Dear
Parents and Carers,
We
are seeing an increasing number of parents taking their children into the rooms
before 8am, this is now becoming an issue as staff are finding themselves out
of ratio before 8am when we officially open. We ask that parents do not take
their children into the rooms until 8am or 7:45am if an early start has been
booked (this requires 24 hours’ notice) We thank you in advance for your
understanding and cooperation on this matter.
Please can parents also be vigilant
when entering and parking in the car park as we have had a complaint from a
neighbour regarding parents blocking the spaces and also parents parking in the
spaces that are for residents only. Thank
you
If
possible could children please be sun creamed before arriving at nursery and we
shall re-apply throughout the day, please can you inform us if your child has
had sun cream applied.
On
Monday 17th August we will be having our flooring done in our baby
room; we will keep you updated with any changes within the room for this day.
Tuesday
1st September is harvest festival week; activities will be available
throughout the week, supporting the children’s learning around the harvest. I
will inform parents whether there will be a food collection and to where this
will be going if parents and children would like to donate.
On
Saturday 5th September we are holding a party for our 20th
Anniversary from 10am until 1pm. We would love to see you there, Shalford
Village Hall. If you know any of our ‘old’ families, please see if they would
like to come along as it would be lovely to see everyone!
Friday
11th September is Grandparents day, please invite all grandparents
to come into nursery and have a taster session of what the nursery provides for
your children. Lots of fun games and activities will be happening on Friday
afternoon between 2pm and 4pm. Please can you inform a member of staff if you
would like your child’s grandparents to attend. Children who do not normally
attend on this Friday are still welcome to come and have lots of fun!
Policies
Please
find attached our food and drink policy.
Snails
The
focus in the snails this week is the garden, mirror play and balls. The
children will be able to experience a range of activities, including exploring
treasure baskets, exploring different ICT toys, using paint to decorate a
bucket and spade, playing with heuristic toy bags, taking part in Custards
music class, playing with the ball run, looking through stories, and mirror
play. Garden activities this week include, sand and water painting, crawling
and playing with balls, exploring the sensory blocks and walking with the
walkers in the garden. 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 builder’s tray/paddling pool with sea
animals in water to explore the water and the animals. Activities this week
include water play with animals, listening to stories about sea animals,
playing with playdough, heuristic play, chalk play, painting, gluing and
sticking, cornflour play, exploring the tents and tunnels. 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
Stacy – Monday
Ladybirds
The
current interest in the Ladybirds this week is sea life animals. The children
will have the opportunity to take part in matching coloured blocks, sea life
water play, roller painting, what’s in the box?, exploring with magnifying
glasses, creating a rock pool with sea life animals, bubbles and dancing
activities, painting with balls, colouring pictures of sea life animals,
balancing on the balancing beam. Garden activities this week include bubbles,
happy land houses and cars, puzzles and shapes, and water painting on the fence.
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 – Monday
Bumblebees
This week the children will be continuing to focus
on summer activities. Activities this week include playing with the number
flash cards, connecting together animal life cycle puzzles, happy land
characters looking at similarities and differences, counting the bean bags,
building towers with small blocks, mark making with fingers in the sand pit,
playing with the ducks in the water tray, exploring smelly playdough, dressing
and feeding babies, water play pouring from jug to jug, painting with brushes,
exploring the letter factory and cornflour play. Garden activities this week
include bats and balls, sand and water, running games, water painting, role
play (having a tea party), climbing on the climbing frames, chalk drawing and
parachute games. This week on Tuesday and Friday the children will take part in
making marshmallow and chocolate skewers. The story of the week is ‘Charlie’s
favourite book’; we have chosen this book again this week as the children thoroughly
enjoyed it. 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
Emma – half term
Jani- Friday
Butterflies
This
week the butterflies will focus on Transport. The activities include junk
modelling cars, washing vehicles in the garden, role play – pretending to be on
an aeroplane, role play – bus driver, construction play with big blocks,
comparing two groups – cars and trains, simple rhyming games, singing familiar
songs, painting pictures of transport, exploring sensory bags, talking about significant
events, and playdough and tools. Garden activities this week include bikes and
hoops, balancing games, sand and water play. The children will be focusing on
the letter of the week, which is, ‘P’ 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.
