Monday 9th November, 2009

Remember it’s Review Day - Thursday November 12th

If you have a core day termtime place, then you will have an appointment to meet with your key person to talk about your child’s development and learning. Your child will only come to nursery for a crèche place during your appointment time. This enables staff to meet with all parents and carers.

If you have an extended day/year place, then your child attends as normal and your key person will make an arrangement to meet with you.

At the meeting, you will have a chance to discuss how you think your child is getting on and find out about her or his learning and development in nursery. You and your key person will agree on how to help your child’s next steps of learning. If you have any worries about your child then please do feel confident to talk these through with your key person.

You will also get a free copy of a new publication about children’s development and learning from birth to five years old, which has been developed with the involvement of Kate Greenaway. You can also download this publication here.

Could we be greener?

Yes, we could.

Kate Greenaway is involved in Islington’s Sustainable Schools programme and we are looking at ways to be more environmentally friendly. We have already taken some steps e.g. the emphasis on outdoor play and growing vegetables; our mains water dispenser which reduces use of bottled water; recycling printer cartridges etc. We are currently working to recycle much more of our waste and will be involving the children in this. In the near future we are planning to increase our use of local and seasonal ingredients in the kitchen, to have a fruit and vegetable sale from the nursery once a week, and to set up a Freecycling scheme so parents can pass on children’s toys, clothes and equipment they no longer need. If you have any ideas – please let us know.