week commencing 2nd March

Dear Parents

 

Parent’s Evening

Looking forward to seeing you at Parents evening on Thursday 5^th March. (this Thursday!)

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!

 

Mother’s week

Please can all Mummies clear a space in their diaries on the week of 9^th March as we are having Mother’s week.

This is a week when we invite all Mummies in to play, it doesn’t have to be a date your child attends. Just sign up in your child’s room.

Come along and spend some time with your child at the nursery.

The sessions available are:

Buttercups

Monday 8.30

Tuesday 3pm

Wednesday 8.30

Thursday 9 am

Bluebells

Monday 2.45

Tuesday 9.45

Wednesday 3pm

Sunflowers

Monday 9.30

Tuesday 2.30

Thursday 9 am

Friday 10.30

We are also having a Mother’s day tea party on Friday 13^th March 4-5 pm so come along and be spolit!

 

Policies

The new policies are (finally) updated! Thank you to the parents who have already agreed to review them for us but we would like some more parents please, particularly Dads!

You don’t need to read them all if you don’t want to, just pick the few that interest you the most and let us know what you think.

If you would be happy to help, let me know and I will email you a copy.

 

Testimonials

We are updating our website and would like to include some parents testimonials.

If you would like to make a comment about the nursery please can you email me. This will be going on the website and we will ask to use your name (so people don’t think we make them up ourselves!)

We are also updating our link on the website: www. daynurseries.co.uk  

You can make a comment about our nursery by following the link.

 

Red Nose week 9-13^th March

This year as well as raising money for Red Nose Day we are also having a nursery challenge. The room that raises the most money for children in need gets an additional pot of money for new resources.

So get involved and support not only Red Nose Day but your child’s room, if you have two children pick your favourite (room not child!)

 

Buttercups will be:

Wearing red clothes every day (except Wednesday) and asking for a £1 donation per day

On Wednesday they will be having a PJ day and asking for a £1 donation

You can guess the numbers of sweets in the jar and selling yummy biscuits

 

Bluebells are:

Having a fancy dress week with a £1 per day donation

They will also be having a lucky dip, raffle and cake sale

 

Sunflowers are:

Having a dressing up week with a daily donation of £1

Selling cakes and biscuits

Guessing the name of the bear, the winner gets to take the bear home!

They are also having a drawing competition with the winner taking home an Art set.

 

So get involved with our (competitive) team and lets raise some money for Red Nose Day!

 

Missing ring

One of our neighbours has found a ring, if you have lost one please let me know and hopefully we can reunite you with your jewellery.

 

New Fees

From 1^st 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 16^th February

30^th March – 10^th April

4^th May

W/C 25^th May

End of term is 21^st 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.

 

www.surreycc.gov.uk/fis
www.surreycc.gov.uk/fee
www.surreycc.gov.uk/feet

 

Menus

Tea on Thursday will be pizza.

If you would like to see a copy of our allergens menu at any time please ask!

 

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/ 

 

This week’s planned activities are also are now on the ILD’S

 

Buttercups

Monday – Leanne’s group are exploring feelings by playing with the emotion dolls. 

Tuesday – Nilem’s group will washing the toy vehicles and tea set in the water tray.

Wednesday – Leanne’s group are practising putting on their shoes and coats before they go outside.

Thursday – Nilem’s group will be trying on the animal gilets and pretending to be wild animals. 

Friday – Charlotte’s group are making marks with paints, rollers and stampers.

Charlotte is off Monday, Mel is off Tuesday, Leanne and Nilem are off Friday.

 

Bluebells

Monday – Chloe’s group are making surprises for Mother’s Day.

Tuesday – Donna’s group will be painting with leeks as part of their St David’s Day activities.

Wednesday –  Rose’s group are choosing their favourite stories to read together and talking about the pictures.

Thursday – Rose’s group are playing a game where they explore different facial expressions.

Friday – Almu’s group will be exploring the colours blue and yellow through using the colouring pencils.

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 is off Monday and Almu is in all week.

 

Sunflowers

Books of the fortnight

2-9^th 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 Mother’s Day cards

 

The children will be:

Talking about how their Mummies look after them

Describing how they make their mummies happy

Discussing together what they do with their mummies and if they do the same things

Creating cards using a variety of media and materials

 

 

The Letter of the week is: P

 

This week the children will be:

Thinking of words that begin with the letter P at circle time

Using the letter P stencils at the easel

Making the letter P using play dough

Joining in with a pushing and pulling activity

Popping bubbles

Talking about people who help us.

 

Jess is off Friday, Megan and Becci are in all week.

 

Caroline and the South Hill team

Week commencing 23rd February

Dear Parents

 

Parent’s Evening

Date for your diary, parents evening is Thursday 5^th 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!

 

Mother’s week

Please can all Mummies clear a space in their diaries on the week of 9^th March as we are having Mother’s week.

This is a week when we invite all Mummies in to play, it doesn’t have to be a date your child attends. Just sign up in your child’s room.

Come along and spend some time with your child at the nursery, you can join in a music session, have a go at sports stars or join us for tea.

We are also having a Mother’s day tea party on Friday 13^th March so come along and be spolit!

