week commencing 29th July 2013

Dear Parents

 

Nursery news

You may have seen the Handy men Dennis and Jamie have been with us this week. All of the blinds have now been fitted, our front window has been stripped and repainted, the front wall has had a good clean and the entrance hall is due to have a bit of a refresh!

Looking ahead to next year our numbers are getting very busy, we now have little or no spaces in Bluebells  and limited spaces in the other rooms. If you were looking to change sessions please let me know as soon as possible so that we are able to arrange these for you or get you on to our waiting list.

 

Please can all parents make sure that the children do not bring in toys from home (except comforters.) We had an incident this week where a child had to go to hospital because they put a bead up their nose. The bead was from another child’s bracelet that had been brought in and broken.

 

Please can all Sunflower parents check and see if they have Scorch the Dragon and his diary at home. As you can imagine he is very popular and the children are missing him!

 

Wow vouchers

I have attached Wow vouchers for you to complete at home over the summer. Any achievements your child completes at home over the summer we would like to hear about them! Don’t forget to get Grandparents and extended family involved too.

 

Holidays

Please can you let us know if you are away; as part of our policies we will call you if your child is expected in and does not arrive and we do not want to be bothering you whilst you are away!

 

Policies of the week

We will be displaying a different policy every week in the hallway and on our blog:  http://castlenursery-southhill.blogspot.co.uk  (you may have to cut and paste this link).

If you would like to see this or any of our policies please ask Caroline.

Our Policy this week is: Child protection liaison officer (part of our safeguarding children policies)

 

This 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, visit:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/

 

Buttercups

Monday –Nilem’s group are having fun dressing up

Tuesday- Magda’s group will be role playing jobs such as Workman and using the building toys.

Wednesday- Emma’s group are playing with the farm animals toys and making animal sounds

Thursday – Charlotte’s group will be singing number songs such as “Five Little Ducks”

Friday – Leanne’s group is exploring bluebells as they are due to move up soon!

Charlotte is off Friday, Emma is off Tuesday and Thursday, Nilem is off Friday, Magda is off Monday and Leanne is in all week.

 

Bluebells

Monday- Josie’s group will be painting mini beast pictures

Tuesday – Donna’s group is looking at animal books together as they name animals and their sounds

Wednesday – Sophie’s group are practicing their balancing skills as they explore an obstacle course

Thursday – Donna’s group is counting as they use the linking elephants to create groups.

Friday – Sophie’s group will be building friendships as they play with the cars and garage.

Donna is off Friday, Sophie is off Thursday, Josie is off Tuesday.

 

Sunflowers

Books of the fortnight are:

22^nd- 29^th July Guess How much I Love You? By Sam Mc Bratney

5^th – 12^th August Super Worm by Julia Donaldson

19^th – 26^th August Going to School – Usbourne books

Monday – Alison’s group are mixing paints together to make different colours

Tuesday – Jess’s group will be matching objects into coloured buckets

Wednesday – Jess’s group are developing their hand eye co-ordination as they play with the scoop and catch set

Thursday – Chloe’s group is making bird feeders to hang in the garden

Friday – Chloe’s group will be practising their pen control through tracing shapes, pictures and letters using tracing paper

Jess is off Monday, Rose is in all week and Chloe and Alison are on holiday.

 

Have a great weekend.

 

Caroline and the South Hill team x

Child protection liasion officer

What is a CPLO?

 

Every Nursery must have a staff member who takes on the role of Child Protection Liaison officer, CPLO.

 

In this nursery that person is Caroline Laidlaw

 

Each setting also has a deputy Child Protection Liaison officer, DCPLO in case the CPLO is accused of abuse or is absent.

 

The Deputy Child Protection Liaison officer in this nursery is

Charlotte Hampshire

 

 

The role of the CPLO/DCPLO is:

·         to attend the more detailed Multi agency training to enable them to identify, understand and respond appropriately to signs of possible abuse and neglect.

·         To share information with the staff team

·         To access information and liaise with outside agencies to ensure all information is accurate and up to date.

·         Collate information where there are concerns about a child.

·         Contact Surrey County Council Contact Centre who provide relevant and up to date advice and make decisions about referrals.

·         To provide support, advice and guidance to other staff.

·         To have regard to the Government’s statutory guidance “Working Together to Safeguard Children”

 

Nursery records such as accident and incident records should be checked once a month to ensure that any patterns, health and safety issues or child protection issues are picked up.

