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Dear Parents and
Carers
Many thanks to all of
the staff and parents for your tremendous efforts during our ‘Big Read Week’. A
Surrey County Council initiative to inspire the love of reading to children
aged under five years. The children and
staff had so much fun dressing up as their favourite story character. This week we shall be doing it all over again
on Thursday March 6th to celebrate ‘World Book Day’. Please see a staff member in your child’s
room to find out activities they have planned.
Also there is a £1 book token for each child which should be distributed
from your child’s room. Again, please
ask a member of staff for details.
We would like to welcome Tracy Cox to the Pre
school team. Tracy has 20 years experience working within childcare and has
ample experience working with pre school children. I am sure that you will join me in welcoming
her to the team.
Policies
Please see the attached
the procedure for accidents and incidents.
Snails
The current interest
in the Snails is stories and animal picture books. This week Alisha and Leanne will encourage
the babies to use the mirrors to look at their own reflection and the babies
shall also use crayons for mark making, developing their fine manipulative
skills.
Alisha – Tuesday
Caterpillars
The current interest
in the Caterpillars is the outdoor environment and enjoyable sounds. This week the children will be encouraged to
sing songs and dance to music, whilst the book of the week will be ‘Muffin –
Hide and Seek, which will form the basis for a display to celebrate World Book
Day. Planned activities within the Snails and Caterpillars surround each
child’s current interest in conjunction with supporting and extending their
development. To find out what activities
are planned for your child for this week, please see your child’s keyworker who
will be happy to take you through the planning.
Days off Jamie – Monday
Ladybirds
The current interests
in the ladybirds are Books, small world play and role play. The story of the week is ‘Calm down Boris’. This week the children will make sensory
bottles using pulses, play with happyland to extend their imagination and
practice mark making with pens. Planned activities within the ladybirds
surround each child’s current interest in conjunction with supporting and
extending their development. To find out
what activities are planned for your child for this week, please see your
child’s keyworker who will be happy to take you through the planning.
Days off Abi – Monday
Bumblebees
This week the
children’s current interests continue with ‘The Gruffalo’. This also continues
to be the book of the week. This week
the children will be making puzzles in small groups. They will also be encouraged to blow bubbles
in water and use boxes to create models. Planned activities within the bumblebees
surround each child’s current interest in conjunction with supporting and
extending their development. To find out
what activities are planned for your child for this week, please see your
child’s keyworker who will be happy to take you through the planning.
Days off Jenni – Thursday Jani
– Monday
This week the
children’s current interests continue with occupations and the pre school shall
also be celebrating shrove Tuesday. The book of the week is ‘What do people do
all day’. Planned activities within the Butterflies
surround each child’s current interest in conjunction with supporting and
extending their development. To find out
what activities are planned for your child for this week, please see your
child’s keyworker who will be happy to take you through the planning.
Days off Stani – Friday
Procedure for accidents and incidents
Aim
of policy
Castle Daycare & Preschool have in place a rigorous
procedure to deal with accidents and incidents. See the current nursery risk
assessments.
Points
to consider
At all times staff dealing with accidents must wear the
appropriate protective clothing – disposable gloves and aprons wherever it is
required or reasonably practical.
Castle Daycare and Preschool
aim to achieve this by:
Minor
accidents/incidents
·
Staff member
present assesses the injury.
·
The injury is
treated by qualified first aider.
·
The child is
resettled and observed.
·
The
accident/incident is recorded on the accident form.
·
The Manager should
be informed at the earliest opportunity.
·
At the end of the
child’s session the parent/carer is advised of the accident/incident and what
action was taken. The parent must sign
the form to verify they have been advised of the accident.
·
If the parent/carer
is not willing to sign the form the Manager must be alerted immediately.
Major
accidents/incidents
·
Never move the
child - unless their life is in imminent danger by not moving them.
·
Call an ambulance.
·
Appropriate
treatment should be administered by a trained first aider
·
The parent/carer
must be contacted.
·
If the ambulance
crew take the child to hospital a senior member of staff will accompany the
child to hospital, if the parents are not available, and the parent/carers
should be kept informed.
·
The accident form
or serious incident form must be completed with the parent/carers signature.
In
the case of a major accident the details must be reported to the Health and
Safety representative, Ofsted and RIDDOR (if applicable)
ALL accidents and incidents must be monitored. A risk assessment may need to be completed
and/or reviewed in the event of an accident or incident.
Attention should be given to the following:
·
Was normal practice
being followed?
·
Were there any
unusual circumstances/conditions?
·
Were safety
rules/advice being followed?
·
Has a similar
incident occurred previously?
·
What conclusions
can be made from this?
·
How can the
incident be prevented from re-occurring
Accident forms should be checked every month by the manager
to assess if any patterns are occurring, or if any action is needed to be taken
to ensure accidents do not occur again. The manager will use this information
to take appropriate steps to manage risks.
Incident report procedure
Aim of policy
To
give guidance on when and how to complete an incident report.
Points to consider
An
incident report is a report giving all of the details of an important incident
that has taken place in the nursery (or elsewhere too). For example; a child
arriving with an odd bruise, or a team member acting inappropriately, or a parent
makes a complaint, or a child telling a story of how they had been left home
alone. See the children protection policies and risk assessment policy.
Castle Daycare and Preschool
aim to achieve this by:
If
something happens in the nursery that has staff alarmed or needing to question
something, we always write an incident report. An incident report will get all
of the facts out and will keep important information at hand for reference. It
may even be the difference between saving a child’s life or future.
The
manager may ask staff to write an incident report and they will need to know
what to write. Below is a set of guidelines on how to write an incident report.
How to write an incident report
- All incident reports are to be clearly printed or typed.
- Complete the report thoroughly and accurately, including all
relevant important information about the incident and persons involved
(time, place, date, names, and address).
- Be concise and to the point, while still being thorough and
complete.
- DO NOT write from emotions – facts only, remember that anything
written is considered an official document).
- DO NOT speculate – we are reporting facts, not opinions or
predictions.
- Complete the report IMMEDIATELY after the incident – details fade
fast.
- Take notes if necessary and flesh out the details later.
- Remember all reports are official legal documents and could be used
in judicial hearings and a court of law.
- If your report is not satisfactory, management will require that
you rewrite it.
