Week Commencing 9th January 2017

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

Happy New Year to you all, we hope you all had a great Christmas!

 

This week’s events:

 

Forest School -  This week at Forest School it was the new group’s first session, Lee went through all the Forest School rules first, then the children headed off to the Forest. The children made their own crowns for their first session. They then made their own hot chocolate to warm themselves up.

 

Theatre bugs –

 

 

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 – Charlotte’s group are exploring the jungle animals in sand learning simple animal sounds

Tuesday – Jessica’s group will be engaging in playful interactions with their friends building early relationships

Wednesday – Sammy’s group is choosing their favourite stories supporting listening and attention skills

Thursday –Charlotte’s group will be building motor skills while gluing and sticking on card

Friday –Sammy’s group is exploring media while discovering the sensory bags with their friends

Charlotte is off Wednesday, Jessica is off Thursday, Nilem is off Monday and Tuesday and Sammy is on holiday Monday and Tuesday.

 

Bluebells

 

Topic of the month:  The Very Hungry Caterpillar

 

Monday – Megan’s group will be creating their own caterpillars out of unifix blocks building their understanding of size

Tuesday – Megan’s group will are exploring media while finger painting with their friends

Wednesday – Chloe’s group is making their own trifle for pudding using, jelly, custard and cream

Thursday – Donna’s group are rolling hoops down the hill in the garden supporting motor skills and encouraging conversation on movement and speed

Friday –  Carla’s group will be building their knowledge and understanding of the world around them while reading the around the world ‘Home’ book

Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Thursday, Megan is off Wednesday, Carla and Ruby 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. 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: playing ‘Simon Says’ in the garden

 

This week the children will be taking part in a group game with their friends, during the game they will be focusing on physical development. The children will be asked to do running, frog squats, kangaroo jumps and quick ball movements supporting balance and gross motor skills. The children’s listening and attention skills will be supported during this activity too.

 

Topic of the month: Transport

 

The letter of the week is: G

 

The children will be:

Writing the letter G

Imitating the sound of a goose

Thinking of words that begin with G

Listening to Guitar sounds

Looking at the G alphabet soup can

 

The Number of the week is: 17

 

The children will be:

Counting up to 17

Putting 17 objects together

Doing a number 17 puzzle

Writing the number 17

 

The shape of the week is: Rectangle

 

The children will be:

Drawing  a rectangle shape

Spotting the difference between a rectangle and a square

Finding rectangle shapes from around the room

Counting how many sides a rectangle 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: 

 

Anti-bullying policy

 

Aim of policy

 

To give guidance to Practitioners and parents as how we, at the Childcare and Learning Group deal with incidents of bullying between children. 

 

Points to consider

 

Bullying is not acceptable at the Childcare and Learning Group. Practitioners will respond appropriately and promptly to any form of bullying through its behaviour management policies and according to the child’s needs and stage of development. Parents/ carers will be consulted and setting practitioners will work with parents/carers to manage this behaviour, if necessary the setting will endeavour to seek further guidance from an outside agency.

 

Bullying is a deliberate action or words that hurt, frighten, threaten or intimidate another person.

Bullying can include:

• Physically hurting someone
• Threatening, name calling, teasing
• Damage to someone else’s property
• Ignoring or excluding someone.

 

Childcare and Learning Group aim to achieve this by:

 

• The setting will put measures in place to support a child who is being bullied and to manage the bullying.
• Time will be made for parent/carers of both parties to talk with relevant setting practitioners to explore what is happening for their child and how the setting and parent/carer can support the child together.
• Bullying will be monitored through written observation for the parents/carers, to reassure them that progress is being made.
• Looking at how the setting is set out and setting practitioners are positioned so that the child does not find themselves in a vulnerable situation.
• Discussing appropriate behaviour through group time.
• Using praise, positive reinforcement and encouraging acceptable social behaviour.
• The setting will follow its behaviour management procedure to manage the child’s unacceptable behaviour.
• Unacceptable behaviour is monitored through written observation and reviewed with the parents/carer on a regular basis.

 

 

Kind Regards,

 

Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill Team