Dear
Parents and Carers,
This
week’s events:
In2
sports -This
week at In2 Sports we practiced our gross motor skills while we played football
passing games. We also had a fun game of Mr. Slime where we had to follow
instructions and move in different ways.
Theatre
bugs –
Up
Coming Events
11th
April – Zoo lab is here
13th
April – Easter Egg Hunt
18th
May - National Outdoor Classroom Day
Living
Eggs
The
chicks went home last Friday! All the children had a great few weeks watching
them hatch and grow. The children built their understanding of growth and how
to care for the chicks too!
Easter
We
will be having an Easter egg hunt for the children next Thursday for Easter, we
will take lots of photos for you all to see.
Bank
Holiday
A
reminder that it is the Easter bank holiday weekend next week, therefore we
will be closed on Friday (14th) and Monday (17th). We open
as usual on Tuesday 18th.
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!
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 (EYPP).
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: Creating Music
Monday – Charlotte’s group is developing their
awareness of different feelings and emotions while exploring the emotion books
Tuesday – Sammy’s group will be reading favourite
stories together building attention and listening skills
Wednesday – Nilem’s group are singing number songs
supporting an awareness of number names
Thursday – Charlotte’s group will be discovering
the toy torches and cameras developing an interest in ICT
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Leanne is off Monday,
Nilem is off Monday and Tuesday and Montse and Sammy are in all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Spring
Monday – Ruby’s group is playing hide and seek in
the garden encouraging listening and attention skills
Tuesday – Carla’s group will be supported to
represent their own experiences in their play while discovering the small world
people
Wednesday – Megan’s group are building their
imaginative skills while exploring the dressing up clothes
Thursday –Donna’s group will be celebrating Easter,
by building their knowledge of it and sharing hot cross buns with their friends
Donna is off Monday, Megan is off Thursday, Carla
is on holiday on Thursday and Ruby 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: Celebrating Easter while
supporting understanding skills
This week the children will be making their own
chocolate Easter nests with their friends. The children will be asked what
objects we will need and the purpose of it. The children will measure out the
ingredients and take part in mixing the ingredients together. The activity will
be extended and the children will be asked to process and follow instructions
from their friends. The children’s knowledge and understanding of Easter will
also be built!
Topic of the month: Dinosaurs
The letter of the week is: T
The children will be:
Writing the letter T
Making the letter T out of playdough
Thinking of words that begin with T
Having a tea party
The Number of the week is: 30
The children will be:
Counting up to 30
Writing the number 30
Clapping 30 times
Creating the number 30 out of playdough
The shape of the week is: Cone
The children will be:
Talking about the cone shape
Drawing ice cream cones!
Finding cones around the room
Drawing a cone shape
Leanne is in on Tuesday, Becci is off Tuesday and
Ines is on holiday on Thursday.
Jenni and Consuelo are in all week and I am off on
Thursday.
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.
Our Policy of the Week:
Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)
Aim of policy
To give clear guidance on
what Early Years Pupil Premium is and how it is used.
Points to consider
Early Years Pupil Premium
was introduced in April 2015
What is Early Years Pupil Premium?
Early Years Pupil Premium
is additional funding for early years settings to improve the education they
provide for disadvantaged 3 and 4 year olds.
Who can claim Early Years Pupil Premium?
All providers delivering
funded early education places will be eligible to receive the Early Years Pupil
Premium.
What is the eligibility criteria?
- The Early Years Pupil Premium can be claimed by the parent for the setting if a child at their setting is accessing free early education for 3 and 4 year olds and the child’s parent or carer receives one of the following benefits:
- Income Support
- Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided the family is not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for 4 weeks after a family stops qualifying for Working Tax Credit).
- Or the child falls into one of the following groups:
- Looked after by the local authority
- Adopted from care
- Has left care through a special guardianship arrangement
- Is subject to a child arrangement order (previously known as a residence order)
How much will I be paid?
Early Years Pupil Premium
is paid at a national rate set by the government and reviewed annually.
The role of the setting in promoting the Early Years Pupil Premium to
parents and carers
The setting will promote
the Early Years Pupil Premium to all parents and carers and encourage them to
advise the setting of their eligibility.
Uptake is voluntary and we
understand that some parents will choose not to identify themselves as meeting
the eligibility criteria.
How can the setting will spend the Early Years Pupil Premium?
Early years providers can
choose how they wish to spend the Early Years Pupil Premium but they should use
evidence about what works when making this decision and it must raise the
quality of their early years education offer.
This could be through:
- Pooling the Early Years Pupil Premium to purchase shared services such as an Early Years Graduate or a Speech and Language Therapist
- Buying services from teaching schools alliances
- Improving staff member’s qualifications
- Accessing training or providing additional staff to implement specific strategies
For further up to date
information on the 2015/16 rates and conditions of grant visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-conditions-of-grant
For further up to date
information on the 2016/17 rates and conditions of grant visit:
Kind
Regards,
Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill
Team
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