Pre-School's / Isleworth's Newsletter for February 2022

Harvard Park Pre- School LTD.

Notes from the management team: We would like to start by saying Happy Lunar New year, we hope this year brings you wealth , happiness and good fortune! We would also like to say happy valentines day for the 14th too. Unfortunately due to changes in circumstances, Claudia will no longer be taking the afternoon position. We wish her all the best for the future and we are currently in the process of some job interviews. We would like to congratulate Tanya and her family on the birth of their healthy baby boy who was born at the beginning of January! And lastly, we would like to thank you for your understating and co-operation during this time.

We understand that the year has started off a bit rubbish and not what we were expecting at all so thank you for your continued support. Thank you for swapping sessions and Natalie will re-book these missed hours over the lunch period. Just a few little reminders: •

Where the rules and regulations are forever changing with COVID-19 restrictions regarding daily life and travel, please understand that although you may not have to isolate on return from a holiday abroad, we may ask you for proof of negative PCR’S or lateral flows before you are due back in the setting.

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Please let us know if you will not be attending your sessions for any period of time. For funding purposes we will need to when you are not attending and why. Any prolonged period of absences may require a loss of space if you do not keep in regular contact with us.

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Label your children's hats, gloves, scarves and coats - just pop their initials on the inside tag or ask us to and we will happily oblige.

Term dates and closures:

We will be closed from: Monday 14th February to Friday 18th February 2022.

Reminders: 

If you pick your child up @ 3:30 pm - Please do not come after this time. We do not have the staff to get your children ready and bring them out to you. If you arrive after 3:30 pm you may have to wait until 4:10 pm.

Children will have a home time group and be released to you at 3:30 pm - no earlier and no later.

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Completing your set homework: We have set homework which runs for a period of 6 weeks to co-inside with your children’s targets at nursery. Please try your best to follow through with it as it helps them to move forward in their development and understanding of the world.

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Signing your child in: Please walk your child/ children to their registration board so they can select their name card. You will then sign your child/children into the build using our signing in sheet located on the parents table.

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Please can ALL parents provide their child with hats and gloves while they are at the setting, It is very cold in our garden in the morning and the children have free access to this all day!

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We are running low on spare clothes - please return anything that belongs to us including socks, wellies, coats and underwear!

We will be open again from: Monday 21st February 2022 We are setting all of you as parents a goal: Post on the EyLog at least once a month!

Thank you to those parents who are supporting our parents in partnership by posting regularly on their child’s profile. If you know you don’t post enough or anything at all - Get posting on your child’s EyLog! When it comes to the end of their Harvard Park time, it makes a lovely memory! look back on.

Thank you to Spencer, Ava and Betsy’s families for their kind donation of clothing! They will be greatly used and are very much appreciated!

Harvard Park Pre- School LTD.

Notes from your Pre-School Teachers: Jeanna, Eva, Sima, Roshelle, Shalyna, Cathy and Carmela: Focus: All types of Animals!

February is here and we will be focusing on everything to do with animals. We will also be celebrating and looking at the Chinese new year and Valentines day too. We will be using “Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell to support our group times and the children’s learning through their sessions along side Old Macdonald to support with developing language. We will be exploring this topic through mathematics by looking at patterns, numbers by counting legs and features as well as counting animals in groups. We will be boosting our creative development by exploring different textures we can find in habitats such as the woods or in the sea and developing our language by learning new words such as smooth and rough, soft and cold etc.

Throughout February we will also be working on incorporating physical development and skills into our activities. We will continue to use our outdoor area to support both the gross motor (large movements) and fine motor (small movements). Setting up obstacle courses which uses balance beams, tyres and single wooden blocks with help develop balance and a sense of risk. Taking children to a local playground while out of the setting will also help your child develop a sense of risk as well as getting them fresh air and exercise.

For our younger children we will be using a strategy called bucket time to help support with early listening and attention skills twice a week. It is conducted in a quiet and calm space with minimal distractions. As children become more confident with these sessions, it then helps to develop language and also sharing skills. The children are very excited when it is their turn for bucket time and we will continue to roll this out twice a week to support our younger children.

For our older children who will be preparing to go to school this year, we will continue to encourage them to participate in small group phonics sessions twice a week. We will be introducing children to both the sounds and the names of letters which feature in their names and encouraging to form some letters where they are able. The children have been looking forward to their sessions - ask them at home to show you what they have learnt!

Reminders: 

The weather is changing - please make sure you are bringing in a coat/thick jacket, woolly hat, gloves and a scarf (with names on the labels) and sturdy shoes so we can continue to go out and get our daily dose of fresh air. Please also make sure that their outfits are also reflective of the weather - no thin summer dresses or shorts.

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Continue to uploading onto the EyLog - some of you are doing great and supporting your child’s development. Please see us if you are having trouble or are not sure what to do!

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If you haven't done so, please register with your local dentist surgery and share the details with us!

Dates for you diary and reminders: COVID-19 updates: All of our staff are continuing to test using the Lateral Flows 2 times a week and sending us their results. We are continuing to have our windows professionally cleaned and all room’s are having regular de-fogging. Where possible all doors and windows are left open to allow clean air to flow through. We will continue to inform you of any positive cases within the nursery as is our duty of care.

Half Term Closures: We are closed from Monday 14th February to Friday 18th February 2022 Thursday 3rd March - World Book Day! We will be handing out some book vouchers over the next few weeks to support this and we will also be dressing up as our favourite book characters! We will send out reminders closer to the time but Pinterest, Google and Asda always have some creative book character