February 2020 at Snapdragons Atworth…..
A good cause close to our hearts…..
Please support one of our Atworth Families who are fundraising for the British Heart Foundation!
They are aiming to raise as much money as possible for the British Heart Foundation in honour of our 3 month old daughter Amalie. At just 2 weeks old she underwent open heart surgery. She’s doing really well and we now want to raise as much money as possible so the BHF can continue to help others like her. Here’s how the family are fundraising:
In April Matt will be taking part in the 2020 Marathon des Sables. Dubbed the ‘toughest footrace on earth’, the challenge will see Matt cover 250km in 6 days across the Sahara Desert. A former rugby player through and through, Matt has already taken part in many marathons over the past year raising money for the BHF, culminating in not only the MDS but the London Marathon 2 weeks later!
To sponsor Matt through this epic event, visit: www.justgiving.com/Backrow2heartbabies
Here is one of their latest fundraising events that is happening in a few weeks.
Some of our Atworth team will be there to support the family with this.
See you on the 21st March!
Sit down, take a seat and have a look at what we have been up to during February at Snapdragons Atworth…..
Chefs in the making … Some of our Pre-schoolers were very kindly invited to be chefs for the day at Wagamama’s in Trowbridge.
Thank you very much for having us. We can’t wait to come back!
No one loves being in the garden as much as our babies and toddlers. We climbed, we splashed and we searched…..
Surprisingly we couldn’t find any puddles but instead we made our own. We even managed to find giant insects in the garden!
Let’s get messy in our baby room!
As usual we have been celebrating festivals from around the world. One we have been celebrating is Holi - the festival of colour!
Reminders…
Tote bags
As a company we are really trying to focus on how we can reduce waste, recycle and reuse items more. If possible please can all parents pop a little tote bag in their child’s main nursery bag. This will be for any wet clothes and this will help to reduce the amount plastic nappy bags that we are using during our nursery day!
Car park
Can we please remind parents to be mindful when entering and leaving the car park here at nursery! There are lots of people and children around so please drive slowly and be mindful when entering and leaving
Invoices
Please remember that invoices are due to be paid in full by the 15th of every month. You are able to view your most up to date invoice on the parent zone app by requesting a new invoice through the finance tab.
Session times
Children that are dropped off early to sessions or collected late from sessions will be subject to additional charges as per the parental contracts, see the below extract from the contract.
Children that are collected late, without pre-arrangement, at the end of their session will incur a late pickup charge of £7.00. For children who are still not collected by 18:15, a further charge of £15.00 will be administered.
For children who are still uncollected by 18:30, a further charge of £1.00 per minute will be administered.
Don’t forget that we are constantly updating our pictures and videos on our website so make sure that you are having a nosey at our website for what we have been up to!
Important dates for your diary….
Parents Evening for our Toddlers and babies - 25th March 2020.
This is from 6pm to 7:30pm. Don’t forget to book in a time in the rooms!
Parents Evening for Pre-school - 30th March 2020.
This is from 6pm to 7:30pm. Don’t forget to book in a time in the rooms!
Thank you for reading our February Newsletter!
See you again in March…..
Let’s hope we don’t have to catch the rain this month!
January 2020
This month at Atworth..
We have been busy since coming back to nursery after a fantastic Christmas break. Come and have a look at what we have been up to……..
Yay!
We did it…
You may have noticed a slight change of the layout and look of the nursery. We have been working on our Curiosity Approach Accreditation. This has enabled us to reflect on our current practice and provision that we offer from our baby room, toddler room to our pre-school room. After all of the team’s hard work we are now a Curiosity Approach Accredited setting!
January 2020 Snapshot…
Our babies have been busy in the garden! Everyone loves bubbles especially the babies when they can watch them pop, fly and land in the garden.
It’s been very chilly but this didn’t put the toddlers off and they have been busy selling ice-creams…..
Our Pre-schoolers are in training to be expert car washers. Although once the cars are gleaming they love to make them dirty again!
