Dear Parents and Carers,
Nursery News:
Mother’s
Week
We
will be celebrating Mother’s Day next week (5th March).
During
the week we would love all Mummies to come in for a little play, it doesn’t
have to be a date your child attends. All you need to do is chat to the staff
in your child’s room and sign up for a session! Come along and spend some time
with your child at the nursery.
We
will also be having a Mother’s Day tea party on Friday 24th of March
from 4 – 5pm. Come along for a party tea J
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
In 2 Sports – This week during in2 sport the children played the traffic light
game with coloured cones. They had to carefully drive around with their
steering wheel and had to watch when the coach showed the different coloured
cones.
French – During the Pre-School’s French lesson this week the
children practiced their number skills. They then went over their colours and
created their own French picture.
Forest
School – At
Forest School this week the children made a fire as it was super cold to warm
them up. They then made their own popcorn and enjoyed it for snack.
Next weeks 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: Easter
Monday – Sammy’s group is singing and dancing, playing alongside
others and engaging with their peers.
Tuesday – Jamie’s group are investigating different shapes
building a shape awareness.
Wednesday – Hannah’s group is building their understanding skills
while playing group games.
Thursday – Leanne’s group is exploring trays of sand and mud in
wellies, creating different footprints.
Friday – Sammy’s group will be decorating layered eggs using a
range of media and materials.
Jamie is off Monday, Leanne is off Wednesday and Sammy and Hannah
are in all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Transport
Monday – Donna’s group is developing their imagination skills
while playing group imaginative play games.
Tuesday – Megan’s group will be building their awareness of
different types of transport while reading stories and exploring the small
world toys.
Wednesday – Ruby’s group are reading the story ‘The Tiger who came
to Tea’ developing an interest in stories.
Thursday – Maria’s group is having a fun baby bath wash,
where they will be building their self-care skills while playing with the role
play babies.
Friday – Donna’s group will be discovering the shape flashcards
developing their shape and colour recognition.
Donna is off Thursday, Chloe is off Monday and Tuesday, Megan is
off Tuesday 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.
The Pre-school room this week will all be taking part in a cooking
activity. The children will build their health and self-care skills throughout.
They will talk about foods that are good for them, and discuss what else is
healthy for them. Throughout they will build their understanding of good
hygiene practices and will be supported to follow these. They will mix their
ingredients together and make a special item for their Mummies for Mother’s
Day.
Topic of the month: Our bodies
The letter of the week is: N
The children will be:
Talking about words beginning with N
Writing the letter N in sand
Writing the letter N
Having a letter hunt around the room
The Number of the week is: 6
The children will be:
Talking about the number 6 and what it looks like
Holding up 6 fingers
Writing the number 6 in paint on the easel
Clapping 6 times
The shape of the week is: Rectangle
The children will be:
Making a rectangle shape with our hands
Talking about the rectangle shape
Drawing a rectangle
Counting how many corners a rectangle has
Becci is off Tuesday, Almu is off Wednesday and Ines is on holiday
all week.
Jenni and Ottilia are 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:
Early Years Foundation Stage policy
Aim of Policy
At The Childcare and
Learning Group we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage to provide the
children with the best possible start in life. By using the Statutory Framework
for the Early Years Foundation Stage we ensure we comply with the requirements
and we aim to achieve this to an outstanding level.
We deliver the Early Years
Foundation Stage to ensure quality standards are set in our nurseries, to
provide equality of opportunity, to help us to work as partners with parents
and other practitioners and professionals, to instil high quality and consistency
of care and education, to lay a secure foundation to promote ‘school readiness’
and to safeguard the children and promote their welfare.
Points to Consider
The EYFS seeks to provide:
• Quality and consistency in
all early years settings, so that every child makes good progress and no child
gets left behind.
• A secure foundation through
learning and development opportunities which are planned around the needs and
interests of each individual child and are assessed and reviewed regularly.
• A partnership working
between practitioners and with parents and/or carers
• Equality of opportunity and
anti-discriminatory practice, ensuring that every child is included and
supported.
The EYFS specifies requirements for learning and development and for
safeguarding children and promoting their welfare. The learning and development
requirements cover:
• The areas of learning and
development which must shape activities and experiences for all children in
early years settings.
• The early learning goals
that providers must help children work towards the knowledge, skills and
understanding children should have at the end of the academic year in which
they turn five.
• Assessment arrangements for
measuring progress and requirements for reporting to parents and carers.
The Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements cover the steps that providers
must take to keep children safe and promote their welfare.
All of the planning at the
setting is based on the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage. We
believe good planning is the key to making children’s learning effective,
exciting, varied and progressive. A mixture of adult-led and child-initiated
play and activities are used to implement the areas of learning. We use the
areas of learning and development to structure how we deliver the activities
and experiences for the children whilst they work towards the early learning
goals, incorporating the children’s emerging needs and interests. We ensure
children’s different ways of learning are reflected in our planning and
environment. We promote effective teaching and learning through:
• Playing and exploring –
children investigate and experience things and ‘have a go’
• Active learning – children
concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties and enjoy
achievements
• Creating and thinking
critically – children have and develop their own ideas, make links between
ideas, and develop strategies for doing things.
We measure the children’s
progress regularly on a summative and formative basis with parental involvement
in the setting and home settings. We provide the parents/carers with a
‘Progress Check at the Age of Two’ which they are encouraged to share with
other relevant professionals. The setting will print paper copies of the
progress check so the parents can share these. Where a child attends another
provision which provides the Early Years Foundation Stage we aim to work with
them to complement a good overall programme.
The four principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage guide our
practice in our nurseries: We ensure:
• Every child is a unique
child who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and
self-assured;
• Children learn to be strong
and independent, through positive relationships;
• Children learn and develop
well in enabling environments, in which their experiences respond to their
individual needs and there is a strong partnership between practitioners and
parents/carers;
• Children develop and learn
in different ways and at different rates.
There are seven areas of learning and development which shape our
planning. All areas of learning and
development are important and inter-connected. The three prime areas are
particularly crucial for igniting children’s curiosity and enthusiasm for
learning, for building their capacity to learn, form relationships and thrive.
The three prime areas are:
• Communication and language
• Physical development
• Personal, social and
emotional development
We also support children in four specific areas through which the three
prime areas are strengthened and applied.
The four specific areas
are:
• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the world
• Expressive arts and design
If a child’s progress in
any prime area gives cause for concern we will discuss this with the child’s
parents/carers and agree how to support the child. This may include involving
other professionals and developing an Individual Support Plan. For children
whose home language is not English we will take reasonable steps to support the
use of the child’s home language whilst developing their English language. See
the English as an Additional Language policy, EAL.
The children’s Learning
journeys are recorded on our online system. All of our families are welcome to
come into the setting and use our iPads to see their child’s profile.
Kind Regards,
Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team
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