Dear
Parents and Carers,
17th
August – Bluebells teddy bear picnic
W/c
5th September – Grandparents Week
8th
September – Parents Evening
Lost
Hat
Bluebells are missing a boys hat that has pictures of little dogs surfing on it. Please can
you all keep a look out for it just in case it has
been taken home by mistake!
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: Supervision policy
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 – Mel’s group is investigating the toddle
boxes promoting balance and co-ordination
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group will be singing
favourite songs developing listening skills
Wednesday – Shula’s group are discovering media
while using rollers and paint on a larger sheet of paper
Thursday – Shula’s group is exploring the light up
cubes to see if they can operate them
Friday – Mel’s group are singing “Head, Shoulders,
Knees and Toes” and seeing if the children can point and recognise their body
parts
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Mel is off Tuesday,
Nilem is off Monday and Shula is off Monday.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Transport
Monday – Donna’s group will be working with their
friends to follow instructions given from the sticky kids cd
Tuesday – Chloe’s group are practicing their counting skills while building towers
Wednesday – Almu’s group is practicing recognising
familiar letters and writing their first letter of their name while using a
variety of pens and pencils
Thursday – Megan’s group are exploring media and
materials while creating their own rockets
Friday – Almu’s group will be having a pretend tea
party in the garden promoting handling skills
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Thursday, Megan
is off Monday and Friday and Almu is 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: 3d shape fun
This week the children will be exploring a variety
of 3d shapes. Each Key Person will hide the solid 3d shapes around the room,
they will ask the children to go and find them and the staff members will
provide instructions using positional language to support them. Once they have
all been spotted and named the children will create a picture of their
favourite shape using paint.
Topic of the month: Summer
The letter of the week is: M
The children will be:
Writing the letter M with stencils
Thinking of words that begin with M
Painting the letter M on the easel
Trying the melon fruit
Thinking of our friends name that begin with M
The Number of the week is: 17
The children will be:
Counting to 17
Thinking of 17 words!
Grouping 17 items together
Drawing the number 17
Jumping 17 times
The shape of the week is: a Cross
The children will be:
Looking for crosses around the room
Drawing crosses on the easel
Decorating a variety of sized crosses
Talking about the sides of a cross
Leanne is off Monday, Hector is off Thursday and Becci
is on holiday all week.
Supervision policy
Aim
of policy
The purpose of this policy is to outline the
responsibilities of the team in regards to supervision of children and to keep
children and team safe.
Points to consider
At all times:
- There will always be at least two staff members on duty whilst children are in attendance.
- When children are outside there will always be at least one staff member present who will remain outside at all times. If they need to go inside for any reason, they will need to request to swap with a team member to ensure there are no breaks in supervision.
- In areas where children are inside there will always be at least one staff member present.
- Students who are not employed by Castle are not permitted to be left alone at any time with a child or children.
- Students not employed by Castle cannot be included in any adult/child ratios.
- Castle will adhere to the staff child ratio guidelines as set by Ofsted, detailed below:NATIONAL STANDARDS ADULT/CHILD RATIOS
|
Children
under 2
|
1:3
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|
Children
aged 2 Years
|
1:4
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|
Children
aged 3-5 Years
|
1.8
|
|
Children
aged 4 -5
|
1:13
with EYP or QTS
|
EYP/EYT = Early Years Professional Status/ Early
Years Teacher Status
QTS = Qualified Teacher Status
All
adults working with children including; students, cover team members and
volunteers must all be police checked with the Disclosure and Baring Service.
No
one without a clear enhanced DBS obtained may be left alone with children for
any period of time.
Kind
Regards
Jess Smith
Nursery Manager
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