Heat Wave

Summer is  here 
Tomorrow (19th July) is going to be the hottest day of the year. 
Please ensure you bring the following:
- High factor sun cream 
- A sun hat 
Drinks of water will be available all day (your child can bring in a water bottle with his/ her name on)

Parents Views

Here are some of the lovely comments from parents evening 

 "Things you like about St Mary's Nursery".....

• Lovely friendly staff, welcoming, very hard working with children and keep parents involved.
• My child likes learning new things at nursery and then comes home and teaches mummy.
• Being kept up to date with my child's journal.
• I like the fact that learning is personalised towards each child in terms of their next steps in development. 
• The excellent manners that they teach to children.
• The nursery has excellent resources to enhance the children's learning and the staff are lovely and generous and my son loves coming to nursery. 
• Excellent learning environment. 
• Communication on a personal level.
• Wonderful nursery, made even better by brilliant, dedicated staff. I was nervous to send my daughter but my mind was put at ease straight away. Thanks guys. 
• We love the atmosphere it provides our daughter, we love the staff, setting and amazing team.
• Staff have helped massively with her eating and language.
• We like the fact independence is promoted from the offset. Nice set up with areas that are changed regularly. 
• Lots of enjoyable and interesting activities, especially messy play. Caring, friendly staff.
• Children thrive here at St Mary's Nursery and become confident in many different aspects. Staff are all approachable and friendly. 
• It's fantastic that you can very easily speak to someone if you have a question or query. I also like the fact that parents are kept well informed about upcoming events and activities, keep up the good work. 
• Lots of activities indoors and outdoors.

What have the babies been up to?

We've been Playing and Exploring .............

Exploring Fruit 

Exploring fruit 

Exploring fruit 

First steps

Beep Beep

Going on a bug hunt .....

Playing peek a boo

Oh no there's a spider in the kitchen sink.............

These was a spider in the kitchen sink, before putting outside we caught it in our 'Magnifying Bug Catcher' for children to look at.
Some comments from the children:
"It's small but when you look through here it looks big"
"It's got hairy legs"
"Is it a boy or a girl?"
"Ewwwww!!"

Parents Evening

It was great to see so many of you attend our parents evening. Instead of a questionnaire we gave parents two 'post it notes' and asked for one positive and one area for improvement. I will display responses to any suggestions on the 'Parents views' board situated outside the office window.

The morning after parents evening the post it notes were still out on the table. One of the children who had come along to parents evening started talking about what she liked and wrote it down, other children joined in and the children had great conversations.  Staff displayed this as 'children's voices'. 

Dates to remember.....

July 2016

Don’t forget the following dates

                                                            Tuesday 5^th July  

     Fees due

                                                              Friday 8^th July  

Eid Celebration – please wear traditional Asian clothes or your favourite party clothes.

                                                Week commencing 11^th July   

    Mr Tumble Week Mr Tumble says:

                                           Safety Message: “Be safe on your computer”

          Healthy Message: “Enjoy Sports Day”

Thursday 14^th July

SPORTS DAY

Babies - will take part in a day full of physical exercise. They will explore climbing and crawling through tunnels, in and out of boxes and many more fun activities.

Tweenies - will take part in physical activities to develop their understanding of healthy practices and what affects it has on their body.

Pre School - will take part in ‘Sports Day’ which is organised by Sara Casey (Extended Schools Co-ordinator). This involves School children from Wensley Fold, St Slias and Sacred Heart running activities for our children to take part in. Sportswear and suitable footwear to be worn.

Pre School Parents please come along to support your child.

Wednesday 13^th July

School Leavers - Party (invites to follow)

• Graduation Photos have arrived  
• School Leavers- Please inform the office of your child’s leave date. 
• Friday 15th July will be Aneesa's (Pre School) last day.  Aneesa is leaving us to work for an agency to gain experience working in Primary Schools. We wish Aneesa all the best for the future. 

E Safety

Keep children safe when exploring the internet.....

Explore together

Talk to your child about what the internet is and explore it together so you can show them all the great fun and educational things they can do.

Put yourself in control

Install parental controls on your home broadband. Most internet-enabled devices also allow you to set parental controls so you can manage what content your child can see and how they interact with others online.

Use passwords

Keep your devices out of reach and set passwords on all your internet-enabled devices and don’t share them. Then you’ll know when and where your child is accessing the internet. You can also make sure they’re not making additional purchases when they’re playing games or using apps.

Search safely

Use safe search engines such as Swiggle or Kids-search. You can save time by adding these to your ‘Favourites’. Safe search settings can also be activated on Google and other search engines, as well as YouTube.

Be involved

Encourage them to use devices in a communal area like the lounge or kitchen so you can keep an eye on how they’re using the internet and also share in their enjoyment.

Manage access

Set your homepage to a child-friendly site like CBeebies and create a user account for your child on the family computer or device which only allows access to sites you’ve chosen.

Help them learn through games

You can choose safe, fun and educational online games to play with your child and that you’ll be confident about them exploring. You can find good free of charge examples from companies like Disney Junior, Nick Jr and Fisher Price.

Set boundaries

It’s never too early to start setting boundaries. Set some rules about how long your child can spend online.