Dear
Parents and Carers,
Forest
School
This
week we had an amazing forest school session. We headed to the rangers shed to
get some wood as we were going to make a fire in order to have a yummy snack
and do a fun activity. While Lee was focused on making the fire for us, we
started peeling a few sticks we picked from the ground. Lee said we would be
able to write with them once we were finished, which left us curious about what
we were going to do. When every child had peeled their own stick, Lee put them
into a tin with a few holes, and then placed the tin on the fire so our peeled
sticks got baked.
Meanwhile
we had a delicious snack grilling some marshmallows and eating them with a
chocolate biscuit. As we were so hungry we ate them very quickly and we decided
to do something else. So we took a cup and we made our own perfume by picking
flowers around the area and popping them into water. We made two of them and
they smelled different.
After
a while our pencils were baked and ready to use. They were great and they
really worked well, although they were a little bit fragile.
On
our way back after a lovely expressive arts session, we played hide and seek
but this time without shouting to each other. The hiders had to leave arrows so
the others could find them afterwards. We had such a lovely time!!
Father’s
Day week
Thank
you to everyone who made it to Father’s Week last week, all the children had a
great time!
Sunflowers
Graduation
A
reminder that the Sunflowers School Leavers Graduation is Thursday 21st
July from 3.30-5pm.
We
will be having a bouncy castle, party tea and the Graduation Ceremony will be
4.30-5pm.
We
look forward to seeing all the School leaver parents and families there J
School
Leavers
Please
remember we will still need a months’ notice for children leaving.
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 or Charlotte.
Our Policy of the week: Carbon monoxide
evacuation procedure
Useful
websites:
Here are the links for the Surrey
Family Information Service, Free Early Education (the 15 hours funding), Free
Early Education for Two year olds and Early Years
Pupil Premium funding.
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 playing ‘going
shopping’ with shopping baskets, paper bags and pretend fruit supporting
exploration of new toys and resources
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group will be singing songs
while playing along with a variety of musical instruments encouraging the
children to listen to rhythmic patterns
Wednesday – Shula’s group are investigating the
push and go cars and the ICT resources building an interest in simple ICT
Thursday – Shula’s group will be reading the ‘Clickety
Clack’ book promoting an interest in books
Friday – Mel’s group are exploring the dressing up
clothes in the role play area encouraging independence skills and an interest
in early imaginative play
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Mel is on holiday all
week, Nilem is off Monday and Shula is in all week.
Bluebells
Monday – Donna’s group are choosing a favourite
story to read with an adult, they will be encouraged to talk about what is
happening in the story promoting literacy skills
Tuesday – Megan’s group will be investigating the
stacking bears, developing an understanding of shapes and sizes
Wednesday – Almu’s group is practising their
listening and attention skills while looking at group stories
Thursday – Almu’s group are playing ‘Simon Says’ in
the garden building gross motor skills and confidence
Friday – Chloe’s group will be exploring the small
world animals and mats developing a knowledge and understanding of animals
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: discovering objects weight
and size
This week the children will be building their
knowledge and understanding of weight and size. The children will gather
objects from around their room, they will then organise these into groups according
to their size. The children will be encouraged to compare the objects and
discuss what they think. The activity will be extended and the children will be
supported to predict which objects are heavier/lighter, they will then weigh
their objects to find out!
The letter of the week is: F
The children will be:
Drawing the letter F with stencils
Finding things that begin with the letter F around
the room
Talking about fire fighters
Drawing flowers
Making paper fans
Singing ‘Five Little Speckled Frogs’
The Number of the week is: 10
The children will be:
Holding up 10 fingers
Counting to 10
Writing the number 10
Talking about 5 + 5 makes 10 using our hands to
help us
Jumping 10 times!
The shape of the week is: Star
The children will be:
Talking about the star shape
Counting the stars 10 sides
Singing ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’
Decorating star shapes
Using star stencils
Leanne is off Monday, Hector is off Thursday and
Becci is in all week.
Carbon monoxide evacuation procedure
Aim
of policy
To give guidance to staff on what to do if the carbon
monoxide alarms indicate a leak.
Points
to consider
It is important that all staff familiarise themselves with
the Carbon Monoxide detector in their setting as there are a wide range of detectors
available.
Castle
Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this by:
In the event that the detector shows Carbon Monoxide to be
present staff should:
- Turn off appliances or other sources of combustion at once.
- Immediately get fresh air into the premises by opening doors and windows.
- Call the gas emergency services
The number is: 0800 111 999,
A member of staff will
- Alert all staff and children by sounding the alarm.
- Evacuate the building with the children in their care in accordance with the local setting evacuation procedure.
- Take out any registers for which they are responsible.The Manager (where the Manager is not present the most senior member of staff present) will:
- Check toilets, utility room and kitchen.
- Ensure that registers of children are complete.
- Ensure every child, member of staff and others are fully accounted for through taking registers and enquiry of staff.
- Contact the fire service and other emergency services if required.
- Act as the main point of contact for the Gas service and other appropriate services.
- Take responsibility for contacting parents/guardians/ carers.Do not reenter the premises until told to do so by an approved Gas Safe Engineer.The evacuation of the nursery is a significant event and therefore Ofsted must be informed within 14 days of the evacuationKind RegardsJess SmithManager, SENCO
