Dear Parents and Carers,
Funding
There will be no funding during the
week commencing 30th May as it is half term.
Bank Holiday
A reminder that nursery will be closed
on Bank Holiday Monday.
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.
Policy of the week
We will be
displaying a different policy every week at the bottom of this newsletter.
If you would
like to see this or any of our policies please ask Jess or Charlotte.
Our Policy of the
week: Fire safety policy
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 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!
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 on the ILD’S.
Buttercups
Tuesday –
Charlotte’s group will be naming objects as they play with the small world
equipment to extend their vocabulary and understanding of words
Wednesday –
Shula’s group are developing their risk taking skills as they explore an
obstacle course made with the soft play ramps and large wooden blocks in the
garden
Thursday –
Shula’s group will be looking at ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ story sack to
support their interest in books and stories
Friday –
Mel’s group are counting fish in a pool of bubbly water in the garden to
encourage awareness of number names
Charlotte is
off Wednesday, Mel is off Tuesday, Nilem is off Wednesday and Shula is off all
week.
Bluebells
Tuesday –
Donna’s group will be drawing and making patterns and shapes in the sand with
their fingers developing their fine motor skills
Wednesday –
Megan’s group are cutting up their own fruit for snack time, building on their
hand control and independence in using a knife
Thursday –
Almu’s group is looking at their photos on the ‘family board’ and ‘who is in
today?’ board to support their sense of belonging
Friday –
Chloe’s group will be making yummy frozen yoghurt bites, developing their
understanding of sentences through following the instructions of how to make
them
Donna is off
Friday, Chloe is off Thursday, Almu and Megan are 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
and on the ILD’S.
This week’s
activity is: creating our own houses
This week
the children are going to be given a picture of an empty house and they will be
filling it with drawings of their own relatives, pets and favourite
things. The children will cut their pictures out and stick them on their
empty houses. When finished, the children will talk to each other about
their own houses and what they enjoy most about them. This activity
supports the children’s self-confidence and self-awareness.
The letter
of the week is: B
The children
will be:
Reading the
book ‘Banana’s in Pyjamas’
Playing ‘I
Spy’ finding things which begin with the letter B
Talking
about animals starting with the letter B
Writing the
letter B with stencils using black pens or pencils
Making
bubbles in the garden
The Number
of the week is: 6
The children
will be:
Finding
groups of 6 similar things around the classroom
Finding
number 6 in the room and the garden
Comparing
number 6 and number 9, talking about the differences.
Drawing
number 6 on the easel
Counting up
to 6 and down from 6.
The shape of
the week is: Oval
The children
will be:
Spotting
ovals all around the room
Painting our
own oval on the easel
Comparing an
oval and a circle, talking about what is different
Cutting
paper in an oval shape.
Leanne is
off Friday, Hector is off Thursday and Becci is off Tuesday.
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 Daycare and 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:
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.The evacuation of the nursery is a significant event and therefore Ofsted must be informed within 14 days of the evacuation
