Dear Parents and Carers,
Nursery News:
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
Forest School – During Forest School this week we had lots of fun working together
making a mud cake and pretended it was Robert’s Birthday. We also had a great
time carefully climbing a tree encouraging risk taking.
In 2 Sports –
This week at sports we continued to practice our balancing skills while kicking
footballs off cones. We then played a matching game where we had to match
coloured hoops and cones.
French – In this
week’s French lesson the children learnt a new body part (neck). The children
then practiced all the other body parts they know. They finished off by
colouring their picture and talking about their colours.
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: Families
Monday – Leanne’s group is developing their
understanding skills while following instructions and making a Valentine’s Day
card.
Tuesday – Jamie’s group will be moving to a
regular beat and music while singing nursery rhymes.
Wednesday – Sammy’s group are exploring weight,
size and shape while placing different resources into a bucket of water.
Thursday – Leanne’s group is discovering their
family photos building curiosity about their family and others.
Friday – Sammy’s group will be building physical
skills and confidence while playing on the toddle boxes.
Jamie is off Monday, Leanne is off Wednesday and
Sammy and Hannah are in all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Out of Space
Monday – Megan’s group is creating their own
creation using recycled materials building their imaginative ideas.
Tuesday – Donna’s group will be building an
interest in writing while using the wipe boards and pens.
Wednesday – Ruby’s group is listening to different
music and will be encouraged to move in different ways to it.
Thursday – Maria’s group are playing a ‘Let’s
go Shopping’ game where they will be building their listening and
understanding.
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 will be building
their knowledge and understanding of different occupations and ways of life
while having small group time and exploring books.
Ines activity: Ines’s group are reading family
stories while supporting the children to remember people and events significant
to them.
Almu’s activity: Almu’s group is discovering the
toy camera building an understanding of operating ICT equipment.
Topic of the month: Out of space
The letter of the week is: J
The children will be:
Talking about words beginning with J
Making the letter J out of playdough
Making jam sandwiches
Writing the letter J
Creating the planet Jupiter
The Number of the week is: 2
The children will be:
Talking about the number 2
Holding up two fingers
Writing the number 2
Jumping 2 times
The shape of the week is: rectangle and square
The children will be:
Making a rectangle out of playdough
Looking at the differences between the two shapes
Drawing the two shapes
Playing musical shapes with rectangle and squares
Becci is off Tuesday, Almu is off Thursday and Ines
is in all week.
Please remember I work every day 7.30 – 4.00. So I
will get to see you all in the morning, If you ever have any queries in the
evening please speak to your child’s Room Leader or Jamie.
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 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:
Confidentiality policy
Aim of policy
To give clear guidance on
what the confidentiality policy is and how staff members need to adhere to it.
This policy works alongside the information sharing policy. This policy is
agreed to and signed by all staff members.
Points to consider
If a child is considered at
risk the child protection policy will take precedence over the confidentiality
policy where conflict between the policies arises.
Childcare and Learning
Group have a legal obligation to hold information about children using their
nurseries and about staff employed at the nurseries. It is necessary to
record basic information for registers, invoices and emergency contacts.
It is entirely possible
that our staff, because of their relationship with both the children and their
parents/guardians/carers, may learn more about individual families using the
setting. Consequently our staff team are advised that disclosure or discussion
referring to any children or their families using the setting will result in
disciplinary action being taken.
Issues relating to the
employment of staff, whether paid or unpaid, will remain confidential to the
people responsible for management of personnel.
Students, volunteers and
staff on training or temporary work assignments, when observing or working in
the setting, as part of their induction process will be advised of our
confidentiality policy and their duty to respect it.
Childcare and Learning Group aim to achieve this by:
• All child records will be
held securely or where held on a computer, the equipment will be password
protected to ensure access by authorised persons only
• Staff members are not
permitted to discuss individual children, other than for purposes of curriculum
planning/group management, or other relevant management issues with people
other than the parent/guardian/carer of that child.
• If any information is
requested about a child from any source, for whatever reason, the
parent/guardian/carer’s permission will always be sought.
• Parents will have access to
the files and records of their own children but will not have access to
information about any other child.
• We will inform parents and
carers when registering their child that they can share personal information in
the confidence that it will only be used to enhance the welfare of their
children
Children’s records may be stored off site at our registered Admin office
at:
Cranbrook
Antlands Lane East
Shipley Bridge
Burstow
Horley
RH6 9TE
Kind
Regards,
Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team
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