Blog update w/c 22^nd July:

Room transfers:

We would just like to inform you that Kelly. C (from the Nursery Room), will be transferring into Pre-school, and Sarah (from Pre-school) will be transferring into the Nursery Room. Letters will be sent out regarding the assignment of new Key Persons.

As a setting, it is good practice to encourage the staff to have a swap around with rooms and age groups for their own personal development.

We appreciate your understanding and support of the staff through this process. Any questions, please feel free to speak to Louise (Manager) or Kelly (Deputy Manager).

Open Evening:

We have scheduled our next Open Evening for Tuesday 20^th August. Please remember that your attendance at these evenings is not compulsory, but it allows you as parents who know your children best, to have an input into the planning for their learning and development and to share the progress that they are making.

The evening will be organised according to timeslots of 10 minutes. Schedules for timeslots will be put up in each room (Babies, Nursery and Pre-school) for you to assign your names if you would like to attend.

Sport’s Day:

Every year we like to organise a sporting event for our over two’s and pre-schoolers, this year, this will be held on the afternoons of Tuesday 13^th and Thursday 15^th August (13.45-14.45). Parents and carers are invited along to watch and cheer for their children during the activities which include;

·         Sack race

·         Egg and spoon race

·         Running race

·         Balancing the bean bag on the head

·         Hurdles

There will also be an obstacle course for the parents to take part in.

Attendance tables will be put up by the end of the week in Nursery and in Pre-school. If your child is booked in on that day and you would like to attend, please put your name down, and the amount of people that will be coming (max. of 3 per child).

If your child is not yet booked in, and you would like them to take part, then please speak to Louise (Manager) or Kelly (Deputy). Equally, if your child is only booked in for the morning session, then it may be possible to extend it, in order for them to join in.

Communication Books:

The nursery team have re-introduced the use of communication books. Each child will have their own communication book that will be written in on a regular basis by your child’s key person. If you would like to write in the communication book in return, there are baskets on the shelf in Beach room for you to place the communication book.

Treasure Bags:

We are currently implementing a sensory area within our Ash Room (physical room). As part of this we are putting together treasure bags which will contain different sets of sensory items; for example, metals, woods, natural objects, etc. We would like to ask the parents to help us collect objects for these bags;

·         Paper / cardboard objects: Egg boxes, notebook, sturdy cardboard tubes, greaseproof paper.

·         Wooden objects: Door wedge, small turned bowl, dolly pegs, egg cup, wooden egg, spoons, curtain rings, coaster, bracelet, block, napkin rings, dowel, empty salt and pepper cellars.

·         Leather, textile, rubber, or fur objects: Small knitted toy, bean bag, piece of flannel, velvet powder puff, bags of herbs, bag of lavender, leather key ring, coloured ribbons, leather purse.

·         Rubber objects: Ball, bath plug with chain, soap holder, door stop, coaster.

·         Metal objects: Honey drizzler, an egg cup, curtain ring, egg poacher, measuring spoons, tea strainer, whisk, powder compact, bells, lemon squeezer, small bowl,

·         Natural objects: A lemon or orange, coconut shell, grass rope, sheepskin, pumice stone, loofah, shells, pine/fir cones, driftwood, avocado stone, large pebbles.

·         Brushes: Scrubbing brush, pastry brush, baby's hair brush, nail brush, makeup brush, paint brush, shaving brush, wooden toothbrush.

·         Other objects: small vanilla essence or food colouring bottle, hair rollers, small mirror, scent bags, bone shoe horn, ceramic bowl

We would really appreciate your support with this.

Lost Property:

We are missing a pair of shorts from the pre-school room. The shorts are from Next, sized 3-4, and are brown/khaki green. If you think your child may have gained a pair of shorts which match this description, could we please ask you to return them to the pre-school room. Thank you!

Louise and the team at Clover Court