March's 2019 Newsletter for Day Nursery by Amy Saunders

Harvard Park Day Nursery Feltham: March Newsletter 2019 News from the Managers, Nicki and Tracey and Deputy Manager, Carol – Welcome to March 2019 – a brand term and ready for some brand-new adventures with us! We would like to wish Ellie a very happy birthday for this month. Welcome to Kayley to our Harvard Park Team! She is our new apprentice supporting Freedom Zone. We are currently recruiting for a couple of positions, so if you know anyone looking for a job and has a qualification in childcare, pass on our email address and get them to send in their CV’s : info@harvardparkdaynursery.co.uk. Lastly, we would like to wish all of our mummies, sisters, aunties, grandmothers and other female figures in our lives a very happy Mother’s Day for the 31 st of this month. We hope you have a lovely relaxing day! World Book Day – Thursday 7th March! We will be having a day all about books, encourage your child to dress up as their favourite book character and bring in the story to share with us. Our Practitioner’s will be dressing up as well and sharing their favourite stories through a range of activities planned for the day. You can pick up costumes from local stores such as Asda or Matalan or you can use apps such as Pinterest to get creative and make one of your own! We can’t wait to see your outfits  Nursery School applications: If your child 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 Carol and she will help and advise as much as she can. URGENT: Health and Safety issue – DO NOT open the emergency exit doors Can we also request that you DO NOT open the fire doors (the double doors in Freedom Zone and the garden access door in Small Steps). Please wait for a member of staff to do this for you. These doors can cause injury as they are fire doors. Our Practitioners have training on how to do this safely. Do Not open these doors, thank you . This includes Tiger Club’s parents and carers too. Once you enter the room, your child is your responsibility. Please do not allow them to run around the room or leave the gate without you being by their side. Requests – Reminder about Birthdays and Party bags: It is lovely that you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday with us and the children love to celebrate with their friends. Just a small reminder about party bags, where possible as we do try and support healthy eating as much as possible, fruit or fruit alternatives such as raisin boxes or fruit snacks are more than enough. Other options could include a book or a small colouring book for the children to take home. If you do wish to do party bags, can we request no sweets and no small objects. In terms of cake, shop brought cakes are best. Make sure there is always alist of ingredients on them and can we please request no fresh cream cakes. Character cakes from supermarkets are more than enough for children. Thank you: We would like to say thank you to Aringas and his family for the donation of new books. They are perfect for World Book Day coming up and the children cant wait to have a look at them. The weather is forever changing, please dress your child for the weather and the temperature. Although it may look sunny, please consider what the shade temperature will be like. Also, please can we request that your do not send your child in slippers. They need to have appropriate footwear as we are going to be going out for daily walks – this includes getting out of the bus or buggy in all of our rooms.

News from Baby Studio – Simran, Mary, Nabila, Roshelle and Amanda: We would like to welcome Aahan to our room. We would like to say goodbye to Alessia as she will be moving up to Small Steps at some point this month.

Focus: Physical Development This month’s focus will be all about physical development. To encourage our gross motor skills, we will be using our black and white soft play, take regular trips to our local park with a range of equipment such as balls to roll and kick with. We will also be using our tents and tunnels for our children to explore. For our pre-walkers we will also be doing tummy time and walking practice either with walkers or hand over hand guidance to get those legs moving. Thursday 7th March – World Book Day: Please celebrate with us by dressing your child up as their favourite character or bring in a book to share with us.

Home Mission:

Allow your child to self-feed at home. This will help develop their fine motor skills when holding a spoon as we as their hand eye co-ordination.

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Please provide appropriate shoes as we will be going on walks, getting out of the buggy at the park to play! Don’t forget to sign your child in and out on a daily basis. Get posting on your child’s EyLog – Please ask us if you are not sure how to do this.

Birthdays and other notes for Baby Studio:

We would like to wish all of our mummies, sisters, aunties, grandmothers and other female figures in our lives a very happy Mother’s Day for the 31st of this month. We hope you have a lovely relaxing day!

