Dear
Parents
New
Fees
From
1st March the fees are changing.
To
try and make the 15 hours of funding that three year olds receive clearer, we
will be changing our fee structure from your average monthly fee minus the
funding to an actual monthly fee minus the funding. You will still receive all
of the funding that your child is entitled to.
Please
remember that the Government does not pay funding during school holidays. Here
is a list of the school holiday dates:
W/C
16th February
30th
March – 10th April
4th
May
W/C
25th May
End
of term is 21st July and the term starts again in September so there
is no funding in August.
Hopefully
this will make the funding a little easier to calculate.
If
you have any questions about the new fees you can contact the Operations
Manager Natalie Chrystie on: natalie@daycare.co.uk
or her Mobile: 07789268241
Child
contact forms
We
are still waiting for some contact forms to be returned. It is very important
that we have your most up to date contact details in case of an emergency.
If
you need a new form just ask!
Staff
News
Exciting
news, Rose is going to have a baby!
We
are all very excited for her and can’t wait to meet the new arrival due in
June.
I
will keep you updated of her planned last day before maternity leave.
Useful
websites:
Here
are the links for the Surrey Family Information Service, Free Early Education
(the 15 hours funding) and Free Early Education for Two year olds.
Menus
There are no changes to this week’s menu.
If you
would like to see a copy of our allergens menu at any time please ask!
Policies of the week
We are
currently updating our policies. When these are finished we would like some of
our parents to review them.
All you
would need to do is read some or all of the policies and give some feedback on
them.
If you
are interested please let me know.
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:
This week’s planned activities are also are now on
the ILD’S
Forest School
The Forest school group read ‘The
Three Billy Goats Gruff’ and acted out the story using a fallen tree as the
bridge and a tarpaulin as the troll’s house. They took it in turns to
play all the parts.
The children climbed up a slope to
the ‘Dragon Tree’ and rode on his back! They also visited the ‘Gruffalo’s
House’ again and had fun playing hide and seek!
Buttercups
Monday – Nilem’s group are
investigating the buttons on the electronic train and musical ladybird.
Tuesday – Nilem will be singing the
song ‘Five Little Speckled Frogs’ to develop her groups awareness of number
names.
Wednesday – Leanne’s group are
playing pointing to and naming parts of our bodies games.
Thursday – Charlotte’s group are
practising their animal sounds as they play with the small world farm.
Friday – Charlotte’s group will be
developing their physical skills as they explore the buckets and spades in the
sand tray.
Charlotte is off Monday, Mel is off
Tuesday, Leanne is off Friday, Nilem is off Friday.
Bluebells
Monday – Donna’s group are developing
their creativity as they explore the tissue paper and glue.
Tuesday – Chloe’s group will be
drawing with pencils and crayons and discussing the marks they are making.
Wednesday- Donna’s group will be
practising their counting skills through playing with the mini motors.
Thursday – Rose will be reading the
book ‘How Do You Feel?’ with her group and talking about different feelings.
Friday – Cloe’s group are exploring
ways they can move around the room like different animals.
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off
Thursday, Rose is off Monday and Almu is in all week.
Sunflowers
Books of the fortnight
2-9th February – My
Grandparents
16th-23rd
February – Go for it Ruby by Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry
2-9th March – Mother Knows
Best by Jill Murphy
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 and on the ILD’S.
This week’s activity is: writing
using cotton buds in paint.
The children will be:
Creating patterns using the cotton
buds in paint
Dipping cotton buds into paint then
making marks on a piece of paper.
Practising writing skills
Writing letters and names with cotton
buds
Drawing pictures of ourselves
Developing fine motor control and
pincer grip
Recognising the letter of the week
‘L’.
The Letter of the week is: L
This week the children will be:
Thinking of words that begin with ‘L’
Creating 3D ladybirds and counting
their spots
Pretending to be lions in the role
play
Making play dough shapes that begin
with ‘L’
Setting up the easel with the letter
‘L’ stencils.
Jess is off Friday, Megan is off
Tuesday and Becci is in all week.
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