Dear
Parents and Carers,
This
week’s events:
Forest
School – This
week at Forest School we used different resources to make our own hammer from
wood, we then used the hammer to hit nails in to a piece of wood. We then had
some fun group games where we played tug of war and hide and seek.
In
2 Sports –
This week at sports we had lots of fun playing the traffic light game, where we
had to manoeuvre around the garden carefully following the instructions given.
We then continued to build our tennis skills with the rackets and balls.
French
– In
French on Wednesday we learnt how to say Happy Birthday in French. We than sang
happy birthday to Ronnie J
Theatrebugs
–
Up
Coming Events
w/c
13th November – Nursery Rhyme week
Friday
17th – Children in Need
Friday
8th December – Christmas party
Monday
11th December – Carol service
Tuesday
12th December – Nativity play
Children
in Need
Next
week we are raising money for Children In Need. To help raise money for this
year’s Children In Need we will be having cake sales at nursery, having
dressing up days all week and a pyjama day on Friday, colouring competition and
a fun parent game for you to get involved with. You will all be given out
our parent game as a paper copy from your child’s room, but I have attached it
to the e-mail in case you would like to send it back online J All
donations will go to this year’s Children In Need. With our donations we can make a real difference to
the lives of children all across the UK.
Bonfire
night
Thank
you to all who came to our bonfire party, we all had a great time J
30
hours Funding
HMRC have advised that parents wanting their children to start the
30 hours funded childcare scheme in January should register by 30 November.
This is to avoid any peaks taking place similar to August when the
website and helpline were both experiencing problems due to high demand.
Parents
must reconfirm their eligibility every three months, so those nearing their
deadline need to also act as soon as possible.
I
have attached our settings 30 hour information so parents can have a read
through and learn how we offer it here at Castle.
Facebook
Castle
Nursery and Preschool Facebook page to promotes the company, engages 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: Colours
Monday – Charlotte’s group will be choosing their
own imaginative toys developing their self-confidence with choosing activities
Tuesday – Montse’s group are improving their
understanding of words while following simple instructions given #
Wednesday – Sammy’s group is building their
awareness of number names while building with blocks
Thursday – Nilem’s group will be maintaining their
attention while singing ‘ 5 Little Ducks’ with their friends
Friday – Leanne’s group are observing animal sounds
while playing with the small world animals in the sand pit
Charlotte is off Wednesday, Leanne is off Monday,
Nilem is off Thursday and Friday, Montse and Sammy are in all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Space
Monday – Maria’s group are playing ‘Simon Says’
supporting their understanding skills
Tuesday – Maria’s group will be building their
counting skills while playing in the sand pit with different tools
Wednesday – Donna’s group is creating their own
moon and star pictures developing an interest in writing
Thursday – Donna’s group are discovering the
toy cameras and laptops encouraging ICT skills
Friday – Ruby’s group are looking at the weekly
nursery rhymes for nursery rhyme week while exploring the musical instruments
Donna is off Friday, Ruby and Maria are in all
week. Megan will begin a gradual return to work for the rest of November and
will be doing lunch cover for us Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next 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 will be celebrating
Nursery Rhyme week. The children will focus on different nursery rhymes and
sing along. The activity will be extended and the children will create a
picture about their favourite nursery rhyme.
Ines’s activity: This week Ines’s group will be building
their writing skills by writing familiar letters. The children will use the
alphabet flashcards to support them.
Almu’s activity: Almu’s group is exploring the sand
letters with their friends. They will be supported to find and write their own
name with support from Almu.
Topic of the month: Animals
The letter of the week is: Y
The children will be:
Talking about words beginning with Y
Looking at animal names that contain the letter Y
Writing the letter Y in the air
Talking about yoyo’s
The Number of the week is: 11
The children will be:
Talking about the number 11 at circle time
Writing the number 11 in the air
Complete 11 star jumps
Counting to number 11
The shape of the week is: Pentagon
The children will be:
Counting how many sides a pentagon has
Counting how many corners a pentagon has
Draw with our fingers over a pentagon shape
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 for control of hazardous substances (COSHH)
Aim of policy
To give guidance on
handling and storing hazardous substances.
See the current risk
assessments and the risk assessment policy.
Points to consider
1.
All staff will receive information on COSHH regulations and be expected
to adhere to the regulations.
2.
The number of hazardous substances will be kept to an absolute minimum
and be provided with relevant COSHH sheets.
3.
Spillages must be swept up and disposed of in plastic bags or mopped up
using plenty of cold water and diluted to a safe level before disposal.
Brushes, mops and disposable cloths should be well rinsed after use and
contaminated paper products disposed of in closed plastic bags. The
Manager must be informed of any significant spillage.
4.
After handling a hazardous substance, staff must remove protective
clothing and wash hands before resuming work, touching food or leaving the
premises.
5.
Emergencies resulting from swallowing, inhaling, skin or eye contact
must be dealt with in accordance with first aid provision and with instructions
issued by the manufacturers of the substance.
6.
Medication for personal use must be treated as a hazardous substance
whether or not excessive dosage is to be harmful. All medication brought onto
the premises must be surrendered to the manager and stored in the kitchen
medication cupboard or kitchen fridge
7.
It should be assumed that all forms of bodily discharge are potentially
infectious and the appropriate precautions observed in disposing of
contaminated materials and subsequent cleaning.
8.
Hazardous substances are to be kept in the containers in which they were
supplied and are not to be transferred to and stored in other containers which
are unidentified or which have incorrect markings.
9.
It is unlikely that radioactive substances or known carcinogens will be
deliberately brought onto the premises. However, if there are grounds to
suspect that any such material is present, the setting Health and Safety
Co-ordinator must be notified immediately.
There are special
regulations covering the control of substances, which are hazardous to health.
The regulations lay down
what an Employer must do to protect people in the work place against health
risks arising from swallowing, inhaling or having contact with toxic, irritant,
carcinogenic, infectious or radio-active substances.
An employer must:
• Identify those substances
that are covered by COSHH.
• Assess the risk of someone
being harmed by them.
• Try to reduce the risk by
substituting another, less hazardous substance, or reducing the quantities
used.
• Monitor the procedures in
the setting for controlling hazardous substances to ensure they are still
appropriate and are being observed by all members of staff and contractors.
Kind
Regards,
Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill
Team
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