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HONEY POT DAY NURSERY GARSTON NOVEMBER 2017
BUSY BEES 1
BUSY BEES NEWSLETTEER NOVEMBER 2017
FOCUS OF THE MONTH In Busy Bee’s, our focus of the month has been the five senses. The children have enjoyed exploring different textures using their hands, tasting different foods, listening to different sounds and smelling lots of different things. The children loved using edible paint to mark make with as they could explore this with lots of their senses!
COMING UP THIS MONTH
UPCOMING EVENTS 5th November – BONFIRE NIGHT The children will be taking part in making their own firework creations using lots of different mark making materials. 10th November – REMEMBERANCE SUNDAY The children will be making poppies to take home. 13th – 17th November – CHILDREN IN NEED WEEK Throughout the week the children will be taking part in lots of activities. On Monday the 13th the children can were spots to nursery to support children in need. During the week they children will be getting creative making their own children in need eyepatches. On Friday the 17th, we will be holding a cake sale. 13th November – WORLD KINDNESS DAY During the day we will be talking to the children about how to be kind to others and will be creating our own kind worlds to take home.
HONEY POT NURSERY (SITE) OCTOBER 2017
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30th November – ST ANDREWS DAY The children can wear white and blue to nursery on this day and will take part in making their own white and blue flags.
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG FOR PHOTOS OF EVENTS! www.honeypotnursery.co.uk
MONTHLY FOCUS FIVE SENSES Throughout November, we are going to explore the five senses further. We will be doing different textured messy play, exploring smelling bags and looking at familiar sounds using the interactive board.
BIRTHDAYS In November, we will be celebrating the
following birthdays:
- Niamh (staff) – 1st November - Teddy S – 11th November - Evie – 13th November - Reuben – 16th November - Etta – 23rd November
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STAFF INFORMATION
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DURING OCTOBER WE HAVE WELCOMED NIAMH AND CHARLOTTE TO THE BUSY BEES ROOM. THEY BOTH WORK FULL TIME AND HAVE SETTLED WELL IN TO THE ROOM. RACHAEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE ROOM LEADER AND DEMI IS ALSO STAYING IN THE ROOM.
STAFF HOLIDAYS CHARLOTTE (30TH NOVEMBER )
CHILDREN’S PROGRESS DATA ANALYSIS OCTOBER 2017 94% of our children are in line or above with health and self care. 88% of our children in busy bees are inline or above in people and communities. 6% of our children are at risk at falling behind for listening and attention 6% of our children are below in numbers We will be focusing on numbers with the children and listening and attention
DATA ANALYSIS NEXT DUE February 2018
REMINDERS
NAPPIES Please ensure you check the daily diaries for messages regarding your child needing more nappies. If your child is running low on nappies we will let you know in the nappies section of your daily diaries and verbally upon collection.
SPARE CLOTHES AND COAT Please bring a bag for your child with a spare change of clothes inside. As the weather is now much colder, please ensure your children bring a coat and have enough layers on to continue with our outdoor activities. If the weather is particularly cold, please bring a hat and gloves.
PARENT CHALLENGE BABY PHOTOGRAPHS Could you please send pictures of your child as a baby to us via eylog or email. These will be displayed on our ‘I am unique’ display board.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
JUMPING JACKS During October, the children enjoyed using the colored rainbow parachute during jumping jacks. They liked identifying the different colours and throwing the colored stars in to the air.
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They also enjoyed a Halloween themed jumping jacks singing lots of spooky songs
(Lots of love from
Rachael, Demi,
Charlotte and
Niamh)
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HONEY BEES NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2017
FOCUS OF THE MONTH In Honey Bee’s the plod has been food. The children have enjoyed exploring the tastes and textures of different food using their five senses. We explored in different cereals using our hands and feet, we also used different resources such as pots and pans filling and emptying. The children loved tasting the different food such as sweet, soup, dry and wet foods. The children used different sized and shape foods to make marks using paint.
COMING UP THIS MONTH
UPCOMING EVENTS 5th Nov – Bonfire night The children will be using paper tubes with paint, exploring making marks to make bonfire night pictures. 10th Nov – Remembrance Sunday The children will be making poppy cookies to take home. 13- 17th Nov – Children in need week Monday – Wear your spots for nursey Tuesday – children in need craft day Wednesday – sponsored danceathon Thursday – cake bake Friday – Cake sale and Pyjama day 13th Nov – world kindest day During this day we will be talking to our children about rules and boundaries and how kind to others. We will also be creating some positive picture to share with family and friends. 30th Nov – St Andrews day Children can wear blue and white items of clothing to support St Andrews day and we will also be taking part in some creative activities such as making flags.
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MONTHLY FOCUS FOOD! The children have been focusing on food the past month in the room, exploring their senses. We are going to be continuing with this over the next month introducing exploring in wet, sticky, dry, hard and textured messy play using our whole bodies. We are also going to tasting different fruits from around the world that the children are unfamiliar with.
