Dear
Parents and Carers,
Nursery News:
Staff
News
As
you all know Nilem is leaving us to retire today L Hannah our new member of staff has done
fantastically since joining us in November and will be joining Jamie, Leanne
and Sammy in the baby room permanently from next week.
Up
Coming Events
5th
March – Mother’s week
9th
March – Mother’s Day tea party
Thursday
15th March – Parents Evening
This weeks activities and events
In
2 Sports –
This week at sports we continued building on our hand eye coordination from
last week. The children enjoyed kicking footballs and then balancing footballs
on cones. They finished off with singing and carrying out the actions to head,
shoulders, knees and toes.
French
–
In this week’s French lesson we have been learning our body parts by playing a
create a face game. We also sang songs and coloured in a picture.
Theatre
bugs –
Next weeks 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: New Year
Monday – Leanne’s group will be playing and
exploring with the jungle animals, building on their language skills by naming
the animals and making their sounds.
Tuesday – Jamie’s group are investigating pop
up toys, building on their counting and number skills.
Wednesday – Sammy’s group are using mirrors to
explore their reflections and facial expressions, supporting development of
emotions.
Thursday – Jamie’s group will be singing nursery
rhymes building on children’s development of movement.
Friday – Sammy’s group are looking at different
books, promoting turn taking.
Jamie is off Monday, Leanne is off Wednesday and
Sammy and Hannah are in all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Family
Monday – Megan’s group will be reading “We’re Going
on a Bear Hunt” and discussing what happens during the adventure.
Tuesday – Donna’s group are developing their
hand and eye coordination by playing throwing games with bean bags.
Wednesday – Ruby’s group are developing their
counting skills with the aid of the book ‘Five Little Ducks’ and a fun counting
game with a paddling pool and rubber ducks.
Thursday – Donna’s group will be creating
their own homes for dolls to live in while talking about their own families.
Friday – Maria’s group are developing their number
recognition and turn taking through playing number board games.
Donna is off Friday, Megan is off Thursday and
Friday, Ruby and Maria are in all week. Jamie is in on Friday.
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 are investigating
numbers this week. They will be taking on the role of builders, building
different sized and coloured structures and writing down on clip boards their
findings.
Ines activity: Ines’s group are developing their
number skills. They will be carrying out different activities with the compare
bears, using them to count, organise and match them to the counting cards
Almu’s activity: Almu’s group are building on their
shape recognition. They will create large shape outlines on the floor and the
children will be encouraged to name and jump in and out of the shapes.
Topic of the month: Winter wildlife
The letter of the week is: I
The children will be:
Talking about words beginning with I
Making the letter I out of playdough
Writing the letter I
Drawing pictures of ice-cream
Ice play
The Number of the week is: 1
The children will be:
Talking about the number 1
Holding up one finger
Writing the number 1
Talking about 1 sided shapes
Number puzzles
The shape of the week is: oval and circle
The children will be:
Making ovals and circles out of playdough
Looking at the differences between ovals and
circles
Drawing ovals and circles
Talking about ovals and circles only having one
side and no corners
Becci is off Tuesday, Almu is off Thursday 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.
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).
Our Policy of the Week:
Parents as partners
Aim of policy
To give clear guidance on
how we value and recognise parents as the first educators and as our partners
in supporting and nurturing the children.
Points to consider
Through this policy and the
appointment of professional staff, we aim to make parents/carers feel
comfortable in our nurseries and that the staff team are friendly, approachable
and attentive to their needs and the needs of their children.
Childcare and Learning Group aim to achieve this by:
1.
Having an ‘Open door’ policy to parents/carers.
2.
Consulting and seeking guidance from parents/carers when planning and
implementing child care practices.
3.
Parents/carers having the opportunity to discuss and review their
children’s progress at regular developmental evenings or at any other time.
4.
Parents/carers will have access to their children’s records at all
times.
5.
Informing all parents/carers of the policies, procedures and guidelines
the setting operates by.
6.
Establishing varied and effective parents/carers methods of
communication
7.
Ensuring that all parents/carers are provided with the opportunity to
actively participate in all aspects of the setting. Where appropriate this
will, include the review and implementation of policies and delivery of
services to their children.
8.
Giving the parents regular opportunities to feedback on their child’s
progress and developmental stages
9.
By giving detailed daily feedback to the parents
10.
Having a regular blog/newsletter for parents
11.
Having regular parents social events such as sports days, picnics and
barbecues.
12.
Having a clear complaints policy
13.
Supporting the parents as well as the children through transition times.
The children’s learning journeys are recorded on our online system. All
of our families are welcome to come into the setting and use our iPads to see
their child’s profile.
Kind
Regards,
Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team
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