Parent News

Dear Parents and Carer,

 

Shortly we shall be asking some of you if you would kindly volunteer to read some of our policies and procedures which are in the process of being reviewed.  If you are interested in helping us with this please could you email Michelle.

We have set ourselves a challenge of making an igloo out of two litre milk cartons which is big enough for the children to play in.  Could we therefore ask any of you who buy this size of milk to bring in your empties. Thank you

We still have places available on our parent first aid course, Friday 27^th February.  If anyone would like to book a place, please see Michelle.

Policies

Please find attached our confidentiality policy.

Snails

The focus in the snails this week is Pancake Day and Chinese New Year. The children will have the opportunity to create dragons by mark making, building towers by using the stacking cups, taking part in Custards music class on Friday and using self-help skills during snack time. Outdoor activities include exploring with the bead mazes, playing with ICT toys, sensory bottles and exploring the mirrors to build relationships.

 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 singing and group singing with actions. Activities this week will include shape sorters, stacking cups, cornflour play, heuristic play, painting, Custards music class on Friday, exploring soft play and mark making by gluing and sticking. The book of the week is ‘Caterpillars rhyme book’ to read and sing from whilst exploring the pages. Outdoor activities this week include singing nursery rhymes and playing on the bikes and walkers.

 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 – Thursday

Alisha – Monday

 

Ladybirds

The current interest in the Ladybirds this week is sensory play. The children will have the opportunity to explore textured sand paint play, exploring the different sounds of sensory bottles, finding our noses, eyes, mouth and ears in mirrors, playing with ‘oaty’ playdough, exploring ice cubes, gluing and sticking using different types of materials and cornflour play with pasta pieces. The ladybirds will also take part in Custards music class on Friday. Outdoor activities include textured ball play, running and ball games, sand play with big trucks, coloured mirror play and using the big building blocks to build structures. The story of the week is ‘Turn it up Doris’.

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 – Tuesday

Naomi – Friday

Bumblebees

This week the children will be focusing on Pancake Day and Chinese New Year. Creative activities this week include hand and feet painting, gluing and sticking, table painting, mark making in cornflour and mark making on the white board. Activities this week include using red blocks to build towers, using the washing machine to ‘wash clothes’, in a group working together to build a train track, painting on the easel using water, filling in the missing word to songs, throw bean bags into hula-hoops, pretend play with food for Chinese New Year and counting our food during snack time. The story of the week is ‘Wake up do, Lydia Lou’. The children will also take part in making spring rolls for Chinese New Year. Outdoor activities this week include an obstacle course, little sports stars, climbing on the climbing frame and using the ladder, playing in the sand pit, rolling the balls down the guttering, parachute games, playing with the dinosaurs in the sand and running games.

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 – Friday, Monday covering at another nursery in the afternoon.

Jenni – Office based Monday, day off Wednesday

Hannah – Annual leave Monday,

Amy E – Covering at another nursery on Thursday

 

Butterflies     

This week the butterflies will continue to focus on fruits and vegetables. The activities include paper dyeing used cooked beetroot, looking at variations of the same vegetable (new potato, sweet potato, jacket potato), making a chart of our favourite fruit and vegetables, cooking club, this week the children will be making ‘Mexican taco’s’, and to discuss the topic of fruit and vegetables and review this with the children. Outdoor activities this week are bubble play, threading activities, ball games, playing with balls and bats, water play and building a scarecrow. The children will be focusing on the letter of the week, which is, ‘P’ and the number of the week, which is number 18.

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                                  

Tara – Tuesday

Juan – Wednesday

Lee – half term

Jade - Monday

 

Michelle is day off Monday.

Confidentiality policy

 

Aim of policy

 

To give clear guidance on what the confidentiality policy is and how staff members need to adhere to it. This policy works alongside the information sharing policy.

 

Points to consider

 

If a child is considered at risk the child protection policy will take precedence over the confidentiality policy where conflict between the policies arises.

 

Castle Daycare & Preschool have a legal obligation to hold information about children using their nurseries and about staff employed at the nurseries.  It is necessary to record basic information for registers, invoices and emergency contacts. 

 

It is entirely possible that our staff, because of their relationship with both the children and their parents/guardians/carers, may learn more about individual families using the nursery. Consequently our staff team are advised that disclosure or discussion referring to any children or their families using the nursery will result in disciplinary action being taken. 

 

Issues relating to the employment of staff, whether paid or unpaid, will remain confidential to the people responsible for management of personnel.

Students, volunteers and staff on training or temporary work assignments, when observing or working in the nursery, as part of their induction process will be advised of our confidentiality policy and their duty to respect it.

 

Castle Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this by:

 

• All child records will be held securely or where held on a computer, the equipment will be password protected to ensure access by authorised persons only

 

• Staff members are not permitted to discuss individual children, other than for purposes of curriculum planning/group management, or other relevant management issues with people other than the parent/guardian/carer of that child.

 

• If any information is requested about a child from any source, for whatever reason, the parent/guardian/carer’s permission will always be sought.

 

• Parents will have access to the files and records of their own children but will not have access to information about any other child.

                   

 

• We will inform parents and carers when registering their child that they can share personal information in the confidence that it will only be used to enhance the welfare of their children

 

• Children’s records maybe stored off site at our registered head office at:

                   

Cranbrook

Antlands Lane East

Shipley Bridge

Burstow

Horley

RH6 9TE