22 Street Lane Nursery - July 2019 Newsletter

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July Newsletter

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to our July Newsletter, and as always, a big warm welcome to our new families who have joined us this month. Despite a wet June, it certainly did not dampen our fun here at 22SLN. We started the month celebrating 'Eid Al Fitr' to mark the end of Ramadan, the children took part in lots of activities such as creating their own Henna patterns, exploring coloured rice and feasting on Biriyani! Next, was our Fathers Day picnic, the children were delighted to spend time with their loved ones and share their favourite activities. A big thank you to those that came along, we hope that you enjoyed it as much as the children! We ended the month by taking part in the 'Giant Wiggle' to celebrate 'The Very Hungry Caterpillars' 50th birthday, thank you for your donations! With warmer days ahead, we have lots planned throughout July including our Swans Graduation and a 'Beach Party' week! We hope that you find this Newsletter useful, to find out further information please read on.

STAFF NEWS July Newsletter

Indi Kaur Sadly, Indi will be leaving our Goslings room on Wednesday 31st July.

Indi has decided to take a position nannying. We wish Indi the best of luck in her new role.

Jessica Wheelwright Unfortunately, Jess will be leaving our Ducklings on Friday 19th July. Jess has decided to return to her previous nursery after being offered a Management role. We have enjoyed getting to know Jess and wish her the best.

From July 2019, we will be changing the monthly staff awards to quarterly. We want to celebrate and reward our incredible team who strive to deliver outstanding practice each and every day. Employee Recognition Award: It’s time to vote!

We will therefore introduce an 'Employee Recognition Award' to recognise, praise and reward a standout member of staff for their hard work. We will continue to share the following link on each newsletter in order to prompt you to cast your vote, and the page will always be live on our website. Both parents and staff will have the opportunity to vote for their vote for who they believe is the number one employee of the quarter. Please use July as the starting point to cast your vote for the team member who you think should be recognised for their hard work, dedication and going above and beyond for your children. Needless to say, we value your opinion and need your help to choose for the staff member which you feel deserves the award: https://www.22streetlanenursery.co.uk/employee-recognition-award-vote/

NEWS July Newsletter

Country of the Month: SPAIN This month, we will be celebrating ‘Spain’ as the of country of the month. We will be learning the Spanish flag, sampling the local cuisine and have a go at Flamenco dancing! We will be learning how to say ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ in Spanish and our Swans children will be practicing counting up to 10! Asombra! Did you know? The Spanish language is one of the most popular in the world, and is spoken in many countries, such as Mexico and Argentina due to the early influence of the Spanish Empire.

Eid Celebrations The children celebrated the end of Ramadan ‘Eid Al Fitr’ which is known as ‘festival of breaking the fast’ with a feast of traditional food such as Biriyani, onion bhajis and samosas. The children made Mango Lassi by chopping Mango, yoghurt, sugar, milk and cardamom to a blender and mixing it, it was delicious! The children made their own Henna patterns and created patterns using different coloured rice.

July Newsletter

Staff Training Day

Regularly updating our continuous professional development is highly important when working in the early year’s sector. It is fundamental that this does not get overlooked in the setting and that practitioners are continuously developing their knowledge and skills. Ofsted are very keen to see how staff training and development has an impact on the setting and the children’s learning and development. During our last training day, the staff took part in the following: • Team Building Activities • Safeguarding Refresher • The key aspects of autism and how we can support this • Makaton Training We have taken away lot of ideas away with us which we will be implementing into the setting, we thank you for your continued support.

July Newsletter

NEWS

Father’s Day Picnic Thank you to all of the Dads/others that attended our Father’s Day Picnic, the children had a lovely time spending time with you in the setting and showing you their classroom and activities. We hope that you enjoyed the day as much as we did!

Swans Leavers Trip The time has almost come where the Swans children are ready to embark on their next Journey to ‘Big School’. The children have created so many special memories with their friends and teachers throughout their time at 22 Street Lane Nursery and some of them which we believe will last a lifetime! The children had such a lovely time on their leavers trip at Harewood House, they visited the bird garden, penguins and spent time in the Curiosity workshop. The children enjoyed a picnic lunch before playing on the playground, however the best part of the trip was definitely travelling by coach!

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Introducing Makaton

As part of our team training day, we learned the basic signs of Makaton and how these can support the children in our setting. What is Makaton? Makaton is a language programme using signs and symbols to help people to communicate. It is designed to support spoken language and the signs and symbols are used with speech, in spoken word order. Who is Makaton for? Makaton is the UK's leading language programme for adults and children with learning or communication difficulties. It is also used by everyone who shares their lives, for example, parents and other family members, friends and carers, and education and health professionals. Makaton is used for teaching communication, language and literacy skills with children and adults who are at an early stage of communication and language development. This structured approach can also help people who are learning English as an additional language, helping them to communicate straightaway, while also supporting their learning. We will be teaching Makaton to the children at nursery and would like to share a sign with you every month!

