Dear Parents and Carers,
This week’s events:
Forest School – This week at Forest School the children explored the woods
and searched for a horse print in the mud. We then filled the print with
plaster of paris and made an imprint of this. We then found a steep bank that
we had to carefully climb up using rope. It was great fun!
In2Sports – This week we were practicing our counting skills while
sorting and categorising bean bags into groups of their colour. Afterwards we
played a game with flying saucers (soft cones) where we had to move around the
garden and freeze as soon as a flying saucer caught us!
Theatre bugs –
Up Coming Events
Friday 9th December -
Christmas party
Monday 12th December – Carol
Service
Tuesday 13th December –
Nativity plays
Friday 16th December –
Christmas jumper day – Save the child
Next week:
Children in Need
Thank you again for your donations
towards Children in Need, we raised a total of £224.16. The winner of our quiz
was Aidan’s family in bluebell, a big well done to you and massive thank you
for generously donating your winnings to Children in need! Well done to Isla’s
family who guessed the correct amount of sweets in the ‘guess how many sweets
are in the jar?’ competition.
Nativity and
Carol Service
A reminder
from all the rooms to bring in your children’s costumes for the performance, if
you need any help or ideas please let the teams know J
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
Topic of the
month: Shapes
Monday –
Charlotte’s group are celebrating St. Andrews Days by creating Scottish flags
using different materials
Tuesday –
Nilem’s group will be exploring the interactive books together developing an
interest in early literacy
Wednesday –
Sammy’s group are using their senses while discovering the playdough with their
hands and fingers
Thursday –
Sammy’s group is playing group games together developing relationships with
others
Friday –
Charlotte’s group will be joining in singing favourite songs with their friends
encouraging listening skills
Charlotte is
off Monday - Wednesday, Jessica is off Thursday, Nilem is off Wednesday and Sammy
is in all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the
month:
People who help us
Monday –
Megan’s group are exploring different emotions they know and will be supported
to create different faces in playdough using tools
Tuesday –
Chloe’s group will be investigating small world play while playing with shaving
foam and animals in the water tray
Wednesday –
Donna’s group are celebrating St. Andrews Day by making Scottish flags,
listening to Scottish music and trying oat cakes for snack
Thursday –
Megan’s group is creating an obstacle course in the garden building their
balance and motor skills
Friday –
Chloe’s group are talking about Christmas and sending Christmas cards
while making their own post box using recycled materials
Donna is off
Friday, Chloe is off Thursday, Megan and Carla 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. The Key People link this activity to
their individual Key Groups.
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: Celebrating St. Andrews Day
This week
the children will be developing their understanding of the world around them by
building their knowledge on St. Andrews Day. The children will listen to a St.
Andrews Day poem with their friends. They will be encouraged throughout to
recognise simple rhyming words. The activity will be extended and the children
will be supported to write a rhyming word they heard during the poem.
Topic of the
month: Dinosaurs
The letter
of the week is: B
The children
will be:
Writing the
letter B
Cutting up
bananas
Exploring
the letter B bottle
Balancing on
logs in the garden
Drawing
pictures of boats
The Number
of the week is: 12
The children
will be:
Counting up
to 12
Writing the
number 12
Exploring
the number 12 flashcard
Making the
number 12 with playdough
The shape of
the week is: Circle
The children
will be:
Creating a
circle shape with our hands
Drawing
circles
Sitting in a
circle for circle time
Making
circles with playdough
Leanne is
off Monday, Becci is off Tuesday and Ines is in all week.
Our Policy
of the Week:
Bruising on
not independently mobile children
Aim of policy
This policy gives guidance on what to do if you notice bruising on Non
Mobile children.
Points to consider
Not independently mobile children are children who are not yet crawling,
bottom shuffling, pulling to stand, cruising or walking independently. It includes
all children under the age of six months or children with significant
disabilities resulting in immobility.
Childcare and Learning
Group aim to achieve this by:
- Recording all bruises and marks noticed, in the accident forms and on body maps
- In not independently mobile children, the presence of any bruising, of any size, in any site should initiate a referral to children’s services following the flow chart on page 13
- Although bruising is not uncommon in older, mobile children, it is rare in infants that are immobile, particularly those under the age of six months. While up to 60% of older children who are walking have bruising, it is found in less than 1% of Not Independently Mobile infants. Moreover, the pattern, number and distribution of innocent bruising in non-abused children are different to that in those who may have been abused.
Patterns of bruising
suggestive of physical child abuse include:
- Bruising in children who are not independently mobile, particularly those under 6 months of age;
- Bruises that are away from bony prominences;
- Bruises to the face, back, abdomen, arms, buttocks, ears and hand;
- Multiple or clustered bruising;
- Imprinting and petechiae;
- Symmetrical bruising
The younger the child the greater the risk that bruising is non-accidental
and the greater potential risk to the child.
This policy relates only to bruising in children who are Not
Independently Mobile however any bruising, or suspected bruising, in a child of
any age that is observed by, or brought to the attention of a
professional should be taken as a matter for inquiry and concern.
While accidental and innocent bruising is significantly more common in
older mobile children, professionals are reminded that mobile children who are
abused may also present with bruising (Baby P 2008). Body map and incident
report to be completed in all cases.
If you notice a bruise on a child, you should discuss this with your
Manager. Any bruising on Non-Mobile children must be recorded in accordance
with the accident/ incident reporting procedure. Bruising on mobile children
will be assessed per child.
If the decision to refer to the LADO team is taken by the Manager or Designated Safeguarding Lead the flow
chart on page 13 will be followed.
Where possible the parents should be informed about the referral.
However, if sharing these concerns puts the child at risk of significant or
further harm we will seek advice from LADO.
Kind Regards,
Jess,
Charlotte and the South Hill Team
