Noises from the farm …. July 2011

UPCOMING DIARY DATES

please continue to check the notice board for up coming events. 16th August Teddy Bears Picnic End of August Reports due out 29th August Nursery Closed T.B.A November Mini Beast visit 17th November Parents Evening 9th December Christmas Part 26th December CLOSED Bank Holiday 27th December CLOSED Bank Holiday Please can I reinforce that we do not allow swaps for holidays and sickness. We will try our best to give you another day to make up for Bank Holidays BUT this is not guaranteed!! SCHOOL UNIFORM – is COMPULSORY in the winter months children should wear green tracksuit bottoms, polos and sweatshirts in

various sizes these can be purchased from the office and will be placed on your next

invoice. Please ensure that you label your clothes to reduce the risk of losing them! Can you continue to keep a spare set of clothes on your child’s peg in case

of an accident; these clothes do not have to be school uniform! As your children grow and your clothes become too small Beechoak Farm would gratefully accept these especially if they are knickers, pants and socks! NEWS - Duchess our miniature baby donkey was born on Friday 13th May and both Camilla and Duchess are doing extremely well. Please feel free to go and see the animals! (No feeding them please)

CONGRATULATIONS – to Tina and Kyle on the birth of their baby girl Skye who weighs 7lb 10ozs, both are doing extremely well too!! We wish them all the best! TOPICS - until the end of the year are as follows: July to September Bears October to November Space December Christmas If you have anything relating to these topics please feel free to bring them in! The colour tables in the Fawns and Ducklings continue to need parent contribution they change every two weeks. The main school completes a ‘letter of the week’ every two weeks. Please see your teachers or main notice board outside office to find out what colour or letter we are on!!

CHILDREN CAN ATTEND WITH MEDICINE - if your child has been prescribed antibiotics from the doctor they are then able to attend nursery. All you have to do is sign in the medication in the office and we are allowed to give the medicine! SICKNESS - if your child has sickness or diarrhoea there is a 48 hour exclusion set by Essex County Council, this is from the last episode of the diarrhoea or sickness!! Please ring the office for guidance on exclusion periods for various illnesses! ALLERGIES – please can you keep the office up-to- date with all children’s dietary requirements, allergies and child records i.e. phone numbers/addresses are kept in the office also! If your child has specific medication that they need throughout the day we by law, need to have it kept on site! This may be an epi-pen or asthma pump etc!

Noises from the farm …. July 2011

FOOD / DRINK POLICY – we still have a no food policy so could you refrain from bringing in cakes and sweets to celebrate your child’s birthday or last day as we have several children who have allergies and cannot have them. Please do not allow your child to bring toys into nursery unless they are for the Letterland table or relevant to our current theme. There is a risk that they will become lost or broken so it is better for them to stay at home!! SPORTS DAY – was a massive turnout both with the children and also their supporters i.e. mums, dads and relatives. It was packed with excitement and fun! Both the children in the morning and afternoon sports days all participated. Well done to all the mum’s and dads that took part it was definitely a brilliant turn out!

TEDDY BEARS PICNIC 16th August children who don’t attend on this day are welcome to arrive

at 12.45pm.

It is a parent free event!! So please drop your child off in their class at 12.45 and collect them at 4pm! The children that are due in on this day will come in as normal and they will help us to prepare the lunch for the afternoon! It will be a fun and thriving event jam packed with activities for the children to get involved in!!

SUNCREAM AND HATS – can you ensure that your child has a hat to keep in their

drawer because we have had some really hot spells and we do not have much shade in the field. Can these hats please be a legionnaire type (which covers their necks). Also if your child has sensitive skin; please ensure you are supplying your

own suncream!

SAFETY – when dropping your child off and collecting them please ensure that you are closing the main gate, and both gates in the field!

WHEN USING THE CARPARK – please be cautious and remember that it is a 5mph speed limit. On occasions people have shot in and out too fast! Also please be aware that parents and children will be walking to their cars especially at 9am and 3pm onwards! Could we suggest that all cars reverse into car parking bays for the safety of the children and drivers.

Once you have collected your child; please do not let them play on the statue or on the stones at the front of our school.

WELCOMING – we would like to take this opportunity to welcome all the new children and hope that they are settling in quickly and enjoying all the fun and thriving activities set at Beechoak Farm!

FINALLY - we would like to wish all the children that are leaving over the summer holidays very best wishes for starting in their new school! We will miss you but know you are ready for new challenges and BIG school!

Beechoak Farm would love to know how the children are

progressing at their new school so please stay in touch and pop back to see us!