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Notes from the management team - our Directors Nicki and Tracey and our Manager Poonam: Welcome to Harvard Park Pre-School. For some of you it’s a new welcome and for others it’s a welcome back. We hope you had a lovely summer and are ready to learn! At the beginning of September - Hibo had to return to her home country for a family emergency, she hopes she will be able to return to us in January 2023 and we wish her all the best! Book Bags for sale: If you are unaware, we have an extensive selection of books which your child can choose from when purchasing a book bag. It helps them with pre-reading skills as well as exploring books that you might not have at home. As and when children are ready, we also start providing them with simple words to help support reading skills. Please speak to our deputy manager Jeanna if you are interested. Uniform for sale: We also have a range of jumpers and t-shirts for sale as well. These can help with preparing your children for school uniform, also help with messy clothes as you won’t have to worried about your child’s daily clothes becoming dirty. Please speak to our Manager Poonam if you are interested. Please bring a coat for you child: As it is chilly in the mornings, please make sure your child is coming in with a coat and dressed appropriately. Children should also start to wear trainers or boots - no longer sandals or crocs. Absences and holiday - We have attached a letter for you to read regarding absences and holidays. You must in form us if your child will not be in for any reason. Please read this letter as it states that you are at risk of losing your funding if you do not access it fully.
An IMPORTANT reminder from Smallberry Green School: Parents should NOT enter the carpark at ANY time. Parents who are found to be driving into the carpark will be given warnings - the car park is off limits to all parents / carers.
Reminders:
Term dates and closures: We have attached a copy of our term dates for your records:
Thursday 13th October: Photo day! Our photographer will be in on this day to take Christmas portraits of the children. They make wonderful gifts for family members - if this is not your child’s day, please speak to Jeanna or Poonam who can book you in to come and see Karen!
Friday 21st October: Diwali celebrations! We will be having a little celebration day to celebrate Diwali as it falls on the 24th of October (which is half term). Come dress in your favourite sparkly outfit or party outfit!
Monday 31st October: Our Halloween Party! We will be sending out reminders as this is the first day back after half term. We will be having lots of spooky themed activities as well as a little tea party at snack time. If you do not want your child to take part - you must inform us as we will be pre-teaching the children before we break up. It’s also a dress up day for all!
We will be closed on Monday 24th October for 1 week. We will re-open on Monday 31st October - which will be our Halloween party! Birthday’s for the month of October: Children: Happy birthday to 3rd Chase, Alessandro, Sultan and Jorja! Happy 4th Birthday to Kenroy! Staff: Happy birthday to Tavnish and Rhea! We hope everyone has a lovely day!
Harvard Park Pre- School LTD.
Notes from your Pre-School Teachers: Jeanna, Roshelle, Shalyna, Cathy, Tavnish, and Rhea: Focus: Celebrations! Moving into October and the Autumn season, we will be exploring the celebrations of Harvest, Diwali and of course, Halloween! We will be aiming to provide children with lots of new language and words as well as opportunities for them to explore on a sensory level. Activities will include Pumpkin carving, junk modelling spiders, diva making, food tasting and creating cards for loved ones. During our small group times, we will be focusing on the books below as well as using our group time boxes to help children develop their sense of our routine, as many of them are new. Our October books will be: - Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht - The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
- Superworm by Julia Donaldson
- The Very Busy Spider By Eric Carle All of these can be found on YouTube if you don’t have a physical copy of the stories, but please try to look at them with your children to help support them with this learning and singing! Reminders:
Register with your local dental practice: To support our policy of the month, we are asking you to register with your local dental practice. For children up to the age of 16, Dental care is FREE. Oral hygiene is very important for developing children as poor dental health can lead to infections, regular sickness and speech delay. We will be chasing you up to register and have your first appointment as we have a duty of care to the children.
If your child is in nappies and not potty training, please ensure they are in nappies and not pull ups. It becomes very confusing for the child when it comes to potty training times as they see or feel no difference between a pull up and a nappy. If your child comes in a pull up and they are not potty training—we will ask you to come and change them as it takes a long time to change pull ups when you have to complete 14 nappies to co-inside with our routine.
Velcro shoes to support independence: We are starting from now and will be in full force by well as giving children a sense of their abilities. them up to fail in completing simple tasks such as chasing Velcro shoes for September.
Get posting photo’s and video’s on the EyLog! There are only a few parents who are - we would like to see more!
asking you to provide Velcro shoes for children September. This is to promote independence as When we give children shoelaces we are setting taking shoes and socks off—please consider pur-
Dates for you diary and reminders: If your child is going to Reception next September, make appointments to go and have a look around your local schools. It is important to look at what is available to you as what is closest might not be the best option for you and your family. You can start applying now and have until the 15th January 2023 to apply for Reception Class 2023: When can my child start school? | Primary School Admissions | London Borough of Hounslow - follow the link to find out how and more information.
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Your reminders for October:
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