Dear
Parents and Carers,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all, from everyone at
South Hill!!
Staff News
We
have recruited Ines who will be starting with us on the 4th January.
She has recently been working in a nursery setting and will be taking over the
role of our floating staff member to cover holidays and sickness. We will
introduce Ines to you all in the New Year.
Christmas
Closure
A
reminder that the Nursery will be closed from 4.00pm tomorrow. We reopen as
normal on Monday 4th January 2016. A reminder though that the school
term starts again on Tuesday 5th. However, funding doesn’t start
until Monday 11th January.
Lost shoe
One
of the Bluebells children is missing a blue Clarks shoe, please may you all check
your nursery bags to see if it has been mixed up in the wrong bag. Thank you.
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 of the week: Health and safety 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
Monday – Charlotte’s group are discovering sensory
play while exploring bubbles
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group is listening to songs
and rhymes while dancing promoting simple language
Wednesday – Mel’s group will be exploring playdough
and shapes encouraging fine motor skills
Thursday – Shula’s group are investigating colour
while painting with their hands and feet on the floor
Friday – Mel’s group is reading a variety of
stories, encouraging an interest in books
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Mel is off Tuesday,
Nilem is off Monday and Shula is in all week.
Bluebells
Monday – Chloe’s group are investigating colour and
media while making animal footprints in paint
Tuesday – Donna’s group is reading the story ‘Hey
Diddle Diddle’ encouraging the children to use language
Wednesday – Donna’s group will be using the number
lollipops to promote number skills
Thursday – Almu’s group are discovering different
animals with their peers, discussing where the animals live
Friday- Megan’s group are exploring different ways
to move to music supporting physical skills
Donna is off Friday, 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: making marks on the
whiteboards
The children will be encouraged to create a picture
of their family members using the whiteboards and pens. The activity will be
adapted for each child. The children will be encouraged to write their names
with support or independently. The children’s pencil control will be promoted
and their writing skills will be developed.
The letter of the week is: G
The children will be:
Writing the letter G with stencils
Talking about different games in the garden
Thinking of objects that begin with G?
Reading and talking about the ‘Gruffalo’
Playdough fun with G stencils
Building with the gears
Saying good things about being a Sunflower
Leanne is off Monday, Hector is off Thursday, Becci
is in all week and Hector is off all week
Health
and safety policy
Aim of policy
Castle
Daycare and Preschool, as an employer, are committed to providing and
maintaining a healthy and safe working environment for all its employees,
children, parents and families in attendance at our nurseries and
other people who may be affected by its activities.
The
overall responsibility for ensuring implementation of this policy lies with the
company board. However it is important to emphasise that the responsibility
for Health and Safety is part of all staff’s job role. This statement
applies to all premises and activities within the control of Castle Daycare and
Preschool.
Points
to consider
Castle
Daycare and Preschool will have in place policies and/or procedures
specifically relating to;
·
Child protection
·
Physical environment
·
Behaviour management
·
Food and drink
·
Medicines
·
Incidents and accidents
·
Arrangements for the dropping off and collection of
children
Castle Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this
by:
- as a minimum, to comply with requirements of Statutory
Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage and other relevant
legislation;
- to have in place appropriate processes and
procedures to reflect the Statutory Framework for the Early Years
Foundation Stage and any relevant legislation such as Health and Safety at
Work Act 1974.
- to ensure that employees, children, parents
and families and others are adequately informed of the identified risks
and where appropriate receive instruction, training and supervision;
- to safeguard the environment from the effects
of Castle Daycare and Preschool activities;
- to monitor and review the effectiveness of
Castle Daycare and Preschool
arrangements and where appropriate to implement improvements;
- to ensure that the demands of activities do
not exceed the capabilities of staff or children to carry out the activity
without risk to themselves or others.
The Manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with Castle Daycare
and Preschool health and safety policy within their area of control and for
identifying a health and safety representative within each nursery.
The Health and Safety representative in the nursery is
Charlotte Hampshire
The nominated fire warden is:
Charlotte Hampshire
Castle Daycare and Preschool will actively monitor the performance of
its nurseries in the management of risks under their control and the
implementation of nursery risk assessments and health and safety action plans.
Whilst the company accepts the main responsibility
for implementation of this policy, individuals have an important role in
co-operating with those responsible to ensure a healthy and safe working
environment. Individuals are required to abide by rules and requirements made
under the authority of this policy.
The
Nursery’s Manager is responsible for the implementation of the risk assessments
and health and safety action plans and referring any actions required or
concerns to the Director.
I hope you
all have a lovely Christmas and we will see you in the New Year!
Kind regards,
Jess
Smith
Manager, SENCO
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