Parent News
Dear Parents and Carers,
We are still on the lookout for
role play items so If any parent has any of the following items that are no
longer in use and would like to donate them to the nursery it will be very much
appreciated. Hairdryers, curling tongs, hair rollers, empty shampoo and
conditioner bottles, big clips, headbands, brushes, and combs. If you have any
of the following items, please may they be passed on to Michelle in the office.
Thank you!
If possible could children please
be sun creamed before arriving at nursery and we shall re-apply throughout the
day.
We will be holding our Summer BBQ
on Saturday 20th June 1pm-4pm, this year we will be raising money
for the Royal Surrey special care unit we hope you can all join us for a fun
afternoon let’s hope the sun shines!!
Mill Farm will be visiting us on
Wednesday 24th June please keep an eye out in the blog for times,
those children who do not attend on a Wednesday will be welcomed to come along
and meet the animals.
We will be holding our annual
Fathers Day Breakfast on Friday 19th June from 8-9am. Please may you
inform your child’s room if you would like to attend.
We would like to invite all the
children graduating to school this September to a Graduation party on Thursday
9th July from 3pm-5pm. Lots of activities and games will be provided
and we will also have a party tea! Please inform a member of staff if you would
like to come along so we can accommodate for the children with dietary
requirements.
Policies
Please find attached our late/non
collection of a child policy.
Snails
The focus in the snails this week is
physical development. The children will be able to experience a range of
activities, including exploring treasure baskets, creating a beach scenery
display by using sand and glue, playing with ICT toys and taking part in
Custards music class on Friday. Garden activities this week include, walkers in
the garden, playing with the sensory bottles, exploring the soft toys, playing
with the stacking cups and exploring the sensory bags. 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 – Monday
Caterpillars
This week the Caterpillars team
will focus on creating summer pictures through sensory activities such as
painting, gluing, sticking and sand gloop. The children will be encouraged to explore
heuristic play, puppet play, sensory bags, cornflour play, sensory bottles, ice
play, wet sand and puzzles. Outdoor activities this week include climbing on
the wibbly wobble bridge and emptying and filling containers in the sand. 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
Alisha – Monday
Ladybirds
The current interest in the Ladybirds
this week is water play and dressing up. The children will have the opportunity
to take part in water play with sealife animals, roller painting, cornflour
play, coloured water play, exploring hats and bags, gluing and sticking, water
painting in the garden, playdough and the cutters, dressing up in different
outfits, water play with boats and soft play. Outdoor activities this week
include running and ball games, hoops, ball run with water and going on a bug
hunt. 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 – Thursday
Bumblebees
This week the children will be
focusing on summertime and summer activities. Activities this week include water
play with ducks, wet sand play, gloop play, creating a summer display board,
making a beach, using sand and glue, reading the story of the week which is ‘the
singing mermaid’. Garden activities this week include chalk drawing on the
floor, building sand castles, climbing activities, exploring the marble run and
playing with the skittles, turning taking to knock down the skittles using a
ball. 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.
Days off
Jenni – Monday
Jani- Friday
Butterflies
This week the
butterflies will continue to focus on animals and also the zoo. The activities
to include completing zoo puzzles, talking about the zoo animals and what
noises they make, looking at animal books, exploring different colours that are
on animals, role play vets, finger painting of zoo animals. Garden activities
include, water play with jungle animals, counting games, running games, sand
and water play, balancing games, riding bikes and learning to stop and go. The
children will be focusing on the letter of the week, which is, ‘W’ and the
number of the week, which is number 6. 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.
Pre-school have asked if
it is possible for children not to bring in toys from home as they get broken
and lost, comforters however are still welcomed.
Days off
Stani – Monday and Friday
Jade – Wednesday
Tara- Tuesday
Kay – Annual leave Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Lee – Forest School Monday AM and all day Tuesday
Late/non collection of child
Aim of policy
To give
clear guidance to practitioners and Parents of what will occur should late or
non collection of a child occur.
Points to consider
Castle
Daycare & Preschool work in close partnership with parents and recognise
the importance of sensitivity and empathy should this procedure need to be
implemented.
In the
event that a child is not collected by an authorised adult at the end of the
day, to cause as little distress as possible, we will ensure the child is cared
for safely by an experienced and qualified practitioner who is known to the
child. Two staff members will stay with
the child until the parent arrives. One member of staff will be ideally their
key person the other will be a senior team member.
We will
inform parents/carers of our procedures so that, if they are unavoidably
delayed, they will be reassured that their child will be properly cared for.
Procedure to
follow
If
parent/guardian/carer is repeatedly late collecting their child it is the
responsibility of the Nursery Manager/Deputy to discuss this with them.
In those
instances where a parent is over 15 minutes late and has not made contact with
the nursery the following procedure
must be followed:
1.
Person in charge to attempt to make contact with
parent / carer.
2.
Person in charge to notify the area manager who in
turn will contact other management team members if needed.
3.
Person in charge to attempt to contact parent’s
employer (if they work)
4.
Person in charge to attempt to make contact with
those authorised to collect the child.
5.
If after all reasonable attempts to contact parent
carers and emergency contacts have failed then the nursery manager will
evaluate the situation, i.e. length of time the child has been left, whether
it’s a reoccurring problem, or if contact numbers are disconnected. Upon which
she will contact a member of the operations team before contacting Social
Services.
6.
The last two team members on duty are required to
stay with the child until collected.
Social
services contact number: 03456 009 009
Emergency
out of hours team: 01483 517898
Ofsted
contact number: 0300 123 1231
- Person in charge to keep Area Manager up to
date at each stage. A
full written report of the incident must be recorded by the person in
charge.
- Depending
on circumstances, Castle Daycare & Preschool reserve the right to
charge parents for the additional hours worked by our staff.
It is imperative that throughout the
implementation of the procedure the child is not distressed. The situation must be explained to all
contacts calmly and clearly.
