Friday 5 October 2018

Week Commencing 8th October


Dear Parents and Carers,

 

Nursery News:

 

Photographer

The nursery photographer will come into nursery next Thursday (11th October) to take photos of the children. They can do family photos and siblings too so if you are available and want to bring the whole family you are more than welcome! The open sessions will run from 11.45 – 12.30 for children and families who aren’t in on Thursday, it will be a first come first served basis.

 

Grandparent’s week

Thank you to all the Grandparents who came in this week. The children had a great time showing them around their rooms and the nursery J

 

Dates for your diaries

6th December – Babies and Bluebells Christmas Parties

7th December – Pre-schools Christmas Party

10th December – Babies and Bluebells Carol Service

11th December – Pre-School Nativity Play
                                                                  

This week’s activities and event-

 

In2 sports – This week in in2sports the children warmed up by manoeuvring around the garden pretending to be different animals. They then continued to build their football skills while passing balls using their feet, then throwing and catching using their hands. 

 

Nature Club – During the weeks Nature Club the children went on a bug hunt to see what living things they could find. They then created their own paint and painted trees and logs in the environment.

 

Next week’s 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: Halloween/ Autumn

 

Monday – Sammy’s group is reading ‘The Three Little Pigs’ using resources and materials creating links between reading and real life textures.

Tuesday – Leanne’s group will be discovering media and texture while exploring coloured paints and sponges.

Wednesday – Hannah’s group are developing their self-care skills while washing their own hands and getting ready for routine practices.

Thursday – Hannah’s group is baking Halloween shortbread biscuits with their friends promoting number awareness.

Friday – Jamie’s group are having a role play picnic encouraging talking and babbling.

Leanne is on holiday all week, Jamie is off Monday, Sammy is off Thursday and Hannah is in all week.

 

Bluebells

 

Topic of the month: Autumn

 

Monday – Megan’s group are exploring the story flashcards with their friend building language and an interest in reading.

Tuesday – Donna’s group is building confidence and an interest in imaginative play while dressing up with their peers.

Wednesday – Chloe’s group will be making their own sandwiches. A small group will walk down to Sainsbury’s, pick their tea items and come back to make their own special tea J

Thursday – Donna’s group is developing their manipulative skills while discovering the magnetic whiteboards and pens.

Friday –  Ruby’s group are making their own fruit smoothie. They will cut and prepare the ingredients and will then put the ingredients into our smoothie maker!

Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Monday and Tuesday, Megan is off Thursday and Friday, Ruby is off Wednesday and Carla is 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.

 

Becci’s group is building their number skills while exploring the ‘Super Sorting Set’. The children will have a choice of a variety of counting and sorting games. The activity will develop counting skills, number recognition and colour recognition.

 

Ines’s group are playing a memory game in a small group. The children will have an arrangement of resources and cups in front of them and they will be supported to hide objects and guess where they are and which ones are missing!

 

Topic of the month: Autumn 

 

The letter of the week is: S

 

The children will be:

Talk about the letter S

Making their own snakes out of recycled resources

Writing the letter S in the water tray

Playing with the S alphabet shakers

 

The Number of the week is: 2

 

The children will be:

Counting to number 2

Holding up two fingers

Writing the number 2 in the sand pit

Clapping and jumping 2 times

 

The shape of the week is: Semi-circle

 

The children will be:

Making a Semi-circle shape with their hands

Counting the sides of a Semi-circle

Shape sorter puzzle

Comparing the circle shape and Semi-circle shape

Becci is off Wednesday, Ines is off Tuesday and Eva is in all week.

 

Jenni and Ottilia are in all week.

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.

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).

 



 

Our Policy of the Week

 

Data protection policy

 

Aim of the policy

To give guidance as to what Data Protection is and how it affects The Childcare and Learning Group

 

Points to consider

This policy works with our confidentiality policy and the Data Protection Act (1998).

 

Childcare and Learning Group aim to achieve this by:

Keeping relevant records on children and staff. These records may be filed onsite or archived at the registered office when the child/ staff member has left.

 

Records will be kept for the regulated amount of time depending on the nature of the record.

 

Records shall be kept securely either by password protected computer systems or in the case of paper documents, locked away. Access to this information is only to be given to authorised suitable people in line with their job role.

 

Childcare and Learning Group is registered with the Information Commissioners Office, as part of the Data Protection Act 1998. Our ICO registration reference is: Z1203871

 

What is Data Protection?

·        There are several key principles of Data Protection law, these are:

·        Data may only be used for the specific purposes for which it was collected.

·        Data must not be disclosed to other parties without the consent of the individual whom it is about, unless there is legislation or other overriding legitimate reason to share the information (for example, the prevention or detection of crime). It is an offence for Other Parties to obtain this personal data without authorization.

·        Individuals have a right of access to the information held about them, subject to certain exceptions (for example, information held for the prevention or detection of crime).

·        Personal information may be kept for no longer than is necessary and must be kept up to date.

·        Personal information may not be sent outside the European Economic Area unless the individual whom it is about has consented or adequate protection is in place, for example by the use of a prescribed form of contract to govern the transmission of the data.

·        Subject to some exceptions for organisations that only do very simple processing, and for domestic use, all entities that process personal information must register with the Information Commissioner's Office.

·        The departments of a company that are holding personal information are required to have adequate security measures in place. Those include technical measures (such as firewalls) and organisational measures (such as staff training).

·        Subjects have the right to have factually incorrect information corrected (note: this does not extend to matters of opinion)


 

Kind Regards,

 

Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team

 

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