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Note to parents- come and see our special visitor 10.15 a.m./2.25 p.m.

We are expecting a ‘special visitor’ to come to our Christmas parties on Wednesday 20th of December. You are very welcome to come and join us at these times. There will be an opportunity to take a quick photo.

During our discussions with our parents they said that it would be great to get a clear picture of all the things we do to support learning in nursery. So we have divided it up into areas of language, maths and health & well-being and made a little summary for you. The first summary is a language one and it will be sent out at the start of next year.

Nativity tickets are on sale now for our performances on the 14^th.

They cost £1 each and you can have up to 3 tickets now with more available later.

We have started to go on the trim track more often using it as part of our nursery garden. It gives us great opportunities to run, climb and balance. Super fun!

Last week we told you that (from your donations) the children wanted a new buggy for nursery.  We have chosen the top three and voting will open on Tuesday.  Everyone will get to vote by putting a sticker with their name on it under their favourite.  We will let you know when it is purchased and in use.

A big thank you to all our nursery parents/carers for contributing extra to the snack fund. You have raised £153.50 this term which we can spend on resources for the nursery. One of the items we are thinking of buying is a new buggy for the house corner. We will ask for your child’s votes on their favourite buggy soon and the one that gets the most votes is the one we will buy.

Thank you for responding to our questionnaire of May 2017. We have noticed the results were not published on the Blog so here is a quick summary of your thoughts.

You Said

In the general comments everyone said their children liked being at the nursery and found the activities interesting. They thought the children felt at ease with the staff and there were no problems with the children’s behaviour. Everyone thought the nursery team treated the children kindly and fairly. A few thought the nursery had a poor reputation in the community although many disagreed strongly with this view.

The feedback about parental involvement was good. All parents thought that they were given opportunities to be involved in the nursery and that it had been explained the part you could play in your child’s progress.

The section about parent staff relationships was very positive. Everyone said they felt happy and comfortable when they were in the nursery except one person who only usually felt that way. Most felt suggestions and questions from parents were always encouraged, one respondent felt it was usually encouraged. Also one parent felt the team didn’t make use of the parents’ skills and time often enough.

In the overall section once more we had a very positive result with all but one parent saying that the staff let them know about their child’s good points.  Everyone thought the team was also good at letting them know what their child needs to get better at. All respondents thought the nursery team was approachable and friendly.

We will

We will try to ‘spread the word’ more about the good practice going on in our nursery so that our reputation is enhanced. We will use the Blog more frequently to publicise our activities and have our Stay & Play sessions more often so everyone can see for themselves some of the fabulous things going on.

We will utilise our parent volunteers more effectively. Already one parent volunteer regularly works on our Blog. We have plans (once all/most of the EE2 forms have been returned) to reinstate our weekly walks and have ideas about creating a story telling corner and garden work so volunteers for these areas would be fantastic. Any other suggestions are very welcome.

Please remember to return nursery clothes if your child has been changed. We are running very short. Also if you have spare clothes (socks, leggings, Tshirts etc.) the nursery would gladly take them.  Any spare wellies would be appreciated too as not every child has an allocated pair yet.