 

Illness

The stomach bug is still going around L

Please keep your child off if they are ill, they can return to nursery 48 hours after their last episode of sickness or diarrhoea.

 

New Fees

From 1^st 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 16^th February

30^th March – 10^th April

4^th May

W/C 25^th May

End of term is 21^st 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.

 

www.surreycc.gov.uk/fis
www.surreycc.gov.uk/fee
www.surreycc.gov.uk/feet

 

Menus

There are no 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!

 

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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

This week’s planned activities are also are now on the ILD’S

 

Forest School

There was no forest school this week as it was half term.  The new group will start on Wednesday 25^th February. 

 

Buttercups

Monday – Nilem’s group are developing their gross motor skills by climbing onto the ‘Toddle Boxes’ and through the tunnel. 

Tuesday – Leanne’s group will be exploring and making the sounds of the small world animals on the zoo mat.

Wednesday – Nilem’s group are developing their interest in books as they read the ‘Baby ABC’ book together.

Thursday – Charlotte’s group will be singing animal songs with the jungle and farm animal puppets. 

Friday – Charlotte’s group are playing ball games together.

Charlotte is off Monday, Mel is off Tuesday, Leanne and Nilem are off Friday.

 

Bluebells

Monday – Donna’s group are playing the game ‘Simon Say’s together.

Tuesday – Chloe’s group will be developing their listening skills as they play the animal name game.

Wednesday – Almu will be supporting her group as they draw lines and shapes with pencils.

Thursday – Rose’s group are investigating shapes and measures by filling up different sized containers in the water tray.

Friday – Chloe is reading her group’s favourite books and discussing what is happening in the pictures and stories.   

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

16^th-23^rd February – Go for it Ruby by Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry

2-9^th 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 handprint posters for our family members

 

The children will be:

Talking about familiar people

Recognising special times and events

Describing special people and events

Discussing what they are making and why

Exploring colour and media

 

The Letter of the week is: O

 

This week the children will be:

Linking words to the letter O

Tasting oranges

Thinking of items that are orange

Using the O flashcards on the easel

Using the letter O stencils at the writing table

Looking at octagon shapes

Making owl sounds

Counting octopus legs.

 

Jess is off Friday, Megan is in all week and Becci is on holiday all week. 

 

 

 

week commencing 16th February

Dear Parents

 

Parent’s Evening

Date for your diary, parents evening is Thursday 5^th 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!

 

Mother’s week

Please can all Mummies clear a space in their diaries on the week of 9^th March as we are having Mother’s week.

This is a week when we invite all Mummies in to play, it doesn’t have to be a date your child attends. Just sign up in your child’s room.

Come along and spend some time with your child at the nursery, you can join in a music session, have a go at sports stars or join us for tea.

We are also having a Mother’s day tea party on Friday 13^th March so come along and be spolit!

 

Missing scarf

We have found a very nice red scarf. It looks like an adult’s scarf so if any of you are missing one please let me know.

 

Illness

Have had one case of threadworm in the nursery.

 

New Fees

From 1^st 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 16^th February

30^th March – 10^th April

4^th May

W/C 25^th May

End of term is 21^st 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.

 

www.surreycc.gov.uk/fis
www.surreycc.gov.uk/fee
www.surreycc.gov.uk/feet

 

Menus

We will be having a Chinese New Year Tea on Wednesday.

 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:

http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/ 

 

This week’s planned activities are also are now on the ILD’S

 

Forest School

There was no forest school this week. The new group will start after half term.

 

Buttercups

Monday – Leanne’s group will be practising holding their own bottles.

Tuesday – Nilem’s group are singing the song ‘Ring a Ring O’ Roses’ together.

Wednesday – Leanne’s group are getting creative as they glue and stick tissue paper onto Chinese dragons.

Thursday – Charlotte’s group will be developing awareness of numbers as they make cups of tea for each teddy in the role play area.

Friday – Charlotte’s group are listening and responding to simple sentences as they find objects around the room.

Charlotte is off Monday, Mel is off Tuesday, Leanne and Nilem are off Friday.

 

Bluebells

Monday – Donna’s group are making a dragon for Chinese New Year out of cardboard boxes and pretending to be dragons.

Tuesday – Chloe’s group are practising their cutting skills as they chop up fruit to eat with their pancakes.

Wednesday - Donna is turning the role play area into a Chinese restaurant with her group to develop awareness about other cultures.

Thursday – Rose’s group will be sharing books about Chinese New Year.

Friday – Almu and Chloe will be asking the children to guess what will happen next in the stories they are going to read. 

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

16^th-23^rd February – Go for it Ruby by Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry

2-9^th 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: Understanding Chinese New Year (the year of the sheep)

 

The children will be:

Making sheep out of cotton wool, paper plates and paints

Looking at the Chinese calendar

Discussing the different animals of the Chinese calendar

Developing their understanding of different cultures and festivals.

 

 

The Letter of the week is: N

 

This week the children will be:

Talking about words that begin with the letter ‘N’

Using the letter ‘N’ stencils on the easel

Talking and learning about Chinese New Year

Drawing pictures for our Nannies

Practising numbers during circle time

 

Jess is off Friday, Megan and Becci are in all week.

 

I am off this week but leave you in Charlotte and Jess’s capable hands