Christmas 2019…
We have had a wonderful Christmas exploring the excitement through the children’s learning, wishes and discoveries. We have had a lot of Christmas events and we have loved inviting you all in to the nursery to join in with the Christmas spirit. Also, we put on our annual Nativity performance with our pre-school children. Don’t forget that we have lots of pictures of these on our website. Even though it is a few months in to 2020 we can still re-live the Christmas events!
Reminders…
Car park
Can we please remind parents to be mindful when entering and leaving the car park here at nursery! There are lots of people and children around so please drive slowly and be mindful when entering and leaving
Invoices
Please remember that invoices are due to be paid in full by the 15th of every month. You are able to view your most up to date invoice on the parent zone app by requesting a new invoice through the finance tab.
Session times
Children that are dropped off early to sessions or collected late from sessions will be subject to additional charges as per the parental contracts, see the below extract from the contract.
Children that are collected late, without pre-arrangement, at the end of their session will incur a late pickup charge of £7.00. For children who are still not collected by 18:15, a further charge of £15.00 will be administered.
For children who are still uncollected by 18:30, a further charge of £1.00 per minute will be administered.
Don’t forget that we are constantly updating our pictures and videos on our website so make sure that you are having a nosey at our website for what we have been up to!
Important dates for your diary….
Pajamas and story evening - 4th March 2020
Parent’s evening for Babies and Toddlers - 25th March 2020
Parent’s evening for Pre-school - 30th March 2020
July 2019
Warleigh Lodge Farm school leaver trip 2019
School leavers
Sadly we say goodbye to all of our school leavers from Atworth! We would like to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of them the best of luck in their first years at school!
We enjoyed our annual trip to Warleigh Lodge Farm with our school leavers recently and you can see some of the photos below and the rest on our website!
Hot weather
The days are definitely starting to get warmer and here at Atworth we like to get out and about as much as possible!
With this in mind can we please remind all parents to provide a labelled bottle of suncream and a sunhat, along with weather appropriate clothing!
Outdoor play is an important part of the children’s positive development and encourages and supports not only their physical development but also their creativity and imaginative play!
Learning focus
This month we are focusing on Physical Development here at Atworth and our focus stories are
“The Gruffalo”
“Where The Wild Things Are” and
“Dear Zoo”
We would love for you to get involved at home, have a read of the chosen books, or choose some yourselves, and you can chat with your child’s key person about activities you could do to encourage Physical Development at home as well! Don’t forget you can upload your photos to parent zone so we can see what fun you have!!
Term dates
Non Funded children-
Term finishes: 24th July
Term begins: 2nd September
Funded children-
Term finishes: 19th July
Term begins: 2nd September
Reminders
Car park
Can we please remind parents to be mindful when entering and leaving the car park here at nursery! There are lots of people and children around so please drive slowly and be mindful when entering and leaving
Invoices
Please remember that invoices are due to be paid in full by the 15th of every month. You are able to view your most up to date invoice on the parent zone app by requesting a new invoice through the finance tab.
Session times
Children that are dropped off early to sessions or collected late from sessions will be subject to additional charges as per the parental contracts, see the below extract from the contract.
Children that are collected late, without pre-arrangement, at the end of their session will incur a late pickup charge of £7.00. For children who are still not collected by 18:15, a further charge of £15.00 will be administered.
For children who are still uncollected by 18:30, a further charge of £1.00 per minute will be administered.
May 2019
Upcoming events…
Concept Photography
Are back in nursery on Wednesday 15th May from 8:30-12:00pm. If your little one is in that day their photos will be taken as normal. If you do not wish for their photos to be done, then please let the team know on the day.
If your little one is not in that day and you would like to bring them along for photos, please let the office know so we can arrange a slot for you to come in.
Crockadoodledoo
Are with us on Monday 13th May. Order forms and letters have gone out to all children to arrange this with you. If you have any queries or questions about this please contact the office.
Picnic and sports day
On Saturday 1st June we are hosting our annual parent and child picnic and sports day event……
Learning focus
This months learning focus is Storytelling, and our focus book is “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” and the supporting leaflets are “The Road to Reading” and “Toddlers and very early learning” pick up your copies from the nursery and keep an eye out on social media to see what we get up to!
