’s day tea party from 4pm to 5pm.

 

School Leavers

Just a reminder that we need a month’s notice for school leavers last days L

Please can you confirm your child’s last day in writing, an email will do. Also don’t forget to stop your voucher payments in time!

 

Staff News

The team will be attending an in house training session on Physical play

Jess has been accepted to do her BA in Early Years  at Kingston University in September and Magda and Sophie have both enrolled on the Children and Young Peoples Workforce CACHE Level 3 Diploma which starts in September.

Chloe, Josie and Leanne are all finishing their Level 3 qualifications shortly.

Becky will be coming from our Markenfield Road Nursery to help us cover holidays and staff training days.

 

Illness

We have had several cases of Conjunctivitis in the Nursery and one case of Gastroenteritis in the Buttercup room L

 

 

Policies of the week

We will be displaying a different policy every week in the hallway and on our blog:  http://castlenursery-southhill.blogspot.co.uk  (you may have to cut and paste this link).

If you would like to see this or any of our policies please ask Caroline.

Our Policy this week is: risk assessment policy.

 

This week’s activities

Each key person will be responsible for designing an activity based on their key children’s needs; however, all children who are in on that day will have the opportunity to access the activity too.

If the key person is on holiday or off, another staff member will be able to lead the activity in their place so that the children do not miss out.

For more information on the Early Years Foundation stage, the guidance we use to support our planning and practice, visit:


 

Buttercups

Monday – Emma’s group will be exploring books together

Tuesday – Leanne’s group are developing their communication skills as they play peek- a - boo

Wednesday – Nilem’s group are getting creative as they do some painting

Thursday – Charlotte’s group are playing alongside each other and working on our social skills

Friday –Magda’s group are practicing their grasping, squeezing and throwing skills as they play with different sized balls

Charlotte is off Friday, Emma is off Thursday, Nilem is off Friday, Magda is off Monday and Leanne is in all week

 

Bluebells

Monday – Donna’s group will be using the bats and balls to develop gross motor skills

Tuesday – Donna’s group is singing counting songs as the children practice their number skills

Wednesday-  Josie’s group are using the remote control cars, which I am sure will be a very popular activity!

Thursday – Josie’s group will be using their listening skills as they follow simple instructions

Friday – Donna’s group is reading the Favourite book “Shark in the Park”

Donna is off Friday, Josie is off Tuesday, Sophie is on holiday all week and Rose is in every day.

 

Sunflowers

The topic for May and June is “Europe”. If you have anything at home that links to this topic please can we have it for our interest table? Please make sure any items brought in are labelled. Books of the fortnight are:

13th – 20th May – All kinds of Home by Emma Damom

27th May – 3rd June – Emeka’s Gift – Ifeoma Onyefulu

10th – 17th June – Home by Kate Petty

Monday – Chloe’s group are moving their bodies in different ways to the beat of the drum

Tuesday – Jess’s group will be playing dominos as they build their matching and number skills

Wednesday – Alison will be supporting the children’s understanding of the world as they read and talk about countries

Thursday – Chloe’s group is developing computer skills as they use the computer

Friday – Jess’s group are talking about buildings as they build block houses

Jess is off Monday, Chloe is off Wednesday and Alison does 9.30-2.30 Monday to Thursday
 
Hope to see you all on Saturday!

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