Sign of the Month: Hello Action - Say “Hello” along with arm movement

July Newsletter

DBA 2019: Design Effectiveness Award

22 Street Lane Nursery and Elmwood Design Ltd are delighted to have won a Bronze 2019 'Design Effectiveness Award'! We were awarded this prestigious prize during their awards ceremony in London on the 12th of June. Our entry was rigorously judged across three rounds and acknowledges how the compelling influence of our designs have impacted the success of our Nursery. The DBA Awards are internationally recognised for the strength and quality of a business’ branding, which required us to provide a case supporting the design effectiveness of 22 Street Lane. The award is not only about the design, but also about how these designs make a difference.

July Newsletter

On Friday the 28th June, we were invited to the prestigious NDNA awards in Warwickshire where we were nominated as a finalist for ‘Nursery of the Year - North’. We were up against 211 other nurseries for the award, which is a huge achievement for a nursery which has only been open for three years. We’d like to thank all the parents for your continued support and votes during this process! 22 Street Lane was judged by NDNA childcare experts as… NDNA Nursery Of The Year Awards Runners Up! NDNA Nursery of the Year - North

July Newsletter

Dish of the Month

Maple Roasted Sweet Potato Bites

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

Ingredients • 3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1-inch cubes • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 2 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup

• 2 teaspoons cinnamon • Salt and pepper, to taste

Method 1. Preheat oven to 180 and lightly coat a baking pan with non-stick cooking spray, or line with parchment paper. Set aside. 2. In a medium bowl, combine the olive oil, maple syrup, cinnamon, salt and pepper. 3. Add potatoes and toss to coat.

4. Spread potatoes in an even layer onto prepared pan. 5. Roast for 30-35 minutes, or until browned and crispy. 6. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes. 7. Serve immediately and enjoy!

July Newsletter Chicklets Room News The Chicklets have been extremely busy this month and have enjoyed engaging in many activities both in the room and outdoors. The babies have enjoyed exploring many books independently in the book corner, the favourites this month have been ‘Charlie Cooks Favourite Book’ and ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar.’ As the Chicklets have shown much interest in ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ we have been setting up a range of activities to support this. We have tasted the different fruits that the caterpillar eats, and we have also explored green and red play dough. We have been painting our little toes to print our very own caterpillars on to leaves. We have been outdoors, in the baby garden building towers with the blocks and riding on the bikes. The Chicklets have enjoyed mark making with the chalk and paper as well as washing the babies and cleaning the garden with the sponges.

CHICKLETS ROOM

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Ducklings Room News

The Ducklings have enjoyed a walk in the park to feed the ducklings, they went in the pram with their friends, walking through the gardens of Roundhay park and towards the lake. The Ducklings enjoyed looking at the birds by the lake and feeding them with special food from the lakeside cafe. We also spotted some real ducklings and Cygnets! We have enjoyed taking part in various cookery classes, we have made a banana, apple, and pear smoothie with soya milk. We encouraged the children to use their fine motor skills to carefully chop up the fruit with a knife and pour the milk into the blender. They watched Chloe blend the fruit together. The Ducklings have also enjoyed the different sensory activities that we have offered to them, the activities have had varied from sand play, a large scale painting activity and shaving foam play. The children enjoyed exploring the foam cream in their hands and clapping them together! To celebrate The Very Hungry Caterpillars birthday, we have been reading the story and we set up a Hungry Caterpillar tasting session for the children, we read the story at the table and each time the Caterpillar munched on some delicious fruit so did we! The children took turns to taste the different fruits, we had banana, apple, pear and orange. We explored what the different fruits felt like and tasted like just like the very hungry caterpillar! When we got to the end of the story, we saw that the caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly and all the children took turns to hold the butterfly and look at the different colours on his wings, the children then made a craft butterfly using different colours of materials.

DUCKLINGS ROOM

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Goslings Room News

The Goslings have been very physically active and have exampled this throughout numerous activities. The Goslings have enjoyed building their own obstacle courses, the children have been experimenting making different types including a plank to jump off and steppingstones to balance on. The adults offered ideas to build imagination by creating cars and boat structures and using the hexagons as steering wheels. We have been focusing on making foods from different cultural cuisines, we made a date and raisin baklava which is an Arabic delicacy. We will be continuing on exploring different food from around the world as the Gosling have really taken a shine towards role play. We have been preparing the Gosling for their big move to the Cygnets room we have been practising making a 'choo choo train' line when we get ready to go outside. We have also been supporting the Goslings health & self- care and independence through their daily routines.

