Dear Parents and Carers,
Nursery News:
Parents
Evening
A
reminder that it is Parents Evening on Thursday 15th March.
Pop
in anytime between 6.30pm and 8.30pm and have a chat with your child’s Key
Person.
You
can also have a look at the next room if your child is due to move up and have
the chance to talk to other parents.
Up Coming Events
5th March – Mother’s week
9th March – Mother’s Day tea party
Thursday 15th March – Parents Evening
This weeks activities and events
In 2 Sports – This week during in2 sport the children warmed up playing group
games in a circle. They then continued practicing their Rugby skills, the Coach
was throwing the ball to all the children and they would catch the ball and
pass it back.
French – During French this week the children have been focusing on
their body parts. They sang ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ in French
building their confidence in finding their body parts in French. We then had a
fun game where we had to bandage up a teddy bear following instructions of
which body part was poorly!
Forest
School – At
Forest School on Tuesday a new group went, they
learnt all about the Forest School Golden rules. They then searched the Forest
looking for signs of spring, they noticed birds singing and nests in the tree,
they also spotted some bluebell flowers coming through. The children finished
off by making a den.
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: Families
Monday – Sammy’s group will be celebrating St. David’s Day by
exploring media while creating their own Daffodil picture and exploring the
Daffodil flower.
Tuesday – Leanne’s group is building their awareness of
feelings while exploring the emotion dolls.
Wednesday – Jamie’s group are creating their own Welsh Flag while
celebrating St. David’s Day.
Thursday – Leanne’s group will be dancing to Welsh music with
ribbons and streamers moving their body in different ways.
Friday – Hannah’s group are discovering the dragon puppets and St.
David’s Day story.
Jamie is off Monday, Leanne is off Wednesday and Sammy is in all
week. Hannah is on holiday all week.
Jamie is on training on Wednesday.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Continents
Weeks continent : Europe
Monday – Megan’s group are expressing themselves through movement
while manoeuvring around the garden in different ways.
Tuesday – Ruby’s group is discovering the nursery rhyme box,
selecting different props and nursery rhymes supporting listening and
attention.
Wednesday – Donna’s group will be celebrating St. David’s Day by
listening to welsh music, discovering daffodils and trying Welsh cakes.
Thursday – Donna’s group is exploring the large abacus
encouraging counting skills and colour recognition.
Friday – Maria’s group are talking about Africa and will make
their own necklace using a variety of recycled resources.
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Monday and Tuesday, Megan is off
Thursday and Friday, 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 knowledge and
understanding of St. David’s Day while reading a story and discovering our
daffodil flowers.
Ines activity: Ines’s group are playing a small group card game
building their language skills throughout.
Almu’s activity: Almu’s group will be creating their own version
of the Welsh flag, they will choose their own colours and resources and will be
encouraged to talk about what they are doing.
Topic of the month: Out of space
The letter of the week is: M
The children will be:
Talking about words beginning with M
Making the letter M out of playdough
Writing the letter M
Making muddy cakes in the mud kitchen
Talking about our Mummies
The Number of the week is: 5
The children will be:
Talking about the number 5 and what it looks like
Holding up 5 fingers
Writing the number 5 on the easel
Jumping 5 times
The shape of the week is: Star and moon
The children will be:
Making the star shape with our hands
Talking about where we find the shapes
Drawing a star and moon shape
Counting how many corners they have
Becci is off Tuesday, Almu is off Wednesday and Ines is in all
week.
Jenni is in all week.
I am in every day 7.30 – 4.00. So I will get to see you all in the
morning, If you have any queries in the evening please speak to your child’s
Room Leader or Jamie.
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.
Facebook
Castle Nursery and Preschool Facebook page promotes the company, engages 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).
Our Policy of the Week:
Babysitting policy
Aim of Policy
This policy aims to give
guidance to staff and parents/carers on babysitting.
Points to consider
This policy works alongside
the social contact policy and confidentiality policy.
Babysitting is an
unregulated service and the setting has no liability for any private
arrangement made between parents and staff.
Childcare and Learning Group aim to achieve this by:
Whilst we understand that
parents may want care out of the settings hours, this is not something that the
setting provides.
The setting will not
arrange or facilitate babysitting arrangements for families.
However the setting
understands that parents feel more comfortable with people they and their
child/ren already know.
Parents can approach staff
to arrange babysitting outside of their working hours. Staff are not obligated
to babysit.
Any babysitting
arrangements are private arrangements and the setting is not responsible for
any injury, accident or any damages that occur during or because of a
babysitting situation.
Staff are reminded that
they should not allow other jobs to affect their role at the setting and that
they should allow enough rest time before coming back to the setting.
Parents are advised to do
their own checks on babysitters, whether they are staff members or not. Advice
on choosing a babysitter can be found at:
If staff do choose to
babysit, it is important to remember to follow the social contact policy and
confidentiality policy at all times.
Kind Regards,
Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team
