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Firstly, as you probably know we have lots of cases of chicken pox at the nursery. Chicken pox is not a serious illness, but it can be uncomfortable for children. Some recommended ways to help your child include:
• use paracetamol (Calpol) to relieve pain and keep the temperature down
• warm baths every few hours (without any soap or bubble bath) can be soothing; so can calamine lotion
• ice lollies help if your child has a sore throat and if she or he is reluctant to drink
• antihistamine helps if the spots are especially itchy
• keeping your child’s nails short reduces the risk of excessive scratching
There has been conflicting information about judging when your child is ready to return to nursery. The Health Protection Agency recommends that children can return to school or nursery once the blisters have fully crusted over, this usually happens 5-7 days after the first scab appears. After the last scab has burst and crusted, children are no longer considered infectious.
If you know you are pregnant, or it’s possible you could be pregnant – it’s no problem if you have had chicken pox before. But if you haven’t had it, or you’re not sure, then please make an appointment to see your GP as chicken pox can be dangerous in pregnancy for you and the unborn child.
Important dates
Half term
Monday 28th May – Friday 1st June (inclusive). We remain open if you have an extended day/year place – please check in the office or with your key person if you are not sure.
Nursery picnic and funday
Saturday 16th June from 12pm-2pm. Fun…food…stalls – we hope you can come and join in with the fun. If you’d like to help out or run a stall – please speak to Jan or Julian. We are raising money to support our community kitchen project.
Development morning - 19th June
If you have a core day place, then we are closed in the morning but open from 1pm as usual. If you have a morning-only place then we are closed. Extended day/year places – open as usual.
End of term – Friday 20th July
Closure for the extended day/year service: Friday August 17th
Start of the autumn term (all children): Wednesday 5th September
Parent conference – Saturday 29th September from 11am-2pm
Last year we had a really successful parent conference. Parents gave their views and suggestions on lots of important issues and this has directly informed some of the changes introduced during the year. Please come and have your say about Kate Greenaway.
Friday 18 May 2007
Thursday 10 May 2007
Letter to parents, 10th May 2007
Dear parents and carers
Firstly, I wanted to let you know that the staff team had a very valuable 2 days of training and development on Wednesday and Thursday last week. The 5 days per year we close, as a school, are really important because they enable us to keep developing and trying to improve the education and care we offer all the children. Our focus was on how staff record and monitor children’s learning and development, and how we can involve parents and carers in this.
Attendance at Kate Greenaway
We want to do everything we can, to ensure that children attend as much as possible and get the fullest benefit of their place here.
If your child is ill, or if there is another reason why your child will not be able to attend nursery – please phone us to let us know.
If we don’t hear from you, then Marie will call you during the day to check everything is OK with you and your child.
We follow Islington’s policy on attendance and late collection, which can lead to the place for your child being reduced in hours or withdrawn if you are consistently late. This is not something any of the staff at Kate Greenaway want to happen – so please help us by being on time.
We know that sometimes there are special circumstances which might make it difficult for you to ensure your child comes to nursery every day. Because we now have an outreach and family support service we might be able to help you if this is the case – speak to your key person or to Dawn if you could do with some extra help to make sure your child comes regularly to nursery.
Start of the day
Attendance is important, and it’s also important to do everything you can to ensure your child comes to nursery on time.
For children with a core day or morning place: we have a flexible drop-off time between 9am-9.30am every day (don’t forget that we now open as normal on Thursdays, not late). The reason for the flexible start is that if you have a child at primary school you can’t be in two places at once! So you can drop your older child off first, then come here. If you don’t have a child in another school then it will help your child if you come every morning at 9am. Coming at 9am every day instead of 9.30am will give your child nearly 100 extra hours of nursery education every year. Please do everything you can to arrive at 9.30am at the latest – if you are regularly late, then your child is missing out on her or his entitlement to a full nursery place.
If you come early (before 9am) you are welcome to take your child to the sofa-end of the Foundation Room and share a book there. Please note that the staff are either very busy with the children already here, or are busy setting up for the day ahead.
