Week Commencing 26th June 2017

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

This week’s events:

Forest School  – This week at Forest School we have been exploring and freely playing throughout the campsite.  We created imaginative plays with the resources and space around us, pretending to be cats living in a tree house!  We then played games of ‘hide and seek’.   We also helped to make a large scale tripod bench using logs and wood we had found in the forest. 

In 2 Sports – This week we have been practising our balance and co-ordination through kicking the footballs off of the cones.  We pretended to be Mr Rush, Mr Slow, Mr Tall and Mr Small, exploring different ways of moving.  We also played a ‘Finding Dory’ hide and seek game.

Theatre bugs –

 

 

 

Up Coming Events

27^th July – Pre-School Graduation

 

Term Dates

A reminder that the last day of term is Friday 21^st July 2017.

The new Autumn term begins on 4^th September 2017.

 

Funding Dates

A reminder that The Early Years funding for this school year ends a week earlier on the 14^th July and will begin on the 4^th September.

 

School Leavers

Please remember we will still need a months’ notice for children leaving. Additionally, if you would like your child to stay on past the 1^st September please let us know so we can add these sessions on J

 

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: Planes

 

Monday – Montse’s group are finding out and exploring objects while playing in the sandpit supporting an interest in imaginative play

Tuesday – Charlotte’s group is developing an awareness of different emotions while exploring the ‘How Do You Feel?’ book

Wednesday – Leanne’s group is discovering the torches building an understanding of ICT toys

Thursday – Nilem’s group are creating an obstacle course in the garden developing physical skills

Friday – Sammy’s group will be celebrating Eid with friends while decorating moon and star pictures

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

 

Bluebells

 

Topic of the month: Transport

 

Monday –Ruby’s group will be singing the ‘Five Little Ducks’ song developing their awareness of numbers and counting

Tuesday – Carla’s group will be exploring the farm, making the sounds of the different animals and acting out how the animals move

Wednesday – Donna’s group are singing a variety of songs to develop their listening and attention and language skills

Thursday – Megan’s group are using the emotion stones to identify different emotions and seeing if they can copy the expression on their own faces

Friday– Carla’s group will be moving and dancing to songs and creating sounds with the musical instruments

Donna is off Thursday and Friday, Megan is off Wednesday, Ruby and Carla 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: Celebrating the festival ‘Eid-al-Fitr’.

 

This week the children will be reading a story about Eid-al-Fitr’ to develop their understanding about the festival and about the Muslim culture.  The children will be introduced to new words and will have the opportunity to talk about the story and to share their experiences.  This activity will introduce and reinforce the use of more complex sentences.

 

Topic of the month: Summer

 

The letter of the week is: Ee

 

The children will be:

Writing the letter E

Talking about the letter E

Thinking about names and objects that begin with E

Talking about elephants and dancing to the ‘Animals in the Jungle’ song

Flying like an eagle in the garden

Making elderflower ice lollies.

 

 

The Number of the week is: 11

 

The children will be:

Counting to 11

Jumping 11 times

Drawing the number 11 in the sandpit

Making the number 11 out of playdough.

 

 

The shape of the week is: pentagon

 

The children will be:

Talking about the pentagon shape

Counting how many sides a pentagon has

Counting how many corners a pentagon has

Making pentagons out of playdough.

 

 

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

 

Jenni and Consuelo are also in all week.

 

I am on holiday from Thursday 22^nd – Friday 30^th. If you have any queries in this time Charlotte will be here to ask J

 

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: 

 

Transition policy

 

Aim of policy

 

Moving rooms or going to school can be an exciting and stimulating time; however change can cause some anxieties and upset. At The Childcare and Learning Group we want to ensure every child’s transition is as smooth as possible.

 

Points to consider

 

The parents may be as anxious as the children regarding transitions but through our strong partnership with parents we aim to alleviate any worries and support the whole family. See the Parents as Partners policy.

 

Childcare and Learning Group aim to do this by:

 

• 6-8 weeks before the child is due to move rooms the parents will be sent a letter discussing the expected date of the move. This will be discussed by the child’s current key person with the parents.
• The parents will be given the opportunity to visit the child’s next room at a convenient time. They will be introduced to their child’s next key person who will show them around the room, discussing routines and activities. They will also answer any other questions the parents have.
• The child will start having visits into the next room prior to them moving up.
• For the first few visits they will be accompanied by their key person, this key person will support the child and introduce the new key person and other staff.
• Both key people will work together to ensure the child is confident and happy in the new room.
• The parents will be kept informed of how the visits are progressing by both key people.
• The child’s visits will be gradually increased so they can experience meals and rest times in their new rooms.
• If the child is not settling as well as we would like, the current key person may spend longer helping the child to settle in or the settling in period may be extended.
• Pegs, drawer names and other details will be already displayed before the child starts visits in order to help them feel a sense of belonging.
• If a child moves to another setting or school the setting will provide a developmental summary for the parents and the new setting.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill Team