Castle Nursery Markenfield

Friday, 24 July 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.

 

 

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 17^th 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 1^st 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 5^th September we are holding a party for our 20^th 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 11^th 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 Kitchen Safely 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 – Friday

 

Stacy – Annual Leave all week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 – Tuesday

 

 

 

 

 

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- Monday PM & Tuesday

 

 

 

 

 

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 – Friday

 

Tara- Wednesday

 

Lee – Half term

 

 

 

Leanne is day off Friday

 

 

 

Michelle is annual MON-WEDS

 

Kitchen Safety Policy

 

Aim of Policy

 

The aim of this policy is to give guidance on kitchen safety and training in the following areas:

 

1. Personal hygiene
2. Training
3. Food cleaning programme
4. Pest control
5. Exclusion

 

Castle Daycare and Preschool aim to achieve this by:

At all times staff working in the kitchen MUST wear the appropriate clothing.

If an food poisoning outbreak occurs, effecting two or more children, Environmental Health and Ofsted must be contacted.

 

Castle Daycare and Preschool have a duty to provide safety controls through the food chain from source to consumption, thus ensuring that food is fit for human consumption and unlikely to be injurious to health.  There is a requirement that a system of hazard analysis is implemented to ensure that any steps in the catering operation that are critical to food safety are identified, controlled and monitored.

We will provide information and training on food safety to employees to ensure that statutory requirements and the needs of the Nursery are met.

 

• Always shut the kitchen door when entering and leaving the kitchen. The kitchen door must remain shut at all times.

 

• Any spills should be cleaned up straight away to prevent accidents.

 

• Handles on pots and pans should be turned inwards to prevent the risk of being knocked

 

• All plugs must be turned off when not in use.

 

• Always make sure oven/rings are turned off after use.

 

• Sharp, heavy, hot or any other hazardous equipment will not be left unattended for any length of time.

 

• Always keep the kitchen area clean and tidy.

 

• Always make sure hands are dry before using electrical equipment.

 

• In the event of a fire, make sure that the correct extinguisher is used.

 

• Sharp knives should not be washed in the dishwasher.

 

• No aerosol spray should be used in the kitchen.

 

• Always wash your hands in the hand sink before handling any food and after handling raw meat, cleaning, handling waste, visiting the toilet and wiping your nose, to prevent cross contamination.

 

• A kitchen apron should be worn when preparing any food.

 

• Surfaces should be wiped down with a sanitizer.

 

• Only cloths of the designated colour are to be used in the kitchen.

 

• All utensils used should be clean and washed at a high temperature after use.

 

• Clean tea towels should be used for drying utensils. Always make sure the tea towel is dry as germs breed in wet towels

 

• Jewellery should not be worn when preparing food.

 

• Hair should be tied back.

 

• Shoes must be worn, with closed toes.

 

• Use the correct chopping board for different foods.

 

• Any cuts should be covered with a blue plaster.

 

• Food trays and trolleys should be cleaned after each use.

 

• All cleaning should be done according to the cleaning rota.

 

• A cleaning rota is in place to ensure cleaning is done regularly

 

• All surfaces should be wiped down frequently with a sanitizer.

 

• Kitchen floor should be cleaned every evening.

 

• All of the inside and outside of the cupboards and shelves should be wiped down according to the cleaning rota.

 

• The cooker top should be cleaned after every use.

 

• The fridge should be cleaned according to the cleaning rota.

 

• The sink area should be cleaned every day.

 

• Waste bins should be emptied every day and cleaned according to the rota.

 

• Anything not washed in the dishwasher should be washed in hot water(140 f)