March's newsletter for 2018 - Pre-School / Isleworth

Harvard Park Pre-School Isleworth: March Newsletter 2018 News from the Managers, Nicki and Tracey and Deputy Manager, Amy It’s already March!

Hello and welcome to Spring. The weather is still bitter so please make sure your child has a nice thick coat as well as a hat and gloves with them. We will always use our outside area so please wrap them up. We would like to wish Natalie a happy birthday for this month! We would like to wish all of you a Happy Saint Patricks day for the 17th, a happy Easter and a very happy and relaxed mother’s day for the 11th.

Our Easter Fundraiser: We have posters up throughout the building so please make sure you read them.

We will be holding a cake bake and selling our black hand print photo’s made especially for you by your child. You will need to inform us if you DO NOT wish to purchase one of these beautiful masterpieces. Please see the copy by the desk for an idea of what we will be making. The money raised will be used to purchase new equipment which is listed on the poster. The sale will be held on the week of 24th April.

Labelling clothes and Potty Training: Please label their coat, school bag and any belongings they may have in there. If your child is in nappies or potty training, please make sure you are supplying enough changes of clothes and a sufficient amount on nappies, pull ups or wipes as we do not have many spares. If you feel your child is ready for potty training or we feel they may be ready, we will work together to make sure they are out of nappies for when they go to school!

If your child is changed at pre-school and put in pre-school clothes, please make sure you are returning them to us. Thank you  Pick-ups and Drop offs If you’re a requesting a 3:30pm pick up time, please call in advance if it is not a regular occurrence.

For health and safety reasons, we cannot open up the gate before or after this time until 4:10pm.

We open our doors from 8:00am and close the door at 8:45am. Please make sure you are arriving to us before 8:45am as your child is missing out on valuable learning time.

For our afternoon session, we open the door at 12:30pm, so please make sure you are here before 1:00pm. If you are absent due to sickness or going on holiday, please call us or text us to let us know.

Fruit and Vegetable donations: Thank you to those of you who are bringing things in every week! It is a great help and the children love tasting and trying different fruits and vegetables. Please remember to bring in some fruit and Vegetables every week for our children to have snack with. Some weeks we are running low and it is a great opportunity for the children to try a range of fruits and vegetables.

The Shed in the garden: The shed in the garden opposite the pre-school is not our property. It is the schools and they have requested that you not put your buggies inside. We are not responsible for your buggies as it is not our property. Please take buggies home with you.

2 year Checks: Is your child 2 or 2 and a half years of age? If they are, it’s time for your 2 year old check with your health visitor. They are good for general check-ups, hearing tests and for you to voice any concerns you may have. Once you have them done, please bring in their red books so we can photocopy their 2 year old page. For us, they are a legal requirement so please help us and bring your red books in!

Please turn over  Term Dates: th Closed on Thursday 29 March – Parent/ Teacher consultations in the am, Teacher Training in the pm. More information will be given to you on this.

Closed on Friday 30th March – Good Friday – Bank Holiday Closed for Half term Monday 2nd – Friday 13th April – re open again on Monday 16th April at 8:00am.

News from Natalie, Jeanna, Lacey, Eva, Emma, Megan, Angela, Hina and Charlotte: Topic: Animals moving into Traditional stories We have already begun our new topic of farm animals and this will continue for a couple more weeks. We have been exploring zoo’s and oceans, pets and farm and we will be moving onto Prehistoric. We have been and will continue to look at patterns, habitats and also the noises these animals make.

We will then be moving onto Traditional stories when we come back from half term. We will be looking at Goldilocks and the Three bears and the Gingerbread man along with one more. Our activities will be based around introducing children to stories and the way they are structured as well as new language, language of size and creative activities.

Home Mission: Easter Creation Homework: We would like you to create something based around Easter with your child. It could be an Easter basket, a bonnet or just a lovely decorated paper egg. Please bring in your creation on or before Friday 23rd March so we can discuss these at rolling groups.

Birthdays and Important dates: We would like to wish a very happy birthday to Shaurya for the 1st, Chase for the 2nd, Charley for the 10th and Natalie for the 15th of this month.

We hope you all have lovely days.

Important reminders: - Thank You : We would like to say well done to all those parents who have been adding onto their child’s EyLog profiles. We love seeing the pictures of what you get up to on your weekends and it will also make your learning journal look extra special when you leave us! Please check your emails if you have not yet logged onto your child’s online profile. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask us.

- Helpful Handouts: If you, family members or friends are ever having a clear out of resources such as newspapers, egg boxes, containers, clothes, material etc. Please consider us before throwing the away. We use lots of second hand things on a daily basis in both of our settings.

If you are on Facebook, we do have a Facebook page which gives you updates, notices and also an insight into both our settings and what special activities we get up to. Simply type in Harvard Park Day nursery and Preschool in the search bar and look for our logo. You can also leave a review here too. Please look out for EY log emails and if you have any questions regarding this, please come and see Amy, Natalie or Amy S.