Parent News

Dear Parents and Carer

A polite reminder that the either the photographs or payment for the photographs need to be returned by this Friday, December 19^th.

We would like to welcome Maria who joins our team.  Maria used to volunteer in our pre school room and is known to create some fantastic art and craft activities to carry out with the children.

Tickets for our Robbie Burns dinner, on January 17^th, shall be available from Monday of next week.  Please contact the office if you would like to join us.

The nursery shall close at 4pm on Christmas Eve and re open at 08.00am on Monday January 5^th.   Many thanks for your support during 2014. 

Policies

Please find attached our blood borne virus infection policy.

Snails

The focus in the snails this week continues to be Christmas time with the additional focus of physical development. The children will continue a selection of creative activities for a Christmas display whilst exploring the tents and tunnels, practising stacking doughnuts and having fun with the soft play.

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.

Christmas party – Thursday 18^th December.

 

Amy – Day off Thursday, Annual leave Friday       

 

Caterpillars

This week the Caterpillars team will continue to support the children’s interest in the role play area by following their lead in how the equipment in their play is used.  In addition to this the children will have the opportunity to take part in a range of creative activities in preparation for Christmas including painting, gluing and sticking, chalking and mark making with crayons. The book of the week is ‘Teddy bedtiome; I’m not sleepy’. 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

 

Christmas party – Thursday 18^th December.

 

Ladybirds

The current interest in the Ladybirds this week is cars and the happyland resources. The children will have the opportunity to participate in painting with the toy cars, use the transport cutters with the playdough and explore the happyland village.  Other activities include using cars in the sand, chalking on the pavement outside and making a Christmas hat.  The story of the week is ‘Peppa’s Christmas Wish’.

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.

Christmas party – Thursday 18^th December

Days off  

Abi – Monday

Naomi – Friday

 

 

Bumblebees

This week the children will be focusing on Christmas and cooking. The children will be making Christmas gifts, using the blocks to build ‘Santa’s sleigh’ and cooking cheese straws.   The children will make a sleigh out of the large building blocks and use the interstars to make Christmas hats.

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.

Christmas party – Tuesday 16^th December.

 

Days off     

Jani – Thursday

Jenni – Monday

 

Butterflies     

This week the butterflies will be focusing on Winter, exploring the season and making a winter display. The activities will include snow play in the water tray and making snowman pictures  The children will also continue to discuss Christmas traditions and continue making Christmas gifts.  In the cooking club this week the children will be making highland shortbread.  The children will be focusing on the letter of the week, which is, ‘U’ and the number of the week, which is number 11.

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.

Christmas party – Wednesday 17^th December.

 

Days off   

Stani – Friday                                    

Tara – Thursday

Juan - Wednesday

 

Michelle is day off Friday afternoon.

 

Guidelines for universal precautions on handling blood in children’s nurseries.

1. Before treating someone who is bleeding, staff will ensure they have covered any of their own cuts or abrasions with a water-proof dressing.

2. Wear gloves for all procedures.

3. Don't delay treatment of a child who is bleeding, under any circumstances because gloves are not immediately available. Use an absorbent barrier such as a towel, paper towel, handkerchief etc. for an actively bleeding child.

4. Dispose of used gloves, soiled dressings, sanitary towels, tissues, etc, in a place where they will not be handled, e.g. in bags which are burnt or buried.

5. Wipe clean and then sterilise all surfaces and instruments contaminated with blood. Make sure you use an effective disinfectant.

6. Where safety permits soak surfaces for 20 minutes and then wipe dry.

7. Wash hands thoroughly when you have finished. Hand washing is usually adequate for non-blood secretions, but the above precautions (i.e. gloves, etc) can also be used.

8. Make sure that first-aid kits include disposable gloves, disposable wipes or towels, plastic bags for contaminated waste.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) this is a virus which attacks the immune system. It is both immune suppressing and opportunistic, not only depleting the immune system but replicating within the body as the immune system becomes more damaged. People with HIV become increasingly likely to develop certain infections, or some forms of cancer, which the body would normally be able to resist easily.

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) this is the most severe clinical expression of infection with HIV. AIDS is diagnosed according to clinical criteria established by the regions or countries nominated health body. These criteria include the diagnoses of one of several opportunistic infections, including Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, and a rare form of pneumonia.

Hepatitis B this is a vaccine preventable viral infection of the liver that causes nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting and jaundice (yellow skin).

Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease that affects the liver and can cause serious long-term liver problems.

How these viruses are transmitted:

HIV can only be transmitted through sexual intercourse/activity involving the exchange of body fluids (semen & vaginal fluids); the exchange of blood by sharing needles and syringes, by injecting drug users. It can also be transmitted from mother to baby during pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding.

HIV positive children represent a minimal risk to others. It has not been conclusively demonstrated that HIV (and hepatitis B) infected children who bite others transmit the virus. Any child who is bleeding from an injury should be removed for the protection and safety of all other participants in whatever sport they are playing. The injury should be treated following the safety procedures set out in the above guidelines.  

HIV is not transmitted by casual contact, such as sneezing, handshaking, and the sharing of eating and toilet facilities.

Hepatitis B is transmitted through close contact with blood or other body fluids of an infected person. This can happen in a number of ways: by close physical contact; by sexual intercourse; from mother to baby when the baby is born; by injecting drug users sharing non-sterilised needles; and by tattooists using non-sterilised needles.

Hepatitis C is transmitted through contact with infected blood. It occurs through sharing contaminated injecting equipment and contaminated skin piercing such as tattooing and body piercing.