Dear
Parents
Happy
New Year!
ILD’S
Thank
you to all of the parents who have sent observations to the ILD system, these
have been great.
Please
don’t forget to add on your holiday photos so the children can share these with
their friends!
Staff
teams
For
2015 we have two new staff!
Almu
has joined the Bluebell team. She has a Master’s degree in teaching and has
worked with children both here and in her native Spain.
Mel
is starting on Monday in the Baby room. Mel has previously worked in a Nursery
and is working towards her level 3 qualification.
To
clarify things for you here are the team lists and their days off:
Babies:
Charlotte
– Room leader, off Mondays
Leanne
– Room Senior, off Fridays
Nilem
– off Fridays
Mel
– Off Tuesdays
Bluebells
Donna
– Room Leader, off Fridays
Rose
– Room senior, in all week
Chloe
– Off Thursdays
Almu
– in all week
Sunflowers
Jess
– Room Leader, off Fridays
Becci
– in all week
Megan
– in all week
Alison
and Shula cover in every room.
Parent
Diary 2015
This
diary shows some of our important dates along with some of the festivals we
will be celebrating this year.
W/C
9th February – Valentines week
Tuesday
17th February –Pancake Day
W/C
16th February – Chinese New Year
W/C
2nd march – St David’s week
Thursday
5th March –Parents Evening
W/C
9th March – Mother’s week
W/C
16th March – St Patrick’s week
W/C
30th March – Passover
W/C
5th April – Easter
W/C
20th April – St George’s week
W/C
11TH May – Grandparents week
W/C
15th June – Father’s week
Friday
17th July – Sunflowers Graduation
W/C
20th July –Eid Al Fitr
Thursday
10th September
W/C
14th September – Rosh Hashanah
W/C
26th October – Halloween
W/C
2nd November – Bonfire Night/ Remembrance week
W/C
9TH November – Diwali
W/C
30th November – St Andrews week
W/C
7th December Hanukkah
Monday
7th December and Tuesday 8th Nativity plays
Friday
4th December – Christmas parties
Forest
school
Forest
school started again this week. The Forest school group had a great time.
They
learnt the Forest school rules, walked through the woods to see the fairy
house.
They
looked for mini beasts under logs and found some slugs, spiders and worms!
They
also had great fun collecting pine cones and leaves.
Pewley
consultation
The
Federation of Holy Trinity Junior and Pewley Down Infant schools, Guildford is
making significant changes to its Admissions Arrangements for 2016.
An open meeting will be held at
7.30pm on 4th February 2015 in the hall at Holy Trinity Junior
School (Addison Road, Guildford GU1 3QF) as part of the consultation
process. All are welcome.
Any
comments should be sent to Jane Bennett, Clerk to the Governors, by 1 March
2015
either
via e-mail (janeb@pewleydown.surrey.sch.uk)
or
post (Pewley Down Infant School, Semaphore Road, Guildford GU1 3PT).
Useful
websites:
Here
are the links for the Surrey Family Information Service, Free Early Education
(the 15 hours funding) and Free Early Education for Two year olds.
Menus
There are no changes to this weeks menu
if you
would like to see a copy of our allergens menu at any time please ask!
Policies of the week
We are
currently updating our policies. When these are finished we would like some of
our parents to review them.
All you
would need to do is read some or all of the policies and give some feedback on
them.
If you
are interested please let me know.
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, please visit:
This week’s planned activities are also are now on
the ILD’S
Buttercups
Monday – Nilem’s group is developing awareness of
shape as they explore the puzzle boards.
Tuesday – Leanne’s group are having a Teddy Bear
Picnic as they practice their social skills
Wednesday – Nilem’s group will be mark making on
big sheets of paper.
Thursday – Charlotte’s group are rolling balls down
ramps to build hand eye coordination
Friday – Charlotte’s group is singing rhymes
together.
Charlotte is off Monday, Leanne is off Friday,
Nilem is off Friday.
Bluebells
Monday –Donna’s group are choosing their own
stories to read with an adult
Tuesday – Rose’s group will be using glue and
glitter to decorate balloons
Wednesday- Chloe’s group is printing with cut
apples and making patterns
Thursday – Rose’s group will be using the ICT
equipment such as the toy laptop and cameras.
Friday – Chloe’s group is building towers and
counting how many bricks are in the towers.
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Monday and
Thursday and Rose and Almu are in all week.
Sunflowers
Books of the fortnight
5-12th
January – Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Enebor Attard and Richard Holland
19-26th
January – Are Trees Alive? By Debbie S. Miller
2-9th
February – My Grandparents
16th-23rd
February – Go for it Ruby by Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry
2-9th
March – Mother Knows Best by Jill Murphy
The Sunflowers have one detailed weekly focused
activity to ensure all the children have the opportunity to take part in it.
This will work alongside their weekly planned
activity list which you can see in the room and on the ILD’S.
This
week’s activity is: Completing the I Can Sheets
The
children will be:
Writing
their names
Recognising
letters
Practising
pencil control
Drawing
pictures of ourselves
Ascribing
meanings to marks
The
Letter of the week is: I
This
week the children will be:
Exploring
Ice cubes
Using
the letter I stencils
Creating
Igloos
Writing
words that begin with I
Thinking
about insects
Jess
is off Monday, Becci and Megan are in all week
Caroline and the South Hill Team x
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