Dear
Parents and Carers,
This
week’s events:
In
2 Sports –
This week we played traffic lights to warm up. We then practiced our balancing
skills while balancing bean bags on our heads and manoeuvring around the
garden. Our last game was hide and seek with Hello Kitty!
Forest
School – This
week at Forest School the children enjoyed taking part in collecting water for
their small fire they had made. They then had to warm the water up and made
their own hot chocolate for snack. Lastly they had a fun game of tug of war
with a strong rope, it was lots of fun!
Theatrebugs
-
Up
Coming Events
Thursday
2nd November – Zoo Lab
Friday
3rd November – Preschool Bonfire party
Monday
6th November – Bluebells Bonfire party
w/c
13th November – Nursery Rhyme week
Friday
8th December – Christmas party
Monday
11th December – Carol service
Tuesday
12th December – Nativity play
Halloween/Bonfire
night
Please
join us to celebrate Halloween and Bonfire night this year J
On
Friday (3rd) from 4.00 – 5.00pm the Sunflowers will be having bonfire
treats, a tea party and will bediscovering glow sticks.
The
Bluebell room will be having their Bonfire party on Monday 6th
from 4.00 – 5.00, they will be dancing with glow sticks and having pizza for
tea.
All
parents and children are welcome to join J
Facebook
As
a group we have decided to create a Castle Nursery and Preschool Facebook page
to promote the company, engage with parents and team members across our nurseries. If you
would be interested in following this page, here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/Castle-Nursery-and-Preschool-790319011138020/.
We will be regularly adding events and photos to the page.
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: Autumn
Monday – Charlotte’s group is developing an
interest in stories while exploring their favourite books
Tuesday – Leanne’s group will be building
their understanding while playing hiding games with toys
Wednesday – Montse’s group is having a tea party in
the garden encouraging an interest in others and feelings
Thursday – Nilem’s group are exploring the soft
play resources supporting gross motor movements
Friday – Sammy’s group is celebrating ‘Diwali’
while reading the story of light and colouring in pictures of light
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Leanne is off Monday
and Nilem is on a/l all week, Montse and Sammy are in all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Autumn
Monday – Megan’s group will be building their
language skills while discovering a magic box of Autumn items
Tuesday – Donna’s group is discovering the garden
and collecting Autumn leaves and encouraging counting skills throughout
Wednesday – Megan’s group will be celebrating
Diwali by making their own Roti
Thursday – Donna’s group will be discovering
media and materials while creating their own pictures using paint
Friday – Ruby’s group are reading the
‘Tyrannosaurus Drip’ developing an early interest in reading
Donna is off Friday, Megan is off Thursday, Ruby
and Maria are in all week.
Sunflowers
In the Sunflower room each Key Person plans and
implements their own Key Group activity, but the room works on the same area
and aspect to ensure the activity is individual to each Key Group and therefore
meets the specific Key Group’s individual needs.
This will work alongside their weekly planned
activity list which you can see in the room and on the ILD’S.
Becci’s activity: Becci’s group is exploring media
and texture while creating their own autumn picture.
Ines’s activity: This week Ines’s group will be
celebrating ‘Diwali’. The children will take part in reading the ‘Festival of
Light’ story and will then create their own festival of light picture using a
variety of media and resources.
Almu’s activity: Almu’s group are collecting leaves
from around the garden and creating their own Autumn landscape.
Topic of the month: Autumn
The letter of the week is: U
The children will be:
Talking about words beginning with U
Setting up the easel with letter U stencils
Writing the letter U
Talking about when we would use umbrellas!
Drawing the letter U in the air!
The Number of the week is: 7
The children will be:
Counting to 7
Jumping 7 times
Writing the number 7
Making the number 7 using playdough
Singing number songs
The shape of the week is: Sphere
The children will be:
Counting how many sides and corners a sphere has
Finding spheres around the room
Rolling balls to and from friends
Rolling a ball in paint
Becci is off Tuesday, Almu is off Wednesday 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.
Our Policy of the Week:
Procedure in the event of fire
In the event of fire
Any member of staff will
·
Alert all staff and children by sounding the alarm.
·
Evacuate the building with the children in their care in accordance with
the local setting evacuation procedure.
·
Take out any registers for which they are responsible.
The senior team member or team leader in each area will:
·
Leave the area last
·
Ensure all children are safely evacuated from all areas
·
Check toilets and other areas where frightened children could hide
The Manager (where the Manager is not present the most senior member of
staff present) will:
·
Make a final check of toilets and areas where frightened children could
hide, where safe to do so.
·
Ensure that registers of children and staff have been collected, where
safe to do so.
·
Contact the fire service and other emergency services.
·
Ensure every child, member of staff and others are fully accounted for
through taking registers of staff and children once evacuated.
·
Act as the main point of contact for the fire service and other
appropriate services.
·
Take responsibility for contacting parents/guardians/carers
Evacuation and assembly:
o The evacuation
points in this setting are located: Front door and Back door (displayed
below)
o The assembly
point in this setting is located: Double gate in front garden (displayed
below)
o
Fire evacuation posters for this
setting are located: Displayed within all rooms and areas and also
referenced in Appendix 2.
Mains supply locations:
o Electricity
mains for power to
be cut off in this the setting are located: Staff toilet
o Gas mains for gas to be
cut off in this the setting are located: Wall by staff room
o Water mains for water to
be cut off in this the setting are located: outside the double gates
IN THE EVENT OF FIRE NO ONE
MUST GO BACK INSIDE FOR ANY REASON UNTIL THE FIRE SERVICE STATES IT IS SAFE TO
DO SO.
Kind
Regards,
Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill
Team
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