Reminders
Mobile phones
Please can we remind all parents that we are a mobile phone free site. If you are dropping off or collecting please keep your phones in your pockets and do not use them on site. A member of the team will ask you to pop your phone away or finish your conversation before being allowed on site.
Invoice reminder
Can we please remind all parents that payment of invoices is due by the 15th of every month and any invoices not cleared by this date may be subject to a late payment fee if the balance is not cleared.
Nursery opening hours
The Nursery is open from 8:00am - 6:00pm.
We would like to remind parents that unless you are on specific funded session or have pre-paid early drop off, you are asked to drop and collect your child/ren within the hours of your session. If your child is dropped off or collected late, then you will be charged as per the parental contracts.
If your child is on a specific funded session, please arrive within the the hours of your session or you will be charged an early/late fee.
Car park safety
Please can all parents ensure that they take care in our car park as it can get very busy. Also if you are driving please can you ensure that you are driving slowly to ensure that all children, parents, staff and visitors are safe when walking in the car park.
April 2019
This month at Atworth…
We’d like to say a big WELCOME to Tristan who has joined us this month and will be working as part of our fantastic toddler team!
Please join us in making him feel as welcome as possible and be sure to say hello when you see him about!
Learning focus…
This month our learning focus is Understanding the World and our book of the month is “The Three Little Pigs”
You can pick up the learning together leaflets “Science all around” and “Young children and technology” from us here at nursery to help continue this learning focus at home.
Our hashtag this month is #snapsworld so don’t forget to look out for this on our social media sites!
Parents evening
Parents evening will be taking place on Wednesday 10th April here at Atworth from 6:00pm - 7:30pm. If you would like to book in a slot with your child’s key carer then please speak with them in the rooms to do so. Spaces are filling up fast so book soon to avoid disappointment.
There will be a parent / child contribution to planning form that we ask all parents to complete prior to attending this parents evening.
Pre-school
Pre-school spent lots of time outdoors this month, and were feeling particularly green fingered and made the most of the growing areas!!
They also created their very own obstacle course in the garden, and had so much fun running and climbing and putting their motor skills to the test on it!!
Bank Holidays
Don’t forget with Easter approaching the following nursery closures will apply:
We will be closed on Friday 19th and Monday 22nd April, nursery will open again as normal on Tuesday 23rd.
Term dates…
Term finishes - Friday 5th April
Term begins - Tuesday 23rd April
Babies
Babies have had great fun this month exploring the garden and taking part in lots of fun outdoors activities! We were climbing and balancing and exploring ways we can move!
Toddlers
Toddlers spent loads of time out in the gardens this month and you can see what fun they had!!! We did lots of messy activities and enjoyed just being toddlers!!!
Toddlers have had great fun in the garden this month!!
Reminders
Session times
The nursery is open from 8:00am to 6:00pm so please can we remind all parents children must be dropped off and collected between the times of their session. Details of which can be found on parent zone or your invoice.
Invoice
Should you need to see an up to date invoice, you can view this through the parent zone portal and request a bill be sent, which will then send a copy of your most up to date invoice to the registered bill payer email address.
Weather
It seems the weather can’t quite make up its mind at the moment and we are having hot and cold days! With this in mind can we please ask parents to provide appropriate clothing for their children, including hats and a named bottle of suncream for when the sun does appear!!
Changes within the nursery
We are aware that sometimes things can change within the nursery and you may not feel that you have the most up to date information. If you ever feel concerned or have ANY queries or questions no matter what, please feel free to pop to the office or drop us an email and we will be more than happy to discuss these with you at any time.
March 2019
What’s new at Atworth?
As you all know Lizzie has been successfully promoted as our Nursery Deputy Manager alongside her role as Nursery SENDco and Head of the Toddler room. She is already doing fantastically within her new role and we would like to thank everyone for their support with this transition!
As always if you have any questions about changes in the nursery please feel free to pop into the office for a chat at any time.
Learning focus
Our learning focus this month is Expressive Arts and Design and the focus story is ‘Chicken Licken’ so get ready to see some fabulously artistic activities happening here at nursery!