The person/s in this setting who monitors this information is Caroline Laidlaw

 

 

week commencing 22nd July

 

Staff news

Congratulations to Leanne on gaining her Level 3 Qualification in Child Development!

This week the staff training session is on the Welfare Requirements

 

Nursery News

Our hallway is now finished! Following from your feedback that it lacked space, we have removed the unit and given the hallway a makeover to make it feel more spacious!

Our blinds are nearly all up and the back garden is looking lovely in the sunshine after it’s redecoration.

 

Policies of the week

We will be displaying a different policy every week in the hallway and on our blog:  http://castlenursery-southhill.blogspot.co.uk  (you may have to cut and paste this link).

If you would like to see this or any of our policies please ask Caroline.

Our Policy this week is: Child protection policy (part of our safeguarding children policies)

 

This 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, visit:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/

 

Buttercups

Monday – Nilem’s group are stacking blocks (and knocking them down) to develop hand eye coordination.

Tuesday – Charlotte’s group will be developing an interest in picture books as they read together.

Wednesday – Leanne’s group are developing social skills as they play peek a boo with each other.

Thursday – Magda’s group are exploring ice and introducing new describing words, cold, hard, melt, drip.

Friday – Emma’s group will be exploring the garden using our senses.

Charlotte is off Thursday, Emma is off Friday, Nilem is off Monday, Leanne is in all week and Magda is on holiday.

 

Bluebells

Monday -Donna’s group are having fun playing skittles together

Tuesday – Sophie’s group is looking at counting books and practising numbers.

Wednesday – Donna’s group will be using the imagination as they play with the big dolls house.

Thursday – Sophie’s group are asking questions as they read stories together

Friday – Josie’s group is developing their spacial awareness skills as they complete puzzles.

Donna is off Friday, Sophie is off Monday, Josie is off Wednesday and Rose is on Holiday

 

Sunflowers

Books of the fortnight are:

22^nd- 29^th July Guess How much I Love You? By Sam Mc Bratney

5^th – 12^th August Super Worm by Julia Donaldson

19^th – 26^th August Going to School – Usbourne books

Monday – Jess’s group will be creating shapes with playdough as they explore the properties of shapes

Tuesday – Jess’s group is developing social skills as they play “The shopping list” game together

Wednesday – Alison will be supporting the children’s understanding of where they live as they talk about journeys and look at local maps

Thursday – Chloe’s group will be adding up as they play a number skittles game

Friday – Chloe’s group are making a yummy fruit salad!

Jess is off Monday, Chloe is off Tuesday and Alison’s last day for the summer is Wednesday.

 

Caroline and the South Hill Team

Child protection policy

Child Protection Policy

 

Aim of policy

 

To protect the welfare of every child in our care.

We aim to comply with the local child protection procedures approved by the Surrey Safeguarding Children board and make sure that all adults working with, and looking after children are able to put these procedures into practice.

 

Points to consider

This policy covers the following points:

·         Child Protection/ Safeguarding

·         Current safeguarding training

·         Suitable people

·         Whistle Blowing

·         Social Networking

·         Common Assessment Framework (CAF)

 

Use of mobile phone is covered in the separate Mobile phone and using images policy.

 

The following policies should be used alongside the Child protection policy to form a full safeguarding procedure,

·         The Mobile phone and using images policy

·         Anti bullying policy

·         Lost/missing child policy

·         Late/non collection of child

·         Arrival and departure procedure

·         Non attendance policy

·         Intoxicated persons policy

·         Multi agency working and information sharing policy

·         Confidentiality policy

 

 

If we have a concern about a child we will share these concerns with parents/carers. However, if sharing these concerns puts the child at risk of significant or further harm we will seek advice from the duty manager at Surrey County Councils Contact Centre first.

week commencing 15th July

Dear Parents

 

Graduation

Thank you to all of the school leavers parents who were able to attend the graduation. It was a great afternoon and a lovely way to say goodbye to all of our big children!

 

Staff news

Sadly Josie will be leaving us, after two years at Castle Josie has decided to pursue a career as a Nanny. I am sure you will join us in wishing her good luck in her new role. Josie’s last day will be Friday 2^nd August. We are recruiting for a new team member and I will keep you all informed as things progress.

