PARENTS NEWSLETTER – January 2015
Birthdays:
Happy Birthday to all our lovely children who celebrated their birthdays inDecember: Olivia H, Ariana, Chloe H, Lucie C, Eden-Bella, Harry, Joseph P, Ruben, Max, Florence, Annabelle & Isabelle. January:Ellodie, Brooke, Ffion, Owen, Bella, Elsi, Jack F-H, Emily, Huw, Billie, Dylan, Alffi, Rhys, Gianni, Imogen & Isabelle.
We hope you all enjoy your Birthdays and Cake. Our nursery children can claim a 20% discount off a Jump party, so if you want to book one for your child’s special day then just call Jump direct on 02920747300 and ask to be connected to the party office.
Staff news
- The staff team have renewed their Paediatric First Aid Certificates and their Food Hygiene certificates.
- Kaye, Michelle, Becky, Leighanne & Christine have all completed their Health & Safety in The Workplace for Child Care Certificates
- Welcome to Carla Garre-Mendoza. Carla is a qualified Early Years Teacher and comes from Spain. Carla will be working full time in The Baby Unit. Listen out for the Spanish Nursery Rhymes she will be introducing.
- Welcome back Sharon Dean who will be rejoining the Caerleon Team this Month. Sharon is a Mum to two boys and a qualified Nursery Nurse.
Our Curriculum:
The Nursery Curriculum will be based around “What Ever Next” by Jill Murphy which is all about creating rockets and space. This will help develop imagination & Story Telling skills. Look out for rocket themed craft work coming home.
Babies:
Leighanne has planned her activities around lots of movement and fun to link with our Space theme. Leighanne is looking forward to lots of water and messy play with her speciality of added sparkle.
Toddlers
The Toddlers will be developing their skills and learning through a variety of physical activities and play. Many of the activities will be music based; listen out for the new songs at home in English & Welsh.
The children’s art boards will be developed around the traditional Humpty Dumpty rhyme. We will also be building their number skills through visual aids including 5 horses and 5 King’s men as the
Children enjoy learning and repeating the rhymes in a variety of interesting and stimulating ways. Please follow the above link to view a copy of the Rhyme.
Pre-School
The Pre-School children are all following the Foundation Phase Outcomes and building their skills daily using lots of energetic and educationally based activities. They will be creating an Incy Wincy
Spider board and the rhyme has been adapted by Caerleon Childcare to incorporate the changing weather patterns to enhance the learning opportunities.
Our Christmas Appeals:
We would like to say a very big thank you to all our amazing and generous parents who again contributed to our Christmas appeals.
The gifts were gratefully received by the patients at the University Hospital of Wales along with the generous donation we received from Just Love Foods of over 60 delicious cup cakes.
Below is a copy of an email I received just after Christmas from the parents of a patient who woke up on Christmas Morning to find one of our gifts at the bottom of her bed! This brought a tear to the whole of the Caerleon Team and highlights why we do it!
Dear Kaye
“I just wanted to send you a huge thank you for your gift that was given to my 5 year old daughter when she ended up in hospital on Xmas Eve.
Thea broke her arm on Xmas Eve and ended up needing an operation on Xmas Eve night which we all found traumatic.
We were so disappointed to find out that her and I were going to be waking up in hospital on Christmas Day, leaving Thea’s Dad, older brother and older sister at home. It was so upsetting not to be with all my children on Xmas morning but your gift put a smile on Thea’s face and Thea woke Christmas morning to find that Santa had left presents at the bottom of her bed, as well as leaving some at home for her return.
Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness and for making Christmas in hospital that bit more pleasurable for lots of children”
Our Next Appeal:
Our next Appeal will take place on Week Commencing 26th January. We will be raising funds to support the Cracker Jacks Children Trust.
Cracker Jacks is a national charity committed to offering help and assistance to any child, or their family, who suffer from a severe disability.
We will be dressing up all week in any outfits of your child’s choice and we will be making cakes which you can purchase for a small donation at reception. We will also hold a balance a 20p on a lemon challenge! If you can complete this task then you will receive a prize donated by Jump!
We have also arranged for a children’s singer and performer to come and play for the children. Full details and arrangements for this special week will follow shortly.
Our Christmas:
Wow, what an amazing end to 2014. It was lovely to see 300 guests attend the Christmas Party and have such a fun time. The staff enjoyed every minute of it too especially the disco!
Our next Fun Family Day will take place on Saturday 28th March at 11.00am.
Thank you to everyone who gave such generous and wonderful gifts and cards to the Caerleon Staff Team. They were all gratefully received.
Exciting Times Ahead:
We hope you have all received your letter regarding the development of a new and exciting Foundation Phase Room which will be opening in April this year.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to come and see me, or you can call me directly on 02920763679 or email me:
Finally
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support. Our door is always open to you at any time.
Kaye, Michelle and The Caerleon Team.
Caerleon Child Care, Parc Ty Glas, Llanishen, CF14 5DU
Tel: 02920 763679
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