Newsletter Issue 20 - May 2016
Welcome
A big welcome to Eva, Thesandi, Charlie E, Charlie B, George and Leighton who have all recently joined us at Caerleon Child Care.
Happy Birthday
May
Happy Birthday to William, Grace, Laurence, Harley, Mollie, Emily, Toni, Lance, Jacob and Isla who will be celebrating their birthdays during May
June
Happy Birthday to Kenzie, William, Joey, Lorna, Dean, Freya, Omaray, Ellie Ebony and Ryan who will be celebrating their birthdays during June
What’s Happening?
Family Day
We will be holding our next family day on Saturday 25th June 2016. We hope that you and your families are able to join us.
Lumier Photography
Lumier Photography will be visiting Caerleon on Wednesday 15th June 2016 so all children in attendance on this day will have their photograph taken.
Lumier will also be doing a school leavers photo of all of the children leaving to go off to school.
If your child does not normally attend a Wednesday and you would like for them to have their photograph taken or to be included in the school leavers photo please book a time slot with either Rachel or Beckie.
Preschool 1 Group Reward Initiative
We have introduced a group reward scheme into Pre School 1.
The reward scheme has been prepared considering the learning outcomes of The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and alongside the golden rules of promoting positive behaviour is being used to encourage the group to help each other and learn reasoning.
Whenever a positive behaviour is identified the group will be awarded a green dragon (the children love dragons and knights at present).
If as a group three green dragons are collected in the morning or the afternoon, the group get a reward that is chosen by the children such as “a trip to Jump”, “a special parachute game” or “a disco in the party room”
If you would like further information on how this chart is used please do not hesitate to ask.
Moo Music
Moo Music will be visiting Caerleon on Monday 9th May at 10.30am to hold a music session with the children that attend a Monday AM session in Preschool1.
Under The Sea Dress Up Day
We will be holding an ‘Under the Sea’ dress up week Monday 23rd May-Friday 27th May 2016. During this week the children will be encouraged to come to Caerleon dressed up using the ‘Under the Sea’ theme. We will also be raising money during the week for the Cystic Fibrosis charity.
Zoo Lab
Zoo Lab will be visiting Caerleon in conjunction with our mini beasts theme on Wednesday 1st June 2016 between 11am-12pm. This will be for all of the children over the age of 2 years.
Zoo Lab will be bringing the following creatures with them:
· Worm
· Snail
· Stick Insect
· Cockroaches
· Tarantula/Scorpion
· Hermit Crab
· Millipede
Preschool Graduation
A Preschool Graduation party will be held on Friday 15th July 2016 10am.-12pm. Children who normally attend this session are automatically invited to attend the party. Any child not attending are welcome and encouraged to come along but parents and carers will be asked to stay on premises for the duration of the party.
Staff News
We hope that you have all have a chance to meet our new Team Members:
· Marina Akerman is our new Room Leader in Preschool 2. Marina is qualified to level 3 and has been working within the childcare sector since 2007. Between working in childcare Marina has spent quite a lot of time working overseas.
· Zoe Stephens will be working between all of the rooms at Caerleon. Zoe lives local to Caerleon and is our first ever apprentice. She is currently undertaking her level 2
· Hope Bragg will be working in the Nursery Room alongside Louisa and Emma. Hope is level 3 qualified and had recently transferred from Jump fulltime after spending some time with us at Caerleon.
Curriculum And Planning
During May Our theme Is – Under The Sea
Some of the activities offered in Pre School 2 / What will we learn?‘Under the Sea’ themed dressing up day / Exploring sea animals and pretending with role play
Making jellyfish / Exploring tactile tray and being imaginative
Creating foil fish and fish flags / Experimenting to create different textures
Number fishing / Mathematics- matching the number to the numeral
‘Under the Sea’ letters and sounds / Letters and sounds linking letters to the sound
Submarines / Engaging in imaginative ‘Under the Sea’ play, constructing with a purpose in mind using a range of different resources
Some of the activities offered in Pre School 1 / What will we learn?
Making jellyfish / UTW, Maths. Counting tentacles and creatures of the sea
Sea creatures and coloured water play / Further understanding of sea creatures using role play
Looking at ‘Under the Sea’ stories / Literacy – learning new vocals
Face painting ‘Under the Sea’ / Role play & pretend play
Some of the activities offered in Nursery Room / What will we experience?
Exploring sea creatures in the water / Exploring small world models
Decorating our own sea creatures / Experimenting with blocks colours and marks
Seaweed painting / Exploring with textures and marks that seaweed make
Commotion in the ocean book of the month / Learning about different animals under the sea through books
Some of the activities offered in Tots Room / What will we experience?
Exploring sea creatures in blue water / Sensory – exploring water with sea creatures
Decorating our own sea creatures / Looking at different patterns with paint
Seaweed painting / Exploring different textures with glue
Commotion in the ocean book of the month / Looking at what under the sea animals look like
During June Our Theme Is: Mini beasts
Some of the activities offered in Pre School 2 / What will we learn?Ladybird bingo / Mathematics matching numbers to numerals
Mini beasts display / Changes, growth decay over time
The hungry caterpillar / Creates simple representations of events, people and objects
Mini beasts hunt / Can talk about some of the things they have observed- looking at different mini beasts appearances
Mini beasts printing / Realise tools can be used for a purpose
Some of the activities offered in Pre School 1 / What will we learn?
Mini beasts hunt / Working together to find bugs
Making a mini beasts hotel / Learning about other creatures habits and environment
Making ladybirds / Thinking about what they look like, what shape and colours they are.
Playing mini beasts snap / Learning to take turns to spot different mini beasts
Some of the activities offered in Nursery Room / What will we experience?
Making butterfly pictures / Recognising shape and patterns
Building our own ant farm / Looking at how ants live
Mini beast treasure hunt / Using magnifying glasses to find beast and treats
Making our own spiders / Looking at what spiders look like and how they move
Some of the activities offered in Tots Room / What will we experience
Spider pictures with straws / Sensory paint, what they look like
Mini beasts in the sand / Looking for hidden objects
Looking at mini beast books / “Group time” taking in turns to feel and look at the book
Textures – where they live, soil grass water / Experiencing different textures outside
Reminders
Closure Dates
Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May 2016
Closed from 1pm Tuesday 10th May 2016. If you have not arranged a refund or swap please see Rachel or Beckie in the office
Bank Holiday Monday 30th May 2016
Sun Cream And Sun Hats
Could we remind all parents and carers to provide sun cream and sun hats now that the weather is getting warmer, this will enable us to access the garden more.
Nursery Clothes
Could I remind all parents that have borrowed nursery clothes to return them to Caerleon as we are currently running really low on trousers and underwear.
Clothes
Please can we remind parents to label clothes that children bring to nursery with them. It is a lot easier for staff to locate misplaced clothes this way.
Recommendations
We feel it is very beneficial to prospective parents to see what our current parents really think about Caerleon Child Care and would like to thank all of the parents and carers that have taken the time to write a review for us on the internet.
If you have not yet written a recommendation and would like to do so, you can use the websites listed below:
www.daynurseries.co.uk
www.netmums.co.uk
There are also recommendation cards in the entrance hall if you would rather write by hand.
Caerleon Child Care, 22 Concorde Road, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, BS34 5TB
Tel: 01179 798980
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