For children with extended day/year places – we recognise that you are away from your child a lot during the week, so if you have a chance for a later start to work you may wish to spend some extra time with your child. If you want to do this, then please make sure you phone before 9.30am so we know when to expect your child in nursery. Unless it’s an exceptional circumstance it’s best not to come any later than 10am – it’s difficult for children who arrive late to get involved in the morning’s play and experiences, and they can end up feeling left out.
If you come early (before 8am) you are welcome to take your child to the sofa-end of the Foundation Room and share a book there. Please note that the staff are busy setting up for the day ahead – they only have a short time to do this.
End of day
Please can you help the smooth running of Kate Greenaway by picking your child up on time.
If your child has a core day place, then she or he needs to be picked up at 3.30pm. Although we have a late programme, we do not have enough staff for extra children on top. If you know you are going to be unavoidably late, as a one-off, then let us know so we can prepare your child.
If there is anything here you would like to discuss – please let me know, and I will arrange to meet with you.
Firstly, I wanted to let you know that the staff team had a very valuable 2 days of training and development on Wednesday and Thursday last week. The 5 days per year we close, as a school, are really important because they enable us to keep developing and trying to improve the education and care we offer all the children. Our focus was on how staff record and monitor children’s learning and development, and how we can involve parents and carers in this.
Attendance at Kate Greenaway
We want to do everything we can, to ensure that children attend as much as possible and get the fullest benefit of their place here.
If your child is ill, or if there is another reason why your child will not be able to attend nursery – please phone us to let us know.
If we don’t hear from you, then Marie will call you during the day to check everything is OK with you and your child.
We follow Islington’s policy on attendance and late collection, which can lead to the place for your child being reduced in hours or withdrawn if you are consistently late. This is not something any of the staff at Kate Greenaway want to happen – so please help us by being on time.
We know that sometimes there are special circumstances which might make it difficult for you to ensure your child comes to nursery every day. Because we now have an outreach and family support service we might be able to help you if this is the case – speak to your key person or to Dawn if you could do with some extra help to make sure your child comes regularly to nursery.
Start of the day
Attendance is important, and it’s also important to do everything you can to ensure your child comes to nursery on time.
For children with a core day or morning place: we have a flexible drop-off time between 9am-9.30am every day (don’t forget that we now open as normal on Thursdays, not late). The reason for the flexible start is that if you have a child at primary school you can’t be in two places at once! So you can drop your older child off first, then come here. If you don’t have a child in another school then it will help your child if you come every morning at 9am. Coming at 9am every day instead of 9.30am will give your child nearly 100 extra hours of nursery education every year. Please do everything you can to arrive at 9.30am at the latest – if you are regularly late, then your child is missing out on her or his entitlement to a full nursery place.
If you come early (before 9am) you are welcome to take your child to the sofa-end of the Foundation Room and share a book there. Please note that the staff are either very busy with the children already here, or are busy setting up for the day ahead.
For children with extended day/year places – we recognise that you are away from your child a lot during the week, so if you have a chance for a later start to work you may wish to spend some extra time with your child. If you want to do this, then please make sure you phone before 9.30am so we know when to expect your child in nursery. Unless it’s an exceptional circumstance it’s best not to come any later than 10am – it’s difficult for children who arrive late to get involved in the morning’s play and experiences, and they can end up feeling left out.
If you come early (before 8am) you are welcome to take your child to the sofa-end of the Foundation Room and share a book there. Please note that the staff are busy setting up for the day ahead – they only have a short time to do this.
End of day
Please can you help the smooth running of Kate Greenaway by picking your child up on time.
If your child has a core day place, then she or he needs to be picked up at 3.30pm. Although we have a late programme, we do not have enough staff for extra children on top. If you know you are going to be unavoidably late, as a one-off, then let us know so we can prepare your child.
If there is anything here you would like to discuss – please let me know, and I will arrange to meet with you.
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