Harvard Park Day Nursery Feltham: May Newsletter 2018. News from the Managers, Nicki and Tracey and Deputy Manager, Carol – We have some sad goodbyes to say. In June we will be saying goodbye to Gurpreet who is getting married and will be moving out of the borough and we will also be saying goodbye to Lucy who is moving onto pastures new. We wish them both the best of luck and thank you for your hard work and co-operation over the years. We would like to wish Tracey, Gemma and Pauline a happy birthday for this month. We would also like to congratulate Tracey on becoming a Nan as her daughter had her baby on the 2nd of May (Tracey’s birthday). Closure Dates: We will be closed on Monday 7th May and Monday 28th May due to a bank holidays. Photo day: th Wednesday 9 May – Baby Studio and Small Steps Thursday 10th May – Freedom Zone’s single and Graduation photos Friday 11th May – Freedom Zone’s group photo (photographer will only be here in the morning, if you want your child to be included- please see management). If this is not your child’s day, please arrange a time with management to be able to bring your child in. If you want them in a different outfit, please bring this in and we will change them, so they do not get dirty. th Royal Wedding and 10 Birthday Celebrations : Friday 18th May 2018 This year Harvard Park Day Nursery turned 10 years old. We are also having a royal wedding of Prince Harry and Megan. To celebrate these, we are going to have a party! We encourage your children to dress in red white or blue and we will hold a tea party to celebrate these two great occasions. Our lunch for that day will be a hot meal and the practitioners will plan lots of activities and games for the children to join in with! Signing in and out: Please read this important notice It has been brought to our attention that not many people are signing their children in and out of the building. This is a LEGAL requirement, an important health and safety document as well as a child protection one. If there is an evacuation for whatever reason, we use this to check who is present. This could be the difference between a child safely out of the building and a life at risk. Please sign them both in and out. Our practitioners try to remind you where possible but they are often very busy so please remember to do this yourself. Thank you for your co-operation and understanding
Thank You:
We have a few thank you’s to say for this month, firstly to Amanda’s mum for the cake donations on our cake bake. They were all homemade, delicious and sold very quickly so thank you. We would like to say thank you to Shayan and family for clothes and shorts donation. They will come in very handy when we have water play in the summer. And lastly, thank you to all of you who supported us during our fund raising for the nursery. We managed to raise just over £490 which is a big help in working towards purchasing new equipment. Keep an eye out on Facebook for an update of what we purchase.
Suncream:
If your child does full days (even if it is two) please supply a bottle of sun cream for your child. We will label it and return it to you at the end of the week. If your child does a morning or afternoon session, please apply some before you come to the setting! We will be going out and about much more making use of the vitamin D from the sun.
If your child is going to school in September:
You should now have heard where they will be heading off to in September. Please do not forget to inform us of your choice. If you are applying for school nursery, please be aware the application closing date is 4 th May 2018. You will need to download the online form and apply to the schools directly. Please also inform us if you r child is going to stay on with us for the following year.
At the end of the day:
Please be aware that the building closes at 6:00pm, we have cleaners waiting to start and we get charged extra for every minute they cannot enter the building. Please make your feedback with your key worker brief and be in the building at 5:50pm. If you arrive later than this, our practitioners will be unable to give feedback. If you would like to have a social chat with parents, we love that you do this, but please make sure it is outside of the lobby. Thank you for your understanding and co-operation.
News from Baby Studio – Simran, Mary, Nabila, Roshelle and Amanda: We would like to welcome Daniel into our room! Focus: PSED Our focus for this month is personal, social and emotional development. The older children will begin to have play sessions in Small steps, (where numbers and ratio allow) supporting them with their eventual transitions as well as giving them a chance to explore a new environment. They will visit with a familiar adult and be encouraged to bond with new faces. The younger babies will be encouraged to join in planned activities supported by a familiar adult which will help them develop their social skills and playing alongside others.
Home Mission: During the weekend, introduce your child to new faces. This could be with family and friends, see how they react with unfamiliar faces. This will help your child to socialise with new people. Other reminders:
Please bring in their water bottles daily. We only have 2 spares which we can use. Make sure your child comes in with shoes, coat and a jumper as the weather has turned cold again. We do go out on outings and they need to be dressed correctly. Please call in if you are running late or your child is not coming in. It effects our routine if we are waiting for someone who is not coming in.
