Dear
Parents
Parent’s
Evening
Date
for your diary, parents evening is Thursday 5th March.
Pop
in anytime between 6.30-8.30, to chat to your child’s key person.
You
can also have a look at the next room if your child is due to move up and have
the chance to talk to other parents.
Hope
to see you all there!
Mother’s
week
Please
can all Mummies clear a space in their diaries on the week of 9th
March as we are having Mother’s week.
This
is a week when we invite all Mummies in to play, it doesn’t have to be a date
your child attends. Just sign up in your child’s room.
Come
along and spend some time with your child at the nursery, you can join in a
music session, have a go at sports stars or join us for tea.
We
are also having a Mother’s day tea party on Friday 13th March so
come along and be spolit!
Illness
The
stomach bug is still going around L
Please keep your child off if they are ill, they
can return to nursery 48 hours after their last episode of sickness or
diarrhoea.
New
Fees
From
1st March the fees are changing. I have attached another copy of the
new fee schedule for you all to see.
To
try and make the 15 hours of funding that three year olds receive clearer, we
will be changing our fee structure from your average monthly fee minus the
funding to an actual monthly fee minus the funding. You will still receive all
of the funding that your child is entitled to.
Please
remember that the Government does not pay funding during school holidays. Here
is a list of the school holiday dates:
W/C
16th February
30th
March – 10th April
4th
May
W/C
25th May
End
of term is 21st July and the term starts again in September so there
is no funding in August.
Hopefully
this will make the funding a little easier to calculate.
If
you have any questions about the new fees you can contact the Operations
Manager Natalie Chrystie on: natalie@daycare.co.uk
or her Mobile: 07789268241
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 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!
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
Forest School
There was no forest school this week
as it was half term. The new group will start on Wednesday 25th
February.
Buttercups
Monday – Nilem’s group are developing
their gross motor skills by climbing onto the ‘Toddle Boxes’ and through the
tunnel.
Tuesday – Leanne’s group will be
exploring and making the sounds of the small world animals on the zoo mat.
Wednesday – Nilem’s group are
developing their interest in books as they read the ‘Baby ABC’ book together.
Thursday – Charlotte’s group will be
singing animal songs with the jungle and farm animal puppets.
Friday – Charlotte’s group are
playing ball games together.
Charlotte is off Monday, Mel is off
Tuesday, Leanne and Nilem are off Friday.
Bluebells
Monday – Donna’s group are playing
the game ‘Simon Say’s together.
Tuesday – Chloe’s group will be
developing their listening skills as they play the animal name game.
Wednesday – Almu will be supporting
her group as they draw lines and shapes with pencils.
Thursday – Rose’s group are
investigating shapes and measures by filling up different sized containers in
the water tray.
Friday – Chloe is reading her group’s
favourite books and discussing what is happening in the pictures and
stories.
Almu and Rose are working together
with Rose’s key group. This is so that we have a seamless transition when Rose
goes on Maternity leave.
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off
Thursday, Rose and Almu are in all week.
Sunflowers
Books of the fortnight
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: Making
handprint posters for our family members
The children will be:
Talking about familiar people
Recognising special times and events
Describing special people and events
Discussing what they are making and
why
Exploring colour and media
The Letter of the week is: O
This week the children will be:
Linking words to the letter O
Tasting oranges
Thinking of items that are orange
Using the O flashcards on the easel
Using the letter O stencils at the
writing table
Looking at octagon shapes
Making owl sounds
Counting octopus legs.
Jess is off Friday, Megan is in all
week and Becci is on holiday all week.
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