Dear
Parents and Carers,
Dates
for your diary:
Parents
Evening is Thursday 17th March - Pop in anytime between 6.30pm and
8.30pm.
Mother’s
day week is w/c 29th February - Come along and spend some time with
your child at the nursery.
The
Mother’s Day tea is Friday 4th March – 4.00pm –5.00pm.
Illness
We
are still having a few bugs going around. There have been a few children with high
temperatures. We have also had some children off with chesty coughs and ear
infections.
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. All rooms
are continuing to sterilize all toys and equipment being used each day.
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: Incident
report procedure
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 will be singing number
nursery rhymes developing an awareness of number names
Tuesday – Mel’s group are looking at the ‘Gruffalo’
book encouraging an interest in books
Wednesday – Shula’s group will be exploring the
emotion dolls and images to see what emotions we know
Thursday – Shula’s group are making cheese twists
and feeding ourselves finger foods supporting self-care routines
Friday – Mel’s group will be listening to sounds
that we can hear in the garden promoting hearing and attention
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Mel is off Tuesday,
Nilem is off Monday and Shula is in all week.
Bluebells
Monday – Megan’s group are investigating different
textures and colours while making cards.
Tuesday – Donna’s group is using footballs in the
garden supporting the children to use their gross motor skills and spatial
awareness
Wednesday – Megan’s group will be looking at the
emotion books encouraging her group to recognise different emotions
Thursday – Almu’s group are reading the ‘Gruffalo’
story in a small group developing listening and attention skills
Friday – Chloe’s group will be creating their
Mother’s Day gift while talking about our mummies and grandma’s promoting an
awareness of special people
Donna is off Monday, 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: creating a card for our
mummies.
The children will be making a card for their
mummies using a variety of materials and resources. They will talk about their
own home and community and will be listening to their peers. They will take
part in group discussions about what they like doing with their mummies and
daddies.
The letter of the week is: N
The children will be:
Writing the letter N with stencils
Looking at the numbers we know!
Making a birds nest in the garden with sticks
Thinking of names that begin with N?
Making the letter N with playdough
Leanne is off Monday, Becci is in all week and
Hector is off Thursday.
Incident
report procedure
Aim of policy
To
give guidance on when and how to complete an incident report.
Points to consider
An
incident report is a report giving all of the details of an important incident
that has taken place in the nursery (or elsewhere too). For example; a child
arriving with an odd bruise, or a team member acting inappropriately, or a
parent makes a complaint, or a child telling a story of how they had been left
home alone. See the children protection policies and risk assessment policy.
Castle Daycare and Preschool
aim to achieve this by:
If
something happens in the nursery that has staff alarmed or needing to question
something, we always write an incident report. An incident report will get all
of the facts out and will keep important information at hand for reference. It
may even be the difference between saving a child’s life or future.
The
manager may ask staff to write an incident report and they will need to know
what to write. Below is a set of guidelines on how to write an incident report.
How to write an incident report
- All incident reports are to be clearly printed or typed.
- Complete the report thoroughly and accurately, including all relevant important information about the incident and persons involved (time, place, date, names, and address).
- Be concise and to the point, while still being thorough and complete.
- DO NOT write from emotions – facts only, remember that anything written is considered an official document).
- DO NOT speculate – we are reporting facts, not opinions or predictions.
- Complete the report IMMEDIATELY after the incident – details fade fast.
- Take notes if necessary and flesh out the details later.
- Remember all reports are official legal documents and could be used in judicial hearings and a court of law.
- If your report is not satisfactory, management will require that you rewrite it.
Kind regards,
Jess
Smith
Manager, SENCO
