Parent News

Dear Parents and Carers

We will be going live with our interactive learning diaries on Monday.  In order to access your child’s learning diary you will require a username and password.  These will need to be collected, in person, from the office.

We would like to remind parents that we close at 18.00pm on Friday May 23rd and reopen on Tuesday May 27^th at 08.00am.

Now that the summer has arrived, please can we ask that all children are provided with sun cream and a hat that is named. Thank you

Policies

Please find attached our fire safety policy.

Snails

The focus in the snails this week will continue to be physical development.  Alisha and Leanne will support the children to pull themselves to standing and the children will have the opportunity to explore the soft play.  Creative activities, this week, include body painting and using chalks to make marks.

Planned activities within the Snails 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.

 

Alisha –  Day off Monday   Leanne – Annual leave Monday, day off Wednesday

 

Caterpillars

This week the Caterpillars team will continue to focus 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 supplying a post box with the food from the role play which they can post and retrieve. Creative activities, this week, include table painting and chalking outdoors.

Planned activities within the 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  - Tuesday     

Ladybirds

The current interests in the ladybirds are dinosaurs, trains and bugs.  This week the children will be encouraged to join in with a bug hunt, in the garden, using magnifying glasses.  The children will also have the opportunity to practice pouring water from one jug to another in the water tray and use play with the dinosaurs in ice.  The book of the week is ‘The Dance of the Dinosaur’.  Creative activities, this week, include wellington boot painting and box modelling, to make a train.

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 paintng using tooth brushes, dressing the dolls, independently, practising using scissors, threading with the alphabet sweets and looking at the first letter of their names. The stories of the week are ‘The gingerbread man’ and ‘Teeth are not for biting’.  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 – Friday  Jenni - Annual leave - Friday

 

Butterflies                       

 This week the focus shall be on ‘Exploring Cultures’, including World day for cultural diversity on May 21^st.   The children will be encouraged to draw a self portrait, using mirrors, with discussions being supported by adults, surrounding differences between individuals’. The children will also be encouraged to describe a past event and a forthcoming event. Focused activities for the week include, world writing, whereby the word ‘Butterflies’ shall be printed out in different languages for the children to copy.  The children will have the opportunity to look at aboriginal art and the symbols they used and will prepare Samosa’s and spring rolls, whilst looking at food from around the world.

 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 – Wednesday  

 

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 & 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: Leanne Ellis

 

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.