Dear Parents and Carers,
Nursery News:
Term time only Funding dates
The new term time only funding dates are;
10th September – 21st
December excluding October half term.
7th January – 5th April
excluding February half term.
23rd April – 19th July
excluding May half term.
Bathroom
Improvements
A
reminder that at the end of August we will be having the children’s bathroom
refurbished which will take 1 – 2 weeks. During this time we will be having
full working luxury portable loo’s in our garden. We have chosen the end of
August as this is the quietest time for the nursery and we are using the bank
holiday weekend to minimise nursery time. If you do have any questions about
this please do not hesitate to ask.
Sammy’s
Charity Sky Dive
In
September Sammy will be completing a charity skydive to help raise money for
the British Heart Foundation in memory of Megan’s mum. The target to reach is
£500 so if you would like to read Sammy’s story or donate please visit the link
below.
Thank
you in advance for all your help and support. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sammyrogers.
Dates for your diaries
4th September – New Term
starts
10th September – Term time
only funding starts
27th September – Parents evening
This weeks activities and events
In2 Sports –
In this week’s in2 sports the children practiced their rugby skills by
throwing and catching rugby balls. They then had fun taking part in group
racing games.
Forest School – During this week’s Forest School it was the first Friday session
for the new group. Owen went over the Golden Rules and let the children explore
their environment. They then found their own resources to create their very own
stick man!
Nature Club –
This week in Nature Club the children searched for blackberries in the
woods. They then collected sticks and mud and created their own mud pictures.
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: Animals
Monday – Hannah’s group are discovering
media while painting using small world animals.
Tuesday – Leanne’s group will be making
their own mini pizzas encouraging health and self-care skills.
Wednesday – Jamie’s group is building their imaginative skills
while exploring the role play equipment.
Thursday – Hannah’s group are exploring
the hand puppets supporting listening and attention.
Friday – Sammy’s
group will be taking it in turns to explore different jigsaw puzzles building
shape awareness and sorting skills.
Jamie is off Wednesday, Leanne is off Monday,
Hannah is in all week, Sammy is on holiday on Thursday and Friday.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Under the sea
Monday – Donna’s group is investigating
floating and sinking while placing different sea creatures in the water tray.
Tuesday – Megan’s group are
enjoying a craft table creating their own fish picture.
Wednesday – Ruby’s group will be building their
understanding of the world around them while talking about the ocean and
creating their own scuba mask.
Thursday – Maria’s group is naming animals
with their friends building relationships and turn taking skills.
Friday – Chloe’s group are discovering colour
and media while taking part in splat painting.
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off Monday and Tuesday, Megan is off Thursday
and Friday, 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 group will be creating their own beach! The
children will get themselves ready for a day at the beach, they will then
create their own beach using the water trays and sand pit!
Ines’s group are exploring media and materials
while creating their own fishes out of recycled materials.
Topic of the month: Oceans
The letter of the week is: K
The children will be:
Writing the letter K
Thinking of words that begin with the letter K
Creating the letter K in the water trays
Jumping like kangaroos
The Number of the week is: 9
The children will be:
Counting to 9
Making the number 9 with playdough
Clapping and stomping 9 times
Completing number puzzles
The shape of the week is: rectangle
The children will be:
Talking about the rectangle shape
Drawing a rectangle shape
Comparing rectangles and squares
Finding rectangles around the room
Becci is on holiday all week and Ines
is off Tuesday.
I work 7.30 – 6 on Monday’s, 7.30 –
4.00 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays and 7.30 – 2.30 Friday’s. So I
will get to see you all in the morning, If you 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
will be a few changes to the tea menu over the next 3 weeks as the Chefs take
it in turns to have their summer holiday.
Temporary
menu’s will be displayed on the meal time board.
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:
Lost/missing
child policy
Aim
of the policy
To give clear guidelines on what to do should
a child go missing or become lost.
Points to consider
The Childcare and Learning Group recognise
the responsibility it has when caring for children throughout the day.
This includes children within the setting and children who are taken out for
visits into the community.
We recognise there are a number of situations
where a child could become lost and these are:
·
Where a child wanders off on an outing
·
Where a child escapes from the outside area
·
Where a child is taken from the Setting by an
unapproved adult
·
Where a child is lost within the Setting
The Childcare and Learning
Group aim to do this by:
·
Alerting the member of staff in charge
immediately, if the child is on an outing you must also contact the setting.
They will make enquiries of the relevant members of staff as to when the child
was last seen and where.
·
Remember the safety of the other children,
with regard to supervision and security.
·
Ensure the remaining children are
sufficiently supervised and secure, one or preferably two members of staff
should then search the building/ outside area straight away.
·
If the child cannot be found within five
minutes then the police and parents must be informed. The operational
team must also be informed at this time.
·
Continue to search, opening up the area, keep
in touch by mobile phone.
·
When the situation has been resolved members
of staff should review the reasons for it happening, complete a risk assessment
and ensure measures are taken to ensure it does not happen again.
·
A full and detailed report must be made to
the Setting Manager and a copy sent to the Operations Manager and Ofsted.
Kind Regards,
Jess, Jamie and the South Hill Team
