September 2014

Blog update September 2014

We are very pleased to announce that Lorraine will be holding the Team Leader position in the Nursery room while Lucy is on maternity leave. This officially starts from the 4^th November when Lucy goes on maternity leave; however Lorraine will be working closely alongside Lucy until then to gain valuable experience. 

Please can we briefly remind all parents/carers to clearly label all items of clothing with your child’s first and last name. Unfortunately sometimes items of clothing are accidently taken home by another child or misplaced. If your child’s clothes are clearly labelled this helps us to re locate missing garments.

As the weather has changed and is occasionally chilly and wet, please can we ask that you provide your child with appropriate outdoor clothes as we are finding that a lot of children are coming to nursery without a jacket/coat.

If you haven’t already done so, please can we ask that you provide a few family photos of family members that are special to your child so we can complete our displays around the rooms.

Upcoming event reminders:

·         Friday 19^th September – Princess and Pirate Day.

·         Friday 26^th September – Mcmillan Coffee afternoon.

 

Parking

It has been brought to our attention that some of our parents have been having difficulty with parking outside of the nursery. We understand that some periods of the day are particularly busy due to pick up times, but can we ask that we are mindful as to where we park so as not block other people in. Could we please ask that parents do not parallel park along the hedge opposite the building.

We also understand that this problem is not directly due to our parents, and that it also relates to parents doing school pick ups, for example, but would appreciate your support in minimising this issue.

Louise and the team at Clover Court

Congratulations!

We would like to inform everyone that Kelly. C has given birth to her baby boy today! Stanley Jason Whalley was born at 13.42, weighing 7lbs 1oz. We have printed off a photo which we have put up on Nursery and Pre-school's Parent Notice Boards.

School Leaver's Week:
We would also like to remind our pre-schoolers that next Tuesday and Thursday we are having packed lunch days. If your child is in on those days, and your happy for them to participate, then please allow them to bring in a lunch box. Don't worry about the contents, we will be making our sandwiches throughout the morning sessions and ordering in crisps, fruit, vegetable sticks and yogurts. Please remember, this activity includes all children and not just our school leavers. Could we also please ask you to bring in a photo of your school leaver children in their uniforms, so that we can talk to them about it and use them for a display.

BBQ:
Can you please make sure that you have returned the reply slip if you would like to attend our BBQ next Friday (18th), as we need to confirm numbers. We have actually been able to book a Hog Roast now, so we will be serving, pork, bread rolls, sage and onion stuffing, and Bramley apple sauce. 

Appropriate Clothing:
Can we please ask parents to make sure that their children are provided with appropriate clothing which means that they are able to choose from indoor and outdoor play on a daily basis. We understand that the English weather is slightly unpredictable, but just make sure they have a jumper, a rain mac and sun hats for example packed in their bags just in case! Please ensure all clothing items are clearly labelled with the children's names.

As always please feel free to leave any comments.

Louise and the team at Clover Court

World Cup Week

World Cup Week - Week commencing 23rd June:


We will be holding a World Cup Week next week, our lunch meals have been planned to focus on some of the countries competing in the World Cup, and we have also assigned a dress code to each country in relation to the colours in the flags:

	Country:	Lunch Meal:	Dress code:
Monday	USA	Hot dogs and buns	Red, Blue and white
Tuesday	England	Fish fingers, chips and mushy peas	Red and white
Wednesday	Spain	Paella	Red and yellow
Thursday	Chile	Chilli con carne with rice	Blue, red and white
Friday	Italy	Spaghetti Bolognese	Red, green and white

Some of the activities which we have planned for the week include:

·         Practising our ball skills

·         Face painting

·         Colour differentiation

·         Making flags

·         Looking at maps

·         Music and culture

·         Mark-making

·         Contributing to displays

Louise and the team at Clover Court

Clover Court Blog Update w/c 16th June 2014:

Practitioner Professional Development:
Here at Clover Court we like to encourage our practitioners to further their professional development by means of accessing further training and also by moving them within the rooms to provide them with experience of working with the full age range of 0-5 year olds that we cater for.

For this reason, we would like to inform you that Lorraine will be moving from the Baby Room into the Nursery Room, this will provide her with the opportunity to work within a larger team, and for her to develop her leadership skills as she completes her Level 4 NVQ.

Sam will be moving from the Nursery Room into Pre-school, this will provide her with the experience that she will need to complete her Foundation Degree which she will be starting in September. She will get to observe the children's development at this age and play a role in supporting their independence, self-confidence and self-esteem, as well as planning exciting learning opportunities.

On another note, Sarah in Nursery will also be starting the Foundation Degree in September, and Kelly. B will be finishing her BA Honours and starting an Early Years Teacher Status course.

Letters will be issued to those parents of children who's Key Person will be changing as a result of the room movements.

Term Dates:
For those of you who's children receive either the two-year-old free entitlement or the three-year-old free entitlement, the cut off date for this term is Friday 18th July.
The Autumn term begins on Monday 8th September and finishes on Friday 19th December, there is a half term period within this term, the week of the 27th October, where the free entitlement is not applicable.

Maternity Leave:
Kelly. C - As some of you may already be aware, it will be Kelly. C's last day with us on Friday 20th June, as she will be taking maternity leave. Kelly's baby boy is due on 19th July, we'll keep everybody posted as soon as he arrives! We would like to wish Kelly the very best of luck on her journey through to parenthood!

Kim - Kim has taken a year off on maternity leave, but will be returning to us on Monday 14th July. We look forward to having Kim back with us in the Baby Room.

Early Drop-offs:
Could we please remind parents not to drop their children off before their session start times unless this has been previously arranged. This is extremely important in order for us to maintain our ratios within our rooms for the safety of the children, and our staffing is arranged on the basis of pre-booked sessions.

Cosmic Club Open Evening:
For those of you who's children will be leaving us to attend 'big school' in September, we are holding an open evening over at our after-school club on Monday 30th June. This will provide you with an opportunity to have look around and meet the staff, if you require before/after school provision. We will send letters out  to all of our school leavers with further details and attendance slips.

Potty Training Bags:
Could we please remind our parents that if you have borrowed one of the potty training bags from the Nursery Room, that these are returned so that other parents can borrow them to support their children with this learning process.

Lost Property:
Please could we ask you to double check any girls pink cardigans, as one has been missing from pre-school for a week now. The details of the cardigan are:

• cerise pink
• has full sleeves
• from Primark
• aged 3-4

It does have a child's name written on the label. If found please return to pre-school.

Louise and the Team at Clover Court

Welocme to Hannah

Dear Parents/Carers,

We would like you all to join us in welcoming Hannah to Cosmic Club. Hannah is a new member of bank staff who you may have already seen at Cosmic Club. Hannah is looking forward to undertaking the Play work NVQ. Hannah is a professional dancer, she enjoys art, and is able to play a selection of musical instruments. She is very energetic and has lots of ideas for activities and the play environment.

We hope you are seeing lots of positive changes at Cosmic Club, and that the children are enjoying themselves!

 

Louise and the team at Cosmic Club

Easter Tea

We hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine which we have had recently, Spring is here!

 

We would like to remind you of our activity plans for next week's Easter Celebrations.

Easter Teas:

Babies and Nursery Room will be holding an Easter Tea on Monday 14th April, Pre-school will be holding an Easter Tea on Thursday 17th April. We would like to invite our parents along to these events, your children do not have to be booked in. The children will enjoy an Easter Party Tea, whilst our parents will have the chance to socialise with the staff members and with one another. There are attendance lists up in each room, please ask the girls for more details.

We hope you can make it!