Dear Parents and Carers,

 

Nursery News:

Father’s Day week

We will be celebrating Father’s Day the week of the 11^th 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 15^th June, so come along and have a bacon sandwich with your child for breakfast. Please sign up in your child’s room J

30 Hours Funding

Please remember you need to reconfirm your eligibility every 3 months via the HMRC online system.

Up Coming Events

11^th June  – Mobile Farm is here

15^th June – Father’s Day Breakfast

26^th July – Sunflowers Graduation

This weeks activities and events

 

In 2 Sports – This week during in2 sport the children where learning about Cricket. This week’s session focused on learning different ways to throw a cricket ball. We practiced over and under arm throwing. At the end of the session we paired up practicing our newly learnt throwing and catching skills.

 

French –  During French this week the children have been learning about fruit and vegetables by reading ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ in English and then French. We also named our body parts and practised our colours.

 

Forest School –  This week a new group started Forest School, they learnt all about the Forest School Golden rules and then went for a walk exploring the woods. They found a really good spot to start building a den and everyone worked together finding lots of sticks and leaves to make a solid structure.

 

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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

This week’s planned activities are also on the ILD’S.

Buttercups 

Topic of the month: Shapes
Monday – Jamie’s group are exploring colours and shapes through mark making with crayons and jumbo pencils.

Tuesday – Leanne’s group are making yummy surprises for their Daddies for Father’s Day.

Wednesday – Hannah’s group are exploring ICT toys, by pressing buttons and turning the switches on and off. 

Thursday – Leanne’s group will be creating shapes using shape moulds and wet sand.

Friday – Sammy’s group are developing their sharing skills through choosing books to turn pages, look at and read together.

Jamie is off Wednesday, Leanne is off Monday , Sammy and Hannah are in all week.

Bluebells

Topic of the month: Arts and Crafts
Monday – Megan’s group will be reading the book ‘When I grow up‘, throughout the story they will talk about what they can see and the different jobs people have.  

Tuesday – Ruby’s group are looking at different seasonal flowers and then using them as tools (brushes) to paint with. They will talk about the marks and patterns they can make with their flower brushes.

Wednesday – Maria’s group are exploring symbol’s, firstly they are looking at an alphabet puzzle and discussing letters they recognise, then they will be mark making trying to create letters and symbols.

Thursday –  Donna’s group are developing their listening and turn taking skills, by taking turns choosing their own song to sing with their peers.

Friday – Chloe’s group are practicing their self-care skills by washing, dressing and feeding breakfast to the role play babies.

Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Monday and Tuesday, Megan is off Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Maria is in all week and Ruby is on holiday 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 will be drawing together on a large sheet of paper, they will be encouraged to talk about what they are drawing and when they have finished they will sign their part with their name.

Ines activity: Ines’s group are developing their writing skills by writing their own names and practicing writing Summer vocabulary. They will also be making butterflies out of paper.

Almu’s activity: Almu’s group will be creating pictures of their own interest, when they have finished Almu will be encouraging the children to write their names on them.

Please can I ask Sunflower’s parents to double check bags for a missing royal blue Mountain Warehouse fleece and a missing blue super-wing plane toy, thank you.

 

Topic of the month: Mini Beasts

The letter of the week is: B b
The children will be:

Writing the letter B b

Making butterflies

Sing the Bee Hive song at circle time

Looking for objects in our environment beginning with B 

The Number of the week is: 20

The children will be:

Counting to 20

Bouncing a ball 20 times in the garden

Writing the number 20 in sand

Working together to make 20 mud pies in the mud kitchen

 

The shape of the week is: Pentagon

 

The children will be:

Counting how many corners they have

Drawing Pentagon’s

Counting how many sides they have

Becci is off Wednesday, Almu is off Thursday and Ines is off Tuesday.

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.

Follow the link below: www.interactivelearningdiary.co.uk 

 

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.

 

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).

 

www.surreycc.gov.uk/fis
www.surreycc.gov.uk/fee
www.surreycc.gov.uk/feet  
www.surreycc.gov.uk/eypp

 

Our Policy of the Week: 

Disclosing information policy

Aim of the police

The aim of this policy is to ensure that all staff are clear on what information they must give to their manager with regards to criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands or police warnings.

Points to consider

In the interest of good practice it is advisable for the manager to ask staff the question “have you or someone you live with, had any criminal convictions, cautions reprimands or dealings with the police?” during appraisals and/ or supervisions.

This does not mean staff have to wait until this question is asked to disclose the information. It is the expectation of and responsibility of an employee to bring this information to the attention of their manager in every case.

The Childcare and Learning Group aim to achieve this by:

·        Asking all staff to immediately inform their manager of any criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, warnings or dealings with the police that they have had.

·        The manager and staff member will discuss what, if any, effect this may have.

       ·        The Operations Manager will be informed.

·        The LADO will be contacted for advice and depending on the criminal convictions; cautions, reprimands, warnings or dealings with the police Ofsted may also be informed. Depending on the circumstances this may affect the staff members DBS status.

·        All staff members must immediately disclose if any member of their household has a criminal conviction regarding child sex offences or is being investigated with regards to child sex offences.

Failure to disclose this information may lead to dismissal.  

The safety and welfare of the child overrides all other considerations, including the following:

·        Confidentiality;

·        Gathering of evidence;

·        Commitment or loyalty to relatives, friends or colleagues.

The HM Government guidance Information Sharing: Guidance for Practitioners and Managers 2008 provides seven golden rules for Information Sharing;

·        Remember that the Data Protection Act is not a barrier to sharing information but provides a framework to ensure that personal information about living persons is shared appropriately;

·        Be open and honest with the person (and/or their family where appropriate) from the outset about why, what, how and with whom information will, or could be shared, and seek their agreement, unless it is unsafe or inappropriate to do so;

·        Seek advice if you are in any doubt without disclosing the identity of the person where possible;

·        Share with consent where appropriate and where possible respect the wishes of those who do not consent to share confidential information. You may still share information without consent if, in your judgement, that lack of consent can be overridden in the public interest. You will need to base your judgement on the facts of the case;

·        Consider safety and well-being: Base your information sharing decisions on considerations of the safety and well-being of the person and others who may be affected by their actions;

·        Necessary, proportionate, relevant, accurate, timely and secure: Ensure that the information you share is necessary for the purpose for which you are sharing it, it is shared only with those people who need to have it, is accurate and up to date, is shared in a timely fashion, and is shared securely;

·        Keep a record of your decision and the reasons for it - whether it is to share information or not. If you decide to share, then record what you have shared, with whom and for what purpose.

 

Kind Regards,
Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team

Castle Nursery & Pre-School