Special Information
If your child is leaving Nursery at the end of the Autumn Term term notice needs to be given in writing by Friday 16th November 2018
Term dates
Existing children start back Thursday 6th september 2018
New children staggered start From Monday 10th September 2018
Half-Term Monday 22 October to Friday 26th
Term Ends Thursday 20th December 2018
Spring term starts on Monday 7th January 2019
Dates for the Dairy
Friday 19th October Drive in Movie day
week commencing 10th December children's progress meetings appointments will be given out nearer the time.
Thursday 20th December Christmas Show.
Chatterbox Colours & Rhymes at Group Time
Autumn Term (1st half) 2018
10/09 Blue Wind the Bobbin Up
17/09 Red Humpty Dumpty
24/09 Pink Round & Round the Garden
01/10 Yellow Here is the Beehive
08/10 Brown Two Little Dickie Birds
15/10 Purple Open Shut Them
Chatterbox Colours & Rhyme at Group Time
Autumn Term (2nd half) 2018
29/10 Black Baa Baa Black Sheep
05/11 Silver Twinkle Twinkle
12/11 White Little Peter Rabbit
19/110Green Tiny Turtle
26/11Orange Leo the Lion
03/12 Grey 5 Little Men in their Flying Saucer
10/12 Gold Grand Old Duke
Nursery Policies
It is important that you read and contribute to policies of the setting, these policies are regularly reviewed and a folder containing them all is available for all parents to read, if you are unsure about anything contained in them, please do not hesitate to ask questions.
Suggestion Box
We are constantly reviewing our practice and welcome suggestions from parents, if you or your children have any suggestion you would like considered these can be placed in the ‘suggestion box’ in the entrance hall. Suggestions made can be anonymous if you so wish. A note book and pen are provided for your use.
Parents as Partners
As part of our Parents as Partners initiative we would ask that all parents contribute to your child’s Learning Journey with photographs and comments. Also when you go on a visit to theme parks, farms etc can you bring in a leaflet that can be placed in your child’s learning journey, and that your child’s key worker can talk about it with them. Thank you to those parents who have already contributed, we have enjoyed receiving your contributions. We are also planning introduce some home learning activities which we hope you will enjoy with your children. You are also important to us we can always make ourselves available if you need to talk to someone.
Ollie
Owl
Ollie Owl is Rectory Lane Nursery’s mascot and enjoys going home with the children or going with them on trips. All the children will get the chance to take him home at some point this term.
Reminder
If you change your address,
telephone or mobile telephone number please remember to let us know
so that we can keep the emergency contact details for your child
up-to-date. We also are required by the local
education authority to notify them of any change of
address.
Contact
The nursery telephone number is 07765837723
E.mail: info@rectorylanenursery.com
News
Welcome back everyone and a very
warm welcome to our new parents!
The notice board in the entrance hall will inform you what your child is having for snack that day, what the rhyme of the week is (words can be provided if you do not know the songs). Also it will have details of a challenge we will set the children, to do at home. Please encourage your child to do these challenges themselves, as this will encourage their independence and thinking skills.
Reminders
A reminder to all parents not to put food, drink or medication (inhalers etc.) in children’s bags. Any medication needs to be handed to a member of staff on arrival. Please do not put food or drink or sweets in children’s bags or pockets this is very unfair on the other children especially those with intolerances or allergies if they discovered them.
Uniform
We are pleased to announce you are able to purchase clothing with our logo direct from:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/ues/?icid=schooluniform_lhn_UniformEmbroideryService
Information leaflets are in the parent area, uniform is optional.
Mobile phones
Please can all parents carers and anyone accompanying parents do not use your mobile phone in the building. Do not enter the building until you have finished and please do not take any calls until you are out of the building.
Please like our Rectory Lane Nursery page on Facebook we will post
relevant information and reminders on
there.
Chatterboxes
Please encourage your son or daughter to bring in something for their chatterbox. The item needs to be the colour of the week, which is listed both on this newsletter each term and as a reminder, on the notice board each week. The chatterbox is the plastic box in their drawer, which needs to be left in this drawer and the item placed in it. The item can be left in the box for the whole week (if this makes it easier) as the “chatter” can be extended, during group time. The item needs to be small enough to fit in this box, as your child will just take this box from their drawer, when it is needed for group time.
It is important to encourage your son or daughter to bring an item in as this will enable them to participate, as they are learning to sit and listen to others and would be more interested if they also had something to show and talk about. It is much easier for them to sit and listen, knowing that they will have a turn at speaking.
Absence from
Nursery
If your child is not attending nursery on their set day for whatever reason could you please notify us by 9.30 am so that we can mark the register accordingly. If they contract certain illnesses we also have a duty of care to notify other parents. A return has to be made to the local education authority each term indicating the level of absence for each child and if we are not notified of the reason then this has to be recorded as unauthorised absence; if the level of unauthorised absence is high then this could affect the child’s entitlement to funding. We also care about the children and plan activities for them, so we like to know if they are not attending and that they are al right. If we do not hear from you the key workers will ring you, just like the schools already do. If texting is easier the Nursery mobile number is 0776 583 7723
Clothing
Please do not put your child in their ‘best clothes’ to come to
nursery as a child gets most out of their learning experience when
they are allowed to get messy. The ideal clothing
is tops, trousers / jogging bottoms and closed in footwear that
enables them to be able to run, jump etc; please note that as some
activities involve the removal of shoes can children please wear
socks. We request that children wear shoes with a velcro
fastening.
Also can you please ensure that your child has a coat etc on their peg – we do go out to play in all weathers. A bag with a spare set of clothes on their peg is also useful in case they get wet through play or have a toileting accident. If your child comes into nursery wearing Wellington boots can they please bring a pair of shoes to change into.
If your child has pierced ears can you ensure that they only wear small studs to school; there has been evidence lately in other schools where children who wear other kinds of earrings have had accidents to the ear lobe when the earrings have been caught on clothing.
