Fire safety policy

Fire safety policy

 

Aim of policy

 

This policy is designed to eliminate/reduce the risks to the health and safety of children, staff and users of the Nursery from fire and related hazards. 

 

Points to consider

 

Castle Day care & Preschool can only ensure the health and safety of everyone using the Nursery with the co-operation of staff following/putting the procedures in place during evacuation in a fire emergency or training exercise.

 

The nominated fire warden is: Charlotte

 

Castle Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this by:

 

Having a procedure to ensure robust systems

 

In order to ensure robust systems exist to respond to an event of fire:

 

The Nursery Manager will:

 

·               Undertake a fire alarm/ bell test at least once a term.

 

·               Test emergency lighting every six months.

 

·               Keep a record of the tests to include date and time, faults/ issuers occurring if appropriate.

 

·               Develop a local setting fire evacuation procedure to include exits to be used, assembly area etc.

 

·               Carry out a Nursery evacuation procedure (fire drill) every quarter as a minimum.

 

·               Keep records of the fire drills to include time of drill, evacuation time and comments.

 

·               Ensure all staff members are aware of and understand the local setting evacuation procedure.

 

·               Ensure that all staff members have undertaken basic fire safety training during their initial induction and senior staff will undertake additional training annually.

 

All Nursery staff will:

 

·                                 Ensure that fire exits are not blocked.

 

·                                 Ensure routes of access and egress remain clear

 

·                                 Undertake regular fire safety training.

week commencing 29th September

Dear Parents

 

Forest school -Sunday 12^th October

We will be having a Parent Session in the forest to explain how Forest school works and what activities we will be doing.

Please sign up in the Sunflowers room. All parents are welcome so feel free to come along even if your child is a baby or bluebell!

All the staff had a great time taking part in the forest school training last weekend, check out the photos:

 

 

Photographer -Thursday 2^nd October from 1- 5ish

The nursery photographer will come in to take photos of the children. She can do family photos and siblings so if you want to bring the whole family you are more than welcome. They make great Christmas presents!

The open session will run from 3.45-5pm for children and families who aren’t in on Thursday, it will be a first come first served basis.

 

Menus

There are no planned changes to this week’s menu.

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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

Buttercups

Monday – Nilem’s group are looking at their own reflections as they develop a sense of self

Tuesday- Julia’s group is exploring gloop using kitchen utensils

Wednesday – Julia’s group is reading animal books using different tones and voices!

Thursday – Charlotte’s group will be building hand eye coordination as they knock objects together

Friday – Magda’s group is playing naming games to build relationships with others.

Charlotte is off Monday, Magda is off Tuesday, Julia is off Thursday and Nilem is on holiday all week

 

Bluebells

Monday – Rose’s group are using the emotion dolls to talk about how we feel.

Tuesday – Leanne’s group will be listening and dancing to music, to develop listening skills

Wednesday – Donna’s group are reading books together as they build their vocabulary.

Thursday – Rose’s group are working together to create towers

Friday – Chloe’s group will be playing the game “Shape Ahoy” to help develop shape recognition

Donna is off Friday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Chloe is off Thursday and Rose is in all week

 

Sunflowers

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.

 

This weeks’ activity is: to make a puppet of their choice and talk about why they have chosen to make their puppet.

 

The learning intentions are:

To describe what they have chosen to make and share ideas verbally

To develop confidence in their own ideas

To develop language skills, vocabulary and interactive skills

 

The letter of the week is: U

 

We will be talking about when we need to use Umbrellas

Stencilling the letter U

Drawing and decorating Unicorns

 

Jess is off Friday, Sophie is off Monday and on training on Thursday and Becci is in all week

 

I am on holiday from the 3^rd October until 13^th. When I come back I will be sorting out the parent passwords for the ILD’s!

week commencing 22nd September

Dear Parents

 

Illness

We have now had four confirmed cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth, three cases of Impetigo and one case of Chicken Pox.

If your child gets Chicken Pox or Hand, Foot and Mouth they can return to nursery once the spots/blisters have scabbed over and they meet our well child policy (below)

If your child gets Impetigo they will need to be off nursery for 48 hours after they have started antibiotics.

I know it can be hard to arrange for your child to be away from nursery and we don’t do it to make your lives difficult!

We ask children to stay away from nursery so we can minimise the spread to other children and we hate making those phone calls, but we have to do what we think is right.

 

Well child policy

 

Aim of policy

 

To give practitioners and parents guidance on how we judge a child to be well enough to attend nursery.

 

Points to consider

 

The health and wellbeing of the children in our care is of the utmost importance to us. However as every child is different we use the definition of a well child along with information from the Health Protection Agency to decide if a child is well enough to attend nursery.

