DIARY DATES 2019
Nursery opens – Wednesday 2nd January
Chinese new year- Tuesday 5th February ‘Year of the Pig’
Family Learning event – 10:15 am – 11:15 am
• Bumblebees & Sunflowers – Tuesday 12th February
• Babies – Friday 15th February
• Bluebells & Pre-school – Thursday 14th February
Valentines Day – Thursday 14th Ffebruary
Spring half term – Monday 18th – Friday 22nd February
World Book Day – Thursday 7th March
British Science Week – Monday 11th – Friday 15th March
Red Nose Day _ Friday 15th March St Patrick’s Day – Sunday 17th March
Oral Health Day – Wednesday 20th March
NDNA Healthy body Happy Me – Mon 25th – Fri 29th March
Autism Awareness – Tuesday 2nd April
Easter Holidays – Monday 15th – Friday 26th April
Good Friday – Friday 19th April (Nursery Closed)
Easter Monday – Monday 22nd April (Nursery Closed)
TRAINING DAY – Tuesday 7th May 2019 (NURSERY CLOSED)
If your child is being collected by a family member or a friend
PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING:
• Ring nursery to inform us of who is collecting your child
• Give the name of the person collecting and a password
• Send a picture via email if possible of the person collecting
If you fail to follow these procedures this may result in your child not being sent home with the person collecting as your child’s safety is paramount for us.
TRIPS & OUTINGS
This half term the children at nursery have visited the sikh temple for Diwali and the church for Christmas . We also made a visit to the pet shop to get fish for our nursery. We will be organizing other trips in the new year.
SPARE CLOTHES / CLOTHES FOR APPROPRIATE WEATHER
Please could we ask all parents/carers to bring in a change of clothes for their children as we have limited amount of spare clothes. Please use a small bag as there is limited space on the coat pegs. Please ensure your child is wearing appropriate footwear especially for outdoor play. We also would recommend you to bring appropriate outdoor clothing as the children play out in all weathers.
Our medication policy states that we are only able to administer calpol for up to 48 hours any other medication must be prescribed by your GP. Please complete the required paperwork when bringing medication into the setting and then sign on collection when picking up your child. We also require medication to be taken home when finished apart from long term medication, we are unable to store any medication that is not in use. Please see the medication policy for more information.
NO TOYS FROM HOME POLICY
Please can we remind you about our no toys from home policy, children have slowly started bringing toys into nursery again and we cannot be held responsible for the where about or care of these toys throughout the day
SHOW AND TELL
In Pre-school and Bluebells room if your child would like to bring a toy or their favourite item into nursery to show their friends they can do. Show and tell is the practice of showing something to an audience and telling them about it. We carry this activity out to teach young children the skills of public speaking.
DAYS OFF/HOLIDAYS
If your child is not going to be in nursery for the day, please could you let a member of staff know or telephone nursery first thing in the morning. If you wish to book holidays at half fees a holiday request form needs to be completed and submitted to the office at least four weeks in advance. If you do not inform anyone about your holiday then unfortunately you will still have to pay full fees. Holiday request forms are available in the entrance and office.
NEW ROOMS & STAFF CHANGES
As you all may be aware we have two new members of staff join our team, Laura.H is based in Baby room part time all year round. Laura.B is based in Pre-school room full time all year round. After the half term holidays Dionne who was based in Pre-school room downstairs will be moving to Bluebells room upstairs. She will be working full time but term time only. Melissa who was based in Bluebells upstairs will be moving downstairs to Bumblebees room she will continue to work three days a week and term time only.
INTERESTS/ THEMED TOPICS Our theme in the new year will be ‘People who help us’ – these could include – Doctors, dentist’s, pharmacist’s, police service, fire service, ambulance service etc. We will work with our local community and organize trips out and have visitors come to our setting to speak to the children about their job role in the community. If you know of anyone who falls in this category please help us by putting forward their details or ask them to get in contact with us via email or telephone. Look our for dates and more information on this.
HOME LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Thank you for everyone who have taken part in our home learning activities in the last two terms they have been very successful. Please look out for more learning events that will be coming up soon. If anybody has any ideas that we could trial with parents please email them to firstclasshuddersfield@gmail.com
FUNDRAISING
Christmas Fayre – Our Christmas Fayre was a huge success thank you to everyone who attended we managed to raise £250.00. This money will go towards buying special eggs for the children to see them hatch in nursery in the spring.
Children in Need – We raised £61.00
Macmillan Coffee Morning – We raised £195.61 Thank you for all your on going support without your support we wouldn’t be able to make events such as these successful.
REMINDER Please can we remind all our parents/ carers if you change your phone number, address or e-mail to let the staff know so we can update our records in the office. It is so important we have current contact details in case we urgently need to contact you.
SAFETY REMINDER
FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL CHILDREN AND STAFF
Please can you make sure the front door is closed before and after you enter the building. Please do not allow anyone to walk into the setting behind you even if you think you know who they are.
FACE BOOK
If you haven’t already please LIKE…
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If you are following our page on FACEBOOK you are able to see what your child gets up to every day as we upload pictures and videos of children with parents permission.
30 HOURS FUNDING FOR 3 YEAR OLDS
HAVE YOU REGISTERED ON THE ‘CHILDCARE CHOICES WEBSITE’? The government has introduced new ways to help parents with childcare costs. Whether you have toddlers or teens, you could get support. TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION WWW.CHIDCARECHOICES.GOV.UK
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE
WWW.BIRKBEES.CO.UK
For parents information such as fees, EYFS, Learning at home and also download various documents.
PARENT ZONE
Don’t forget to check Parent Zone on a regular basis. Parent zone allows you to log into a secure webpage to see a select quantity of your child’s information including: • Your child’s learning journeys • You can even contribute to your child’s learning journey. • You can see your weekly & monthly bookings • Account statement showing bills and payments and also daily reports.
ASK A MEMBER OF STAFF IF YOU HAVEN’T YET RECEIVED AN EMAIL, OR FOR MORE INFORMATION
