Dear
Parents and Carers,
Forest
School
This
week in our Forest School session we went to a different part of the Forest!! We
made some Easter eggs and play people using natural clay and it was really
exciting. Then we went and had a warm hot chocolate for our snack, after snack
we played an exciting game of hide seek. Lastly we slid down a hill on our
bottoms. We had a great time.
Parents
Evening
Thank
you to everyone who came along to parents evening last week, it was a really
successful night. If anyone was unable to make it and would like a catch up
with your child’s Key Person please let them know and we can book in an
appointment.
Easter
All
the children had a super fun Easter egg hunt today. There will be lots of
photos added to the ILD’s for you all to see.
We
hope you all have a lovely Easter weekend.
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: Fire safety 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
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group is singing the song ‘Old
McDonald Had a Farm’ developing an interest in songs and rhymes
Wednesday – Shula’s group are investigating the
shiny objects promoting sensory experiences
Thursday – Shula’s group will be exploring the
photos of themselves and their families encouraging an awareness of themselves
and their immediate family
Friday – Mel’s group is looking at their favourite
stories in groups supporting their attention skills
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Mel is off Tuesday,
Nilem is off Monday and Shula is in all week.
Bluebells
Tuesday – Chloe’s group are making fresh playdough
in groups promoting the use of language
Wednesday – Donna’s group is using the animals to
encourage the children to develop their imaginative play
Thursday – Megan’s group is investigating different
coloured paint supporting exploration of media and colours
Friday – Almu’s group will be playing a number
guessing game with their peers encouraging simple number skills
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Thursday and
Friday, Megan and Almu 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: operating ICT equipment
The children will work 1:1 with their Key Worker,
they will be supported to open the Microsoft word document. They will be
encouraged to type familiar letters and numbers to them. The activity will be
extended and they will be asked to write familiar words.
The letter of the week is: S
The children will be:
Writing the letter S with stencils
Reading the book ‘Skeleton Dance’
Thinking about animals that begin with S
Talking about our spots and our reward chart
Dressing up as superheroes!
Making the letter S out of playdough
Making a space ship
Thinking of words that begin with S
Leanne is on holiday all week, Hector is off
Thursday and Becci is in all week.
Fire safety policy
Aim
of policy
This
policy is designed to eliminate/reduce the risks to the health and safety of
children, staff and users of the Nursery from fire and related hazards.
Points
to consider
Castle
Daycare and Preschool can only ensure the health and safety of everyone using
the Nursery with the co-operation of staff following/putting the procedures in
place during evacuation in a fire emergency or training exercise.
The
nominated fire warden is:
Castle
Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this by:
Having
a procedure to ensure robust systems
In
order to ensure robust systems exist to respond to an event of fire:
The
Nursery Manager will:
- Undertake a fire alarm/ bell test at least once a term.
- Test emergency lighting every six months.
- Keep a record of the tests to include date and time, faults/ issuers occurring if appropriate.
- Develop a local setting fire evacuation procedure to include exits to be used, assembly area etc.
- Carry out a Nursery evacuation procedure (fire drill) every quarter as a minimum.
- Keep records of the fire drills to include time of drill, evacuation time and comments.
- Ensure all staff members are aware of and understand the local setting evacuation procedure.
- Ensure that all staff members have undertaken basic fire safety training during their initial induction and senior staff will undertake additional training annually.All Nursery staff will:
- Ensure that fire exits are not blocked.
- Ensure routes of access and egress remain clear
- Undertake regular fire safety training.
The
evacuation of the nursery is a significant event and therefore Ofsted must be
informed within 14 days of the evacuation
Kind regards,
Jess Smith
Manager, SENCO
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