Dear
Parents and Carers,
Father’s
Day week
A
reminder that we will be celebrating Father’s Day next week.
We
would love for all Daddies to come in for a stay and play session. All you need
to do is chat to the staff in your child’s room and sign up for a session!
We
will also be having a Father’s Day breakfast on Friday 17th June, so
come along and have a bacon sandwich with your child for breakfast. Please sign
up in your child’s room J
Lost
Clothes
Sunflowers are missing a pair of Gap
blue trousers. Please
can you all keep a look out for them just in case they have been taken home by
mistake!
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 or Charlotte.
Our Policy of the week: Emergency
Closure policy – illness
Useful
websites:
Here are the links for the Surrey
Family Information Service, Free Early Education (the 15 hours funding), Free
Early Education for Two year olds and Early Years
Pupil Premium funding.
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 – Charlotte’s group are looking at their
favourite stories promoting an interest in books
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group will be exploring the
Noah’s Ark shape sorter supporting fine motor skills and hand eye coordination
Wednesday – Shula’s group are investigating the
play telephones encouraging the children to have simple pretend play
conversations
Thursday – Shula’s group will be singing number
songs while filling an ice-cube tray with different fruit juices supporting
early counting skills
Friday – Mel’s group are discovering the emotional
dolls to see if they can copy the faces encouraging an awareness of feelings
Charlotte is on holiday all week, Mel is off
Tuesday, Nilem is off Monday and Shula is in all week.
Bluebells
Monday – Megan’s group are using the mirrors to
talk about different emotions building an understanding of facial expressions
and emotions
Tuesday – Chloe’s group will be making our Daddies
a treat for Father’s Day with our friends
Wednesday – Donna’s group are celebrating Father’s
Week with their Daddies, they will be taking part in creative activities during
our stay and play sessions
Thursday – Almu’s group is developing an
understanding of prepositions while having fun with a teddy and a chair
Friday – Chloe’s group will be making their own
story with role play animals developing an interest in stories
Donna is off Friday, 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: cooking a special treat
for our Daddies!
This week the children will be making a special
treat for our Daddies for Father’s Day. During this the children will be
encouraged to work with their friends and respond to instructions. Their
understanding will be promoted and they will be asked questions to build their
knowledge further.
The letter of the week is: D
The children will be:
Talking about our Daddies
Drawing the letter D
Singing ‘Five Little Ducks’
Role play dinners
Letter D letter bottle
The Number of the week is: 8
The children will be:
Holding up 8 fingers
Looking for 8 different objects
Counting to 8
Drawing a number 8
Talking about how many legs a spider has!
The shape of the week is: Square
The children will be:
Counting the sides and corners of a square
Looking for square shapes around the room
Colouring square templates
Drawing squares and cutting them out
Leanne is off Monday, Hector is off Thursday and
Becci is in all week.
Emergency Closure policy – illness
Aim
of policy
To
give clear guidance if a flu pandemic or similar occurs at the nursery. A
list of communicable diseases and minimum periods of exclusion is given on the
PHE posters available in appendices 3.
Points
to consider
In
the event of flu pandemic (or similar) the manager will keep the director
updated of children’s health and staffing levels.
Castle
Daycare and Preschool aims to achieve this by:
In
case of limited staffing levels the three Castle Daycare and Preschool
Nurseries will join together at the most suitable location and open on a
limited basis.
If
the shortage of staff limits the number of places available the following
priorities will take place:
- Children of Emergency Services and medical staff
- Children of teachers or school workers/ children of bank workers/ children of staff at utilities companies and children of public transport workers
- All other working parents
- Children of non working parents
In
the event of staff shortages, parents with current DBS forms may be asked to
support the nursery team in order to maintain smooth operations.
In
case of closure or limited opening parents will be contacted by phone by the
most senior person available. Nursery software systems can be accessed from
private computers if needed.
The
answer phone message will be changed and then regularly updated so parents can
be kept informed.
Notices
will be put out in nursery blogs, local papers, local radio (e.g.: the Eagle)
and on our website to inform parents.
In
exceptional circumstances children of emergency services workers or other
essential workers will be given childcare even if they do not usually attend
the settings.
Ofsted
will be kept informed at all times of changes in circumstances.
0300 123 1231
Surrey
Early Years will be kept informed at all times of changes in circumstances.
01372 833833
Financial
decisions will be made by the Director or the Finance Director.
Kind
Regards
Jess Smith
Manager, SENCO
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