22 Street Lane Nursery - August 2024 Newsletter

Nursery Newsletter August 2024 Play • Discovery • Growth

August Newsletter

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to our August Newsletter, and as always, we would like to welcome our new families who have recently joined us. A big congratulations to our Swans children who had their Graduation last month, we are all so proud of them and everything they have achieved during their time at 22 Street Lane Nursery. They all looked very smart in their uniforms and graduation hats when they went up to receive their certificates and books, and the celebrations continued into the afternoon with a special garden party for the children and their families. We wish all of our leavers the best of luck at ‘Big School’ and we will really miss them all. To find out more, please read on...

August Newsletter STAFF NEWS Goodbye Shannon! We would like to let you know that sadly Shannon will be leaving at the end of August. After 5 years of working here, Shannon is embarking on a new exciting venture, going to university and starting a career in social work. We wish her the best of luck; she will be missed!

Welcome to Lisa! A warm welcome to Lisa, who has joined our Chicklets Room and will be the Room Leader from September. Lisa has already started working closely with all the Chicklets children and is enjoying getting to know everyone. “Hi, I’m Lisa and I am really excited for my new adventure in Chicklets! I have lots of experience across various EYFS settings and I am passionate about providing a safe, caring and nurturing environment for your Chicklets. In my spare time I enjoy meals out with my family, travelling and taking my dog Lola on long walks!”

August Newsletter STAFF NEWS

Welcome to Emma A warm welcome to Emma, who has joined our Goslings Room as a qualified Practitioner. “I have a Level 3 Diploma in Childhood Studies and have worked in the care sector for nearly 10 years. My recent role as an Activities Co-ordinator gave me great pride in contributing to the lives of others, ensuring they felt safe, reached their full potential and had lots of fun at the same time! I’m looking forward to this new journey at 22SLN where I can use my skills to create meaningful activities for the children.”

Welcome to Jeff Jeff will be joining our team as a Bank Staff Nursery Assistant “For the last seven years, I have been working with children in different educational settings, and it has always been my passion. I believe that every child is unique and has their own way of exploring and learning. It is my role to foster a nurturing environment to support them in their individual growth and development. I am really looking forward to joining and meeting all of the children!”

Management Team Changes As some of you may be aware, Alex (Nursery Manager) is expecting her second child and will be starting her maternity leave. Her last day will be Wednesday 21st August. Shosh, who is currently one of our Nursery Deputy Managers, will be stepping up to Nursery Manager, whilst Alex is on Maternity Leave. Bec, will continue her role as Nursery Deputy Manager working 3 days a week. Charlotte, (who currently works in the Swans Room), will also be stepping up and will start her role as Nursery Deputy Manager, working 4 days a week from September.

August Newsletter

NEWS

Country of the Month, August 2024: Saint Kitts and Nevis Throughout July, we have been busy celebrating all of the countries in Europe, linked to the recent 2024 Euros which took place in Germany! The children had lots of fun taking part in lots of sports-themed football activities, such as mini-matches in the garden, drawing their own flags, and learning about the various European traditions! We are now looking forward to exploring our next Country of the Month throughout August, which is Saint Kitts and Nevis, linked to our Carnival celebrations which will begin W/C 19th August! If you have any resources or books linked to our Country of the Month, please feel free to bring these in for the children to share.

Cygnets and Swans Nursery Uniform If your child is moving into the Cygnets or Swans Room in September, they will be required to wear a nursery uniform. Please note that this is compulsory, however, you can purchase a plain navy and white uniform, rather than the branded uniform if you prefer.There is a winter and summer dress, a unisex jogging suit, jumpers, cardigans and navy and white polo shirts. The Nursery uniform can be purchased from Rawcliffe’s Uniform Shop (617-619 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 4AR): https://www.rawcliffesleeds.co.uk/collections/ default-category-search-by-school-22-street-lane nursery

If your child is leaving the nursery, we would be most grateful for any uniform donations. We will be holding a second-hand nursery uniform sale week commencing 12th August between 4pm-6pm each day in Reception. We politely ask for a minimum donation of £1 per item, and all proceeds raised are donated to a local children’s hospice.

