Saturday 27 March 2010
New March Newsletter out now
Our March newsletter is out, including coverage of the 50th Birthday party. You can read it here (opens as a PDF).
Sunday 21 March 2010
Monday 15 March 2010
15th March 2010
Don’t forget - it’s Review Day on Thursday
Your key person will have spoken to you about Review Day, when we arrange to meet every parent so we can focus on how each child is getting on, and how we can work together to help each child make further progress.
On Review Day children with core day places just come for a crèche place whilst you meet with your key person. Children with extended day places attend as normal. If you are unsure of anything please speak to your key person or email Michele.
We need a new parent governor
Lucy, Petra’s mother, is coming to the end of her period as a parent governor very soon. So we are looking for a new parent governor to join the governing body.
Being a governor is a really good way of supporting the development of the nursery school and children’s centre. The governing body has responsibility for strategic development, budget and staffing, with day to day leadership and management in the hands of the headteacher. It is an important role.
You do not need any special training or experience to be a parent governor – Islington offers a training programme, and the governing body is friendly and helpful to newcomers!
If you are interested, or want to find out more, please email Marie with your name and your child's name. A member of the governing body will then be in touch with you shortly.
Your key person will have spoken to you about Review Day, when we arrange to meet every parent so we can focus on how each child is getting on, and how we can work together to help each child make further progress.
On Review Day children with core day places just come for a crèche place whilst you meet with your key person. Children with extended day places attend as normal. If you are unsure of anything please speak to your key person or email Michele.
We need a new parent governor
Lucy, Petra’s mother, is coming to the end of her period as a parent governor very soon. So we are looking for a new parent governor to join the governing body.
Being a governor is a really good way of supporting the development of the nursery school and children’s centre. The governing body has responsibility for strategic development, budget and staffing, with day to day leadership and management in the hands of the headteacher. It is an important role.
You do not need any special training or experience to be a parent governor – Islington offers a training programme, and the governing body is friendly and helpful to newcomers!
If you are interested, or want to find out more, please email Marie with your name and your child's name. A member of the governing body will then be in touch with you shortly.
Wednesday 10 March 2010
10th March 2010
Celebrating 50 years of Kate Greenaway Nursery School
All this week, we are celebrating Kate Greenaway’s Golden Birthday – and we hope you will be able to join in with some of the celebrations.
The nursery school is named after the children’s author and illustrator Kate Greenaway, who grew up in Islington in the 19th Century.
So our celebrations are focussed on children’s books and literature. We are working with local schools, the schools’ library service, and Lewis Carroll library.
All this week children are making books and telling stories through video.
Today (Wednesday) London zoo are coming to tell stories with animals
On Friday girls from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School are bringing the multi-lingual books they have created for the children into nursery, and will be sharing them.
On Friday we are inviting children to come dressed up as their favourite book character. Home-made stuff is great – there is no need to have a full costume. We’d prefer no TV characters, Batman suits etc as the focus is on books.
Friday evening (6pm-8pm) we are holding an event at The Guardian (King’s Place, York Way) on the history and future of the nursery school. The main speaker will be Professor Tina Bruce (who works closely with us) and there will be a panel discussion at the end chaired by Polly Toynbee. If you would like a ticket, please ask Julian. More details here.
On Saturday we are open from 10.30am to 2.30pm for a day of storytelling, songs and music, face painting and more – so come along if you are free. There will be activities for older children at Lewis Carroll Library. More details here.
We hope you will come along and enjoy one or more of these events.
All this week, we are celebrating Kate Greenaway’s Golden Birthday – and we hope you will be able to join in with some of the celebrations.
The nursery school is named after the children’s author and illustrator Kate Greenaway, who grew up in Islington in the 19th Century.
So our celebrations are focussed on children’s books and literature. We are working with local schools, the schools’ library service, and Lewis Carroll library.
All this week children are making books and telling stories through video.
Today (Wednesday) London zoo are coming to tell stories with animals
On Friday girls from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School are bringing the multi-lingual books they have created for the children into nursery, and will be sharing them.
On Friday we are inviting children to come dressed up as their favourite book character. Home-made stuff is great – there is no need to have a full costume. We’d prefer no TV characters, Batman suits etc as the focus is on books.
Friday evening (6pm-8pm) we are holding an event at The Guardian (King’s Place, York Way) on the history and future of the nursery school. The main speaker will be Professor Tina Bruce (who works closely with us) and there will be a panel discussion at the end chaired by Polly Toynbee. If you would like a ticket, please ask Julian. More details here.
On Saturday we are open from 10.30am to 2.30pm for a day of storytelling, songs and music, face painting and more – so come along if you are free. There will be activities for older children at Lewis Carroll Library. More details here.
We hope you will come along and enjoy one or more of these events.
Tuesday 2 March 2010
March 3rd 2010
How well do children get on after they leave Kate Greenaway?
Islington Council has recently followed up the outcomes for children who attend the Children’s Centres. We are very pleased to let you know that children from Kate Greenaway go on to do very well in primary school.
Our aim is to provide a high-quality nursery education planned around play (indoors and outdoors), together with a strong emphasis on care (the key person approach) on helping children to develop positive behaviour.
We employ qualified nursery education workers (at level 3) and early years teachers because research evidence shows that the level of staff training directly affects the development and learning of the children.
At the end of their reception year, all children are assessed using the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile. A score of 78 points or more is considered by the Department of Children, Schools and Families to show that the child is “developing well”.
8 out of 10 children from Kate Greenaway achieve a score of 78 points or more. This is much higher than the level for Islington as a whole. Nationally, 75% of children reach this level, so you can see we are also ahead of the rest of the country too.
Of course, we have to be careful about numbers, results and targets for such young children.
For us, the important thing is that children enjoy nursery and the company of other children. By working with parents, we aim to help children to develop their learning.
We are very pleased to be able to say that all the evidence shows that your child is getting the best possible start by coming to Kate Greenaway.
The staff team at Kate Greenaway
P.S. Do you want to feedback your views and shape the direction of Kate Greenaway?
Don’t forget to come to the Parent Forum, this Saturday at 10.30am.
Islington Council has recently followed up the outcomes for children who attend the Children’s Centres. We are very pleased to let you know that children from Kate Greenaway go on to do very well in primary school.
Our aim is to provide a high-quality nursery education planned around play (indoors and outdoors), together with a strong emphasis on care (the key person approach) on helping children to develop positive behaviour.
We employ qualified nursery education workers (at level 3) and early years teachers because research evidence shows that the level of staff training directly affects the development and learning of the children.
At the end of their reception year, all children are assessed using the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile. A score of 78 points or more is considered by the Department of Children, Schools and Families to show that the child is “developing well”.
8 out of 10 children from Kate Greenaway achieve a score of 78 points or more. This is much higher than the level for Islington as a whole. Nationally, 75% of children reach this level, so you can see we are also ahead of the rest of the country too.
Of course, we have to be careful about numbers, results and targets for such young children.
For us, the important thing is that children enjoy nursery and the company of other children. By working with parents, we aim to help children to develop their learning.
We are very pleased to be able to say that all the evidence shows that your child is getting the best possible start by coming to Kate Greenaway.
The staff team at Kate Greenaway
P.S. Do you want to feedback your views and shape the direction of Kate Greenaway?
Don’t forget to come to the Parent Forum, this Saturday at 10.30am.
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