Week Commencing 30th May

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

This week’s events:

 

Forest School – This week at Forest School we enjoyed the beautiful weather! We had to collect resources to build a fire, we helped Lee light it then made yummy s’mores for snack!

 

In2 sports -This week we practised our listening and attention while playing the Mr. Men game with our friends. We then practiced our matching skills while categorising balls and hoops into groups.

 

Theatre bugs –

 

 

 

Up Coming Events

12^th June – Father’s Day Week

16^th June – Father’s Day breakfast

 

Funding

As some of you know the funding will be changing from September 2017 and there will be an additional 15 hours available to eligible parents.

I have attached a funding information sheet that explains how we will be offering the new funding. Additionally, I have attached the revised fee sheet including the new funding.

If you have any questions about this please do not hesitate to ask.

 

Bank holiday

A reminder that it is bank holiday Monday next week (29^th May), we will open as usual on Tuesday 30^th May.

 

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).

 

www.surreycc.gov.uk/fis
www.surreycc.gov.uk/fee
www.surreycc.gov.uk/feet  

www.surreycc.gov.uk/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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

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

 

Buttercups

 

Topic of the month: Creating Music

 

Tuesday – Charlotte’s group are building an interest in stories while reading the ‘Where’s my Teddy?” and ‘Rosie’s Walk’ books

Wednesday – Leanne is telling stories to her Key Group encouraging them to say and recognise single words

Thursday – Nilem’s group are singing number songs developing an awareness of numbers

Friday – Sammy’s group will be practising their self-care skills while getting ready for snack and choosing their own fruits

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

 

Bluebells

 

Topic of the month: Spring

 

Tuesday – Carla’s group will be investigating the world around them while using the magnifying glasses to search for insects!

Wednesday – Megan’s group is exploring the musical instruments with friends supporting listening and attention

Thursday – Donna’s group are discovering the water area in the garden encouraging turn taking and gross motor skills

Friday– Megan’s group is setting up a craft table for the children to explore media and materials

Donna is off Friday, Megan is off Thursday and Friday, Carla is in all week and Ruby is on holiday Tuesday – Thursday. 

 

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: creating special cards for our daddies

 

This week the children will be creating their own Father’s Day card. They will be using a variety of materials to create the own card, they will choose what they would like to put on their card and will be encouraged to talk about the textures they are using. The activity will be extended and the children will create their own colours by mixing different paints to explore what colours they can make.

 

Topic of the month: Dinosaurs

 

The letter of the week is: A

 

The children will be:

Writing the letter A

Cutting our own apples for snack

Making the letter A out of playdough

Searching for ants in the garden

Thinking of words that begin with A

 

The Number of the week is: 7

 

The children will be:

Counting up to number 7

Holding up 7 fingers

Drawing the number 7

Jumping 7 times

Making a number 7 out of playdough

 

The shape of the week is: rectangle

 

The children will be:

Talking about the rectangle shape

Counting how many sides a rectangle has

Drawing a rectangle shape

Leanne is in on Tuesday, Becci is off Tuesday and Ines is on holiday week. Jenni will be covering Ines this week.

 

Jenni and Consuelo are in all week.

 

I will now be working every day of the week, so I will get to see you all every day J If I am not here at the beginning or end of the day and you have any queries please speak to Charlotte.

 

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: 

 

Special needs procedure for previously unidentified needs

 

Aim of policy

 

To highlight how we support children and their families if we feel they may have an unidentified special need.

 

Points to consider

 

The children in our care are very young and whilst we want to support them fully, we do not wish to label children. When identifying Special Needs the practitioner must remain respectful and sensitive to the needs of the child and family and must adhere to additional policies such as confidentially policy.

 

Childcare and Learning Group aims to achieve this by:

 

If any member of staff reasonably believes that the development progress and/or behaviour of a child arises as a result of a special need, then that member of staff will:

 

Inform the setting or Club Manager and SENCO about their concern providing examples of lack of development progress and/or behaviour which give rise to their concern. 

 

The setting or club manager and/or special needs co-ordinator will:

 

• Ensure that the child is observed.
• Following a period of observation, and where appropriate, raise the concern about the child’s development progress/behaviour with parents to agree an appropriate course of action.  This may involve referral to appropriate external agencies.
• If a special/special educational need is identified, the procedure relating to special needs admissions will be employed.

 

If the parent/carer does not agree a special need exists, then the setting or Club Manager and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator will ensure:

 

• The staff team continue to observe the child and record observations.
• Refer the position of the parent/carer to the area manager.
• After an appropriate period re-state the concern with the parent/carer with a view to agreeing an appropriate course of action.

 

If the parent/carer continues to ignore the concern being expressed, Childcare and Learning Group will:

 

• Write to the parent/carer requesting referral to an external professional agency to support special needs assessment.

 

• If not agreed, consideration will be given to referring the issue to the MASH team in accordance with the child protection policy.

 

 

Kind Regards,

 

Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill Team