Dear
Parents and Carers
Photographer
Thursday
1st October 2015 – 1pm – 5pm
The
nursery photographer will come in to take photos of the children. She can do
family photos and siblings so if you want to bring the whole family you are
more than welcome. They make great presents!
The
open session will run from 3.45-4.45pm for children and families who aren’t in
on Thursday, it will be a first come first served basis.
Nursery
clothes
If
anyone has any of the spare nursery clothes, we would appreciate if you could
return them over the next few weeks. Our collection seems to be low.
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.
Policy
of the week
We will be displaying a different policy every week
at the bottom of this newsletter.
If you would like to see this or any of our
policies please ask Jess.
Our Policy
this week is: Mobile phone Policy
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 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!
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 on the
ILD’S.
Buttercups
Monday – Hannah’s group are using blocks to build
simple constructions supporting motor skills
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group will be playing the
‘What’s in the Box?’ game encouraging vocabulary
Wednesday – Mel’s group are playing ball games
together promoting social skills
Thursday – Hannah’s group will be moving their
body’s to music while singing ‘Head, shoulders, Knees and Toes’
Friday – Mel’s group will be discovering
different textures while exploring shells in the sand pit
Charlotte is off Monday and Wednesday, Hannah is in
all week, Nilem is off Monday and Mel is off Tuesday
Bluebells
Monday – Almu’s group are developing their speaking
skills while investigating farm and jungle animals
Tuesday – Donna’s group will play a variety of ball
games in the garden supporting motor skills and turn taking
Wednesday – Megan’s group are practising their
counting skills while using the coloured bean bags
Thursday – Almu’s group will be encouraged to move
to music during a game of musical bumps
Friday – Chloe’s group are discovering what animal
sounds they can make while completing the giant jungle puzzle together
Donna is on a/l all week, Chloe is off Thursday,
Almu and Megan are in all week
Sunflowers
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: Counting skills through
the use of puzzles
The children will be matching the correct puzzle
pieces up and will be encouraged to recite numbers. The activity will be
extended by supporting the children to recognise numbers in and out of
sequence.
The letter of the week is: O
The children will be:
Looking at objects around the room
Linking words to the letter O
Thinking of names that begin with O
Using the O stencils
Setting up the water tray with objects that are
orange
Colouring pictures of objects that start with O
Leanne is off Wednesday, Hector is off Thursday and
Becci is in all week
Mobile phone Policy
Aim of policy
To give clear guidance on the use of mobile phones in
the Nursery.
Points to consider
Castle Daycare and Preschool accept that mobile
phones are a part of everyday life for parents, carers and for staff.
This policy is part of the Nursery’s wider commitment
to safeguarding the welfare of children.
Ofsted inspectors are legally allowed to keep their
business phones as they may be required to take photographs as evidence. No
children are to be included in these photos.
If a tribal inspector arrives they must follow the
mobile phone policy.
Castle Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this by:
Staff working directly with children must not use
mobile phones as it is inappropriate and distracts them from paying full attention
to the children in their care.
Staff are not permitted to take images of the
children on their mobiles or personal cameras. Staff mobile phones must be
stored in the office and kept away from the children at all times. Staff are
only permitted to use mobile phones away from the children whilst they are on
breaks.
Staff who do not
follow this policy will face disciplinary action.
We ask all parents and visitors to not use mobile
phones whilst on the premises.
Images taken on mobile phones are easily shared and
could fall into undesirable hands, either through the person forwarding
pictures or a mobile being stolen.
Under no circumstances are staff allowed to take
photographs or videos of the children at nursery on their mobile phones or
personal cameras.
If you see a member of staff using a mobile phone
or personal camera around the children you must report it to the manager.
This mobile phone policy is open to scrutiny and
the management can withdraw or restrict authorisation at any time.
Kind regards,
Jess Smith
Manager, SENCO
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