August Newsletter NEWS

Children’s Room Transitions Throughout August, the children will start their transitions to their new rooms! Each child will have at least two settle sessions, you will be advised when these are by your child’s Key Person on Tapestry. There will be more information to follow, but the room changes are as follows:

• Chicklets to Goslings • Goslings to Cygnets • Ducklings to Cygnets • Cygnets to Swans

Funding Information From September 2024, the Government’s new 15-hour working families funding will be extended to eligible working parents of children from the age of 9 months to 3-year-olds. Your child must be 9 months old by the 31st of August to apply. For more information and to apply for this and Tax- Free Childcare please visit the Government website: https://www. childcarechoices.gov.uk/ If your child is turning 3 before 31st August, please also visit this website to check your eligibility for 30 hours of funding. You should apply for the funding now and forward your eligibility code and NI number to kate@22streetlanenursery. co.uk .

The HMRC final deadline for funding applications for the Autumn term is 31st August 2024, any codes generated or received after this date will not be valid for the Autumn term. For invoicing purposes only, any codes received into the nursery between the 15th and 31st of August will have September’s funding retrospectively applied to October’s invoice.

August Newsletter NEWS

Euros Week: Monday 8th - Friday 12th July During July the children had a blast learning all about the Euro Championships! Even though England didn’t quite manage to bring it home this time, the children still enjoyed making lots of England flags to cheer on their favourite team. Everyone also played lots of football matches, designed their own football kits and enjoyed coming to Nursery in their best sportswear all week!

Pirate and Princesses Week: Monday 22nd - Friday 26th July At the end of July, the children had the opportunity to come to the nursery dressed up as pirates and princesses, and there were some fantastic costumes! Everyone enjoyed lots of themed activities including creating their very own pirate ships using recycled materials, making princess castles using paints and tissue paper and reading lots of fairy tale stories!

August Newsletter NEWS

Swans Graduation: Class of 2024 Thursday 18th July marked the Swans ‘Class of 2024’ Graduation from 22 Street Lane Nursery and what a fantastic celebration it was! We were so lucky with the weather and all the children did so well! It was so lovely to see how much the Swans children have blossomed as they are now ready to embark on their next exciting venture to ‘Big School!’ We wish all the children so much luck in September, and we will miss all of you.

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Carnival Week: W/C Monday 19th August

As we know that many of our families attend the Leeds West Indian Carnival, we will be supporting this by holding our very own Carnival Week at 22 Street Lane Nursery! The children are invited to wear bright colours and carnival decorations to join in with the festivities. We will have lots of carnival music, dancing, mask making activities and children will be able to create their own headdresses with colourful decorative resources too. We will also be learning all about Saint Kitts and Nevis throughout the month to link to the festivities too!

