THE NURSERY APRIL SNAPSHOT - Wistaston
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4th May 2021
THE NURSERY
APRIL SNAPSHOT
Welcome to our Nursery Newsletter
Nursery & Team News
We have introduced our Summer menus and have enjoyed trying the variety of new foods Kerry is
cooking for us. We have included some family favourite recipes which we are sure the children will love.
As the warmer weather is upon us, can we kindly ask that you apply sun cream to children before
coming to nursery and provide children with a sun hat so that we can enjoy the sunshine in the garden.
We do apply additional sun-cream and have spare sun-hats, but is helpful if each child can bring their
own.
Can parents please update us on any changes that may be taking place personally within the home
environment and generally any changes to personal details, eg, telephone numbers, addresses etc. We
do have a Separated Families policy if anyone would like a copy which details how we will work with
families in these circumstances, please just let me know and I’ll send over to you. If you have anything
you wish to discuss regarding your child’s development, updates on any recent appointments or
anything that may be concerning you personally then please do get in touch, we are always available
to meet and support you.
Our LFT’s are still being undertaken twice weekly by the
team and some have had their first and second COVID
vaccination.
Our fabulous nursery baby garden is developing nicely
and we can’t wait to share the finished space with the
children.
Room Snapshots
Babies
In the baby room we have enjoyed exploring lots of different
fruits and vegetable tasting, including papaya, nectarines,
passion fruit and butternut squash.
Using a selection of fruit and paint, we also enjoyed some
fabulous mark making activities, creating different prints, and
discussing them.
Toddlers
Toddlers have been
focusing on activities that
help us learn about the
world around us. When
planting, we used our
counting skills to count
scoops of soil needed and then used our fine motor skills to handle
the seed carefully and sow them into the soil. We have been
collecting leaves, sticks and other natural objects around us to create
a nature exploratory tray. The dinosaurs are also a favourite in the
toddler room and Chloe created a wonderful dinosaur themed area
for the children to explore too.
Lower Pre-school
We have had such a fun Easter in Lower Pre-school! We took
part in lots of different Easter themed activities such as using
tweezers to move our 'egg' pom poms to support our fine
motor skills, colouring and decorating our own Easter eggs and
making Easter egg nest crispy cakes. The children loved doing
an Easter egg hunt too where we had our own special baskets
and spent time finding eggs with a little help and using
prepositional language for clues!
We were also very lucky to have had a visit from our own Easter
bunny Hugo! The children were very kind and gentle to Hugo
and gave him lots of lovely strokes and fed him some treats.
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Upper Pre-school
Upper Pre-school had a very exciting new adventure
starting at Forest School. Sam, our Forest school Teacher
is wonderful and is firstly teaching the children all about
outdoor safety. We watched how to start a real fire with a
flint and talked about the risks and how we keep a safe
distance. We have also been on the hunt for fairies. As a
Forest School treat, we enjoyed hot chocolate and a
biscuit for our hard
work!
Next Month’s Key Dates
National Sun Awareness Week : 3rd May to 9th May 2021
Raising awareness of the dangers of excessive sun exposure and how to avoid sunburn.
National Children's Day UK :16th May 2021
National Children's Day UK is all about the importance of a healthy childhood and protecting the rights
and freedoms of children so that they can grow into happy, healthy adults.
Walk to School Week :17th May to 21st May 2021
Annual event to encourage children and their parents to walk to school, organised by Living Streets.
World Bee Day :20th May 2021
The purpose of World Bee Day is to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they
face and their contribution to sustainable development.
Spring Bank Holiday Monday :31st May 2021
Funding/Invoicing/FEEE
A polite reminder that all invoices are emailed out on or around the 20th of each
month. Invoices are payable by 1st for the following month (please note that if the end
of the month is a weekend, you may need to release payment a few days earlier to
reach us by the 1st). If you confirm which payment method(s) you will be using with the
Finance Team, we will help you to make arrangements to ensure payment is made by 1st of the month.
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Following parent feedback, we have been working hard to make invoicing as smooth as possible and
ensure there is timely and helpful responses to any queries as well as ensuring new families are set up
properly from the start. Funding can be quite complicated with regards to charges but again, we try to
make it as transparent as possible.
We hope you agree that this area of communication has hugely improved. We are on hand for any
invoice queries and welcome letters are now being sent out to new families with information on how
invoices can be settled and also, advanced notice of funding rates prior to term starting.
Please contact your Nursery Administrator, Suzanne (suzanne@villagenurserygroup.co.uk) or our
Financial Controller, Nic (nicola.clive@villagenurserygroup.co.uk) if you have any feedback, questions
or further suggestions for improvement. We would love to hear from you.
TN management for bottom of snapshots
Thank you to all our families for your continued support. The management team are all on hand for anything you need,
so please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kerry Tagg, Nursery Manager, 01270 568611 kerry.tagg@villagenurserygroup.co.uk
Emma Jones, Operations Director, 01270 660971 emma@villagenurserygroup.co.uk
Julie Lightley, Owner, 01270 660425 julie@villagenurserygroup.co.uk
Leanne Foley, Nursery Manager, 01270 568611 leanne@villagenurserygroup.co.uk
Janet Williamson, Quality & Relationship Manager, 01270 568611 janet@villagenurserygroup.co.uk
Kerry Tagg Leanne Foley
Janet Williamson Emma Jones Julie Lightley
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Emma Jones Julie Lightley Leanne Foley Janet Williamson
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