Dear parents/carers,
We have plenty of events happening this term, so please get your diaries ready!
This year it has been decided that we will be visiting Godstone Farm for our annual event.
The date for this is Thursday, 9 June. Letters will be given out very soon.
Our sponsored event this year will be searching for animals in their habitats. This is where the children will visit imaginary places in the setting, searching for various animals. This will be held during the week commencing 25 April.
Our open evening this year will be held in July. This is a great opportunity for you to see your child’s work and speak to their key person. The date for this is to be confirmed and invitations for this will be given out nearer the time.
If you would like to speak to your child’s key person before open evening you are welcome to make an appointment with them.
Your child’s key person have already given out the ‘My Unique Story’ document, we encourage all parents/carers to return these as we share these with your child’s future school.
We have had some fantastic news that that we are now permitted to going onto the school field! We would like to thank everyone for their support during this time. Our sports day will be going ahead on Wednesday, 20 July. All children are invited to attend and a letter with more details with be sent out in due course. Please note, there are no ‘regular’ nursery sessions on this day.
The last day of term is Wednesday, 20 July.
FUNDING GRANTS AND EYPP
The Government have implemented Pupil premium money for some children who reach the eligibility criteria. This extra funding has enabled us to purchase an additional iPad for the setting.
We were also fortunate to receive additional funding for resources that have enabled us to purchase many items, including a fold up tent, an outside shop, changing table and a music player.
We would like to say a huge thank you to Mr and Mrs Gleeson who nominated us for the donation of £500 from the premiership charity grant. With the funding we have ordered a new wooden outside house.
Our cake and Easter egg sale raised approximately £80, thank you for all of your donations.
Before the children leave us, we will be supporting their transition into school, talking about the exciting new experience and providing engaging activities that aids this. We occasionally have visits from Teachers from various schools.
This can often be a time that parents/carers worry about if their child is ready for school? The learning experiences at nursery provide a solid structure for this. Opportunities for your child to gain independence in their self help skills at home are another way of supporting this transition. Activities that encourage dressing themselves, putting on their own shoes, washing their hands supports independence and builds upon their self confidence.
The colour we are learning this half term is orange and next half term is brown. Please encourage your child to look for items that are this colour and bring in for the colour table. Please ensure all items are clearly labelled with your child’s name, thank you.
The letter sound this half term will be sent out shortly.
Nursery will be closed during half term, which is Monday, 30 May to Friday, 3 June.
Just to remind everyone about being safe in the sun, please ensure that sun cream is applied before they come into nursery and that your child has a sun hat. These are available to purchase, please just ask.
We would like to say thank you for the continued support to Mr and Mrs Plumridge who maintain and fund our website. Helping us to stay connected to all our service users in the big wide web.
WANTED
Parents and guardians to come and experience Nursery life! Come and see what your child is experiencing at Nursery and come and have some fun too! We desperately need volunteers for our garden, so please get those green fingers at the ready!!! Also, any handy men/women to help in maintenance work would be gratefully appreciated.
Also any old newspapers, clean socks (for making puppets), buttons, plants or seeds, packets of rice, pasta and lentils, nuts and bolts are all very much needed.
We do, however, have enough recyclable material at the present time, thank you.
REMINDERS
We would like to remind all parents and guardians to ensure that ALL children are brought to Nursery promptly, as it is essential for the children to have the opportunity to participate in all the activities available.
Also, during pick up time please ensure that all children are collected at the correct times. Please respect our neighbours and ensure that you park responsibly and considerately, thank you.
Handy information access:
SURE START BRENT CHILDREN’S CENTRE: 01322 622594
Children with special educational needs and disabilities: www.kent.gov.uk/informationadvice