Dear Parents and Carers,

 

Nursery News:

 

Bathroom redecoration

The decoration works are going well. We aim to have these finished by Friday 31^st.

Parking

Please can we remind parents to park considerately when dropping off and collecting their children. Please avoid parking near our single entrance gate as this can block the view of other drivers coming around the corner from Warwick’s Bench.

Bank holiday

A reminder we are closed on Monday for the bank holiday. We are open as usual Tuesday 28th.

 

Dates for your diaries

4^th September – New Term starts

10^th September – Universal funding starts

27^th September – Parents evening

 

This weeks activities and events

 

In2 Sports –  During in2 sports the children continued to practice their football skills. They were placing balls on top of the cones and practiced passing them to their friends. They then built on their jumping skills, by jumping over the top of the cones.
 

Forest School – This week we read ‘Room on the Broom’ and made magic potion using natural items from the forest and Owens super special magic wizard water. We then went for a walk and found a muddy bank, we turned it into a mud slide!

 

Nature Club – This week we made a crown, we looked for different natural objects we would like to stick on to paper to create a crown. We also went on an adventure exploring the Natural environment, we were very lucky to see and hear Crows, Magpies, squirrels and a cat.

 

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: Animals
Tuesday – Sammy’s group are working a long side each other and sharing materials to create their own den.

Wednesday – Leanne’s group will be building their understanding skills while recognising and choosing a variety of objects. 

Thursday – Hannah’s group are using the shape sorter bus to problem solve using a variety of shapes and sizes.

Friday – Jamie’s group will be dancing to music and songs, singing together while moving their bodies.

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

 

Bluebells

 

Topic of the month: Under the sea

Tuesday – Donna’s group will be exploring the sea animals in the water tray developing their language and building their understanding of the world around them.

Wednesday – Chloe’s group are reading the ‘Gruffalo’ story and making their own Gruffalo crumble!!

Thursday – Ruby’s group is having their own mini imaginative play tea party building imagination skills.  

Friday –  Maria’s group will be building relationships while dressing up and dancing to music with their friends.

Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Monday and Tuesday, Ruby and Maria are in all week and Megan is on holiday all week. Maria’s last day is Friday 31^st.

 

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 are making their own creation out of junk modelling resources supporting turn taking and making relationships with others.

Ines’s group will be building their health and self-care skills while baking a sponge cake with fruit. The children will be talking about the impact food has on our bodies and how following a healthy diet impacts our bodies.

 

Topic of the month: Oceans

 

The letter of the week is: M

The children will be:

Writing the letter M on the chalk boards

Thinking of words that begin with the letter M

Finding objects in our environment starting with M

Creating their own monster pictures

Talking about our Mummies

 

The Number of the week is: 11

The children will be:

Counting to 11

Writing the number 11 on the easel 

Clapping 11 times

Making groups of 11

Number stamps

 

The shape of the week is: Sphere

 

The children will be:

Roll objects down the hill in the garden to see what rolls best

Drawing Sphere shapes

Printing with 3d spheres

Becci is off Tuesday and Wednesday and Ines is off Tuesday. Eva starts on Tuesday.

 

I am on holiday from the 31^st August until the 17^th September, so if you have any queries 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.

 

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).

 

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: 

 

Non-attendance policy

 

Aim of the policy

To give clear guidelines on what to do if a child expected at setting does not arrive.

 

Points to consider

 

This policy needs to be made aware to all parents upon starting at the setting so they understand it is to protect children rather than intrude into personal lives.

Under the Early Years Foundation Stage providers must be alert to any issues for concern in the child’s life at home or elsewhere. By understanding why the child has not attended helps us to form a picture of their life outside of the setting. This policy links to our Child Protection policies.

 

Childcare and Learning Group aim to achieve this by:

 

·        Asking all parents to inform the setting if their child is going to be absent and the reason why.

 

Recording on the registers when and child is absent and why, using the following code:

S = sickness

H= Holiday

A = unknown absence

 

·        If a child is due in and has not arrived, the setting will wait a reasonable time, depending on the child’s session and usual pattern of attendance, before contacting the parent to find out a reason for the child’s absence.

 

·        This reason will then be recorded on the registers.

 

·        Patterns of non-attendance can be monitored through the registers.

 

·        Where possible the setting would encourage parents to contact the setting rather than the setting contacting the parent.

 

·        When contacting the parents the staff will do so in a sensitive manner whilst explaining the need for the phone call.

 

·        If a child claiming Funding is off for more than two consecutive weeks or is regularly absent the manager will need to contact the Funding team.

 

·        The MASH team may need to be contacted. Please discuss this with your Manager and Designated Safeguarding Lead.

 

 

Kind Regards,

 

Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team

Castle Nursery & Pre-School

Childcare and Learning Ltd

14 South Hill | Guildford | Surrey | GU1 3SY

Tel: 01483 533344 | Fax: 01293 772971 | Email: southhill@castledaycare.co.uk | Web: www.castledaycare.co.uk