Parent News

Dear Parents and Carers

 

Policies

Please find attached our procedure for the health and hygiene procedures.

Snails

The focus in the snails this week will be creative development and settling in with new children. The children will have the opportunity to explore painting activities with cars. Tummy time will also be a focus in physical development this week, using soft play and the sensory dome. The older children will have the opportunities to play and balance using the standing beam, walkers and the musical piano. 

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.

 

Amy – Day off   Monday            

 

Caterpillars

This week the Caterpillars team will focus on developing the children’s confidence with different physical activities. The children will have the opportunity to play and explore using the pebbles to build structures and balance them. The children will have support by their key person to encourage children to walk a few steps. Creative activities this week include, floor painting, body painting, gluing and sticking, and play dough. The book of the week is ‘Family books’, the children will be able to explore their family books around the room.

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 – Tuesday                           Alisha – Monday

 

Ladybirds

The current interest in the Ladybirds is mark making.  The children will be encouraged to mark make in the sand using their feet, finger painting, chalk drawing, painting with different shaped items and painting with patterned rollers. In the garden the children will be able to play with balls and explore the rock island with the dinosaurs. The book of the week is ‘boo moo!’ and ‘family books’.   

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 – Wednesday 

Kopila – Annual leave - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. 

 

Bumblebees

This week the children will be exploring the new room layout and settling in children. Activities this week will include, typing on the keyboards, completing shape puzzles, letter factory to help recognise the first letter of their name, identifying objects that are different in sizes, and feeding the dolly’s lunch. The children will be encouraged to develop their mathematic skills by matching number bean bags to the correct numbered mat, differentiating the compare bears using tweezers, and completing nine piece puzzles.  To help the children develop their understanding of the world, the children shall engage in pretend play using the happy land to make a village, and exploring how the CD player works by using the buttons.  Activities to support creative development include spray paint bottles on large paper, table painting with dinosaurs, cornflour play, and exploring flour and water mixture using our hands.

Literacy development shall be supported, this week, through, reading the story of the week ‘The Ravenous Beast’ and listening to the Gruffalo on the CD player. This week we also have a song of the week, this is to welcome the children who have recently started with us, learning the children’s and key workers names. The song is called ‘Welcome Song’.

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      

Jani – Wednesday            Jenni – Tuesday         Alba – Friday

 

Butterflies                       

 This week the butterflies will be learning about seasons, autumn. The children will explore songs about weather and seasons, which colours represent which season and to talk about the differences between them. The children will also be encouraged to make a picture using paper, shapes and glue. The children will also be focusing on the letter of the week, which is, a. They will also be focusing on a number of the week, this is number 9.

 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 – Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday            Lee – Thursday Afternoon

 

Health and hygiene procedures

 

Aim of policy

 

To give guidance on procedures to keep the children and nursery environment as clean and healthy as possible.

 

Points to consider

 

1.      Staff should make every effort to help the children to understand that cleanliness will help to keep them healthy.

 

2.      To reduce the risk of cross infection, provision must be made for each child to be allocated a bed and bedding for his and her exclusive use, labelled accordingly.  A supply of clean tissues must be available for wiping runny noses etc.  No disposable material must ever be re-used.

 

3.      Children must be accompanied to the toilet whilst assistance may be given in wiping bottoms, washing hands etc, staff should encourage and show children how to do as much as possible for themselves at the same time ensuring that good hygiene is practised.

 

4.      Children should be given the opportunity to use the toilet before going out to play, in order to minimise movement into and out of the building and to ensure that supervision of the outside play area is maintained.

 

5.      Cleaning children’s hands and faces before and after meals must be carried out in a hygienic manner, using one flannel per child.  Used flannels must then be put in for washing.

 

6.      When changing nappies, staff must wear disposable gloves and aprons and ensure that the child is in a clean nappy when the parent is due to collect.

 

7.      Specified tabards worn by staff during nappy changing or cleaning tasks must not be worn whilst undertaking any other tasks i.e. during meal times, play activities etc.

 

8.      Ensure cupboards are stocked with disposable gloves, aprons, wipes, cotton wool, nappy bags and individual labelled barrier cream.

 

9.      Soiled clothes will be rinsed through and returned.

 

10. All cupboards are to be kept clean and tidy.

 

11. All toys, games and equipment should be sterilised or thoroughly washed/cleaned monthly or as appropriate.  E.g. notification of communicable illness.

 

12. All toys, games and equipment must be checked for safety prior to use.