Dear
Parents
Parent’s
Evening
Date
for your diary, parents evening is Thursday 5th March.
Pop
in anytime between 6.30-8.30, 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!
Illness
We
have had one case of chicken pox in the Bluebells room.
We
have also had several children with a virus that causes a high temperature.
New
Fees
From
1st March the fees are changing. I have attached another copy of the
new fee schedule for you all to see.
To
try and make the 15 hours of funding that three year olds receive clearer, we
will be changing our fee structure from your average monthly fee minus the
funding to an actual monthly fee minus the funding. You will still receive all
of the funding that your child is entitled to.
Please
remember that the Government does not pay funding during school holidays. Here
is a list of the school holiday dates:
W/C
16th February
30th
March – 10th April
4th
May
W/C
25th May
End
of term is 21st July and the term starts again in September so there
is no funding in August.
Hopefully
this will make the funding a little easier to calculate.
If
you have any questions about the new fees you can contact the Operations
Manager Natalie Chrystie on: natalie@daycare.co.uk
or her Mobile: 07789268241
Useful
websites:
Here
are the links for the Surrey Family Information Service, Free Early Education
(the 15 hours funding) and Free Early Education for Two year olds.
Menus
There are a few changes to this week’s menu due to
our new fridge arriving at some point on Monday! Monday night’s tea will now be
various savoury sandwiches and both snacks will be savoury snacks.
If you
would like to see a copy of our allergens menu at any time please ask!
Policies of the week
We are
currently updating our policies. When these are finished we would like some of
our parents to review them.
All you
would need to do is read some or all of the policies and give some feedback on
them.
If you
are interested please let me know.
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 are now on
the ILD’S
Forest School
The Forest school group explored the
snow on the grass, they saw lots of tracks in the snow from birds, dogs,
squirrels and humans. Lee made moulds in the tracks from ‘plaster of
Paris’.
They drew snowmen in the snow using
sticks for arms and nuts for eyes and also drew shapes in the snow.
The children had lots of fun playing
‘hide-and-seek’ in the woods too!
Buttercups
Monday – Nilem’s group will be
looking at ‘My Little Noisy Book Of Kittens’ and practising turning over the
pages.
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group are mark
making with heart shaped objects in red paint.
Wednesday – Leanne’s group will be
developing their language as they use the car garage, road and vehicles to tell
a story.
Thursday – Leanne is promoting
awareness of number names as she sings ‘One, Two, Buckle My Shoe’ and ‘Five
Little Ducks’ with her group.
Friday – Charlotte’s group are trying
on the ‘People who help us’ hats and looking at their reflections in mirrors.
Charlotte is off Monday, Mel is off
Tuesday, Leanne is off Friday, Nilem is off Friday.
Bluebells
Monday – Donna’s group are playing
with the small world animals and distinguishing between which are ‘wild’ and
which are ‘domestic.’
Tuesday – Almu and Roses’ group will
be creating ‘flamingos’ with their hands, fingers and paints.
Wednesday- Donna is baking biscuits
with her group and developing awareness of numbers and quantities as they count
the ingredients.
Thursday – Rose’s group will be
talking about ‘Valentine’s Day’, what they love about their families and
decorating heart pictures.
Friday – Chloe’s group are making
‘Valentine’s Day’ cards and extending their vocabulary as they talk about their
families.
Almu and Rose are working together
with Rose’s key group. This is so that we have a seamless transition when Rose
goes on Maternity leave.
Donna is off Friday, Chloe is off
Thursday, Rose and Almu are in all week.
Sunflowers
Books of the fortnight
2-9th February – My
Grandparents
16th-23rd
February – Go for it Ruby by Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry
2-9th March – Mother Knows
Best by Jill Murphy
The Sunflowers have one detailed
weekly focused activity to ensure all the children have the opportunity to take
part in it.
This will work alongside their weekly
planned activity list which you can see in the room and on the ILD’S.
This week’s activity is: making
Valentine’s Day cards
The children will be:
Using a variety of media and
materials to create the cards
Talking about who they are making the
cards for and why
Discussing who makes them happy and
why
Talking about how they make others
happy
Expressing and understanding feelings
Caring about others.
The Letter of the week is: M
This week the children will be:
Talking about words that begin with
the letter ‘M’
Using the letter ‘M’ stencils on the
easel
Drawing pictures of and for our
Mummies
Writing the letter ‘M’ or the word
Mummy
Using playdough to make the letter
‘M’
Organising groups of toys, which has
more?
Jess is off Friday, Megan and Becci
are in all week.
Have a great weekend!