BIRTHDAYS Toby 16-11-17
NEW STARTERS We would like to welcome Amira
who has come from the baby room
to join us in Honey bee’s
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STAFF INFORMATION
STAFF CHANGES Heidi will continue to be the room leader in Honey bee’s working alongside Lauren S who in the apprentice in the room. Nikita and Leah will be the 3rd member of staff in the room, job sharing Nikita works (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and Leah works (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday). Charlotte is now working in the Busy bee’s room so due to staff changes there with be key group changes, Heidi will inform you if your child now has a different key worker and introduce you to the new members of the staff in the room.
STAFF HOLIDAYS Leah – 15, 16, and 17th November
CHILDREN’S PROGRESS DATA ANALYSIS OCTOBER 2017 100% of children in our room are inline or above for writing. 94% of children are inline or above for shapes spaces and measurements 6% of children are below for understanding 6% of children are at risk at falling behind for reading. Over the upcoming weeks we will focus on children’s understanding and reading .
DATA ANALYSIS NEXT DUE February 2018
REMINDERS Please can you remember to bring in Changes of clothes, winter items of clothing to play outside and nappies and milk that your little ones may need throughout their day at nursery
PARENT CHALLENGE We would like you to share family time pictures with us through EYlog or by email. The pictures could be visiting family members or going on family days out, we will be making a family board in the room
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
CATERPILLAR MUSIC
We have been building on communication and language by joining in with repetitive songs and using lots of key words. We have also been following action songs to support us joining in and saying the words to the actions.
(Honey Bee’s
Heidi, Nikita, Leah
and Lauren.)
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NURSERY NEWS NOVEMBER 2017
Mum’s play and stay session
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING? We have had a busy October at Garston nursery: A group of Pre-School children attended a pumpkin picking session with Mike and Rachael. They brought back lots of pumpkins to carve at nursery. We welcomed Mums to a spooky Halloween crafts session at nursery with their little ones. Mums had lots of fun taking part in Halloween themed activities. Children in all rooms took part in a lovely activity celebrating Diwali, children enjoyed a themed dancing session and a candle lit meal with their friends.
COMING UP THIS MONTH
UPCOMING EVENTS 10th November Bake it for babies- We will be holding a cake sale in aid of the Lullaby trust, children will be able to bake some delicious cakes for us to sell 13th to 17th November Children in need week. We will be holding fundraising events around the nursery to support this wonderful charity 13th November World Kindness day, our children will be taking part in some lovely arts and crafts activities and sharing our art work with our families and friends showing kindness 30th November St. Andrews Day, Children can wear blue and white items of clothing and creating flags to celebrate St. Andrews Day Check out our blog for photos of events!
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STAFF INFORMATION
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH Melanie Hallworth- Melanie has settled well into Honey Pot Nursery, Mel
works well in worker bees and has built up a strong bond
with both children and the team. Melanie shows passion
and commitment to her role.
ROOM OF THE MONTH
WORKER BEES- All staff in worker bees room have worked well together as a team to enhance areas to support learning and development for their children. Rachael, Jael and Melanie show so much pride in their room and are committed to providing high standards of care.
CHILDREN’S PROGRESS DATA ANALYSIS OCTOBER 2017 82% of children in our setting are inline or above for moving and handling.
REMINDERS Can we please remind you that the winter
weather is now approaching us, can you
please make sure your child has the
appropriate outdoor clothing to play
outside.
Please don’t forget we have a parent app
that you can download which sends out
useful reminders and has some great
features such as questionnaire and has our
nursery blog for you to look through.
STAFF TRAINING We are always assessing staff to support continuous professional development, upcoming training that staff will be attending are:
• SENCO training- provided by Alison to all Honey Pot SENCO’S
• Safeguarding training
• Food and Nutrition
• Garden play training
• Heuristic play training
• British Values Training
• New staff will be attending First Aid training
• Sensory Processing Training
• Inclusion and Diversity Training
MESSAGE FROM CENTRAL SUPPORT “Can we please ask if parents have not completed and signed their fee agreement and funding contract can you please see staff in your child’s room who will be happy to help”
Alison & Chelsea
Management Team x
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91% of girls are inline with national average for Speaking. 94% of boys are inline or above for Being Imaginative.
