Dear
Parents and Carers,
Parent’s
Evening
A
reminder that it is Parents evening tonight.
Pop
in anytime between 6.30-8.30, to chat to your child’s key person.
Policies
The
policies have been reviewed and updated and it would be great to get some
feedback from some of our parents.
You
don’t need to read them all if you don’t want to, just pick the few that
interest you the most and let us know what you think.
If
you would be happy to help, let me know and I will email you a copy.
Staff
News
Carla has started in the 2-3’s room today, we will be
introducing her to you all over the next couple of weeks.
Exciting
news, Chloe is expecting her first child!
We
are all very excited for her and look forward to meeting their new arrival, due
in February next year.
I
will keep you all updated of her last day before she starts her maternity
leave.
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: Designated safeguarding lead (DSL)
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
Topic of the month: Under the sea
Monday – Mel’s group are practicing their motor
skills while having fun during water play
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group will be investigating
the dressing up clothes and tools promoting imaginative play
Wednesday – Shula’s group are discovering animals
in the sandpit with their friends
Thursday – Shula’s group is exploring the weather
story developing an interest in stories
Friday – Mel’s group will be singing ‘Round and
Round the Garden’ with their friends promoting simple language
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Mel is off Tuesday, Shula
is off Thursday and Nilem is in all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Family
Monday – Megan’s group is matching familiar letters
using marked cups and cards supporting an interest in letters
Tuesday – Chloe’s group are developing
relationships and turn taking skills while playing balloon tennis with their
friends
Wednesday – Megan’s group will be exploring media
while making a family tree with their friends using our fingers and paint
Thursday – Donna’s group is discovering the hoops
in the garden, discovering how to make the hoops roll down the hill
Friday – Chloe’s group will be exploring the cars
and a shaped road that they have created together promoting an interest in
shape recognition
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Thursday and
Megan and Carla 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: playing ‘a news round’
game
This week the children will be playing ‘a news
round’ game with their friends to support their confidence within the room. The
children will take turn to sit in the ‘hot seat’ where they will have the
chance to talk about one of their favourite subjects. The other children will
be the interviewees and will ask the child in the ‘hot seat’ questions. The
children will be encouraged to listen to what the child in the ‘hot seat’ is
saying. The children will be supported by their Key Person throughout.
Topic of the month: Paralympics
The letter of the week is: Q
The children will be:
Writing the letter Q with stencils
Moving quickly in the garden
Thinking of words that begin with Q
Playing instruments quietly
Talking about the queen and making crowns
Setting up the easel with Q stencils
The Number of the week is: 1
The children will be:
Number puzzle up to 1
Talking about shapes with 1 side
Making the number 1 with playdough
Writing the number 1
Holding up 1 finger
The shape of the week is: Oval
The children will be:
Talking about the oval shape and what it looks like
Drawing ovals
Making ovals with our hands
Playing the shape matching game and spotting ovals
Creating ovals using playdough
Leanne is off Monday and Becci is off Thursday.
Designated safeguarding lead (DSL)
Every setting or club must
have a staff member who takes on the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead.
In this setting the DSL is: Charlotte Hampshire
Each setting also has a Deputy
Designated Safeguarding Lead. This is in case the Designated Safeguarding Lead
is accused of abuse or is absent.
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead in
this setting is: Jess Smith
The role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead is:
- To attend the more detailed multi agency training to enable them to identify, understand and respond appropriately to signs of possible abuse and neglect.
- To share information with the staff team.
- To access information and liaise with outside agencies to ensure all information is accurate and up to date.
- Collate information where there are concerns about a child.
- Contact Local Authority Safeguarding Children Board teams who provide relevant and up to date advice and make decisions about referrals.
- To provide support, advice and guidance to other staff.
- To have regard to the Government’s statutory guidance “Working Together to Safeguard Children”
The setting or club records
such as accident and incident records should be checked once a month to ensure
that any patterns, health and safety issues or child protection issues are
picked up. If there are any patterns or repeat incidents appropriate action
must be taken straight away. This may include behaviour
monitoring/intervention, maintenance actions or contacting outside agencies,
such as the Improvement Officer, for support and advice.
The person/s in this
setting who monitors this information is Jess Smith (Manager) and Charlotte
Hampshire (Deputy Manager).
Out of operational hours we
still have a duty of care to the children. The senior team are aware of their
responsibilities and the need to be contactable. The senior team contact
details are available in the office.
Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
The Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) works within
children’s services to help safeguard children in accordance with the statutory
guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015. The LADO should be
informed of all cases where it is alleged that a person who works with children
has:
- behaved in a way that has harmed, or may have harmed, a child;
- possibly committed a criminal offence against children, or related to a child; or
- Behaved towards a child or children in a way that indicates they are unsuitable to work with children, for example if their conduct falls within any of the categories of abuse.
Once an allegation has been made, the LADO’s role is to
capture and co-ordinate the sharing of all the information relating to the case
with the officers and agencies that need to be informed.
The LADO will be involved from the initial phase,
providing advice and guidance to the setting, employer or voluntary
organisation, and monitoring the progress of the case through to its conclusion.
LADO meetings are held where
allegations are such that they may require a multiagency response and involve
both Children’s Services and the Police alongside the employer.
If an allegation does not require Police or Children’s
Social care involvement the LADO will support the organisation to investigate,
following their own internal procedures and can advise regarding disciplinary,
training and policy matters.
A LADO information leaflet is
available on the LSCB web pages.
Kind
Regards
Jess Smith
Nursery Manager
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