 

School leavers

We are still waiting for a few last days for our school leavers. Can all school leaver parents make sure all standing orders and voucher payments are cancelled when your child leaves us.

 

This 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, visit:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/

 

Buttercups

Monday – Charlotte’s group is playing with water outside

Tuesday – Emma’s group is exploring shapes and shape sorters

Wednesday – Magda’s group are looking at animals in picture books and saying their sounds.

Thursday – Nilem’s group are getting messy as the take part in a floor painting activity

Friday – Leanne’s group are singing “Head shoulders knees and toes”

Charlotte is off Tuesday, Magda is off Monday, Leanne is off all week, Nilem is off Monday and Emma is off Thursday

 

Bluebells

Monday – Josie’s group is practising speaking and listening skills as they name objects

Tuesday- Donna’s group will be reading stories together

Wednesday – Sophie’s group are getting physical as they explore toys such as the tunnels outside

Thursday – Donna’s group is using magnifying glasses to explore mini beasts

Friday- Josie’s group will be playing with the small world toys.

Donna is off Friday, Sophie is off Thursday, Josie is off Tuesday and Rose is in every day

 

Sunflowers

Books of the fortnight are:

8^th – 15^th July – Who Am I? by Gervase Phinn and Tony Ross

22^nd- 29^th July Guess How much I Love You? By Sam Mc Bratney

5^th – 12^th August Super Worm by Julia Donaldson

19^th – 26^th August Going to School – Usbourne books

Monday – Alison will be supporting the children as they write numerals

Tuesday – Chloe’s group is telling their favourite stories to each other using the pictures as prompts.

Wednesday –Jess’s group will be developing their ICT skills as they type their names on the computer

Thursday – Jess’s group is developing hand eye coordination as they play bowling

Friday – Chloe’s group are cooking up some yummy treats!

Jess is off Friday, Chloe is off Wednesday and Alison does 9.30-2.30 Monday to Thursday

Week commencing 8th July

Staff news

Rose is attending a ‘Working with Parents’ training course on Wednesday.

Caroline is back from her holiday on Thursday 11^th July – just in time for the Graduation!

 

Policies of the week

We will be displaying a different policy every week in the hallway and on our blog:  http://castlenursery-southhill.blogspot.co.uk  (you may have to cut and paste this link).

If you would like to see this or any of our policies please ask Caroline.

Our Policy this week is: Sleeping children procedure

 

This 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, visit:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/

 

Buttercups

Monday – Leanne’s group will be practising their walking skills using push along toys

Tuesday – Nilem’s group are playing cooperative games with balls

Wednesday – Emma’s group will be developing their interest in looking at books about animals and people

Thursday – Charlotte’s group are learning new words through naming toy vehicles on the town mat

Friday – Magda’s group are exploring colours and textures as they paint pictures with sponges

Charlotte is off Friday, Magda is off Monday, Nilem is off Friday, Emma is off Thursday and Leanne is off Tuesday

 

Bluebells

Monday – Sophie’s group will be exploring how to make the remote control cars move around the room

Tuesday – Sophie’s group are throwing and kicking large balls to each other in the garden to encourage turn-taking and cooperation

Wednesday – Donna’s group will be creating collages with glue and a variety of materials  

Thursday – Donna’s group are developing their gross motor skills through playing with the skittles and ball set

Friday – Josie’s’ group will be practising their vocabulary as they look at our new story books

Donna is off Friday, Josie is off Tuesday, Sophie is off Thursday and Rose is off Wednesday

 

Sunflowers

Books of the fortnight are:

8^th – 15^th July – Who Am I? by Gervase Phinn and Tony Ross

22^nd- 29^th July Guess How much I Love You? By Sam Mc Bratney

5^th – 12^th August Super Worm by Julia Donaldson

19^th – 26^th August Going to School – Usbourne books

Monday – Chloe’s group will be helping each other to make a den in the garden

Tuesday – Alison’s group are discussing what happens in the summer and writing a poem about it

Wednesday – Jess’ group are talking about the occupations of their family members to develop their interest in different ways of life

Thursday – Chloe’s group will be practising their hand eye coordination as they play with the ‘scoop bats’ and balls

Friday –Jess’s group will be making the number fish puzzle to encourage their number recognition

Jess is off Monday, Chloe is off Wednesday and Alison does 9.30-2.30 Monday to Thursday

 

Charlotte and the South Hill team