Dear
Parents and Carers,
This
week’s events:
Forest
School – This
week at Forest School we took part in an egg hunt, we had to follow a red wool
trail that led us to a cheeky rabbit that had hidden all the eggs. We also had
yummy marshmallows with hot chocolate for snack.
In2
sports -This
week at In2 Sports we practiced our rugby skills. We also had a fun game of
hide and seek where Coach Dave was hiding the rugby ball in coloured areas, the
children had to follow instructions to find the rugby ball!
Theatre
bugs –
Up
Coming Events
20th
March – 31st March – Living Eggs are here
11th
April – Zoo lab is here
13th
April – Easter Egg Hunt
18th
May - National Outdoor Classroom Day
Red
Nose week
Thank
you to everyone who took part in Red Nose Day last week, we raised a total of
£181.86, all our donations will make a real difference. Well done to Henry in
Sunflowers, Alexander in Bluebells and Emilia in Babies who won the funny face
competition!
Active
Kids Vouchers
Now’s
the time to collect vouchers for sports and cooking equipment for our Nursery J
With
your help we can buy some new resources from Sainsbury’s using the Active Kids
vouchers we collect this year.
If
you shop at Sainsbury or know anyone who does please collect the Active Kids
vouchers for us. This will support us further to encourage your children to eat
well, move well and live well in 2017.
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!
Useful
websites
Here
are the links for the Surrey Family Information Service, Free Early Education
(the 15 hours funding), Free Early Education for Two year olds and Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP).
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: Creating Music
Monday – Sammy’s group is discovering the family
photo board and reading stories about others building an awareness of people
around us
Tuesday – Charlotte’s group will be exploring the
toddle boxes, tent, tunnel and soft play blocks developing balance and
co-ordination
Wednesday – Leanne’s group are singing ‘Head,
shoulders, knees and toes’ encouraging the children to point to and recognise
body parts
Thursday – Nilem’s group will be searching for
different objects around the room with their friends building their understanding
and language skills
Friday – Nilem’s group is sorting and matching
shapes while using the animal sorters
Charlotte is off Tuesday and Wednesday, Leanne is
off Monday, Nilem is off Monday and Tuesday, Montse and Sammy are in all week.
Bluebells
Topic of the month: Spring
Monday – Donna’s group are reading the ‘Where’s My
Teddy’ book with their friends encouraging language and an interest in stories
Tuesday – Megan’s group will be building their
language skills while talking about familiar people and interests
Wednesday – Ruby’s group is discovering the emotion
pebbles with friends building an understanding of different emotions
Thursday –Carla’s group will be developing their
imaginative skills by taking part in role play games with their peer group
Friday – Megan’s group is exploring a variety of
resources while creating their own rock pool in the garden
Donna is off Wednesday, Megan is off Tuesday and
Wednesday, Carla and Ruby 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: developing imagination
through music
This week the children are building their
imagination through music. The children will listen to different sounds of
music and will talk about what they hear and how they feel while listening to
the different types of music. The children will then create their own movement
in response to the music and will be encouraged to express themselves through sound.
The activity will be extended and the children will discover the musical
instruments and will be supported to play the different musical instruments in
different ways.
Topic of the month: Dinosaurs
The letter of the week is: S
The children will be:
Writing the letter S
Making the letter S out of playdough
Talking about when the sun comes out!
Thinking of words that begin with S
Slithering like snakes
Singing our favourite songs
The Number of the week is: 29
The children will be:
Counting up to 29
Writing the number 29
jumping 29 times
making the number 29 out of playdough
The shape of the week is: Oval
The children will be:
Talking about the oval shape
Drawing an oval shape
Creating an oval shape with our friends
Talking about what shapes Easter eggs are
Leanne is in on Tuesday, Becci is off Tuesday and
Ines is in all week.
Jenni and Consuelo are in all week and I am off on
Friday.
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.
Our Policy of the Week:
Government/ local authority free entitlement
Aim of policy
This policy ensures that
government funding for the Free Entitlement is delivered within statutory and
local authority guidelines. It also gives parents guidance on how we deliver
the funding.
Points to consider
3 and 4 year old Free Entitlement
The FEE is available to all
families, from the term after the child’s third birthday.
The Free Entitlement is
delivered up to 15 hours per week term time only. The session times that the
funding can be used, will be decided by the setting.
2 year old Free Entitlement
This is an eligibility
based funding from the term after the child’s second birthday. Applications for
two year old funding are made via the local authority and places can only be
allocated once eligibility has been confirmed. Any sessions used outside of the
funded hours will be charged at the full fee rate. The session times that the
funding can be used, will be decided by the setting.
Free Entitlement only
Each setting has a limited
number of Free Entitlement only sessions available under either the three and
four or two year old funding depending on the setting and local authority.
Registration fees do not apply for Free Entitlement only sessions. Free Entitlement
only sessions will have no fees attached to them, unless the children attend
over the Free Entitlement only sessions or choose to attend during the school
holidays. Free Entitlement only sessions are set sessions put aside by
the setting management. Parents will be offered only the sessions available
that have created for the Free Entitlement only sessions.
The setting or club manager
will be able to provide further information on the sessions available.
Childcare and Learning Group aim to achieve this by:
The Free Entitlement is offered by
claiming up to three hours of funding within one full five hour session
in either or both of the morning or afternoon sessions. If your child does a
full day (8am-6pm) they can claim up to six hours per day with four hours being
charged at the rate invoiced as per the setting’s full fee schedule.
A
child would need to be attending for five full five hour sessions per week to
be eligible to claim the full 15 hours of funding available to them each week.
Parents
are able to split the 15 available hours of funding with us and another setting
provided they do not claim more than fifteen hours per week between the two
settings.
To
receive the funding, at the start of each term parents are requested to
complete required documentation declaring their wish for the setting to claim
on their behalf.
The
first time the funding is claimed either a birth certificate or passport is
required to be presented to the setting manager to prove edibility through age.
Because
of the way the funding is allocated by the local authority, based on academic
terms, payable fees invoiced will differ each month to take account of the Free Entitlement sessions. Funding is not paid during academic
term holidays and breaks and so during these times, there is no Free
Entitlement.
Funding received by the local authority to pay
for the Free Entitlement is paid at a set local
authority rate. Fees charged for additional non- funded fee charging hours are
set at a rate to support the sustainability of our quality provision whilst
working within the statutory conditions for early education funding.
Pupil Premium
Have
you heard of Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP)? It’s funding from the Government
that providers can use to do even more to support children aged 3 and 4 years
old. To find out if your child is eligible please see the attached document or
visit www.surreycc.gov.uk/eypp
Kind
Regards,
Jess, Charlotte and the South Hill
Team
