Blog Update Monday 17^th 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 3^rd 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 17^th 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 24^th 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

 

Happy New Year

Blog update: Friday 10^th January

Happy New Year:

We would firstly like to welcome you all into the New Year! We hope you all had a lovely Christmas break!

Thank you very much for all of our Christmas cards and gifts.

Open Evening:

Can we please remind parents/carers that our next Open Evening is on Thursday 30^th January Timeslot tables are up in each room; please allocate yourselves with your child’s Key Person. If you cannot make the Open Evening but would still like to catch up with your child’s Key Person then please speak to them to arrange a suitable date/time.

ICT Area:

We are currently focusing on developing an Information and Communication Technology Area within the Nursery Rooms to support the children with their interests and learning within this area of development.

Could we please ask parents/carers to support us in resourcing this area by having a look at home or at work for any old unused equipment that you would be able to donate to us. For example; computer monitors, keyboards, mouse, cameras, telephones, mobile phones etc.

We would like to thank you in advance for your support with this.

Taylor’s Travels:

Some exciting news about Taylor within the nursery room she has decided to go off and explore Thailand. We will be very sad to see Taylor go but wish her much happiness for the future. Taylor's last day will be the 30th January. Cat will be taking over all of her key children; please do not hesitate to talk to Lucy the team leader within the room if you have any questions.

Peg pictures within the nursery room:

Please can we remind you to find your child’s peg picture together when you arrive at nursery in the morning? We are finding lots of parents do not do this and it proves difficult to know every child’s bag and coat. Also we would like you to remove the picture at the end of your child’s day to the board.

Blog update Friday 6th December

Blog update Friday 6^th December:

Open Evening:

Please be informed that we have scheduled our next Open Evening for Thursday the 30^th January. The evening will provide you with an opportunity to speak with your child’s Key Person and to have a look through your child’s individual Learning Journal, sharing progress made and any concerns regarding learning and development. Key Persons will have summarised each child’s development within the current term (Winter), and with your input, will devise ‘Next Steps’ for learning and development for the Spring term (January to April).

Timeslots for the evening have been put up in each room, please write your name down next to the timeslot that you would prefer. Please be reminded, that these are 10 minute timeslots, should you feel that this is not an adequate length of time to meet with your Key Person, then please speak to them about arranging a separate occasion.

Emergency Closure:

We would just like to bring your attention to one of our policies which may be relevant in the next couple of months, concerning the procedure that we are to follow in the case of heavy snowfall.

If as parents/carers you wake up to heavy snowfall, please follow these instructions:

·         Please visit our blog page at www.cranbrooknurseryclover.blogspot.co.uk, where we will endeavor to post relevant information of any closures.

·         Alternatively please telephone the setting after 8am (01293 887533).

Should we experience severe weather during the day whilst the nursery is open, we may ask parents/carers to collect their children earlier, for this reason it is vital that we have up to date contact numbers.

Our reasons for closure would be for the safety of parents/carers/children and staff members and to minimize the need for travel.

There is a copy of this policy on our Parents Notice Board just inside the door, please feel free to take a copy for your reference.

Christmas Card Letter Box:

There is a Christmas Card Post Box situated within the entrance hall, please use this to post cards for Baby Room and Nursery Room only. Pre-school will have their own Post Box which will be placed on the signing in/out table at the top of the entrance hall.

Louise and the team at Clover Court

Christmas 2013

Blog update w/c 25^th November:

Tatty Bumpkin:

Just to let you know that Tatty Bumpkin will now take place on a Thursday morning at 9.30.

Tatty Bumpkin is a yoga class for young children involving the use of music and props.

Tatty Bumpkin will provide one half hour session for nursery children, and one half hour session for pre-schoolers.

This extra curricula activity is of no extra cost to the parents, if your child/children are here on a Thursday during the sessions, and they would like to join in, then they may.

Christmas:

Firstly we would like to confirm our Christmas opening hours for you; we are open up until Christmas Eve, and then we are closed from Christmas Day (25^th), and then we are open again on Thursday 2^nd of January.

On Christmas Eve, we will be open from 7.30 – 16.00.

Our Christmas activity schedule will be e-mailed out to you this week, or feel free to request a paper copy if you’d rather.

Monday 16^th December – Parents and Carers have been invited to celebrate with Babies and Nursery staff with some mulled wine and mince pies.

Tuesday 17^th December – Father Christmas will be visiting us in his grotto, to deliver Christmas presents to all the girls and boys. The children will also enjoy a Christmas lunch.

Wednesday 18^th December – Parents and Carers have been invited to watch their children take part in our Christmas production of the ‘twelve days of Christmas.’

Thursday 19^th December – as above.

Friday 20^th December – same as Monday.

Monday 23^rd December – we will be having a Christmas Jumper Day!

Tuesday 24^th December (Christmas Eve) – we will be celebrating the night before Christmas by wearing our pyjamas for the day.

 

Louise and the team at Clover Court

Events and Procedure Updates

Blog update w/c 11^th November 2013:

Children in Need – Friday 15^th November

On Friday 15^th November, Clover Court Nursery and Pre-school will be celebrating Children in Need. We will be dressing up in spotty pyjamas, so feel free to dress your child in spotty pyjamas, or anything ‘Children in Need/Pudsey Bear’ related.

We will also be providing the children with a range of activities to promote the event, such as;

·        Face painting

·        Baking – cakes/biscuits

·        Patterns – stripes, spots, checked

·        Compare Bears – sorting and counting

We are looking forward to

Toddle Waddle:

On Sunday 17^th November, Cranbrook Clover Court will be supporting a sponsored Toddle Waddle being held at Tilgate Park raising money for The Children’s Burns Trust and the Queen Victoria Hospital’s Peanut Ward. The event takes place at 11am. There will be a raffle on the day, refreshments and a cake stall and a visit from the fireman with their fire engine!

Feel free to come along!

Signing in/out:

We are updating our procedures for signing children in and out of the building in-line with safeguarding requirements. When you bring your child in to Babies/Nursery/Pre-school in the morning, and at collection times, you will be asked to sign the register to confirm their attendance.

We thank you for your cooperation with this.

 

Louise and the team at Clover Court

New staff members

New staff members:

We would like to inform you that we have a new member of staff starting with us here at Clover Court on Monday 4^th November. Cat, who has an NVQ Level 3 in childcare, will be based in the Nursery Room. Please join us in welcoming Cat to our team.

Amandeep who was previously based in our Pre-school before going on maternity leave last November, will be returning as of Friday 1^st November. Amandeep will now be based in our Baby Room. Please join us in welcoming Amandeep back to Clover Court.

Louise and the team at Clover Court

Missing items

Thursday 24^th October:

Missing:

We are missing two pairs of trousers from our Pre-school room.

·        One pair are blue corduroy trousers, aged 1-2 years from Mother Care.

·        The other pair are black with a thin red band around the waist, these are aged 2-3 years.

Both pairs of trousers should have Liam’s name in them.

Could you also please see if you may have taken a pair of boy's wellie boots home by mistake, these were in a Book start bag.

Please can we ask you to have a look to see if the above items have been mixed up with your child’s clothing. If found, please return to Pre-school. Thank you.

Louise and the team at Clover Court