August Newsletter Yorkshire Aid Convoy: Friday 9th - Friday 16th August

22 Street Lane Nursery, in partnership with the Yorkshire Aid Convoy, needs your help to provide aid to the children of Ukraine. On Friday 9th August, our CEO Simon Pollard will be joining a convoy of 7.5 tonne lorries to drive roughly 5,000 km on a round trip to help distribute vital aid to those displaced by the war in Ukraine. This humanitarian aid will be delivered to the children of Ukraine by a team of volunteers, with a focus on helping orphanages and hospitals that provide life-saving service to young children in the region. Determined to make a difference, we are looking for your help. We are aiming to raise as much money as possible to help support Yorkshire Aid, which has an unwavering mission of collecting, transporting and distributing humanitarian aid directly to the people and children who need it most. Simon will be on the ground during this operation and driving a lorry full of supplies as a part of a larger convoy effort. Once they have arrived, Yorkshire Aid will then work closely with local organisations and charities on the ground in Ukraine to ensure that all donations reach the most appropriate hospitals and schools that are most in need of help and resources. These convoys take place regularly and are funded by the money raised during previous efforts, so we are initiating this campaign now to help Yorkshire Aid continue their vital work in the future, as they look to deliver more aid in the weeks and months ahead. We believe that as a nursery we have a social responsibility to educate the children about Ukraine in an appropriate manner. As part of an ongoing education programme, the children at 22 Street Lane Nursery will be looking to learn and understand the importance of working together to overcome adversity, as well as the strength of community when people work together to help one another. Every donation, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated and will be matched by the nursery up to our initial goal. If you are unable to give, we would be incredibly grateful if you are able to share the campaign to friends and family, either directly or through social media, and help get this message out there to allow us to support this mission as much as we can. The Yorkshire Aid charity is a non-profit organisation, and 100% of the funds raised will directly support their future relief efforts. We hope that our involvement will help our children gain an understanding of giving back and helping the less fortunate in circumstances outside of their control. We’re planning to connect with the schools receiving this aid in Ukraine and create ‘pen pal’ links with the children and teachers. We believe that it is important for the children at 22 Street Lane to connect with other children directly and share their experiences to gain a better understanding of the world and other cultures, which will be explored more during class time.

How can YOU help support this incredible event? The nursery has set up a JustGiving page to collect monetary donations until August 31st, at which point the funds will be donated directly to the Yorkshire Aid charity to help their future convoys deliver further aid for children displaced by the war in Ukraine. Our goal is to raise £5,000 by the end of the month, to represent the 5,000 km trip that Simon will be driving personally on this upcoming convoy. In addition to this, he has also committed to matching that initial goal and adding an extra £5,000 to that donation tally, meaning we’re aiming to donate a total of £10,000 to those less fortunate. We’re also kindly asking for everyone to please share the link and help support our efforts in raising as much as possible. If you would like to support us with a donation, please click the following link: https://www.justgiving.com/page/22sln-yorkshire-aid-convoy-supporting-ukraine

August Newsletter

Dish of the Month

Slow Cooked Lamb and Butterbean Curry

See our past selections on: 22streetlanenursery.co.uk/dish-of-the-month/

Ingredients • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 500 g diced lamb • 2 brown onion chopped • 4 garlic cloves • 2 tsp fresh ginger grated • 2 tsp ground cumin • 1/2 red chilli • 1 tsp garam masala • 2 tsp ground coriander • 1 tsp ground turmeric • 1/2 cup tomato puree • 1 cup beef stock • 3/4 cup water • 1/2 cup coconut cream • 300 g canned butter beans • 100 g baby spinach

Method 1. Heat oil in a large saucepan and cook lamb until browned, remove from pan.

2. Cook onions, garlic, and ginger until onion is soft. Add spices and cook, stirring, until fragrant. 3. Return lamb to pan with puree, stock, water and coconut cream. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally for approximately 1½ hours or until lamb is tender. 4. Add beans and spinach, and cook until spinach is just beginning to wilt. 5. Serve with Basmati rice.

August Newsletter

Chicklets Room News

What a great month it has been! The Chicklets have been super busy exploring everywhere this month, we even took a trip to the park gardens. Avoiding the drizzly days, the Chicklets have spent lots of time outdoors, finding natural treasures like leaves and bugs. Some of the children were brave enough to hold the creepy crawlies too. We then had some great costumes for Pirates and Princesses Week too. It’s Yorkshire Day on 1st August, so we’ve been preparing lots of activities to celebrate. We will be sending home crafts and pictures full of blue and white to show our support for Yorkshire. We will also be creating some tasty Yorkshire Tea-inspired tuff trays to really get into the spirit! Over the coming month, we will also begin preparing the children for the move to the next room. We will work closely with the Goslings Room to start forming bonds with the children’s new key workers and start our ‘settling in’ sessions (a post about these will be sent out over the next couple of weeks). We will continue to share lots of stories with the Chicklets to help build their vocabulary ready for the transition too.

