Dear Parents and Carers,
Nursery News:
Sunflowers
Graduation
Thank
you to everyone who came to the graduation. It was a fantastic turn out even
with the hot weather!
A
big thank you to all the Sunflower families who donated towards our dinner out,
it is much appreciated.
It
has been a pleasure looking after all the children and they are all ready for
their school adventure!
30
hours Funding
If you would like
to start claiming the 30 hours funding from September, please apply for your
code by the 31st August.
Please
also remember parents must reconfirm their eligibility every three months, so
those nearing their deadline need to also act as soon as possible.
I
have attached our settings 30 hour information so parents can have a read
through and learn how we offer it here at Castle.
Dates for your diaries
4th September – Term starts
27th September – Parents evening
This weeks activities and events
In2 Sports –
During in2 sports this week the children have been playing with coach
Alex! They developed their tennis skills by balancing a tennis ball on their
rackets. They then formed pairs and helped each other and took turns to hit the
ball to each other.
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: Summer
Monday – Sammy’s group are creating
their own jungle animal masks using paper plates and mixed media.
Tuesday – Jamie’s group will be
exploring different books building early literacy skills.
Wednesday – Sammy’s group is matching coloured objects
encouraging colour awareness.
Thursday – Hannah’s group are singing
favourite songs enjoying company of others.
Friday – Leanne’s
group will be developing motor skills while building towers using wooden
blocks.
Jamie is off Monday, Leanne is off Wednesday,
Hannah is in all week, Sammy is on holiday on Friday.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Summer
Monday – Megan’s group is building on
their understanding and use of Math words, by creating different shapes in the
sand.
Tuesday – Maria’s group will be
reading “Humphrey’s Play Time”, they will discuss the story
and talk about Humphrey’s likes and dislikes. They will then create a picture
of Humphrey.
Wednesday – Ruby’s group are exploring shapes by
painting with kitchen roll tubes, they will manipulate the tubes to create
different shapes and marks.
Thursday – Donna’s group is exploring the farm
and the farm animals developing their imaginations and language skills.
Friday – Chloe’s group will be reading the
‘Room on the Brook’ story then creating their own
broom snack out of breadsticks, chocolate and raisins.
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Monday and Tuesday, Ruby is in all week,
Maria and Megan are 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 group is baking their own biscuits. They
will be measuring ingredients and using smarties to count.
Ines’s group are playing a group game developing
their maths skills. They will be counting marbles and comparing their groups
with their friends.
Topic of the month: Going to School
The letter of the week is: I
The children will be:
Writing the letter I
Exploring ice
Thinking of words that begin with the letter I
Creating the letter I with playdough
The Number of the week is: 7
The children will be:
Counting to 7
Making the number 7 with playdough
Clapping 7 times
Writing the number 7 in the sand
The shape of the week is: Diamond
The children will be:
Counting how many sides a Diamond has
Drawing a Diamond on the white boards
Creating the Diamond shape with their hands
Becci is off Wednesday and Ines is off
Tuesday.
I work 7.30 – 6 on Monday’s, 7.30 –
4.00 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays and 7.30 – 2.30 Friday’s. 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
will be a few changes to the tea menu over the next 4 weeks as the Chefs take
it in turns to have their summer holiday.
Temporary
menu’s will be displayed on the meal time bored.
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 Help Assessment (EHA) policy
Aim of the Policy
To outline the commitment of our setting to
the EHA approach and inter agency working.
Points to Consider
The EHA process, replaces the previous Common
Assessment Framework (CAF) process.
The EHA process is a consent based approach and
families will be involved throughout and must have given signed permission for
the EHA to take place.
Purpose of the EHA
Children and families may need support from a wide
range of local agencies. Where a Child and family would benefit from
coordinated support there should be an inter-agency assessment.
These early help assessments
should identify what help the child and family require to prevent needs
escalating to a point where intervention would be needed by a statutory
assessment.
The early help assessment is used to help
practitioners gather and understand information about the strengths and needs,
based on discussions with the family. The holistic assessment identifies the
most appropriate way to meet those needs, and with consent of the family can
support a team around the family approach.
Steps to take:
1.
Something will have triggered
the key person, senior practitioner or SENCO to recognise a possible need in a
child or young person. It may be a change in their behaviour, an action,
consequence, development assessment or something else which alerts them.
2.
The key person, senior
practitioner or SENCO will inform the setting manager, keeping them informed
throughout the rest of the process.
3.
key person, senior
practitioner or SENCO will prepare their evidence and their developmental
assessments of the child to support their concern.
4.
The key person, senior
practitioner or SENCO will need to seek further information to help clarify the
problems or issue, and prevent needs from escalating. At this point, the family
is engaged.
5.
The key person, senior
practitioner or SENCO requests permission from the family to seek involvement
from the local authority EHA team. At this stage, it may only be a second
opinion observation. A part of this process will be checking to see if an early
help assessment or team around the family is already in place for the
family to ensure you are working together.
6.
The LA EHA team will support
the setting with the current processes for an EHA. A Team around the Family
(TAF) will be established and a lead professional appointed.
7.
When an early help assessment
has been completed, practitioners are able to see the family's needs
holistically and not fragmented. They will work together to support the needs
and development of the child within the family.
What is the role of the lead professional?
The early help assessment will be undertaken by a
lead professional who will provide support to the child and family, act as an
advocate on their behalf and coordinate the delivery of any services.
The lead professional role, is not necessarily a
setting representative. It could be undertaken by a general practitioner (GP),
family support worker, health visitor or special educational needs
coordinator.
Contacts:
In this setting the SENCO is: Becci Pullen
Our local
authority EHA contact person is: Surrey South West Hub (Guildford and Waverley)
The EHA team contact number is: 01483
519722
The web link for this settings local authority EHA
information page is:
Kind Regards,
Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team
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