Blog Update Monday 17th February:
New
Staff members:
Renee:
You may have noticed that we have a new member
of staff within the nursery room, her name is Renee. Renee has a good knowledge
of the role of a Nursery Practitioner; liaising with parents, planning
activities and supporting children’s learning and development. She is looking
forward to gaining a qualification in childcare in the near future.
April:
We are pleased to announce that we also have a
new member of staff joining our pre-school team on 3rd March. April
has lots of experience in childcare, and is looking forward to sharing her
knowledge with her new team. She has a level 4 qualification in childcare, and
has experience of working with all age groups from babies to pre-school age.
Sam:
Week commencing the 17th March, Sam
(from the baby room) will be returning to us on a full time basis.
Millie:
We have also recruited an apprentice who is due
to start with us on 24th February. She’ll be spending time in all of
the rooms, as part of her apprenticeship, learning about all age groups from
babies to nursery, to pre-school and Cosmic Club – after school provision.
Millie has previously been on placement here,
spending most of her time within the pre-school environment.
Toilet
Training Bags:
The nursery room have recently introduced
‘Toilet Training Bags’ to support children through this crucial stage of
development. These can be borrowed from the setting and returned on a weekly
basis. Please ask the staff members in the Nursery Room should you require more
details.
Chatter
Packs:
The Nursery Room also have a Chatter Packs
system in place which enables children and parents to borrow books from the
setting. This system works really well within pre-school, but seems to have
faded within the Nursery Room. Please feel free to provide the Nursery Room
staff with feedback on this system, why you tend not to make use of it;
books/stories inappropriate for the age group, positioning of the book rack
etc?
Reminders:
Signing in/out:
Can we please remind our parents/carers to sign
their children in/out of the setting as part of our procedure for safeguarding
the children. If you are unsure of where the register is for each room, then
please ask a member of staff who will be more than happy to help.
Dropping off before 8am:
Again, can we please remind our parents/carers,
not to drop their children off at nursery/pre-school before 8 o’clock unless
booked in beforehand. Our staffing changes from week to week based on how many
children are booked in throughout the day in order to maintain the ratio of
children/adults.
We appreciate your cooperation with this.
Louise
and the team at Clover Court
