Week Commencing 16th January 2017

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

This week’s events:

In2 sports -This week at In2 Sports we had a new coach called coach Dave. We all had great fun with coach Dave where he got to know us and encouraged us to move around the garden using our bodies and resources around us.

Forest School -This week at Forest School we completed making our own den using lots of materials we found in the forest! We had great fun finalising it look forward to using over the next few weeks. We also had a yummy hot chocolate snack together.

Theatre bugs – This week we joined in with an adventure song about a robin who hid a squirrel’s nut and the squirrel then had to find it again.  We listened to a story about a dog’s party and decided which animals could attend the party and which animals couldn’t as they were hibernating.  We also created sounds with the musical instruments, played with bubbles and did parachute games. 

Up Coming Events

Thursday 16^th March – Parents Evening

20^th March – Mother’s week

24^th March – Mother’s Day tea party

Next week:

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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

This week’s planned activities are also on the ILD’S.

 

Buttercups

Topic of the month: Winter wonderland

 

Monday – Jessica’s group are singing songs together building an interest in songs and rhymes

Tuesday – Charlotte’s group will be sharing experiences together while playing in the tent with cuddly toys and dolls

Wednesday – Nilem’s group are playing peek-a-boo with different coloured scarves supporting attention skills

Thursday – Charlotte’s group is exploring different shape sorters developing an awareness of shape names

Friday –Sammy’s group will be developing their co-ordination skill while sorting balls into different containers

Charlotte is off Wednesday, Jessica is off Thursday, Nilem is off Monday and Tuesday and Sammy is all week.

 

Bluebells

Topic of the month:  The Very Hungry Caterpillar

 

Monday – Megan’s group will be taking part in group discussions about our weekend building speaking skills

Tuesday – Donna’s group is discovering the small world animals building a knowledge of animals in the world around us

Wednesday – Carla’s group are making their own creative butterflies while talking about their topic of the month

Thursday – Donna’s group will be reading the ‘Where’s My Teddy’ storybook encouraging an interest in stories and books

Friday –  Megan’s group is exploring 3D shapes developing an early understanding of different shapes and formats

Donna is off Friday, Megan is off Wednesday, Carla and Ruby are in all week. Chloe’s last day before maternity leave is Monday.

 

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: choosing and reading their favourite stories

 

This week the children will choose their own book to share with their Key Person. They will be encouraged to look for a book that they will have not read before. The children be asked what they think the story is going to be about by looking at the picture on the front cover. Throughout the story the children will be supported to talk about what they think is going to happen next. Finally the children will create their own picture of their favourite part from the story. Throughout the activity the children’s listening and attention skills will be supported.

 

Topic of the month: Transport

 

The letter of the week is: H

The children will be:

Writing the letter H

Wearing role play hats

Thinking of words that begin with H

Reading the ‘Home’ book and talking about different types of homes we know

Looking at the H alphabet soup can

 

The Number of the week is: 18

 

The children will be:

Counting up to 18

Putting 18 objects together

Jumping 18 times

Doing a number 18 puzzle

Writing the number 18

 

The shape of the week is: Cube

 

The children will be:

Drawing  a cube shape

Spotting the difference between a cube and a square

Counting how many sides a cube has

Leanne is off Monday, Becci is off Tuesday and Ines is in all week.

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.

Follow the link below: www.interactivelearningdiary.co.uk

 

Our Policy of the Week: 

 

Lost/missing child policy

 

Aim of policy

 

To give clear guidelines on what to do should a child go missing or become lost.

 

Points to consider

 

The Childcare and Learning Group recognise the responsibility it has when caring for children throughout the day.  This includes children within the setting and children who are taken out for visits into the community.

We recognise there are a number of situations where a child could become lost and these are:

• Where a child wanders off on an outing
• Where a child escapes from the outside area
• Where a child is taken from the setting by an unapproved adult
• Where a child is lost within the setting

 

The Childcare and Learning Group aim to do this by:

 

• Alerting the member of staff in charge immediately, if the child is on an outing you must also contact the setting. They will make enquiries of the relevant members of staff as to when the child was last seen and where.
• Remember the safety of the other children, with regard to supervision and security.
• Ensure the remaining children are sufficiently supervised and secure, one or preferably two members of staff should then search the building/ outside area straight away.
• If the child cannot be found within five minutes then the police and parents must be informed.  The operational team must also be informed at this time.
• Continue to search, opening up the area, keep in touch by mobile phone.
• When the situation has been resolved members of staff should review the reasons for it happening, complete a risk assessment and ensure measures are taken to ensure it does not happen again.
• A full and detailed report must be made to the Setting Manager and a copy sent to the Operations Manager and Ofsted.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill Team