Pre-school / Isleworth's July newsletter 2016

Harvard Park Pre School Isleworth: July Newsletter 2016 News from the Managers, Nicki and Tracey and Deputy Manager, Natalie:Welcome to July! We would like to say a big thank you to all of those who turned up to our stay and play session in June. It was a really good turnout and we hope you found it as positive as we did. For some of you, this will be your final Harvard newsletter. We would like to say a final farewell to all of those who are heading off to school. We have loved getting to know you and we wish you all the best of luck for the future. Don’t forget to either come and see us in your uniform or post a picture on our facebook page! For those of you who are returning to us, we can’t wait to see you again on Monday 5th September for our new school year!

As you may have noticed, we have set up our own Harvard whatsapp group to help strengthen the communication between us and yourselves. Please still check your emails on a regular basis for newsletters, notifications, invoices and messages as we will not be able to send everything via mobile. Feedback is always welcome.

There is a pre-recording of the concert available to purchase for £10. If this is something you are interested in, you will need to order and pay before Thursday 7 th July. They will also include photo’s of your child’s time at preschool. If you place your order later than this date, you will have to wait until September to pick up your disk. We will also have yearbooks for sale on Thursday 14 th July at a price of £2.50, a preview can be seen on the desk with Natalie. You do not have to pay for these until the day but could we ask that you place an order to avoid over producing, thank you.

Our last day for 2 year olds and those of you who are coming back in September, your last day with us will be on Wednesday 13th July. Our session will be from 10 ‘til 2 and it will be and end of term party. There will be a food list up on Monday 4 th July so please write you child’s name next to the item you wish to bring. Please dress your child up in carnival themed, dress up or party clothes Our Leaver’s party and concert will be on Thursday 14 th July. Our session will be from 10 ‘til 2 with the concert starting at 1 o’clock. Can we please ask that 2 adults per child attend the concert due to the lack of space. There will be a food list up on Monday 4 th July so please write you child’s name next to the item you wish to bring. Please dress your child up in carnival them, dress up or party clothes.

Please bring a plastic or bag for life bag with you in case there is anything you need to pick up such as left of clothes, art work and your graduation certificate!

If at any point during the term or half terms, you and your child would like to take Bertie (our giant African land snail) home you would be more than welcome. They are very very easy to care for and fascinating to watch. Please let our deputy Natalie know if this is something you would be interested in.

News from Natalie, Danielle, Dee, Eva, Parul, Jeanna, Marilyn, Lacey, Amy, Anusha and Mandy: Take the time to label your child’s clothes! We cannot be held responsible if items that are un-named go missing. Children do end up with same clothes, bottles coats etc. And with 70 children on our registers it is hard to remember who has what. Thank you. If you are

returning to us could we please ask you take all belongings such as cups, clothes, bags, etc home with you to wash and bring in a new lot when we return in September. Just a reminder to all those parents who have been asked to bring in costumes from the concert. Once you have them ready please bring them in ASAP, Thank you. If you haven’t yet received your child’s learning journals, please let us know as we don’t want you to forget your Harvard park memories!

We are preparing our children for their transition to big school by providing them with a selection of uniforms, transition books which show images of their new schools and talking about what we can expect on our first day. We urge you to do the same. Involve them in shopping for their new lunch boxes by letting them chose, new uniform and new school shoes. On their first day, try not to get emotional in front of them and reassure them you are coming back. Be on time to pick them up too as it will be a nervous time for them. Talk about what they can expect; they will be saying goodbye to their friends from Harvard but going to make new ones at their new school. Remember to explain that all the children in their class will be feeling scared, happy but also maybe nervous so being nice and friendly with a big smile will make people feel better and they may become our friends.

As we as quickly approaching our end of term parties and leavers parties, we would like you to try and practise the concert songs at home- Mr tumble hello song, We’re going to the circus, Please and thank you, Incy Wincy Spider, Frère Jacques, Mummy more, Phonics a-e plus vowels, Harvard Park’s 3 little pigs story, Frozen – let it go & goodbye song. Please ask your Keyworker for words and more information.

Please could parents/carers bring in sealed fruit so we can share it during our snack time? You are doing great so keep it up!  Remember they can be exotic or cultural!

Summer homework for those of you coming back: - Create a summer diary of all the exciting things you do over the summer holidays! Include family events or celebrations and even those lazy dvd days.

They will be put on display when they come back and then put in their all about me boxes! Have fun creating.!

Just a few notes to start off the month of July: If you have borrowed clothes from the pre-school, please could you return them? We are running very low on all of our clothes especially underwear. If we are unable to change your child due to lack of clothes or if you have not provided spares, we will have to call you to come and collect them.  Please it is very important that your child does not bring anything containing NUTS into the pre-school setting as we do have children and staff who have a NUT ALLERGY!!!   Please inform us if your child is going to be absent from nursery due to sickness, time away or having a day off.

We would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to Jeanna, Danielle, Mandy and Sienna for the month of July. We would also like to say happy August birthday to Max, Ahmed, Bruce, Alisa, Hannah-Safiya, Isra, Dylan B and Jasmine. We hope you all have lovey days!

We have noticed that some parents are still parking next to parked cars outside the school gates please do not do this! please refrain from using the staff car park at any time even if the barrier is up as they do have cameras and Harvard park do get into trouble if our parents are seen driving in.

Thank you.

Can parents please join our Facebook site as we are trialling our newsletters on our new site to save our trees! Just type in Harvard Park Pre-school and Day Nursery into your search engine (i.e. Google) and we should pop up! We regularly update this page with pictures, messages and notices. We will of course print off a few copies for those parents who do not have access to a computer. We will also display a copy on our Parents Table.

Please remember once you collect your child from their groups, they are your responsibility so DO NOT let them push the door handle to let themselves out. ADULTS ONLY!!!!!!

Can parents please join our Facebook site as we are trialling our newsletters on our new site to save our trees! Just type in Harvard Park Pre-school and Day Nursery into your search engine (i.e. Google) and we should pop up! We regularly update this page with pictures, messages and notices. We will of course print off a few copies for those parents who do not have access to a computer. We will also display a copy on our Parents Table.