Parent News
Dear Parents and
Carers
On Tuesday June 3rd
our photographer will be here to take graduation photographs of all our school
leavers this year, she will also be taking class photographs of each room. Everyone is welcome and therefore if your
child does not normally attend please could you contact the office to advise of
your attendance.
Please can we ask
parents not to drop off your children before 8am unless otherwise arranged as
an early start which will incur a charge.
Thank you
Many thanks to those
parents who have returned the terms and conditions for using the Interactive
learning diaries, however we are still outstanding quite a few. Please can we
ask you all to complete and return the terms and conditions as soon as possible
and by no later than Friday May 16th
as we will be going live from Monday May19th and parents will then be given
their passwords. If any of you have any
queries or would like any further information, please do not hesitate to
contact Michelle. Thank you
Please could we ask
parents to park in the car park when using the nursery and not in the bays
opposite as these are allocated for visitors of the flats opposite. Thank you for your co operation in this
matter.
On Sunday May 18th
(9am – 1pm) we have organised a revamp of our outdoor area and therefore if we
have any budding gardeners out there we would welcome your help. (Cups of tea
and biscuits provided!!) For more
information, please contact the office.
Policies
Please find attached
our procedure for the control of hazardous substances (COSHH).
Snails
The focus in the
snails this week will continue to be exploring the outdoor environment. Alisha and Leanne will continue with the
activities form last week whereby the children are encouraged to use the
walkers in the garden to pull themselves to standing. The babies shall also be encouraged to
explore the new equipment in the baby room, including large wooden stacking
circles, electronic toys to stimulate fine manipulative skills and reflective
wooden blocks.
Alisha – Training Monday, Day off Friday Leanne – day off Wednesday
Caterpillars
This week the Caterpillars
team shall be focusing on the children’s schema’s (patterns of repeatable
actions which help to build children’s learning), in particular posting (are
your children constantly putting one object into another?) and transporting (or
moving objects from one place to another).
The team shall support these patterns of learning by encouraging the
children to fill and empty containers using different tools and vessels, to
roll, throw and bounce balls in the garden and to look for hidden objects which
they can post once found.
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 - Wednesday Tara
– Annual Leave Monday, Day off - Friday
Ladybirds
The current interests
in the ladybirds are dinosaurs, songs, insects and playdough. This week the children will get the
opportunity to play with the dinosaurs in the sand tray, outside. The children will be encouraged to make marks
in the play dough and get involved in dinosaur feet painting. The book of the week is ‘The very hungry
caterpillar’. 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 – Friday
Naomi – Training Wednesday
Bumblebees
This week group time activities
include making playdough, counting pasta shapes from one pot to another, making
3d structures with the interstars, recording our voices and listening back at
them and turn taling with the torches.
The stories of the week are ‘The very hungry caterpillar’ and ‘We share
our toys’. 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 which is now displayed on the large notice board outside the
Bumblebees room.
Days off Jenni – Thursday Jani
– Monday
This week the children’s interests continue to
surround growing. The book of the week
is ‘The giant turnip.’ The children will be encouraged to practice story
sequences, using picture cards for support if needed, making soapy sand, whilst
reading ‘The giant turnip’ discussions shall be encouraged regarding the act of
reading English (eg) left to right. The children will take part in a science
experiment surrounding how flowers drink water, whilst the children will also
get the opportunity to plant sunflower seeds. 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 Tracy
– Tuesday
Procedure for control of hazardous substances (COSHH)
Aim of policy
To
give guidance on handling and storing hazardous substances.
See
the current risk assessments and the risk assessment policy.
Points to consider
1.
All staff will
receive information on COSHH regulations and be expected to adhere to the
regulations.
2.
The number of
hazardous substances will be kept to an absolute minimum and be provided with
relevant COSHH sheets.
3.
Spillages must be
swept up and disposed of in plastic bags or mopped up using plenty of cold
water and diluted to a safe level before disposal. Brushes, mops and disposable cloths should be
well rinsed after use and contaminated paper products disposed of in closed
plastic bags. The Manager must be
informed of any significant spillage.
4.
After handling a
hazardous substance, staff must remove protective clothing and wash hands
before resuming work, touching food or leaving the premises.
5.
Emergencies
resulting from swallowing, inhaling, skin or eye contact must be dealt with in
accordance with first aid provision and with instructions issued by the
manufacturers of the substance.
6.
Medication for
personal use must be treated as a hazardous substance whether or not excessive
dosage is to be harmful. All medication brought onto the premises must be
surrendered to the manager and stored in
The
medication box in the office or in the fridge in the staff (if required)
7.
It should be
assumed that all forms of bodily discharge are potentially infectious and the
appropriate precautions observed in disposing of contaminated materials and
subsequent cleaning.
8.
Hazardous
substances are to be kept in the containers in which they were supplied and are
not to be transferred to and stored in other containers which are unidentified
or which have incorrect markings.
9.
It is unlikely that
radioactive substances or known carcinogens will be deliberately brought onto
the premises. However, if there are
grounds to suspect that any such material is present, the nursery Health &
Safety Co-ordinator must be notified immediately.
There
are special regulations covering the control of substances, which are hazardous
to health.
The
regulations lay down what an Employer must do to protect people in the work
place against health risks arising from swallowing, inhaling or having contact
with toxic, irritant, carcinogenic, infectious or radio-active substances.
An
employer must:
·
Identify those
substances that are covered by COSHH.
·
Assess the risk of
someone being harmed by them.
·
Try to reduce the
risk by substituting another, less hazardous substance, or reducing the
quantities used.
·
Monitor the
procedures in the Nursery for controlling hazardous substances to ensure they
are still appropriate and are being observed by all members of staff and
contractors.
