Dear
Parents and Carers,
Nursery
News:
Parent’s
Evening
A
reminder that it is parents evening on Thursday 14th March.
Pop
in anytime between 6.30-8.10, to chat to your child’s key person.
You
can also have a look at the next room if your child is due to move up and have
the chance to talk to other parents.
Hope
to see you all there!
St
David’s Day
Next
week we are celebrating St David’s Day. The children will be talking about
Wales and building their awareness of the United Kingdom and where Wales is.
Everyone will be trying welsh cakes for snack, exploring and describing
Daffodils and exploring green and red media.
Dates
for your diaries
14th
March – Parents evening
15th
March – Red Nose Day
Yoga
/ Baby sensory – This
week in yoga the children explored different movements while moving as
different animals. During baby sensory the babies explored light and
reflections.
Forest
School – This
week at Forest School the children found a swing and had lots of fun having a
turn swinging on it. The children then made a fire with Owen and toasted
marshmallows for snack!!
Nature
Club - This week at
Nature Club we went on a bug hunt. The children found worms, snails, centipedes,
slugs and woodlice. The children put them in insect pots so they could take a
closer look and when they had finished they took them back and released them.
Next
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:
Animals
Monday
– Jamie’s group are investigating the shape sorters building there colour and
shape awareness.
Tuesday
– Leanne’s group is building their understanding while following instructions
and naming objects.
Wednesday
– Hannah’s group will be learning numbers through number songs.
Thursday
– All children are celebrating St David’s day by trying Welsh cakes for snack
and exploring Daffodils.
Friday
– Sammy’s group are exploring the wooden reflective blocks encouraging an
interest in their own reflections.
Jamie
is off Tuesday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Sammy is off Thursday and Hannah is in
all week.
Monday
– Megan’s group are playing ‘Fish a Feeling’ building their emotion awareness.
Tuesday
– Donna’s group is building their number awareness while counting and
categorising the counting birds.
Wednesday
– Ruby’s group will be making a sand city in the big sand pit, they will make
the city out of Duplo blocks!
Thursday
– Chloe’s group are drawing around their own bodies looking at similarities and
differences.
Friday
– Carla’s group is singing songs while playing musical instruments.
All
children will be celebrating St David’s week, trying welsh cakes and exploring
Daffodils.
Donna
is off Friday, Chloe is off Monday and Tuesday, Megan is off Thursday and
Friday, Ruby is off Wednesday and Carla is in all week.
Sunflowers
This
will work alongside their weekly planned activity list which you can see in the
room and on the ILD’S.
Becci’s
group 1 is taking part in a turn taking game talking about our own and our
friends feelings.
Becci’s
group 2 will be building their listening and attention skills while taking part
in a group game about days of the week.
Ines’s
group 1 are celebrating St David’s Week trying Welsh cakes, exploring Daffodils
and talking about the festival.
Ines’s
group 2 will be building their mark making skills while creating their own
picture.
Eva’s
group are operating a game on the computer building ICT skills.
Topic
of the month:
Family
The
children will be:
Talking
about the letter i
Thinking
of things that begin with the letter i
Exploring
the letter i alphabet shaker
Writing
the letter I in the water tray
The
Number of the week is: 9
The
children will be:
Counting
to number 9
Exploring
number puzzles
Jumping
9 times
Writing
the number 9 in the air
The
shape of the week is: Nonagon
The
children will be:
Drawing
a Nonagon shape
Counting
the 9 sides and corners
Comparing
Octagons and Nonagon
Becci
is off Wednesday, Ines is off Monday – Wednesday and Eva is in all week.
Ottilia and Jenni are in all week.
I am at a meeting on Monday, working
all day Tuesday, an early shift Thursdays, late shifts on Wednesdays and a
middle shift on Fridays.
If you have any queries when I am not
here 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.
Follow
the link below: www.interactivelearningdiary.co.uk
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:
Biting policy
Aim
of policy
To give practitioners and parents guidance on how
we handle incidents of biting, intervene in biting attempts, help prevent
future incidences and try and stop biting behaviour from occurring in the first
place.
Points
to consider
It is always the aim of Childcare and Learning
Group to manage negative behaviour by looking at ways to stop it occurring in
the first place. We feel that by having a stimulating curriculum, well trained
practitioners and an interesting and suitable environment, the children should
be more interested in playing, exploring and learning. However some young
children, especially between the ages of 14 months to 3 years, go through a
phase of biting. For most, biting will
disappear once they are able to express their feelings and needs with words,
but in some cases it can continue. Biting can be a very emotional issue for
children, parents, carers and staff. Staff must make sure to handle incidents
in a way that respects, supports and reassures both the child who was bitten
and their family and the children and family of the biter. See the inclusion
policy and Education policies.
Childcare
and Learning Group aims to do this by
·
Responding calmly and quickly.
·
A member of staff will comfort and attend to the
child who has been bitten.
·
Another staff member will speak to the child who
has bitten. It will be made clear to the
child, in a manner appropriate to their stage of development, that this
behaviour is not acceptable.
·
The member of staff addressing the biter will show
that this behaviour is unacceptable by the tone of their voice, body language
and if the child is old enough to understand by explanation, e.g. that it is
wrong to hurt others.
·
Staff will supervise the reconciliation of both
children as quickly as possible.
·
Staff present will consult on their understanding
of the facts of the incident and then record these in the incident log, stating
where, when it happened, who was present and how it was dealt with.
·
Both sets of parents will be informed separately
and privately, without identifying the other child, at the earliest opportunity
and maybe by phone or email if it is felt appropriate by the Manager. If it is felt that the child needs medical
assistance or is too distressed to stay in the setting, we will contact the
parent/guardian as appropriate.
·
Staff in the child’s room will need to monitor both
the biter and the children being bitten. Information such as if the child is
biting or attempting to bite one child or a number of children should be
recorded as part of a behaviour record.
If
biting continues in the setting, the approach we will take is as follows:
·
We will speak to the parent(s)/Carers of the child
who has been biting to reassure them that we will track the behaviour to
identify any pattern. This could be due
to frustration, hunger, attention, teething, curiosity etc.
·
If a pattern is identified, we will draw up an
action plan and a copy will be given to the parents and the staff, to be
reviewed after two weeks, and we will adjust our routines accordingly.
·
Strategies that we may choose to use could be,
·
Separating the biter and the child who is bitten,
this may be of use if the biter is only biting one child.
·
Shadowing the biter, where staff work 1:1 or in a
lower ratio with the chid
·
Looking at care routines, is the child
hungry/thirsty or do they need their sleep routines adjusted?
·
As each child is different we will look at each
case of biting separately. However if the Manager feels the staff or child
needs additional support they will seek advice from the Early Years and
Childcare Service with the parent’s permission.
·
•We would speak to the parents of the child who has
been bitten and explain that the other parents have been informed and we are
working together to resolve the issue.
We
are an inclusive setting, and we will work with parents to resolve any
behavioural issues.
Kind Regards,
Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team
Castle Nursery &
Pre-School
Childcare
and Learning Ltd
14 South Hill | Guildford | Surrey | GU1 3SY
Tel: 01483 533344 | Fax: 01293 772971
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