Clover Court Blog; week commencing 27^th May:

Open Evening:

We would firstly like to say a huge thank you to those parents who made it along to our Open Evening which we held on Wednesday the 22^nd May. We really appreciate your input into your children’s learning and development and it’s also great to have a bit more time to share with your child’s Key person. ‘Next Steps’ for your child’s learning and development are currently being completed by your child’s Key Person so you should receive a copy shortly.

Chatter-packs:

We would like to comment on the effectiveness of our chatter-packs systems which have been implemented in both Nursery and Preschool. We have a selection of books available for you to borrow (just like the library). This selection will continue to grow.

Baby Room:

This week in baby room, we are really pleased with the progress that our new starters have been making. We would like to say a warm welcome to Jackson, Esme and Maisie! The babies have also enjoyed interacting with the toddlers this week as we have spent a lot of time playing together in the garden.

Nursery Room:

This week in nursery, we have been exploring different textures in the creative room, playing with flour, hair gel and dry spaghetti. We have also really enjoyed using different tools to paint with such as sponges and our fingers and hands!

We have enjoyed hunting for wiggly worms in our garden as the weather has been quite damp!

We have had a big spring clean in Nursery and have changed our learning environment around slightly, we hope you like it!

Preschool:

We have a lot of children that will be leaving preschool in September to go to ‘big school.’ For this reason, we will be incorporating activities into the next few weeks which will encourage the children to think about and discuss how they feel about moving up to ‘big school.’ We will be creating a role-play schools opportunity for example, and will talk about what schools we are going to and what colour uniforms we will be wearing etc in preparation for this transition.

We will also be supporting the younger children in our room with transitions that they may be experiencing in their lives; moving house, new babies etc.

Louise and the team at Clover Court

Blog update week commencing 6^th May:

Ruth (Nursery Room):

We would like to inform you all that Ruth from the nursery room will sadly be leaving us here at Clover Court. Her last day will be the 4^th June 2013. Ruth will be moving to Burgess Hill and has found a job at a nursery within the local area. If Ruth is your child’s Key Person then Ruth will inform you of their new Key Person at the Open Evening on Wednesday 22^nd May (if you are not able to attend this evening then please speak to Ruth after this date).

We’d like to ask you to join us in saying thank you to Ruth for her time here (7 years), and wish her the best of luck with her new job.

6.00pm finishes:

Can we please remind parents to ensure that if their children are booked in until 6.00pm, that they are picked up on time, as our staffing is done so in accordance with ratios. If you find that you struggle to collect your child by 6 o’clock, please speak to Louise (Manager) or Kelly (Deputy) about possibly extending your child’s session until 6.30pm to cover yourself and avoid late fee charges. If you are running a few minutes late, we really appreciate it if you can give us a call to inform us.

End of term:

For those of you who’s children are three and receive the free entitlement sessions, please be informed that these sessions do not include half term/end of term weeks. Therefore we would like to inform you that the end of term for the funding is Friday 12^th July. Any sessions booked within the summer holidays will be charged at the full rate. If you would still like your child to attend during the summer holidays, but would like to reduce their weekly attendance, then please speak to Louise (Manager) or Kelly (Deputy).

If you have any questions regarding the above discussion points then please ask.

Louise and the team at Clover Court