CHICKLETS ROOM

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Ducklings Room News

As always we have enjoyed our baking sessions, but this month we had a special teacher - our chef ‘Oli’. We made delicious vegan flapjack, and the Ducklings enjoyed showing Oli their cooking skills and how they all use their fine motor skills to mix all the ingredients together. We also discussed what ingredients we used, and helped Oli spoon the mixture into the baking tin. The Ducklings have also loved our new addition to the nursery, a piano. The Ducklings were so patient and waited for their turn on the piano with their friends, they enjoyed pressing the different keys and seeing what sounds they made. We played the piano and sang some of our favourite nursery rhymes, which was so much fun! This month we also had a special trip to Tropical World. We stopped for a quick look around the flower gardens for some snack first, before heading to see lots of different animals. Our favourite was the meerkats as they ran super-fast and played peek-a-boo too. We also loved looking at all the different fish and monkeys and practising our best animal noises. The Ducklings loved getting up close to the different enclosures to see the different animals. Some of the Ducklings have been on some lovely beach holidays throughout July, so following on from this we set up a beach tuff tray for them to explore. All the Ducklings enjoyed feeling the water and sand between their toes, and are looking forward to more sensory activities next month!

DUCKLINGS ROOM

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Goslings Room News

We have had a wonderful July in the Goslings Room. We started off the month with a trip to our local park. The children always enjoy time out in the community, whether this be for a trip to a shop, the library or to run around and let off some steam on a field of grass! Whilst there we enjoyed a bit of bird spotting, counting ducks and smelling all the beautiful flowers. The Goslings children just love being outside, they like to spend their days exploring the nursery grounds, running around the big garden and having games of football which was perfect for our Euros Week which we celebrated during July. We spent a lot of time playing games of football and the children liked telling us all about how their daddies had been shouting at the TV! We have also enjoyed a spot of baking this month. The Goslings children love to role play in the home corner, they enjoy getting their babies in highchairs, sitting their friends around the table and cooking them a feast to enjoy. What better way to extend this interest than to give the children real ingredients to mix? We created vegan banana bread at the start of the month and recently made banana and oat biscuits, can you tell what our favourite fruit is? Throughout the month of August, we will be hoping for some more sunshine to get and explore our community more. We will be supporting our Goslings children as they begin their settling sessions in the Cygnets Room. We will also be celebrating how amazing it is to be from Yorkshire on Yorkshire Day and looking into different cultures as we celebrate Carnival Week!

GOSLINGS ROOM

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Cygnets Room News

Throughout July, the Cygnets have been busy celebrating the Euros and enjoyed plenty of activities related to football. The Cygnets enjoyed designing their own football training vests and football bunting, and they also made a huge football using recycled materials. We also had a few football matches in the car park where the Cygnets showed us their competitive sides! Towards the end of July, we then celebrated our Pirates and Princesses Week. All the Cygnets really enjoyed showing us their amazing costumes. They then made their own treasure map using tea bags to stain the paper and made their own pirate ship, magic wands and castle with a wide range of materials. We also had a treasure hunt in our big garden and in Roundhay Park. The Cygnets enjoyed making their own map of the big garden and went for a hunt by themselves too. August is coming and that means it’s our last month in Cygnets together. We are looking forward to making more memories before your children transition to the preschool room!

