Week commencing 6th October

Dear Parents

 

Staff news

After taking a year off to look after her ill daughter, Emma has decided not to return to us L

Holly is doing much better and is back to school which is great, however Emma still needs to be around to continue to support her.

We are very sad to see Emma go as she has been with us since 2008. Emma has asked me to send you her love and say goodbye. She will still be popping in from time to time.

We are currently recruiting for a new member of staff but until we find the right person we will be having staff cover from our sister nursery.

We will also be using our own bank staff. Julie is coming back to work with us as bank staff. Julie has worked both here and at our Markenfield Road nursery so some of you may recognise her.

I will keep you updated on our recruitment process.

 

Head lice

There has been one case of head lice in Buttercups.  Please can you check your child’s hair and treat if needed.

 

Forest school -Sunday 12^th 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!

Due to the nature of the session the children will not be able to attend

All the staff had a great time taking part in the forest school training last weekend, check out the photos on our blog: http://castlenursery-southhill.blogspot.co.uk

 

Menus

There are no planned changes to this week’s menu.

See attached document for the weekly menu.

 

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: Emergency closure policy - Illness

 

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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

Buttercups

Monday – Magda’s group are developing their physical skills by using the trikes and push-along toys in the garden  

Tuesday – Nilem’s group will be building towers with the wooden blocks.

Wednesday – Julia’s group are exploring the ‘people of the world puppets’.

Thursday – Charlotte’s group are playing peek-a-boo games with different fabrics.

Friday – Magda’s group will be listening to the sounds different animals make through using the animal train. 

Charlotte is off Tuesday, Julia is off Thursday, Nilem is off Friday and Magda is off Monday

 

Bluebells

Monday – Donna’s group is developing their recognition of numbers by using the magnetic number boards.

Tuesday – Chloe’s group will be developing their co-ordination as they play bowling with the skittles and balls.

Wednesday -  Rose’s group are reading books together and talking about what might happen next in the story.

Thursday – Donna’s group will be playing naming parts of the body games during circle time.

Friday – Leanne’s group are collecting leaves and twigs and creating paintings with them.

Donna is off Friday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Chloe is off Wednesday and Rose is in all week

 

Sunflowers

Books of the fortnight

6^th -13^th October – Mog on Fox Night by Judith Kerr

20-27^th October  - Lulu Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn

3-10^th November – The Sunflower Sword by Mark Sperring

17-24^th November – Victoria’s Day by Maria de Fatima Campos

 

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: Shape recognition

 

We will be looking at pictures of different shapes and identifying what they are, drawing shapes, cutting them out and arranging them into a picture, talking about different shapes in the environment. 

 

Our Letter of the week is: V

 

Our activities are:

Making vehicle sounds

Drawing vans

Talking about violins

Setting up the whiteboard with letter v stencils

Talking about words that begin with v.

 

Jess is off Thursday and Friday, Sophie is off Monday and Becci is in all week.  

 

 

Caroline is on holiday this week so if you need anything please speak to Charlotte or Jess.