Dear
Parents and Carers,
Children
in Need
Thank
you to everyone who has donated this week towards children in need. We have had
a great week raising money for a good cause.
If
you would still like to take part in guessing the baby name activity, please
may you hand this back in to us by Friday afternoon.
Dates
for the diary:
Christmas
Parties - Friday 4th December 3.30-5pm
Babies
and Bluebells Carol Service - Monday 7th December 4.15pm
Pre-Schools
Nativity - Tuesday 8th December 9.45pm or 4.15pm
There
will be signup sheets for these in the rooms
Illness
We
are still having children with high temperatures and colds.
There
has been no further cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth, however we have had one more
case of Impetigo.
If your child gets Hand,
Foot and Mouth they can return to nursery once the spots/blisters have scabbed
over and they meet our well child policy (below).
If your child gets
Impetigo they will need to be off nursery for 48 hours after they have started
antibiotics.
I know it can be hard to
arrange for your child to be away from nursery and we don’t do it to make your
lives difficult!
We ask children to stay
away from nursery so we can minimise the spread to other children and we hate
making those phone calls, but we have to do what we think is right. All rooms
have continue to sterilize all toys and equipment being used each day.
Menus
Our new menu’s start next week. I have attached
them all for you to see.
We will be starting with week 1 on Monday.
If you would like to see a copy of our allergens
menu at any time please ask!
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 of the week: Special Needs procedure for previously unidentified needs
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
Our new menu’s start next week. I have attached
them all for you to see.
We will be starting with week 1 on Monday.
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 – Charlotte’s group will be investigating
textures, weights and appearances of objects
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group is exploring media and
marks while printing using their hands, rollers and stampers
Wednesday– Mel’s group will be encouraged to take
part in simple role play games using the kitchen and role play food
Thursday – Shula’s group is singing number songs
supporting their awareness of numbers
Friday – Mel’s group will be using craft pieces and
glue to create a sea picture promoting fine motor skills
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Mel is off Tuesday,
Nilem is off Monday and Shula is in all week
Bluebells
Monday – Megan’s group are using the emotion dolls
to see what emotions they can recognise
Tuesday – Donna’s group will be creating pictures
in small groups and talking about what we have drawn supporting language skills
Wednesday – Donna’s group are practicing putting on
their coats and shoes encouraging independence skills
Thursday – Almu’s group will be playing ‘Simon
Says’ supporting listening and understanding
Friday – Chloe’s group are grouping and matching
coloured compare bears promoting counting skills
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Thursday, Almu is
on training on Tuesday and Megan is 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: reading the ‘Gruffalo’
story
The children will be sitting in small groups and
will be asked to listen to the ‘Gruffalo’ story. The children will be
encouraged to remember and say the next word/line in the story. The children
will then discuss all the characters in the story.
The activity will be extended and the children will
be asked to create a picture of the Gruffalo, and then will be supported to
write the word Gruffalo.
The letter of the week is: A
The children will be:
Looking at different animals
Linking words to the letter A
Looking at the letter A bottle
Singing the alphabet song
Asking the children what names begin with A?
Setting the easel up with A stencils
Leanne is off Monday, Hector is off Thursday and
Becci is in all week
Special Needs procedure for
previously unidentified needs
Aim
of policy
To
highlight how we support children and their families if we feel they may have
an unidentified special need.
Points
to consider
The
children in our care are very young and whilst we want to support them fully,
we do not wish to label children. When identifying Special Needs the
practitioner must remain respectful and sensitive to the needs of the child and
family and must adhere to additional policies such as confidentially policy.
Castle
Daycare and Preschool aims to achieve this by:
If
any member of staff reasonably believes that the development progress and/or
behaviour of a child arises as a result of a special need, then that member of
staff will:
- Inform the Nursery Manager and SENCO about their
concern providing examples of lack of development progress and/or
behaviour which give rise to their concern.
The
nursery manager and/or special needs co-ordinator will:
- Ensure that the child is observed.
- Following a period of observation, and where
appropriate, raise the concern about the child’s development
progress/behaviour with parents to agree an appropriate course of
action. This may involve referral to appropriate external agencies.
- If a special/special educational need is identified,
the procedure relating to special needs admissions will be employed.
If
the parent/carer does not agree a special need exists, then the Nursery Manager
and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator will ensure:
- The staff team continue to observe the child and record
observations.
- Refer the position of the parent/carer to the area
manager.
- After an appropriate period re-state the concern with
the parent/carer with a view to agreeing an appropriate course of action.
If
the parent/carer continues to ignore the concern being expressed, Castle
Daycare and Preschool will:
- Write to the parent/carer requesting referral to an
external professional agency to support special needs assessment.
- If not agreed, consideration will be given to referring
the issue to the Surrey Safeguarding Children Board in accordance with the
Castle Daycare and Preschool child protection policy.
Kind regards,
Jess Smith
Manager, SENCO
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