Days off
Stani – All week not here
Jade – Monday
Tara- Tuesday
Lee – Half term
Leanne is day off Friday
Michelle is annual leave all week.
Food and Drink
Policy
Aim of Policy
1.
Personal hygiene
2.
Purchasing and storage of food and bottle feeds
3.
Training
4.
Food cleaning programme
5.
Pest control
6.
Exclusion
At all times staff working in the kitchen MUST wear the appropriate
clothing.
We will adopt a policy that ensures standards of table
manners and behaviour is adopted and consistent. All meal times should be social occasions,
happy and relaxed for children and staff alike.
Points
to Consider
§ Individual
dietary requirements will be respected and met.
§ Water
will be available to drink at all times.
§ Staff
will set a good example of good table manners.
§ Cultural
differences in eating habits will be respected.
§ Children
will be encouraged to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ and to sit appropriately,
remaining at the table.
§ Children
will be encouraged to wait for their friends at their table to be served before
they start to eat their meals.
§ Children
will not be called to the table unless the meal is ready to be served and for
the children to start to eat. It is inappropriate for children to wait at
tables to eat for more than two minutes.
§ Children
will be encouraged to chat, but no shouting.
§ Children
who are distressed during meal times will be comforted appropriately.
§ Staff
will set a good example by sitting with and eating the same food as the
children were able.
§ Children
not on special diets will be encouraged to try a small portion/piece of
everything.
§ Children
who are slow eaters will be given time and not rushed.
§ Portion
sizes and quantities should reflect the size and age of individual children.
§ Children
will be encouraged, where reasonably possible; to wait until everybody has
finished before starting their dessert.
§ Menus
will be displayed for parents to see.
§ Staff
should ensure that children’s hands are clean prior to eating.
§ Staff
serving food to the children must have their hair tied back and
ensure their hands are clean
§ Use
wipe clean tablecloth to cover table.
This should be wiped down after each meal with an appropriate
disinfectant spray.
§ Older
children should be encouraged to participate in setting the table.
§ The
children should wash their hands and face; any soiled clothing must be changed
so the children are clean and comfortable.
§ Tabletops
must be cleaned with an appropriate disinfectant spray.
§ All
foodstuffs must be cleaned / removed from tables, chairs and floor area.
§ Cutlery, crockery, drinks and left over food
must be returned to the kitchen immediately after the meal has ended.
§ The
floor area should be brushed and mopped clean
Where any child in our care has special dietary requirements,
the following procedure will be followed, regardless of whether the generally
prepared meals are suitable or not:-
1.
During the settling period, parents will have the opportunity
to discuss their dietary requirements with their child’s key person
2.
All meals for children with special dietary requirements must
be plated on a clearly labelled colour appropriate plate, separate from all
other meals and easily distinguishable.
3.
All staff in the room are responsible for ensuring that these
meals are delivered to the correct child and making other room staff aware that
the child has been served.
4.
Parents must be made aware that they have a responsibility to
inform the nursery of any changes to special dietary requirements
5.
Staff members are responsible for keeping dietary information
up-to-date and accurate. New diet sheets
must be issued whenever a child starts or leaves the room or has changes to
their dietary requirement.
6.
Bottled feeds (breast milk or formula) are to be provided by
the parents ready made up and labelled with the child’s name.
Any bottles not
required immediately must be placed in the refrigerator
and stored at a
temperature between 0 deg C & 5 deg C for up to 24
hours. When
required, feeds can be reheated to the temperature
required by an
individual child, using a bottle warmer only.
Feeds must not be
reheated more than once and must be discarded one
hour after removal
from the refrigerator.
Should
employees have concerns about food safety within their Nursery, they should
inform the Manager to enable them to investigate and rectify the situation if
necessary.
All
staff preparing food must have relevant and current Food hygiene
Qualifications.
