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 20^th 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 24^th 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 19^th 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 9^th 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

 

7. 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.

 

8. 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.