Parent News

Dear Parents and Carers,

Please can we ask all parents to watch their speed on entering the nursery we please ask for everyone to stick to a maximum of 5 mph when entering and leaving the nursery. Thank you

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 are expecting showers but the afternoon will still go ahead as planned we will just set up inside rather than the garden,

 

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 healthy eating policy.

 

Snails

The focus in the snails this week is summer. The children will be able to experience a range of activities, including water play with buckets, sensory bottles, bead mazes and exploring the treasure baskets. The children will have the opportunity to create a beach affect picture using different sensory materials, such as sand, paint and glue.  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

Tarnia – Training on Wednesday

 

Caterpillars

This week the Caterpillars team will focus on happy land, exploring happy land people, animals and village. Activities this week include balancing pebbles, body painting, sand and paint play, ice play, paper play, heuristic play, cornflour play and ICT toys. 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, training Monday

Alisha – Monday

 

 

Ladybirds

The current interest in the Ladybirds this week is sand play. The children will have the opportunity to take part in sand finger painting, mark making with crayons, tipping and pouring with sand using different containers, playing with the cars in the sand pit, painting using different tools and cornflour play with sea life animals. Garden activities this week include, tipping and pouring water in to the ‘water run’, role play with pots and pans, bathing babies, a bug hunt and playing with the pushchairs and babies. 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 – Wednesday, annual leave Monday

Hannah – Annual leave Thursday, training on Wednesday

Kim – Annual leave Friday

 

Bumblebees

This week the children will be focusing on summer activities. Activities this week include food shopping, playing with stickle bricks and looking at the different sizes, counting the stairs as we walk up them, completing puzzles, playing and exploring with playdough, washing babies, reading the story of the week (room on the broom). This week the children will be making Banana loaf on Tuesday afternoon. Garden activities this week include, ball games, dancing, bikes and trikes, sand and water play, parachute games, puzzles and stories, water painting, chalk drawing, running games and hoop and ball 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.

 

 

Days off     

Jenni – Thursday

Jani- Friday

 

Butterflies      

This week the butterflies will focus on school. The activities include designing our own school jumpers, taking part in school stories, what’s in the box, playing ‘what’s that sound?’, moving bodies to music, talking about shapes and numbers and matching number to quantity, words that rhyme with school, number flash cards, and discussing the life cycle.  Garden activities include, water play, bikes and water play with magnets, the rest of the week will be child initiated activities. The children will be focusing on the letter of the week, which is, ‘R’ and the number of the week, which is number 10. 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 - Friday                              

Jade – Monday, Tuesday training

Tara- Friday, Tuesday training

Lee – Forest School Monday AM and all day Tuesday

 

Leanne is day off Tuesday, Annual leave Monday

Michelle is training Friday morning.

 

 

 

Healthy Eating Policy

 

Aim of Policy

We at Castle Nursery want all of the children in our care to be healthy and happy. Eating healthy is vital to achieve this goal. We aim to provide the children in our care with a wide and nutritionally balanced diet to develop their health, growth and well being. This policy works with Every Child Matters (2003) and The Early Years Foundation stage (2012)

 

Points to Consider

 

We devise menus that are balanced and varied and contain foods from the four main food groups:

• Breads, cereals and potatoes
• Fruit and vegetables
• Full fat milk and dairy products
• Meat, fish or alternatives such as pulses

We offer water and milk to drink.

 

We offer healthy snacks such as different fruits, vegetable sticks, breadsticks or cheese cubes during the day.

 

The staff help the children to understand what is healthy and what is not. The staff also act as role models by eating healthy themselves, for example this may mean eating the same food as the children at meal or snack times.

 

Festivals and celebrations provide a valuable opportunity to include special occasion foods and to extend our knowledge of other cultures.

 

Promoting healthy eating is interwoven into daily practice at Castle Nursery, for example by talking about healthy foods, positively promoting healthy foods, and by making meal times a relaxed fun occasion.