May Newsletter

May News

We have been busy this month exploring gardening, transport, colours and shapes. Our garden is coming along very nicely with our potatoes, carrots, peas, beans, pumpkins growing well. Our children get very excited about their vegetables growing. The children also really enjoy seeing the birds that come and feast on our bird table. Your little ones have been bringing home the sunflower seeds that they have planted and we are looking forward to seeing the photos of the children with their plants when they start growing and then seeing how tall they grow. We hope the care leaflet has been useful for you. We will make a display of the children’s photos.

We have also been continuing with our phonics program, read, write, inc with our school leavers learning the sounds and formation of our letters. The children are trying really hard with their phonics and we are sure this will help when they transition into their reception classes.

Lucy and Rupert puppets have continued to visit and the children really enjoy joining in the games and rhymes that Lucy and Rupert play with them. This is really helping to develop listening and concentration skills.

We have been having fun with new resources that have been purchased. We have a new road mat for our cars and lots of new tools for our workbench. The tools have particularly been well received and we have many budding enthusiasts into the construction industry

We have been discussing oral health with the children and we have a chart to see what colour toothbrush is the most popular. The colour pink was the winner and the children enjoyed talking about strawberry toothpaste being very tasty. After research and discussion with a couple of our families we have decided that we will join the growing number of nurseries that are encouraging the children to clean their teeth at nursery after lunch. If your little one goes home at lunch time please let us know if you think it would help your family with teaching your children the importance of teeth cleaning and we will adapt your child’s session to include this. Each child will have a named toothbrush and the toothbrushes will be kept separate from each other for hygiene purposes. If you would like further information regarding this please speak with Paula

We wish you all a fun and happy May half term

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

Family Information

Lots of information and advice for families regarding their child’s early years can be found by searching Foundationyears.org.uk. This site also has information on the early years foundation Stage which is guidance that we follow when planning our learning intentions at our nursery

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

Policy Reviews

We have reviewed and updated the following Policies

Healthy Workplace
Immunisation
Medication
Health and Safety Policy
Superhero Policy

Policies are available for you to review in the policies folder in the reception area. If you would like a paper copy please speak to either Paula or Andrea

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

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