Week Commencing 27th March 2017

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

This week’s events:

 

Forest School – This week at Forest School Lee helped us use an axe to chop a log. We had to be really careful and concentrate while using the axe with Lee. We also made our own kites and took part in lots of imaginative play games.

 

In2 sports -This week at In2 Sports we practiced our football skills. We had to balance a football on a cone and had to try and balance and kick the football off the cone. We then developed our gross motor skills while manoeuvring around the garden avoiding obstacles.

 

Theatre bugs –

 

 

Up Coming Events

20^th March – 31^st March – Living Eggs are here

24^th March – Mother’s Day tea party

24^th March – Red Nose Day

11^th April – Zoo lab is here

13^th April – Easter Egg Hunt

18^th May - National Outdoor Classroom Day

 

Mother’s Week

Thank you to all the mummies who have come in for stay and play sessions this week. It has been lovely to have you joining us.

A reminder that we will also be having our Mother’s Day tea party tomorrow (24^th of March 4- 5) that you are all invited to along with siblings, so please come along and have a party tea with your child.

 

Red Nose week

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in Red Nose Day so far this week, all our donations can make a real difference. All of the children and staff will be dressing up in red tomorrow and all the rooms will be having cake sales at the end of the day. There is also the fun competition of who can draw the funniest face onto the attached red nose. The room’s winners will be selected on Friday 24th and will win a small prize. All donations will go to this year’s Comic Relief, with our donations we can make a real difference across the UK and Africa.

 

Active Kids Vouchers

Now’s the time to collect vouchers for sports and cooking equipment for our Nursery J

With your help we can buy some new resources from Sainsbury’s using the Active Kids vouchers we collect this year.

If you shop at Sainsbury or know anyone who does please collect the Active Kids vouchers for us. This will support us further to encourage your children to eat well, move well and live well in 2017.

 

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: ‘Dear Zoo’ book

 

Monday – Charlotte’s group are hiding different objects under a blanket and encouraging the children to find them, developing their understanding

Tuesday – Charlotte’s group will be building their awareness of other feelings while exploring the emotion dolls and teddies

Wednesday – Leanne’s group are taking part in a teddy tea party building an interest in imaginative play

Thursday – Sammy’s group will be developing their awareness of self-care routines while getting ready for snack and the garden

Friday – Nilem’s group is making marks on a large sheet of paper with pencils and crayons building literacy skills

Charlotte is off Wednesday, Leanne is off Monday, Nilem is off Monday and Tuesday, Montse and Sammy are in all week.

 

Bluebells

 

Topic of the month:  Under the Sea

 

Monday – Megan’s group is discovering the family picture boards and books talking about who we recognise and sharing our own experiences

Tuesday – Carla’s group will be differentiating between big and small while connecting the linking elephants together

Wednesday – Ruby’s group is finger painting with their friends, exploring the marks they make supporting literacy skills

Thursday – Donna’s group will be investigating media and textures while exploring paint and a variety of materials

Friday – Carla’s group are exploring the emotion dolls building their knowledge and understanding of different emotions

Donna is off Wednesday, Megan is off Thursday and Friday, 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: building their knowledge and understanding of different occupations

 

This week the children are developing their knowledge and understanding of different occupations while discovering the people puppets and a variety of objects that represent tools of different occupations. The children will be supported to match, recognise and discuss the different occupations they can see. The activity will be extended and the children will be asked questions about the occupations and the roles they have.

 

Topic of the month: New life

 

The letter of the week is: R

 

The children will be:

Writing the letter R

Making the letter R out of playdough

Thinking of words that begin with R

Talking about what we should wear outside when it rains

 

The Number of the week is: 28

 

The children will be:

Counting up to 28

Writing the number 28

Clapping 28 times

Talking about what two numbers make number 28

 

The shape of the week is: Diamond

 

The children will be:

Talking about the diamond shape

Drawing a diamond shape

Counting the sides of a diamond

Making a diamond shape with our hands

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

 

Jenni and Consuelo are in all week and I am off on Friday.

 

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: 

 

Admissions and applications policy

 

Aim of policy

 

The aim of this policy is to clarify how we at Childcare and Learning Group process new children in to our settings.

 

Points to consider

 

It is the policy of Childcare and Learning Group that we provide a prioritised day care and education service for the children of working families or those accessing further education/ training. With our commitment to families with these parent/ carers we have the following criteria in place to admit children into our programmes.

We encourage all families to have taken a tour of our setting before registering their child/ren with us.

 

Childcare and Learning Group aims to do this by:

 

• Applications received are immediately dated and put directly onto the waiting list in order of priority and receipt. 

 

Placing priority applications in the following order:

• Working parents/carers requiring full time care
• Siblings of children already attending who require full time care
• Full time placements
• Siblings of children already attending part time
• Part time full day places
• Session care
• Free Entitlement including two year old funding, stand-alone sessions.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill Team