DATA ANALYSIS NEXT DUE February 2018
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BUMBLE BEES NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2017
FOCUS OF THE MONTH PLOD Our focus this month is Songs and rhymes as the children love being involved in activities such as actions songs using puppets and caterpillar music, we have also done various activities such as playdough- we created our own characters from the ginger bread man rhyme which is improving our fine motor skills and caterpillar music with Emma which we have every other Thursday- this sessions
COMING UP THIS MONTH
UPCOMING EVENTS 5th November – BONFIRE NIGHT The children will be taking part in making their own firework creations using lots of different mark making materials. 10th November – REMEMBERANCE SUNDAY The children will be making poppies to take home. 13th – 17th November – CHILDREN IN NEED WEEK Throughout the week the children will be taking part in lots of activities. On Monday the 13th the children can were spots to nursery to support children in need. During the week they children will be getting creative making their own children in need eyepatches. On Friday the 17th, we will be holding a cake sale. 13th November – WORLD KINDNESS DAY During the day we will be talking to the children about how to be kind to others and will be creating our own kind worlds to take home. www.honeypotnursery.co.uk
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encourages the children explore music and rhyme and improve communication by copying familiar sounds and words. This is Finley enjoying caterpillar music, he babbling and smiled throughout the session and loved exploring the puppets.
MONTHLY FOCUS This month we are continuing to focus on our nursery rhymes and we are also going to be introducing a new sensory area in our room, the children will love exploring different textures and bright lights which will help bring along their physical development and communication.
BIRTHDAYS We have no birthdays this month
NEW STARTERS We would like to welcome our new starters Beatrix and Alyncia and their families, we hope your enjoying it at nursery and we love having you here.
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STAFF INFORMATION
STAFF HOLIDAYS 29th to 30th Danielle
CHILDREN’S PROGRESS DATA ANALYSIS OCTOBER 2017 In our Bumble Bee room 94% of children are inline or above in moving and handling. 100% of our babies are inline or above for health and self-care. Over the upcoming weeks we will focus on reading as 12% are below in this area.
DATA ANALYSIS NEXT DUE FEBRUARY 2018
REMINDERS Please can you remember to bring in Changes of clothes (daily), nappies and breast/formula milk and items of clothing for your little ones to play outside.
PARENT CHALLENGE We would love for parents to send us pictures through EYLog of your children having story time at home
EXTRA ACTIVITIES We are updating our family tree pictures in our outdoor area and would like for parents to bring family pictures in from home if you haven’t done so already, you can also send them to us via EYLog.
(Bumble Bee’s
Jessica, Lauren,
Michaela, Danielle
& Sophie.)
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WORKER BEES NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2017
FOCUS OF THE MONTH
The children in Worker bees have had lots of fun exploring and focusing in our planting area. The children
found vegetables they had recently planted. Worker bees were so excited to find tomatoes, lettuces and a huge pumpkin that we will use to develop into a
story.
COMING UP THIS MONTH
UPCOMING EVENTS 5th November – BONFIRE NIGHT
The children will be taking part in making their own firework creations using lots of
different mark making materials. 10th November – REMEMBERANCE
SUNDAY The children will be making poppies to
take home. 13th – 17th November – CHILDREN IN
NEED WEEK Throughout the week the children will be taking part in lots of activities. On Monday
the 13th the children can were spots to nursery to support children in need.
During the week they children will be getting creative making their own children in need eyepatches. On Friday the 17th, we
will be holding a cake sale. 13th November – WORLD KINDNESS DAY During the day we will be talking to the children about how to be kind to others and will be creating our own kind worlds
to take home.
Check out our blog for photos of events!
www.honeypotnursery.co.uk
HONEY POT NURSERY GARSTON NOVEMBER 2017
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BIRTHDAYS; We would like to wish a Happy Birthday to children
celebrating the month of November: Sophia 14th
Mason 30th Myles 21st
MONTHLY FOCUS For the month of November, we will be
focusing on food and nutrition and fueling our bodies. We will be working alongside Mike our Food and Nutrition Manager to provide or children with information and activities based around health food and
living. Children will experience physical activities and how before, during and after we can
fuel our bodies.
Children will also continue to choose their weekly restaurant menu during group
time.
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WORKER BEES
STAFF INFORMATION
STAFF HOLIDAYS 10th November to 13th November- Jael 20th November Rachael M Staff covering those on Annual leave; Frankie Ford/ Chelsea Waugh/ Angela Schofield
STAFF CHANGES We would like to welcome Melanie into our pre school room, Melanie is studying NVQ Level 2 in child care. Melanie has been with our company for a short period of time and has settled in with our team really well and she loves to see the children learn and develop.
CHILDREN’S PROGRESS 98% of children are in line for moving and handling 93% of children are in line for Speaking 7% of children are at risk of falling behind in listening and attention, over the upcoming weeks we will focus on this with our worker bees.
DATA ANALYSIS NEXT DUE February 2018
REMINDERS
WINTER; Can we please remind you all to bring a coat, and appropriate winter clothing on put it on your own child’s peg for outdoor play time.
PARENT CHALLENGE Can we please ask that when receiving observations and assessments on EYlog can you please make comments back to your child’s keyperson.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
MOVEMA Movema is a new dance company who now attend Honey Pot Nurseries, they promote culture and religion through music and dance. Worker bees have loved their first Movema session in the month of October
Rachael Mallon – Room
leader
Jael Casas – Practitioner
Melanie Hallworth -
Practitioner
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