Castle Nursery Markenfield
Friday, 21st August 2015
Dear
Parents and Carers,
We
would like to remind parents that they please 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.
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.
Tuesday
1st September is harvest festival week; activities will be available
throughout the week, supporting the children’s learning around the harvest. We
will be collecting donations that can either be taken to your child’s room or to
Michelle in the office. The donations will be going to St Johns Church, Stoke
Road to be distributed out where needed. Any contributions will be greatly
received.
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, although the parking is restricted. 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!
If
you are attending our summer anniversary party please may you inform Michelle
by Friday 21st August. Thank you
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 Early Years Pupil Premium Policy.
Snails
The
focus in the snails this week is Sensory and physical development. The children
will be able to experience a range of activities, including lots of cuddles,
puppet play, stacking cups, ICT toys, Sand play and treasure baskets. 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 Mark Making, Activities this week
include bubble play, paint printing, cornflour play, and heuristic play. 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 is in Monday off Wednesday
Ladybirds
The
current interest in the Ladybirds this week is Summer Activities. The children
will have the opportunity to take part in chalking on black card, soapy sand,
flour gloop, car painting, and painting a piggy pig pen. Garden activities this
week include bikes and cars, dollys and pushchairs, garage and cars and balls
and tunnels. 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 focus on Animals.
Activities this week include counting using musical instruments, reading room
on a broom and Kevin the crocodile, creating a number line and reciting
numbers, comparing sizes of the compare bears and shape puzzles. Garden
activities this week include parachute games, animal games, chalk drawing bean
bags and hoops and water painting. The story of the week is ‘Kevin the
crocodile’. 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 – Jenni
Emma – half term
Jani- Annual leave all week
Butterflies
This
week the butterflies will focus on Kings and Queens. The activities include
crown making, King and Queen role play, Castle making, Knights and Dragons and
Fairy tale stories, the letter of the week this week is ‘Ff’ and the number of
the week is ‘4’. Garden activities this week include sand, water, balls and
bikes and small world.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
Jade – Monday
Tara – Monday
Lee – Half term
Leanne is day off Monday
Michelle is day off Friday
Early Years Pupil Premium
Aim of policy
To give
clear guidance on what Earl Years Pupil Premium is and how it is used.
Points to consider
Early
Years Pupil Premium is being introduced in April 2015
Castle Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this
by:
Early Years Pupil Premium is additional funding for early years
settings to improve the education they provide for disadvantaged 3 and 4 year
olds.
All providers delivering funded early education places will be eligible
to receive the Early Years Pupil Premium.
Early Years Pupil Premium can be claimed by the childcare provider if a
child at their setting is accessing free early education for 3 and 4 year olds
and the child’s parent or carer receives one of the following benefits:
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided the family is not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for 4 weeks after a family stops qualifying for Working Tax Credit).
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided the family is not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on (paid for 4 weeks after a family stops qualifying for Working Tax Credit).
Or the child falls into one of the following groups:
• Looked after by the local authority
• Adopted from care
• Has left care through a special guardianship arrangement
• Is subject to a child arrangement order (previously known as a residence order)
• Adopted from care
• Has left care through a special guardianship arrangement
• Is subject to a child arrangement order (previously known as a residence order)
Early Years Pupil Premium is paid at a national rate of 53p for every
free early education hour that an eligible child attends their setting.
Surrey County Council passes on the full rate to providers. For example,
if children are attending their full 15 hours of free early education a week
this would be as follows:
|
Number of children
|
Amount each year
|
|
1 child
|
£302.10
|
|
5 children
|
£1510.50
|
|
10 children
|
£3021
|
|
15 children
|
£4531.50
|
Children will not need to access the full entitlement to be eligible for the Early Years Pupil Premium, providers will be paid on a pro rata basis.
You should promote the Early Years Pupil Premium to all parents and
carers in your setting and encourage them to tell you that they may be
eligible. This should be voluntary, some parents will choose not to identify
themselves as meeting the eligibility criteria.
groups:
Early years providers can choose how they wish to spend the Early Years
Pupil Premium but they should use evidence about what works when making this
decision and it must raise the quality of their early years education offer.
This could be through:
• Pooling the Early Years Pupil Premium to purchase shared services
such as an Early Years Graduate or a Speech and Language Therapist
• Buying services from teaching schools alliances
• Improving staff member’s qualifications
• Accessing training or providing additional staff to implement specific strategies
• Buying services from teaching schools alliances
• Improving staff member’s qualifications
• Accessing training or providing additional staff to implement specific strategies
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