Dear
Parents and Carers,
Nursery
News:
Bathroom
redecoration
Just
to let you know the bathroom works start tomorrow. If you have any questions
about this please let us know. The rooms and gardens will not be affected and the nursery
will be open as usual.
Please be aware there
may be a little bit of debris at the front of the building first thing on Monday morning as
the old equipment is being collected and taken away.
Dates
for your diaries
4th
September – New Term starts
10th
September – Term time only funding starts
27th
September – Parents evening
This weeks activities and events
In2 Sports – In this week’s in2 sports
we were practicing our football skills by kicking footballs off of cones, we
then took it in turns to kick footballs in to different sized goals.
Forest
School –
During this week’s Forest School we read ‘ Room on the Broom ‘, then we
created our own magic potions using items from the forest and Owens super
special Wizard water to help mix the ingredients together.
Nature Club
– This
week in Nature Club we worked together to make a shelter from the rain using a
tarp and string, we read stories and even played in the rain, getting very wet!
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:
Animals
Monday
– Leanne’s group are developing their turn taking skills by playing ‘peek a
boo’ games and turn taking games.
Tuesday
– Sammy’s group will be exploring clay and water creating their own piece of
art.
Wednesday
– Jamie’s group are developing their
understanding of shapes by exploring shape puzzles.
Thursday
– Hannah’s group will be investigating ICT toys by pushing buttons and turning
flaps to create sound, songs and lights.
Friday
– Jamie’s
group are going on a bug hunt in the baby garden and the big garden.
Jamie is off
Monday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Hannah and Sammy are on holiday Friday.
Bluebells
Topic
of the month:
Under the sea
Monday
– Megan’s group will be exploring quantities by measuring out ingredients to
make scrummy biscuit’s.
Tuesday
– Donna’s group are reading ‘ Smiley Shark’, they will talk about the sea
creatures in the story and then explore the sea animals in the water tray.
Wednesday –
Ruby’s group will be putting on a puppet show! They will be telling stories and
singing different songs related to the animal puppets.
Thursday
– Maria’s group are getting creative making starfish, whilst making their
starfish they will learn some interesting facts about this ocean dweller.
Friday
– Chloe’s group are having a tea party, promoting communication skills,
imaginative play and sharing with our peers.
Donna
is off
Friday, Chloe is off Monday and Tuesday, Megan is off 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
group will be developing their understanding of living objects by growing their
own plants. They will have to follow instructions, on how to plant the seeds
and what they will need to do to make them grow.
Ines’s group
are making their own fruit smoothies and looking at what ingredients they will
need, weighing out the ingredients and portioning out the fruits and juice
equally.
Topic of the
month: Oceans
The letter
of the week is: L
The children
will be:
Writing the
letter L on whiteboards
Thinking of
words that begin with the letter L
Finding
objects in our environment starting with L
Making Lion
masks
The Number
of the week is: 10
The children
will be:
Counting to
10
Writing the
number 10 with chalk in the garden
Clapping and
jumping 10 times
Making
groups of 10 with the linking elephants
The shape of
the week is: Star
The children
will be:
Reading the
story “ How to eat a Star”
Drawing star
shapes
Counting the
stars sides and corners
Becci
is off Tuesday and 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 3 weeks as the Chefs take it in turns to have their summer holiday.
Temporary menu’s will be displayed on the meal time
board.
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:
Arrival and departure policy
Aim of the policy
To give clear guidance on how we record arrivals
and departures to the setting.
Points
to consider
Within our settings in Childcare and Learning Group
we do not allow children under 16 year of age to collect children from the
setting.
We keep records of each child’s full name, address
and date of birth as well as hours of attendance.
The
Childcare and Learning Group aim to do this by:
We ask every parent and carer to record their
child’s arrival and departure on our registers. Staff will check these
registers frequently to ensure the children have all been signed in and out
correctly.
Staff are also required to sign in and out of the
premises.
All visitors to the setting are required to sign
the visitor’s book and record: their full name, the name of their organisation
or link to child, the purpose of their visit, contact details and accurate
details of arrivals and departure times.
During the settling in sessions parents are asked
who, if anyone, is allowed to collect their child. Parents set their own
password which can be given to people the parent has nominated to collect their
child. Parents are asked to inform the setting of who will be collecting their
child even if it is one of the nominated people.
In rare circumstances the setting may allow a child
to be collected by someone other than the parent or nominated person, if requested
to do so by the parent. In these circumstances we will:
·
Ask the parent to give the person collecting the
password
·
Ask the parent for the person collecting’s full
name and description
·
When the person collecting arrives we will check
the password and ask for ID before allowing them to collect the child
·
The person collecting will be asked to sign the
child out and record the correct departure time.
Kind
Regards,
Jess,
Jamie and the South Hill Team
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