June 2025 Newsletter

June Fun 2025

We are having lots of fun this month exploring minibeasts. We have found spiders and spider webs outside in the playground and also inside our nursery using our magnifying glasses and torches . We enjoy counting how many spiders are inside and finding them as they move around nursery. Our butterfly eggs have hatched and the caterpillars have now formed their chrysalides. We will shortly be moving them into their special net where we can observe them transforming into butterflies. We have all chosen a name for the butterflies and we will pull names out of the hat to see what names they are given. We have explored slugs, snails, frogs and ladybirds learning about their life cycles and what they do such as creating trails. We will continue to explore worms and bees.

Our garden is coming on very well. Our vegetables are looking amazing and we take turns to look after our plants by ensuring they have plenty of water to keep them growing. Our flowers are looking very pretty by our entrance door. Lucy and Rupert continue to visit us on a Monday and Friday afternoon to help us develop our listening and concentration.

Our children that will be transitioning into reception classes have been trying really hard with their read, write, inc learning about the sounds of letters and trying hard to form the letters. We also link the sounds to objects.

Policy Updates

The following policies have been reviewed during June. There are copies in the reception area in the pink file. Please feel free to read these documents at any time you wish. If you would like a paper copy please speak with Paula

Lone Working Policy
Looked After Children Policy
Manual Handling Policy
Menopause Policy
Prevent and Radicalisation Policy
Recruitment, Selection and Suitability of Staff Policy

Up Coming Events

End of Summer Term 2025 – Friday 18 July 2025

Beginning of Autumn Term 2025 – Monday 1 September 2025

Autumn Half Term Monday 27 October 2025 to Friday 31 October 2025

Nutrition Guidelines

The Department for Education has published a new document EYFS Nutrition Guidance This is to help nurseries ensure we are delivering healthy snacks, in our case, and to help support our families with awareness of healthy eating. The document also highlights links that can be accessed with suggestions of cooking activities that can be enjoyed with children both at home and at nursery. Cooking with children helps promote their awareness of healthy eating and also helps develop language and communication skills. To access the guidance visit the gov.uk website and search for Early Years Foundation Stage Nutrition. If you would like a paper copy please speak with Paula A recommendation within this document is that nursery’s ask parents/carers to refrain from bringing birthday cake and/or sweets into their children’s nursery to celebrate their child’s birthday. It suggests that if parents/carers wish to mark their child’s birthday with their child’s nursery friends maybe items such as stickers or bubbles etc be brought instead. We will be following this recommendation at our nursery from now on. Thank you for your understanding and support with this. We are encouraging children to think about healthy eating and oral hygiene

Toy Box Donations and Sharing

We are introducing a new system. There will be a box in our reception area for donations of quality, clean, toys that families are welcome to take for themselves or others they know who might benefit from donations. We are trying to help with the cost of living and recycling issues that our country is facing. If you have toys / resources that you would like to donate to the box please speak with Paula

Suggestions Box

The black box on the wall in our main room is for any suggestions you would like to make about nursery. We welcome all of your suggestions as we work together for quality.

Online Safeguarding Links

Let’s Talk Pants
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/

Online safety for children with SEND / NSPCC

Use Parental Controls to Keep Your Child Safe / NSPCC

Help keep children safe online with Techosaurus / NSPCC

Teaching Your Child about internet & Online Safety/NSPCC

Look, Say, Sing,Play -Brain-building tips NSPCC

Smartie the Penguin @ childnet.com

Safeguarding our Children

Useful websites to help you keep your children safe

https://nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/

Online safety for children with SEND/NSPCC

Use Parental Controls to Keep Your Child Safe / NSPCC

Lunch Boxes and drinks

We discuss during our lunch time session healthy eating and oral health. Dentists are reporting on the number of children under the age of 5 that have severe tooth decay. We know it is difficult but if possible can children please not have sugary drinks in their drinks bottles. We provide fresh water throughout the day and are able to provide water during lunch time so children do not necessarily have to bring drinks with them for lunch

Sun cream and Hats

As we are all aware it is so important for our children to enjoy outdoor fun safely during the summer months. Could we please ask that children have with them named sun cream and a hat. We will ensure children have the cream applied by a member of staff before outdoor play

Nursery Library

Please feel free to borrow any of nursery books that are in the red box in the reception area. There is a little book for you to note down which book you have borrowed, the date taken and return date

We also like seeing you reading the books with your children in our reception area whilst waiting for your sessions to start. As we all know reading and listening to stories is so important for children’s development