News from Small Steps – Qani, Amy, Paulina, Sherry and Ellie: Welcome to Alessia who will be moving up from Baby Studio in the course of February. We would also like to say welcome to Qani who is now our Room Leader!

Topic: Books!

Birthdays and other notes:

This month we are working alongside the celebration of World book day which is happening on the 7th of March. To support this topic, we will be taking visits to our local library as well as around our local area, sharing our favourite stories at group times and planning activities around these books. We do have a library which you are free to share from when you purchase one of our book bags. Please see Qani for more information if you are interested. We would like to wish all of our mummies, sisters, aunties, grandmothers and other female figures in our lives a very happy Mother’s Day for the 31st of this month. We hope you have a lovely relaxing day!

Thursday 7th March – World Book Day: Please celebrate with us by dressing your child up as their favourite character or bring in a book to share with us. We would like to wish Lava a happy 2nd birthday for this month and also to Ellie who also has her birthday in March. We both hope you have lovely days.

Important notices- Please read: -

The weather is forever changing, please dress your child for the weather and the temperature. Although it may look sunny, please consider what the shade temperature will be like. Also, please can we request that your do not send your child in slippers. They need to have appropriate footwear as we are going to be going out for daily walks – this includes getting out of the bus or buggy. -

Don’t forget to sign your child in and out on a daily basis. And please take home your water bottles, we are not responsible for cleaning them. Take them out of your child’s bags when you arrive. -

Please encourage your child to do self -registration, it prepares them for freedom zone and also gives them independence. Names cards are as soon as you come in underneath Freedom Zones. Please encourage your child to pick it up and bring it into our room. Please can we ask you that if you are not coming in or are coming in late can you call us. We are planning daily trips and it is unfair for the children to miss out if we are waiting for you to come in. Call if you are sick, late or not going to be in today.

Harvard Park Day Nursery Feltham: March Newsletter 2019 News from Freedom Zone – Viviana, Sam, Elvia, Nabila A, Kayley, Katie, Rehma and Rachel: We would to like to welcome our new Families to Freedom Zone and we would also like to welcome Kayley into our room. Katie will also be covering Qani while we find a replacement for the group leader role.

Topic: All about Animals!

Thursday 7 March – World Book Day: Please celebrate with us by dressing your child up as their favourite character or bring in a book to share with us. We will be focusing on different types of animals each week: Farm, Zoos, pets, oceans and prehistoric. It is a lot to cover in one month but the children love this topic. We will be very busy doing lots of activities such as trips to the local pet shop, story sacks based on animals, junk modelling to create our own prehistoric animals, animal printing and creating different animal masks. Please make sure you are taking all art work home from cubby holes. th

Home Mission:

Look out for and listen for different animals and their sounds while out and about. If you have been to the zoo, sea life, farm or have a pet at home, please email us some pictures in so we can talk about them and share them with our peers.

Birthdays and other notes:

We would like to wish a happy 3rd birthday to Calista and Isla for this month. We hope you both have a lovely day!

The weather is forever changing, please dress your child for the weather and the temperature. Although it may look sunny, please consider what the shade temperature will be like. Also, please can we request that your do not send your child n slippers. They need to have appropriate footwear as we are going to be going out for daily walks. -

Please try to be here 10 minutes before end of your child’s session for sufficient feedback. At the end of the day, we do need to finish our jobs before we are asked to leave by the cleaners. Once your child is ready and raring to go, please exit the building. Once you are in the room, your child is your responsibility. -

Please label all of your child’s belongings. We cannot be held responsible for things going home with other children if they don not have your name in them. Child will have items of clothing such as coats or gloves which will be the same, you can help us prevent this by writing your child’s name in labels. URGENT: Health and Safety issue – DO NOT open the emergency exit doors

Can we also request that you DO NOT open the fire doors (the double doors in Freedom Zone and the garden access door in Small Steps). Please wait for a member of staff to do this for you. These doors can cause injury as they are fire doors. Our Practitioners have training on how to do this safely. Do Not open these doors, thank you . This includes Tiger Club’s parents and carers too. Once you enter the room, your child is your responsibility. Please do not allow them to run around the room or leave the gate without you being by their side.