 

 

Castle Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this by:

 

 

The definition of a well child:

 

• A child who is not dependent on Calpol or similar.
• A child with normal bowel movements.
• A child who participates in activities as they normally would.
• A child who does not require a greater ratio.

 

Photo cubes

Bluebells and Babies are still waiting for some family photos, so if you haven’t emailed yours in yet can we have them please?

 

Spare Clothes

If you have any nursery clothes please can you return them as we have run out!

Please can you bring in some spare clothes for your child.

 

Forest school -Sunday 12^th October

We will be having a Parent Session in the forest to explain how Forest school works and what activities we will be doing.

Please sign up in the Sunflowers room. All parents are welcome so feel free to come along even if your child is a baby or bluebell!

More details to follow!

 

Photographer -Thursday 2^nd October from 1- 5ish

The nursery photographer will come in to take photos of the children. She can do family photos and siblings so if you want to bring the whole family you are more than welcome.

More details to follow!

 

Menus

There are no planned changes to this week’s menu.

 

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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

Buttercups

Monday – Nilem’s group are exploring animals in the cornflour gloop

Tuesday – Nilem’s group is signing action rhymes as they build listening skills

Wednesday – Julia’s group will be reading stories with puppets

Thursday – Charlotte’s group are working together to build a den.

Friday – Magda’s group is talking about Rosh Hashanah and printing with apples.

Charlotte is off Monday, Julia is off Thursday, Nilem is off Friday and Magda is off Tuesday

 

Bluebells

Monday – Donna’s group is taking turns as they choose their own songs to sing.

Tuesday – Donna’s group will be building language skills as they look after dollies

Wednesday -  Chloe’s group is creating pictures with paint.

Thursday – Rose’s group are using different sized paint brushes to make patterns

Friday – Leanne’s group is developing number recognition as they play with the compare bears.

Donna is off Friday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Chloe is off Thursday, Rose is in all week

 

Sunflowers

15^th – 22^nd September – Always and  Forever by Debi Gliari and Alan Durant

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.

 

This week’s activity is:

Completing our “I can” activity sheets

 

We will be looking at our letter recognition, our writing skills and our counting and number recognition skills.

The children will also be drawing pictures of themselves.

 

Our Letter of the week is: T

 

Our activities are:

Reading the book “The Tiger Who Came to Tea”

Drawing pictures of tigers

Writing the number two

Stencilling the letter t

Tree printing using paper and crayons

Playing with toy turtles in the water tray.

 

Jess is off Friday, Sophie is off Monday and Becci is on holiday all week

week commencing 15th September

Dear Parents

 

Impetigo

We have two confirmed cases of Impetigo in the baby room.

This is an infectious skin condition that requires antibiotics so you will need to take your child to the doctor.

To stop the spread of the condition children with impetigo are not allowed into nursery until 48 hours after they have started their antibiotics.

 

Events

We have lots of exciting events coming up so get out your diaries!!

 

Forest school -Sunday 12^th October

We will be having a Parent Session in the forest to explain how Forest school works and what activities we will be doing.

More details to follow!

 

Photographer -Thursday 2^nd October from 1- 5ish

The nursery photographer will come in to take photos of the children. She can do family photos and siblings so if you want to bring the whole family you are more than welcome.

More details to follow!

 

Breakfast club

Breakfast club has now started! If you would like to take advantage of our early drop off time of 7.45 just ask.

It costs £2.50 per session and can be booked on a regular basis or as ad hoc sessions. We need 24 hours notice for breakfast club.

 

Menus

There are no planned changes to this week’s menu.

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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

 

Buttercups

Monday – Julia’s group are singing songs using the puppets

Tuesday – Charlotte’s group is building fine motor skills as they glue and stick small objects and pieces of paper

Wednesday – Nilem’s group will be developing memory skills as they play hide and seek

Thursday – Charlotte’s group are creating paintings using different brushes

Friday – Magda’s group is exploring the family cubes and talking about our families

Charlotte is off Monday, Julia is in Tuesday and off the rest of the week, Magda is off Tuesday and Nilem is off Friday

 

Bluebells

Monday – Donna’s group are developing imaginative skills as they play with the train track and toy trains

Tuesday – Leanne’s group will be reading our number and letter books to see what we can recognise.

Wednesday – Donna’s group is exploring the shape cards to build awareness of different shapes

Thursday – Rose’s group are creating textured paintings as they mix sawdust and paint together

Friday – Chloe’s group will be finding treasure as they dig for gold in the sand pit!

Donna is off Friday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Chloe is off Thursday and Rose is in all week

 

Sunflowers

15^th – 22^nd September – Always and  Forever by Debi Gliari and Alan Durant

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.

 

This week’s activity is:

Playing with the emotion dolls as we read stories about our feelings and how we manage them.

