Harvard Park Pre-School Isleworth: February Newsletter 2019 News from the Managers, Nicki and Tracey and Deputy Manager, Natalie Welcome to February! We would like to welcome all new parents and children to our Harvard Park family. We have a sad goodbye to start with. Megan will be heading off to pastures new. Her last day with us will be the 15 th February. We would like to wish her the best of luck for the future and make sure to keep in touch! We would like to say Happy Chinese new year for the 5th of this month and happy valentine’s day for the 14th! You maybe receiving a little gift from your children so please make sure you are checking the artwork table. Half Term Dates:
Our last day will be Friday 15 February and we will be open again on Monday 25th February at 8:00am. World book Day: Thursday 7th March 2019 – a date for your diaries. More information to follow in the next newsletter. th
URGENT: Health And Safety issue – Do NOT lift children over the fence
We have had a couple of incidents recently where parents and/or carers have attempted to pick the children up from over the fence. Can we ask you not to do this as it will encourage others to do so and also it is a child protection issue. If you do this and we do not register that your child has left the building, we may start proceedings for a missing child. Kindly wait for a member of staff to come and open the gate for you.
URGENT: Health and Safety issue – Do NOT open the main door
We must ask you not to open the main door to the setting. Please knock or ring the bell and a member of staff will come and open it for you. Please respect this as it is a child protection issue. We need to be aware of who is in the building. We will be reminding you if we see you doing this. Thank you
URGENT: Health and Safety issue – NO Nuts or nut products in Lunch Boxes
We have a child and a member of staff with a severe nut allergy. This is airborne so we are asking you not to provide any form of nuts or nut products in lunch boxes. This is things such as peanut butter in sandwiches, pine nuts in pesto and also in snack bars. There are not exceptions. Also, a small reminder that we are unable to heat up lunches. Please make sure you are providing food which does not need to be heated, thank you.
URGENT: Health and Safety issue – NO carrier bags as school bags
Can we kindly ask that you do not provide your child with a carrier bag as their nursery bag? These can cause suffocation if played with. Children have free access to their pegs and are encouraged to get their belongings throughout the day. A small back pack if more than sufficient. We will be reminding your throughout the month about this.
Nursery School applications:
If your child was born was born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016 they can start in the nursery class of one of our schools in September 2019. These applications must be made online via https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20028/primary_admissions/74/nursery_admissions . Closing dates for the submission of these applications is 3RD May 2019. If you need further assistance, Please come and see Natalie and she will help and advise as much as she can.
A message about bottles and Juice
Firstly, please label your bottles. If you need us to use a marker pen to do so, just say but we need your permission to do this. Secondly, we will start to not accept juice in bottles such as fruit shoots and only accept water. There are large amounts of sugar in small bottles of juice, children are offered water and milk during the session which is a much better alternative for their health and their teeth. If your child comes in with a bottle of juice, we will be putting it in the kitchen for your child to have at the end of the day and your child will be encouraged to drink water during the session. (This does not include juice at lunch time). We are thinking of the child’s dental health as well as their physical health.