Dear
Parents and Carers,
This week’s
events:
Forest
School – This
week we made a fire with Lee and Ines. We cooked our own bread and had yummy
hot chocolate for snack. We all had a turn at trying to create a flame it was
great fun!
In2Sports
– This
week we were multi-tasking. We had to
manoeuvre around the garden, balancing while we were practicing our colour
recognition to match cones and hoops.
Theatre
bugs –
Next week:
Zoo
Lab
Monday
10th 3.00pm – 4.00pm. The Bluebells and Sunflowers will get to meet
a wide range of creepy crawling animals such as spiders, snakes and snails! The
Zoo lab team will be telling a story throughout.
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: Suspected
abuse by an early years worker
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
Topic of the month: Transport
Monday – Mel’s group are exploring bubbles with
their friends, they will be encouraged to say ‘Pop’ and ‘Bubble’
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group is printing on large
sheets of paper using a selection of toy vehicles developing a knowledge of
vehicle sounds
Wednesday – Charlotte’s group are investigating
different quantities of objects in the treasure baskets encouraging an interest
in number changes
Thursday – Sammy’s group are using the emotion
dolls to look at different emotions and facial expressions building a knowledge
of emotions we recognise
Friday – Mel’s group will be discovering the finger
paints promoting physical skills and mark making opportunities
Charlotte is off Thursday, Mel is off Tuesday,
Nilem is off Monday and Sammy is in all week. Mel’s last day is Friday.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Under the sea
Monday – Megan’s group are exploring media and
materials while creating their own creatures using recycled materials
Tuesday – Chloe’s group will be playing ‘Hook a
Duck’ in the water tray where the children will be matching shapes on the ducks
to shape counters
Wednesday – Megan’s group is playing ‘Simon Says’
in a group promoting listening and attention skills
Thursday – Donna’s group will be using the baby
dolls, bottles and other accessories to promote imagination and caring routines
and skills
Friday – Chloe’s group is reading their favourite
stories with their friends building early reading skills
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Thursday, Megan
is on holiday on Friday and Carla 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.
The Key People link this activity to their individual Key Groups.
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: Compare Bear Maths
exercise
The children will be working in pairs with their
friends, they will be supported to count how many bears they start with. They
will then be encouraged to count out different quantities from cups in front of
them. The children will then have the opportunity to match numerals on the cups
to the quantities they have counted. The activity will be extended and the
children will be supported to describe the groups they have such as ‘a lot’,
‘more’ and ‘less’.
Topic of the month: Autumn
The letter of the week is: U
The children will be:
Drawing the letter U
Looking for objects starting with U
Alphabet soup U
Talking about what we can use in the rain (Umbrellas)
The Number of the week is: 5
The children will be:
Singing ‘5 Little Frogs’
Drawing the number 5
Finding 5 objects
Holding up 5 fingers
The shape of the week is: Triangle
The children will be:
Drawing triangle shapes
Finding tringle shapes around the room
Counting the sides of a triangle
Creating a triangle with our hands
Leanne is on holiday all week, Becci is off Tuesday
and Ines is in all week.
Policy:
Suspected abuse by an early years worker
Any suspicion or allegation
of child abuse by an early year’s worker must be reported to the Manager so
that a referral can be made.
If circumstances are such
that this is not a viable course of action, (for example – if it is the Manager
that has been accused) then the matter should be immediately referred to the
Operations Manager to refer to the LADO, following the flow chart with the
Safeguarding Policy.
The member of staff making
the allegation will be required to give details of the alleged abuse.
The member of staff who has
had the allegation made against them will be immediately suspended whilst a
full investigation led by the LADO takes place.
Ofsted will be informed of
any allegations of serious abuse or harm by any person living, working or
looking after children at the premises; we must also notify Ofsted of the
action taken in respect of the allegations. These notifications must be made as
soon as is reasonability practical but within at least 14 days of the
allegations being made. If the setting or club fails to do this an offence will
have been committed.
Childcare and Learning
Group accepts that the deciding to report a concern can be very difficult and
uncomfortable. If a member of staff makes an allegation in good faith, but it
is not confirmed by the investigation, no action will be taken against him/her.
If however a member of staff makes an allegation frivolously, maliciously of
for personal gain, disciplinary action may be taken against them.
Kind
Regards,
Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill
Team
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