Dear
Parents and Carers
Our
20th Birthday
As
you all know it’s our 20th anniversary year so next Saturday (5th
September) we are having a big party at Shalford Village Hall from 10am – 1pm.
There
will be a hog roast, Eli our music teacher will be doing some sessions. There
will be a bouncy castle and balloon modeller too! It will be great to see you
all there!
Family
Photos
The
Pre-School team are creating a family tree and would like all Pre-School children
to bring in a family photo! So Pre-School parents if you have any spare family
photos you could bring in that would be great, you’re also welcome to e-mail a
photo over to us and I can print them off for you.
Term
A
reminder that the term starts back next Wednesday (2nd September)
although the Free Entitlement funding starts on the 7th September.
Interactive
Learning Diary
Don’t
forget to check out all the exciting things your child has done this week, on
their ILD profile.
We
aim to put at least one observation up per week.
Policy
of the week
We will be displaying a different policy every week
at the bottom of this newsletter.
If you would like to see this or any of our
policies please ask Jess.
Our Policy
this week is: Using images policy
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 planned changes to this week’s menu.
See attached document for the weekly menu. If you
would like to see a copy of our allergens menu at any time please ask!
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 on the
ILD’S.
Buttercups
Tuesday – Hannah’s group are investigating
different objects while playing hide and seek with toys
Wednesday– Hannah’s group will be grouping cars and
trucks together encouraging simple mathematical skills
Thursday – Charlotte’s group are making choices
about foods they like to eat at snack times
Friday – Mel’s group will be singing ‘Old
McDonald had a Farm’ encouraging language skills
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Hannah is in all week,
Nilem is off Tuesday and Mel is on holiday all week
Bluebells
Tuesday – Almu’s group will be practicing their
independence skills while putting on their own shoes and coats
Wednesday – Donna’s group are developing their
imaginative play while exploring the farm set
Thursday – Megan’s group will be exploring textures
and colours while using different materials to create a collage
Friday – Chloe’s group are discovering animal
sounds while playing the animal sound game encouraging listening skills
Donna is on a/l all week, Chloe is off Thursday,
Almu and Megan are in all week
Sunflowers
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: Letter recognition while
linking sounds to letters
The children will be completing a letter puzzle while
thinking about words that begin with each letter in the alphabet. They will be
practicing their letter pronunciation while matching letter sounds to each
letter.
The letter of the week is: P
The children will be:
Popping bubbles
Linking words to the letter P
Thinking of names that begin with P
Moving like penguins, parrots and pigs
Using the P stencils
Singing ‘Miss Polly’
Leanne is off Tuesday, Hector is off Thursday and
Becci is in all week
Using images policy
Aim of policy
To give clear guidance on the use of photographs in
the Nursery as well as how images will be used and stored.
Points to consider
This policy is part of the Nursery’s wider
commitment to safeguarding the welfare of children.
Castle Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this by:
One of the key ways that practitioners support
children's development and engage parents in children's learning is through
taking photographs that record their activities and achievements.
We will get parents’ permission to take photographs
of their child at the settling in sessions. Parents can withdraw this
permission at any time.
Only nursery cameras/tablets will be used to take
pictures of children, except in circumstances such as the local paper taking
pictures or other parents taking pictures during a party, in these cases
additional parental permission will be required.
The nursery cameras/tablets will stay onsite except
when on nursery outings.
All digital images of the children will be stored
on computers/tablets with passwords. If these images are stored on memory
sticks these sticks will be stored in a lockable cabinet. They must not leave
the nursery premises.
Permission for photographs to be used on the
nursery website will be gained separately as will permission for videos.
Kind regards,
Jess
Smith
Manager, SENCO
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