Parent News

Dear Parents and Carers

On Friday June 14^th we shall be holding a Father’s Day Breakfast (8am – 9am).  All daddies are welcome to come and enjoy a bacon sandwich, Danish pastry and juice to set you up for the day’s work ahead.  This is also an excellent opportunity to get to know some of the other parents in your child’s room.

Policies

Please find attached our Admissions and applications policy.

Snails

The focus in the snails this week will continue to be ‘Summer’. The children will have the opportunity to explore the wet sand and water play, using coloured water.  Creative activities, this week, painting ‘seagulls’ and using cornflour and feathers 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 all week

 

Caterpillars

This week the Caterpillars team will explore different varieties of sensory play, using paint, sand, heuristic play, sensory balls and bean bags.  The book of the week is ‘ Kittens – Touch and feel book’. Creative activities, this week, include encouraging the children to hold and use crayons to draw with, sponge painting and cornflour play in the garden..

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 – Friday and Annual leave Mon & Tues  Tara  - Wednesday          

Ladybirds

The current interests in the ladybirds are dinosaurs, books and the posting box.  This week the children will be encouraged to use their imagination playing with the dinosaurs in ‘Rock Island’ with water and soil.  The children will also have the opportunity to use dinosaur feet in paint to make tracks and make oaty playdough with the dinosaur cutters.  The book of the week is’ Alien tea on planet Zum - zee’.  The focused support for this week ids saying “Thank you” and sharing.

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 group time activities include insects, animals and the garden. The children will use counting bears to practice matching size and colour as part of their mathematical development.  The children will be encouraged to use pencils with stencils, strengthening their fine motor skills and taking turns at using the Cd player.  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 – Tuesday

 

Butterflies                       

 This week the focus shall be ‘Technology’.   The children will be encouraged to use camcorders to record themselves and then show the film to their friends.  Themes surrounding using the camcorders shall be ‘singing and dancing, acting out a favourite story, what goes on in the nursery, at the seaside and musical band’.  

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

 

Admissions and applications policy

 

Aim of policy

 

The aim of this policy is to clarify how we at Castle Daycare and Preschool process new children in to our settings.

 

Points to consider

 

It is the policy of Castle Daycare and Preschool that we provide a prioritised day care and education service for the children of working families or those accessing further education/training. With our commitment to families with these parent/carers we have the following criteria in place to admit children into our programmes.

We encourage all families to have looked around our setting before booking registering their child/ren with us.

 

Castle Daycare and Preschool aims to do this by:

 

·         Applications received are immediately dated and put directly onto the waiting list in order of priority and receipt. 

 

·         Placing priority applications in the following order:

 

 

Ø  Working parents/carers requiring full time care

Ø  Siblings of children already attending who require full time care

Ø  Full time placements

Ø  Siblings of children already attending part time

Ø  Part time full day places

Ø  Session care

Ø  Free entitlement stand alone sessions.

 

 

 

Government funded places

 

The first term after your child turns three: parents/carers are entitled to up to 15 flexible hours per week of free government education. This is dependent on sessions attended.

Fees for sessions at Castle Daycare and Preschool nurseries are charged for periods outside of the government funded sessions, including school holidays that are not funded by the government. Charges may also be made for meals. Please see a current fee schedule for further information of charges.

 

For more information on funding please see the Surrey County Councils current website:

 

www.surreycc.gov.uk

 

This policy will be reviewed annually with Local Authorities to ensure that any regulatory or policy changes are included.