CYGNETS ROOM

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Swans Room News

Throughout July we have loved showing our support towards the Euros and Wimbledon! The children enjoyed making their own footballs, tennis rackets and England flags in the creative area using a wide range of materials. Whilst in the garden the children had so much fun joining in with football sessions, where Felix started off with a little warm-up up then worked on dribbling and passing skills. The Swans also enjoyed taking part in our very own Sports Day. The children enjoyed the egg and spoon race as well as a fast-running race and the beanbag race. All the Swans children sat at the side of the track cheering for their friends, and the children were awarded medals for their place in each race. Towards the end of the month, the children loved celebrating Pirates and Princesses Week at the nursery. They came dressed up, excited to show off their outfits to their friends.We went on a big treasure hunt in the big garden to see who could find the most gold treasure! We had an amazing day at our Swans 2024 Graduation! The children have been working so hard to learn their songs throughout the month and did a fantastic job at performing these to their loved ones. The grownups also joined in with some singing and dancing. Thankfully we had some lovely weather, so we all got to enjoy a lovely BBQ outside to celebrate all the children’s preschool achievements. Throughout August we will be saying our goodbyes to the Swans children as they are moving onto their next big adventure to big school. We wish them all the best of luck!

SWANS ROOM

August Newsletter

2024 Events Calendar *Dates subject to change - Please check the website for the latest calendar

Thursday 1st

Yorkshire Day

August

W/C Monday 19th

Carnival Week

Summer Bank Holiday, Nursery CLOSED

Monday 26th

September

Wednesday 25th

MacMillan Bake Sale

Tuesday 1st

Black History Month

Wednesday 2nd

Rosh Hashanah

W/C Monday 7th

Mental Health Awareness Week

October

W/C Monday 21st & W/C Monday 28th

Halloween Stay & Play

Team Training Day, Nursery CLOSED

Wednesday 30th

Thursday 31st

Halloween Fancy Dress Day

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2024 Events Calendar *Dates subject to change - Please check the website for the latest calendar

Friday 1st

Diwali

Tuesday 5th

Bonfire Celebrations

Friday 8th

Remembrance Sunday

Monday 11th

Chicklets, Goslings, Swans Parents Evening

November

Wednesday 13th

World Kindness Day

TBC

World Nursery Rhymes Week

Wednesday 20th

Cygnets and Ducklings Parents Evening

Thursday 28th

Thanksgiving

TBC

Christmas Jumper Day

TBC

Swans Christmas Nativity

December

W/C Monday 16th

Christmas Party Week

Thursday 19th

22SLN Christmas Dinner Day

Christmas Eve, Nursery Closes at 12 noon

Tuesday 24th

January

Nursery RE-OPENS for the New Year!

Thursday 2nd 2025

August Newsletter

*ATTENTION* Important Information - Please Read Car Park Please can we kindly ask that parents ensure they are only parking in a single car parking bay. As you are aware, we have very limited space, and it is very busy a peak times. Thank you for your support. Drop Off and Collection Can we kindly remind you that we open at 7.30 am and close at 6.00 pm and any parents who pick up after this time will be charged. Sun Cream and Sunhats With the warmer months upon us, please can you ensure that your child has appropriate clothing for warm weather including sun cream and a sun hat. We would recommend that you provide sun cream which is factor 50 and at least a 4-star UVA rating. If you could please label your child’s sun cream and hat with their name, it would be helpful.

August Newsletter

*ATTENTION* Important Information - Please Read

HMRC Additional Funding Code (3- & 4-year-olds - 30 hours)

If you are eligible and in receipt of additional 3- & 4-year-old funding, look out for a prompt every three months from HMRC to reconfirm your details so that your eligibility can be re-assessed. If you do not do this, please note that we are unable to claim the funding on your behalf. Absence Please note that we are unable to swap days or offer an alternative day if your child is absent from nursery. We are now extremely busy, and it is impossible for us to do this for all children. This is stated in our terms and conditions. Thank you for your co-operation. Labels in Clothing To avoid items being lost, please can you ensure that your child’s uniform is clearly labelled including their coats, hats, scarves and wellies. If your child brings gloves to nursery, we strongly advise for these to be attached and threaded through their coat to avoid any gloves going missing.

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