GOSLINGS ROOM

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Cygnets Room News

The Cygnets have been extremely busy this month, we have been exploring the different creatures that live under the sea. We have started to make our very own under the sea Paper Mache display in the room. Some of the Cygnets have also enjoyed a trip to Tropical World. We had a fun-filled day celebrating Father's Day as many of the Cygnets Dad's joined us for a picnic, the Cygnets enjoyed showing their Dad's the different activities that they enjoy whilst at nursery. We have explored the film of 'Aladdin' this month also as it linked to our country of the month 'Saudi Arabia'. The children participated in imaginative role play as we brought the story of Aladdin to life using props. The Cygnets have been celebrating 'The Very Hungry Caterpillars' 50th Birthday. We have engaged in many fun caterpillar themed activities, the Cygnets even participated in their very own 'Caterpillar Conga' throughout the big garden with the Swans children.

CYGNETS ROOM

July Newsletter

The Swans have been very busy throughout June and have celebrated a number of exciting times. The Swans have been learning all about ‘Saudi Arabia’ which was our country of the month, as we celebrated Eid. The Swans enjoyed looking at the traditional coloured clothing worn for the celebration and learning about what happens during Eid and some of the traditional foods eaten. We also made our very own Mango Lassi; which was delicious! Some of the children going to school went to Harewood House last week. All the children really enjoyed this outing and showed great understanding of boundaries and enjoyed looking at various animals/birds, exploring the climbing apparatus and learning more about animals living in different habitats and what they like to eat. When some of the children were asked what their favourite part of the day was, they replied, "we loved everything!" We have been placing a huge emphasis on 'school readiness' this month, as many of the Swans are preparing to start school in September. We have been placing more emphasis on phonics looking over all the jolly phonics sounds regularly and beginning to blend and segment simple sounds. We have also continued this learning through lots of sensory trays with different materials such as: pasta, noodles, shaving foam, salt and even coloured sand, challenging the Swans to write their names and other shapes or letters independently. We have been practising for graduation this month and the children can't wait to perform for you at the Graduation Ceremony on the 3rd July. We are all looking forward to it and can’t wait to see you there! Swans Room News

SWANS ROOM

July Newsletter

*ATTENTION* Important Information - Please Read

Leaving Notice Please note that if your child is leaving 22 Street Lane Nursery in the summer, we require one month’s written notice unless your child is in the Swans room, we require six weeks written notice. Thank you. Room Transitions The majority of the children will be moving rooms throughout July and August, to support this, your child’s key person will be organising settling in sessions and share key information with your child’s new key person during their visit. You will be kept informed of your child’s transition via Tapestry, but if you have any questions, please speak to your child’s key information.

Which room is my child moving to?

Chicklets → Ducklings Ducklings → Goslings/Cygnets Goslings → Cygnets Cygnets → Swans

Swans and Cygnets Uniform Children can wear our nursery uniform in our Cygnets and Swans room, this is available from Rawcliffe’s uniform shop, 617 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 4AR.

July Newsletter

*ATTENTION* Important Information - Please Read

Car Park As you are aware, there are double yellow lines outside the nursery which have been put there for the safety of the children. Please can we ask that parents do not park on them, and also be mindful of parking over more than one space in the car park. As you can appreciate we have very limited parking, and so the car park can become very busy. High Temperatures & Fevers Please can we remind parents that children cannot attend nursery if they have a high temperature (over 38 ° C). If a child develops a temperature whilst at nursery, parents will be called to collect them, as supported by our policies and procedures. We can administer non- prescribed Calpol for a temperature, although we must first receive permission in writing. HMRC Additional Funding Code (3 & 4 year old - 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. Sun Cream and Sunhats With the warmer months ahead, 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. 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 cooperation.

July Newsletter ~ Housekeeping

*ATTENTION* Important Information - Please Read Parents Suggestions

We continue to welcome all feedback from parents. If you would like to make a suggestion then please post this in our ‘Parents Suggestion Box’ which is based on reception. Alternatively, you can speak to a member of staff. Drop Off and Collection Can we kindly remind you that we open at 7:30am and cannot accept children into the nursery before this time. We close at 6:00pm and any parents that pick up after this time will be charged. Thank you for your cooperation. 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 . Contacting the Nursery Please can we kindly ask parents to try and only call the nursery rooms if necessary. It can be very difficult for the staff to keep coming to the phones when they are trying to look after the children and take appropriate breaks. Please note if ever we have a concern we would always call so please be assured that they are having a good day unless we call you. Thank you for your understanding. Wipes Please note that although we provide nappies as part of our offering, wipes are not included in this. It has been noted that lots of children are coming to nursery without nappy wipes. Can we kindly remind parents to ensure that there is always a supply available for your child. Your child’s key person will remind you when they are running low. Moving forwards, we will be charging £15.00 per month to any parents that fails to bring wipes.

July Newsletter

Upcoming Events Make A Diary Note

Wednesday 3rd July Swans Graduation Ceremony - 3:00pm W/C Monday 15th July Beach Party Week Thursday 1st August Yorkshire Day Celebrations W/C Monday 12th August Carnival Week Monday 26th August Bank Holiday; Nursery CLOSED

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