Dear
Parents and Carers,
This
week’s events:
Forest
School –
This week at Forest School we were busy collecting natural treasures, we then
used the treasures to stick them on to some big sticks that we found to make
our very own walking sticks! We finished the session with a game of hide and
seek.
In2
sports -This
week we worked in teams and practiced our dribbling skills. We then practiced
our control over the football to stop the ball rolling away! We finished off
with a fun game of Mr. Men where we had to follow instructions and move in
different ways.
Theatre
bugs –
Up
Coming Events
12th
June – Father’s Day Week
16th
June – Father’s Day breakfast
Father’s
Day week
We
will be celebrating Father’s Day the week of the 12th of June.
During
this week we would love all Daddies to come in for a stay and play session, it
doesn’t have to be a day your child attends. All you need to do is chat to the
staff in your child’s room and sign up for a session!
We
will also be having a Father’s Day breakfast on Friday 16th June, so
come along and have a bacon sandwich with your child for breakfast. Please sign
up in your child’s room J
Sun
cream and sun hats
As
summer is quickly approaching and hopefully the lovely weather will continue
can we please ask you to make sure your child has labelled sun cream at nursery
and a labelled hat when appropriate.
Menus
The new menus are going live from next week. I have
attached the new e-mails for you all to view.
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!
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 (EYPP).
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: Creating Music
Monday – Charlotte’s group is building their health
and self-care skills while creating their own mini pizzas
Tuesday – Sammy’s group are exploring the wind up
torches promoting an awareness of ICT toys
Wednesday – Leanne’s group will be singing ‘Head,
Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ encouraging listening and attention skills
Thursday – Nilem’s group are developing their
self-awareness using hand held mirrors to explore their own reflections
Friday – Sammy’s group will be discovering paint
and tools encouraging exploration of media and textures
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Leanne is off Monday,
Nilem is off Monday and Tuesday, Sammy is in all week and Montse is on holiday
all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Spring
Monday – Megan’s group will be building their ICT
skills while taking photos of their favourite toys in the room.
Tuesday – Ruby’s group is developing their
self-confidence by acting out while reading ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’
Wednesday – Megan’s group are developing their
shape recognition while creating big shapes using tape on the floor
Thursday – Donna’s group is taking part in role
play games supporting an interest in imaginative play
Friday– Carla’s group are making their own pizzas,
using bagels, tomatoes and cheese
Donna is off Friday, Megan is off Tuesday, Carla
and Ruby 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.
The Key People link this activity to their individual Key Groups.
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: making our own grass heads
This week the children will be creating their own
grass heads. The children will use tools to put soil and their own seeds into a
cup with their photo on. The children will be encouraged to talk about what
they see and are creating. The activity will be extended and the children will
talk about the world around them and what they see outside.
Topic of the month: Dinosaurs
The letter of the week is: Z
The children will be:
Writing the letter Z
Making the letter Z out of playdough
Setting up the easel with letter Z stencils
Thinking of words that begin with Z
Colouring in picture of zebras in the creative area
The Number of the week is: 6
The children will be:
Counting up to number 6!
Writing the number 6
Jumping 6 times
Making a number 6 out of playdough
The shape of the week is: Pyramid
The children will be:
Talking about the pyramid shape
Counting how many sides a pyramid has
Drawing a pyramid shape
Leanne is in on Tuesday, Becci is off Tuesday and
Ines is in all week.
Jenni and Consuelo are in all week.
I will now be working every day of the week, so I
will get to see you all every day J If I am not here at the beginning or end of the day and you have any
queries please speak to Charlotte.
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.
Our Policy of the Week:
Special educational needs and disability (SEND) policy
Aim of Policy
To clarify how we support
children with SEND and their families. This policy works together with the
Inclusion policy- Special Educational Needs and/or disabilities, the Special
Needs procedure for previously unidentified needs and the Confidentiality policy.
Local Offer
When the Children and
Families Bill became enacted in 2014 local authorities were required to publish
information about services available for Children and Young People with SEND
aged 0-25. This is called the Local Offer and Childcare and Learning Group of
nurseries is on the Local Offer register informing families how we support
children with SEND.
Childcare and Learning Group aims to achieve this by:
- All our nurseries will have an appointed Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator who has knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice (2014) and the Equality Act 2010 in relation to special needs.
- Using individual plans to support the child’s individual needs. The plans are created with the parents and other professionals who may be involved with the child and reviewed regularly.
- Attending training to support the needs of the child such as sign language training.
- Using the 2 year check, regular observations and Early Help Assessments to identify and record child’s needs. Paper copies of the two year checks will be given to parents and Health Visitors, via the parents.
- Having a SENCO who has attending training and regular SENCO forums to keep updated. The SENCO may also attend more specific training depending on the needs of the children.
- Working with other agencies to support the children and their families. This may mean we need to contact other professionals on behalf of the family, with their permission.
- Depending on the needs of the child we may be able to offer more staff support by having staff work 1:1 with the child. This will depend on the needs of the child and funding available.
- The setting will also consult with the child about their wishes with regards to their support; this may be through observations or discussions depending on the child’s age and ability.
- Providing further information to the family about services they can use or contact for additional support.
The SENCO at this Setting: Becci Stone
Special Educational Needs Acronyms
ASD – Autistic Spectrum
Disorder
CAF – Common Assessment
Framework (been replaced by EHA)
CAS – Child Assessment
Services
CC – Children Centres
CDT – Child Development
Team
CO – Case Officer
(allocated to children with SEND when notified)
COP – Code of Practice
CWD – Children with
Disabilities
DF – Discretionary Funding
EHA – Early Help Assessment
(new CAF)
EHCP – Education Health and
Care Plan (replaced statements)
EP – Educational
Psychologist
EYCS – Early Years and
Childcare Service
FEET – Free Entitlement for
Two Year olds
FIS – Family Information
Service
HV- Health Visitor
IA – Improvement Advisor
SENCO – Special Educational
Needs Coordinator
SEND – Special Educational
Needs and Disability
SLT – Speech and Language
Therapist
TAF –Team Around the Family
Kind
Regards,
Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill
Team
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