Dear
Parents and Carers,
Happy New Year to all, we hope you all had a great Christmas.
Nursery
News:
2019
Dairy
Please
find attached the new parent diary for 2019, it shows some of our important
dates along with some of the festivals we will be celebrating this year.
Extra-curricular
activities
Music and movement will be starting on Friday 11th
January, Yoga and baby sensory will be starting on Monday 4th
February.
Nursery
Gate
Please
can we ask you all to ensure the front gate is closed when you are coming in
and out of the nursery. Thank you for your co-operation.
Dates
for your diaries
7th
January – Term time only Funding starts
14th
March – Parents evening
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:
New Year
Monday
– Leanne’s group are building their number awareness while writing numbers in
sand and printing them on paper.
Tuesday
– Leanne’s group will be singing group songs with their friends supporting
language and friendships.
Wednesday
– Jamie’s group are exploring books together developing an interest in stories.
Thursday
– Hannah’s group are discovering the jungle animals building an awareness of
different animals and their sounds.
Friday
– Sammy’s group will be developing their language skills while making animal
sounds.
Jamie
is off Monday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Sammy is off Thursday and Hannah is in
holiday all week.
Bluebells
Topic
of the month:
Food from around the world
Monday
– Megan’s group are building their imaginative skills while discovering the
role play clothes and equipment.
Tuesday
– Donna’s group are developing an interest in stories while exploring their
favourite books.
Wednesday
– Carla’s group will be discovering the light up box supporting colour and
shape awareness.
Thursday
– Chloe’s group are decorating their own cakes, building their counting skills
while counting toppings onto the cake.
Friday
– Ruby’s group is making their own fruit juice! They will be squeezing
lemons and oranges into jugs and adding water!
Donna
is off Friday, Chloe is off Monday and Friday, Megan is off Tuesday and
Thursday, Ruby and Carla are 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 exploring media and materials while creating their own pictures using
pens, pencils and paint. The children will be encouraged to give meaning to the
marks they make.
Ines’s
group will be developing their motor skills while playing group parachute games
with their friends.
Eva’s
group are building their shape awareness while creating different shapes and
objects with sticks.
Topic
of the month:
Winter
The
letter of the week is: B
The
children will be:
Talking
about the letter b
Writing
the letter b
Exploring
the letter b alphabet shaker
Writing
the letter b in the sand tray
Thinking
about animals that begin with the letter b
The
Number of the week is: 2
The
children will be:
Counting
to number 2
Exploring
number puzzles
Holding
2 fingers up
Writing
the number 2 in the sand pit
The
shape of the week is: semi-circle
The
children will be:
Counting
the sides and corners of a semi-circle shape
Making
a semi-circle shape with our hands
Finding
the shapes around the room
Cutting
a circle shape to develop a semi-circle
Becci
is off Wednesday, Ines is off Tuesday and Eva is in all week.
Ottilia is in all week and Jenni is on holiday all week.
I am in everyday working different
shifts.
If you have any queries when I am not
here 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:
Supporting children and families with English as an additional language
(EAL) policy
Aim
of the policy
At Childcare and Learning Group we welcome everyone
into our settings. This includes children who speak languages other than
English. To speak a language other than English will be celebrated and not seen
as a disadvantage or deficit for the children or family. Our strategy to
support these children will be implemented by all staff members. Staff members
will be given support and information to enable them to promote these
strategies. It is the responsibility of the staff to be flexible and creative
to ensure that effective communication takes place.
Points
to consider
It is important to identify the child’s first
language before they start at the setting, and to establish whether the parents
are able to converse in English or if they will need alternative support to
understand the routines and learning environment their child will experience.
Children from different cultures may find our
setting unfamiliar, it is important that we include pictures, in the
environment, with which the children can identify. They may include a variety
of houses, landscapes, families or children playing.
See the Inclusion policies in addition to this
policy
Childcare
and Learning Group aims to
achieve this by:
The setting environment strives to be multicultural
with a variety of multi-cultural books and resources. The displays around the
settings also reflect multiculturalism.
Steps
to support children with EAL:
·
On the settling in sessions, we ask parents for key
words in the child’s first language to enable us to use these to communicate
with the child.
·
We will keep language simple and literal initially
so the child has the best opportunity to understand.
·
We will give instructions to the child individually
and with eye contact as we understand generalised instructions may be hard to
follow.
·
We will give the child time to respond as we
recognise it takes time to translate.
·
We will have key words relevant to the child on
display with pictures around the room, to help staff communicate with the child
and for the child to tell us what they want.
·
We will encourage the child and their family to
teach children and staff the names of objects in their own language.
·
We will model correct sentences, without correcting
the child, when they have tried to communicate.
Working
with parents
Parents from other countries may have no personal
experience of setting as we know it. It is important that sufficient time is
given to explain to them the key principles of our system and the routines
their child will experience.
When completing the registration form we will take
down the details of the country of origin, the religion, the language and key
cultural needs of the child, these may include dietary restrictions which will
be shared with all staff and our chef to ensure no misunderstandings.
All parents are encouraged to contribute to the
learning of their child by visiting, sharing significant events/festivals and
doing activities.
Kind Regards,
Kind Regards,
Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team
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