Thank you for you kind donations
We raised £66.00
Wednesday 23 November 2016
We love books .......
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| The children enjoy exploring our story sacks. This one is 'The Hungry Caterpillar' |
Rain Gauge
Pre School have been having lots of discussions about the rain. They have made a rain gauge to put in our garden. Everyday the children look at and measure how much rain it has collected.
If you would like to make a rain gauge at home all you need is an empty plastic bottle- cut the top off, turn it upside down and tape it to the inside of the bottle so it acts as a funnel. Please keep us upto date with regular photos of how much rain you collect.
If you would like to make a rain gauge at home all you need is an empty plastic bottle- cut the top off, turn it upside down and tape it to the inside of the bottle so it acts as a funnel. Please keep us upto date with regular photos of how much rain you collect.
Tuesday 15 November 2016
Good Morning Britain investigates - are Nurseries safe???
This
morning’s GMB programme highlighted some bad practice in 1 particular Nursery.
This may have raised some anxieties and concerns for parents who use nursery
provision.
The
issues reported within the investigation included:
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Inadequate staff suitability checks
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Poor levels of supervision
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Health and Safety concerns
Staff Suitability
At
St Mary’s Nurseries the Safeguarding procedures are robust and inform the recruitment
and selection process. We ensure that at least one member of the interview
panel has completed the ‘Safer recruitment’ training.
All
staff including volunteers and students are interviewed, DBS checked, references
sought, qualifications confirmed and receive a thorough induction.
Supervision of children
The
legal requirements for adult:child ratios are
0-2years
- 1 adult: 3 children
2-3years
– 1 adult: 4 children
3-5
Years- 1 adult: 8 children
These
requirements are never compromised although there are times when a member of
staff will be working on a 1:1 ratio during certain periods ie nappy changing,
dealing with an accident, speaking to a parent.
Volunteers
and students are NEVER left unsupervised with the children. It is on a very
rare occasion that any member of staff will work alone due to the open plan layout
and position of the office.
Health and Safety
Plug sockets – during the
investigation the reporter found that the nursery in question did not have plug
socket covers. Recently it has been advised by electrical experts to remove all
plug socket covers in care establishments, they are more dangerous when in use
as they release the safety mechanism within UK electrical sockets.
As
with all NHS establishments St Mary’s Nurseries removed all socket covers in
October 2016 following this advice.
Resources - During the report a child
was playing with stilts
The
child apparently had one of the stilts hanging around his neck. This piece of
equipment is appropriate for the age and stage of development for 3-5 year olds.
The problem was that this activity was not adequately supervised. Although we
do not have any stilts we do have pieces of equipment which children do wear
over their heads such as handbags, scarves, capes etc.
Accidents – The presenter informed
viewers that ‘children are having accidents, head injuries, burns and breaking
bones whilst in Nursery’. This is true
but children also have accidents, receive head injuries, burns and broken bones
at home, at school, in the garden, at the park, at Grandmas, etc.
At St Mary’s Nurseries the children are closely supervised at all times
but, inevitably, we do get our fair share of bumps, bruises, bites and scratches.
Every precaution is taken to avoid accidents; risk assessments are carried out but
it must be remembered that children do receive knocks and bumps as a part of
development, during play and physical activities. These unavoidable rough and
tumble little accidents of childhood are mostly shrugged off fairly quickly by
the children. We record in detail any accident/incident of whatever nature, and
we ask the parent to read and sign our report.
As
far as we are concerned this investigation had some valid concerns for example ‘not
vetting staff appropriately, leaving volunteers unsupervised and poor
supervision of children’. However there were some scare mongering tactics in
relation to ‘no plug socket covers’, the
use of equipment ie the stilts and children’s accidents.
If you have
any concerns about this investigation or our response please speak to a member
of the Management Team.
Don't forget ........
Children in Need
Friday 18th November 2016
'The Big Spotacular'
Remember to wear as many spots to Nursery and donate £1.00 to raise money to help change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
SPARE CLOTHES
The weather is changing!!
Here at St. Mary's Nursery we 'Play and Learn' outdoors whatever the weather......
Please ensure your child has 1 or 2 sets of spare clothes in their bag incase they need to get changed.
If you have borrowed some of Nurseries spare clothes please could you return the ASAP because we have none left !!!
If your child has out grown some of their clothes we would really appreciate any donations for our 'spare clothe' box.
Thank you
Monday 14 November 2016
Wc 7th November - Baby Room Learning and Development
Areas of Learning and Development we are focusing on are:
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development - Making relationships, Self confidence and self awareness, Managing feelings and behaviour.
- Physical Development - Health and self care
- Communication and Language Development - Listening and attention, Speaking
- Literacy Development - Reading
- Mathematical Development - Numbers
- Understanding the World - The World
- Expressive Arts and Design - Exploring media and materials
Thursday 10 November 2016
Maths Outdoor at St Mary's - part 1
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| How many watering cans of water will we need to make a muddy puddle?? |
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| Counting muddy hand prints |
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| Who has made the 'most' muddy hand prints?? |
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| Counting with conkers - How many 'more' do you need ? |
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| 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9... |
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| Who has got the 'most'?? |
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