Birthdays and other notes: - Photo Day – Our room’s photo day will be on Wednesday 9th May. If this is not your child’s day, please arrange a time with management to be able to bring your child in. If you want them in a different outfit, please bring this in and we will change them, so they do not get dirty. - Royal wedding: Friday 18th May – Please read the managers section for more information. - We would like to wish Pranav a happy 1st bithday for th 6th and a happy 1st birthday to Ayden for the 12th. We hope you have lovely days.
News from Small Steps – Chelsea, Latifa, Lucy, Gurpreet and Sherry: We would like to say goodbye to Rihaan, we hope you enjoy your new adventure. We would also like to say goodbye to Ira who is moving up to Freedom Zone. We would like to welcome Eden and Kader who will be moving into Small Steps sometime soon. Topic: Mini-Beasts The children will be encouraged to explore and discover all about mini-beasts. We will do this through messy play, finding minibeasts in the garden and even creating our own from junk modelling. We will be focusing on developing the childrens language by introducing new words based around the topic such as dig, mud or bugs. On Friday 18th May, we will be celebrating the Royal wedding of Harry and Megan. This day will be a dress up day and full of activities. The children can come dressed up in red, white and blue or as Princess’ or princes. We will be having a hot lunch and a party tea to celebrate!
Home Mission: Get out and about in nature and get looking for mini-beasts and bugs. Pop it onto your child’s EyLog profiles to show us!
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Birthdays and other notes: - We would like to wish Rose May a happy 2nd birthday for the 5th and also to Nhia for the 21st. We hope you have lovely days.
Photo day: Our room’s photo day will be on Wednesday 9th May. If this is not your child’s day, please arrange a time with management to be able to bring your child in. If you want them in a different outfit, please bring this in and we will change them, so they do not get dirty.
Important notices- Please read:
At the end of the day when collecting your child, please be aware that it is a busy time. Once you have been given feedback, please understand that the practitioners have other duties that need to be attended too and that there are still some children learning or who need care. We are not being rude however we do need to keep feedback to 5- 10 minutes only. -
Please supply nappies and wipes when requested. We do not have any spares left- if your child is left with none, we will have to ask you to come and collect them or bring nappies in. PLEASE also supply enough
Harvard Park Day Nursery Feltham: May Newsletter 2018. changes of clothes and pants if your child is potty training. 3 or 4 are sufficient.
News from Freedom Zone –Viviana, Sam, Sonia, Qani, Marilyn, Nabila A, and Hubert: Welcome to Aradhya, Anik, Shivaan, Julia, Oscar W and Pearl into our room. We are saying a sad goodbye to Rohan too who is moving house soon.
Topic: Physical Development We will be focusing on doing and development larger movements, balancing, running and talking about how to keep our bodies healthy. We will be going over to the gym and the park to support this so please make sure your child is wearing good shoes – closed in shoes or trainers. We will also be doing sport’s week during the month. We will be doing larger games such as football, tug of war and many more races. On Friday 18th May, we will be celebrating the Royal wedding of Harry and Megan. We will be doing activities based around this too – it would be lovely if you could send pictures of your own wedding for the children to look at, our staff will be doing this too!
Home Mission: Encourage walking, bikes and scooters when coming to and from nursery. Leave your pushchairs at home and get on those scooters! It will help develop their physical skills, it is a good form of exercise and they love to show us their scooters! Put some pictures on their EyLog’s too. Birthdays and other notes: We would like to wish a happy 3rd bithrday to Emiko on the 7th and Sumayra on the 27th. We would like to wish a happy 4th birthday to Meyliah for the 7th and to Vihaan S on the 9th. We hope you all have lovely days.
Important notices:
Please bring back our spare clothes! We have completely run out. You must understand that children will have toileting accidents, so make sure you supply your own spares. We now have no pants or knickers, if we cannot change your child you will need to come and collect them from nursery Cups and bottles: Please make sure you are taking these home at the end of the day, dissembling them and sterilising them. th Photo day: Thursday 10 May – Graduation and single photo’s – This day will be all day, if this is not your child’s day, please arrange a time with management to be able to bring your child in. If you want them in a different outfit, please bring this in and we will change them, so they do not get dirty. th Photo day: Friday 11 May – Group photo for all children – This will be only in the morning. If you would like your child to be in the group photo, please see management to book a time. Please see the posters for more information regarding the photo days.
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!