Dear
Parents and Carers,
This
week’s events:
In
2 Sports –
This week we took part in colour matching games. We used a variety of Coach
Pasha’s resources and manoeuvred around the garden safely matching objects. We
then practiced our balancing skills while balancing bean bags on different
parts of our body.
Forest School – This
week at Forest School we’ve been building our knowledge and understanding of
the world around us by identifying different leaves and trees. We then melted
some marshmallows over the fire. We finished off practicing our balance while
climbing on the rope.
Theatrebugs
-
Up
Coming Events
Thursday
2nd November – Zoo Lab
Friday
3rd November – Preschool and Baby Bonfire party
Monday
6th November – Bluebells Bonfire party
w/c
13th November – Nursery Rhyme week
Friday
8th December – Christmas party
Monday
11th December – Carol service
Tuesday
12th December – Nativity play
Halloween/Bonfire
night
Please
join us to celebrate Halloween and Bonfire night this year J
On
Friday (3rd) from 4.00 – 5.00pm the Sunflowers and Baby room will be
having bonfire treats, a tea party and will be discovering glow sticks.
The
Bluebell room will be having their Bonfire party on Monday 6th
from 4.00 – 5.00, they will be dancing with glow sticks and having pizza for
tea.
All
parents and children are welcome to join J
Autumn/Winter Menus
The Winter menu’s will be starting during November,
please have a look through the attached menu’s and let us knows what you think.
Facebook
As
a group we have decided to create a Castle Nursery and Preschool Facebook page
to promote the company, engage with parents and team members across our nurseries. If you
would be interested in following this page, here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/Castle-Nursery-and-Preschool-790319011138020/.
We will be regularly adding events and photos to the page.
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!
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: Autumn
Monday – Charlotte’s group is creating an Autumn
collage investigating different textures
Tuesday – Montse’s group will be painting a
Halloween picture promoting experiences from the world around us
Wednesday – Sammy’s group is discovering the
sensory bottles distinguishing between the sounds they hear
Thursday – Nilem’s group are exploring the wooden
blocks building fine motor skills
Friday – Leanne’s group is having a teddy bear
picnic supporting relationships with others
Charlotte is off Wednesday and on holiday on
Friday, Leanne is off Monday and Nilem is off Monday and Tuesday, Montse and
Sammy are in all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Autumn
Monday – Donna’s group is building their listening
and attention skills during a physical activity in the garden
Tuesday – Ruby’s group are developing their
understanding while playing role play games with others
Wednesday – Ruby’s group is experimenting with
paint and 3D shapes supporting an awareness of new shapes
Thursday – Donna’s group will be playing the
‘Dice of Feeling’ with their peers building their knowledge about feelings
Friday – Ruby’s group are reading the big stories
encouraging an interest in re telling stories
Donna is on holiday Wednesday - Friday, Megan is on
holiday on Tuesday and off on Thursday, Ruby and Maria are in all week.
Sunflowers
In the Sunflower room each Key Person plans and implements
their own Key Group activity, but the room works on the same area and aspect to
ensure the activity is individual to each Key Group and therefore meets the
specific Key Group’s individual needs.
This will work alongside their weekly planned activity
list which you can see in the room and on the ILD’S.
Becci’s activity: Becci’s group is building their
self-confidence while selecting their own resources to create a picture of
their choice
Ines’s activity: This week Ines’s group are
developing their knowledge and understanding of emotions while reading the ‘How
Do You Feel’ book
Almu’s activity: Almu’s group is matching emotion
cards to the emotions in the ‘How Do You Feel’ book encouraging an awareness of
different emotions
Topic of the month: Autumn
The letter of the week is: V
The children will be:
Talking about words beginning with V
Setting up the easel with letter V stencils
Writing the letter V
Talking about different vegetables
The Number of the week is: 8
The children will be:
Counting to 8
Jumping 8 times
Writing the number 8
Finding the number 8 from around the room
The shape of the week is: Pyramid
The children will be:
Counting how many sides and corners a pyramid has
Finding pyramids around the room
Counting its corners
Making pyramid prints with the 3d shapes
Becci is off Tuesday, Almu is off Wednesday and
Ines is on holiday on Monday
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:
Procedure in event of carbon monoxide leak
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. Not all settings will need a
carbon monoxide detector, it will depend on if gas appliances are used in the
setting.
Childcare and Learning Group aim to achieve this by:
In the event that the
detector shows carbon monoxide to be present staff should:
1.
Turn off appliances or other sources of combustion at once.
2.
Immediately get fresh air into the premises by opening doors and windows.
3.
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 re-enter the
premises until told to do so by an approved Gas Safe Engineer.
The evacuation of the
setting is a significant event and therefore Ofsted must be informed within 14
days of the evacuation
Kind
Regards,
Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill
Team
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