Dear
Parents
Illness
We
have now had four confirmed cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth, three cases of
Impetigo and one case of Chicken Pox.
If
your child gets Chicken Pox or Hand, Foot and Mouth they can return to nursery
once the spots/blisters have scabbed over and they meet our well child policy
(below)
If
your child gets Impetigo they will need to be off nursery for 48 hours after
they have started antibiotics.
I
know it can be hard to arrange for your child to be away from nursery and we
don’t do it to make your lives difficult!
We
ask children to stay away from nursery so we can minimise the spread to other children
and we hate making those phone calls, but we have to do what we think is right.
Well child policy
Aim
of policy
To
give practitioners and parents guidance on how we judge a child to be well
enough to attend nursery.
Points
to consider
The
health and wellbeing of the children in our care is of the utmost importance to
us. However as every child is different we use the definition of a well child
along with information from the Health Protection Agency to decide if a child
is well enough to attend nursery.
Castle
Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this by:
The
definition of a well child:
- A
child who is not dependent on Calpol or similar.
- A
child with normal bowel movements.
- A
child who participates in activities as they normally would.
- A
child who does not require a greater ratio.
Photo
cubes
Bluebells
and Babies are still waiting for some family photos, so if you haven’t emailed
yours in yet can we have them please?
Spare
Clothes
If
you have any nursery clothes please can you return them as we have run out!
Please
can you bring in some spare clothes for your child.
Forest
school -Sunday 12th October
We
will be having a Parent Session in the forest to explain how Forest school
works and what activities we will be doing.
Please
sign up in the Sunflowers room. All parents are welcome so feel free to come
along even if your child is a baby or bluebell!
More
details to follow!
Photographer
-Thursday 2nd October from 1- 5ish
The
nursery photographer will come in to take photos of the children. She can do
family photos and siblings so if you want to bring the whole family you are
more than welcome.
More
details to follow!
Menus
There
are no planned changes to this week’s menu.
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, please visit:
Buttercups
Monday
– Nilem’s group are exploring animals in the cornflour gloop
Tuesday
– Nilem’s group is signing action rhymes as they build listening skills
Wednesday
– Julia’s group will be reading stories with puppets
Thursday
– Charlotte’s group are working together to build a den.
Friday
– Magda’s group is talking about Rosh Hashanah and printing with apples.
Charlotte
is off Monday, Julia is off Thursday, Nilem is off Friday and Magda is off
Tuesday
Bluebells
Monday
– Donna’s group is taking turns as they choose their own songs to sing.
Tuesday
– Donna’s group will be building language skills as they look after dollies
Wednesday
- Chloe’s group is creating pictures with paint.
Thursday
– Rose’s group are using different sized paint brushes to make patterns
Friday
– Leanne’s group is developing number recognition as they play with the compare
bears.
Donna
is off Friday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Chloe is off Thursday, Rose is in all
week
Sunflowers
15th
– 22nd September – Always and Forever by Debi Gliari and Alan
Durant
The
Sunflowers have one detailed weekly focused activity to ensure all the children
have the opportunity to take part in it.
This
will work alongside their weekly planned activity list which you can see in the
room.
This
week’s activity is:
Completing
our “I can” activity sheets
We
will be looking at our letter recognition, our writing skills and our counting
and number recognition skills.
The
children will also be drawing pictures of themselves.
Our
Letter of the week is: T
Our
activities are:
Reading
the book “The Tiger Who Came to Tea”
Drawing
pictures of tigers
Writing
the number two
Stencilling
the letter t
Tree
printing using paper and crayons
Playing
with toy turtles in the water tray.
Jess
is off Friday, Sophie is off Monday and Becci is on holiday all week
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