We will be drawing pictures of how we feel and how we may feel in different situations, like if we fell over.

We will be asking our friends how they feel and what makes them happy.

 

Our letter of the week is: S

 

Our Activities are:

Reading stories that begin with S

Writing the letter S on the whiteboard

Slithering like Snakes at song time

Making wriggly snakes with scissors

Jess is off Friday, Sophie is off Monday and on training on Wednesday and Becci is in all week.

week commencing 8th September

Dear Parents

 

Events

We have lots of exciting events coming up so get out your diaries!!

 

Parents Evening - Thursday 11^th September from 6.30-8.30.

Pop in anytime to talk to your child’s key person and find out how they are progressing at nursery.

There will be a “getting ready for school” and Forest school presentation in Sunflowers from 6.30- 6.45

Hope to see you all there!

 

Zoo Lab-Thursday 11^th September.

The Bluebells and Sunflowers will get to meet a wide range of creepy crawling animals such as spiders, snakes and snails!

 

Forest school -Sunday 12^th October

We will be having a Parent Session in the forest to explain how Forest school works and what activities we will be doing.

More details to follow!

 

Photographer -Thursday 2^nd October from 1- 5ish

The nursery photographer will come in to take photos of the children. She can do family photos and siblings so if you want to bring the whole family you are more than welcome.

More details to follow!

 

Breakfast club

Breakfast club has now started! If you would like to take advantage of our early drop off time of 7.45 just ask.

It costs £2.50 per session and can be booked on a regular basis or as ad hoc sessions. We need 24 hours notice for breakfast club.

 

Interactive Learning Diary

Our move from our paper learning journeys to the Interactive Learning Diary is going well.

Each Parent will receive their passwords in October so you will be able to see what your child is doing at nursery, read observations and see photos and videos.

You will also be able to add your own observations, photos and videos to create a whole picture of your child’s development!

 

Missing Jogging Bottoms

We are missing some Gap jogging bottoms they are dark blue, with the GAP logo in white at the top of one of the legs. They have white draw strings and elasticated bottoms. If you have these at home please can you return them to Sunflowers. Many Thanks

 

Family photos

Please can all the Bluebell and Baby room parents email in a family photo.

We are creating family displays to further promote our home/ nursery bond.

 

Menus

There are no planned changes to this week’s menu.

 

 

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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

Buttercups

Monday – Magda’s group is going on a nature hunt in the garden.

Tuesday – Julia’s group will be building physical skills as they throw and catch balls.

Wednesday – Magda’s group are playing imaginatively as they dress up

Thursday – Nilem’s group are exploring different shapes

Friday – Charlotte’s group is developing walking skills as they cruise along using the walking toys.

Charlotte is off all week, Julia is off Thursday, Magda is off Tuesday and Nilem is off Friday.

 

Bluebells

Monday – Leanne’s group is creating patterns using paint and sponges.

Tuesday – Donna’s group will be choosing what songs they want to sing at circle time.

Wednesday – Chloe’s group are looking at the family cubes and talking about our families

Thursday – Rose’s group is looking at shapes at circle time

Friday – Leanne’s group will be working together as they find hidden toys.

Donna is off Friday, Leanne is off Wednesday, Chloe is off Thursday and Rose is in all week.

 

Sunflowers

1^st – 8^th September – Dilly Duckling by Claire Freedman

15^th – 22^nd September – Always and  Forever by Debi Gliari and Alan Durant

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.

 

This week’s activity is :

 

Making rain sticks using tubes and rice. Talking about what rain sticks are used for and encourage the children to share their own ideas about rain sticks could be used for.

 

The learning intentions are:

·         Develop children’s listening and understanding skills through following instructions

·         Support communication through interactions with peers and adult throughout the activity

·         Extend vocabulary

 

Our letter of the week is: R

·         Reading stories beginning with R

·         Set up the whiteboard with the R handwriting templates

·         Creating robots out of junk modelling

·         Drawing pictures of rabbits

·         Singing “Row, Row Your Boat”

Jess is off Friday, Sophie is off Monday and Becci is in all week.

Procedure for utility room

 

 

Aim of policy

 

To ensure that utility areas are kept clean and tidy at all times and that laundry is done to the highest standard.

 

Points to consider

 

1.      Flannels, table covers, tea towels must be washed daily.

 

2.      Towels to be washed after each use.

 

3.      Bedding to be washed after each use.

 

4.      Aprons/tabards to be washed daily but not reused if soiled.

 

5.      Mop heads should be cleaned weekly or when required.

 

6.      Floor mats, cushions and blankets should be washed fortnightly or when required.

 

7.      The utility room to be kept clean and tidy at all times.

 

8.      Avoid stacking heavy items on high shelves.