You can pick up our learning together leaflet ‘Children as Artists’ from here at nursery to read at home!
World Book Day
Thursday 7th March is World Book Day and we are all getting involved here at Atworth by dressing up as our favourite book characters! We would love for the children to get involved as well and dress up with us! Either as their favourite book character, or just their favourite character!!
Red Nose Day
Red nose day is right around the corner on Friday 15th March, we have some fantastic activities planned for this week so keep you eyes peeled for information! As usual we will be selling red noses from the office for a small donation of £1.25 which all goes towards a fantastic cause!
Upcoming dates for your diary
Pancake day Tuesday 5th March - lots of pancake activities
World Book Day Thursday 7th March - Dress up at nursery day
Red Nose Day Friday 15th March - TBC
Mothers day Sunday 31st March - TBC
Whats been happening this month?
We’ve had an action packed month here at Atworth and spent lots of time out and about as well!
Babies…
Have enjoyed lots of outdoor activities this month, especially getting wet and muddy in the garden!
Babies were sure to make the most of the weather and splash about in the rain!!
Toddlers…
Have spent lots of time exploring sensory activities this month
We had lots of fun exploring play dough and seeing what shapes we could create…
Preschool…
We’ve had a busy month in preschool this month and spent lots of time out and about
Preschool had lots of fun making bird feeders in the garden
And also spent time mixing play dough with petals and seeing what smells they could create!
Reminders
Mobile phones
Please can we remind all parents that we are a mobile phone free site. If you are dropping off or collecting please keep your phones in your pockets and do not use them on site. A member of the team will ask you to pop your phone away or finish your conversation before being allowed on site.
Invoice reminder
Can we please remind all parents that payment of invoices is due by the 15th of every month and any invoices not cleared by this date may be subject to a late payment fee if the balance is not cleared.
Nursery opening hours
The Nursery is open from 8:00am - 6:00pm.
We would like to remind parents that unless you are on specific funded session or have pre-paid early drop off, you are asked to drop and collect your child/ren within the hours of your session.
If your child is on a specific funded session, please arrive within the the hours of your session or you will be charged an early/late fee.
Car park safety
Please can all parents ensure that they take care in our car park as it can get very busy. Also if you are driving please can you ensure that you are driving slowly to ensure that all children, parents, staff and visitors are safe when walking in the car park.
December 2018 - January 2019
What’s been happening at Atworth?
It’s that time of year again and December is upon us which means it’s almost time for our Christmas break! Nursery will be closed from Tuesday 25th December and we re open again on Wednesday 2nd January 2019 as normal!
Our term time only children return to their normal sessions from week commencing Monday 7th January, but if you have any queries you can find out more information about sessions on our homepage of the Snapdragons website.
Christmas at Atworth!
There’s been lots of Christmas activities happening here at Snaps Atworth so don’t forget to join in the fun with your Christmas jumpers, and check out what we’ve been up to on our social media accounts!!
Preschool Nativity
We would just like to say a huge congratulations and well done to all of the preschool children for their fantastic nativity performance this year! They all worked extremely hard and it was absolutely fantastic!! A big well done to all the team as well!
Learning focus
It’s December now and our learning focus is Writing and the book of the month is ‘The Nativity Story’. We have lots of resources here at nursery to help you encourage and support your little ones writing skills, and the learning together leaflet ‘Making Their Mark’ can be found on site to take home with you.
You can use songs with Snapdragons at https://vimeopro.com/snapdragonsnursery/singing-with-snapdragons
Here you will find audio and lyrics to our favourite nursery rhymes https://www.snapdragonsnursery.com/nursery-rhymes
In January our learning focus is OUTDOORS and we will be spending lots of time out and about in the gardens and going on walks with the children, can we please ask you to ensure you have provided appropriate clothing and footwear for your little ones!
Our focus story is ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and the learning together leaflet is going out to play and learn. You can pick up your copy from the girls in the room, or we will be happy to email out one to you if you would like to have a read of it and bring the learning focus home!
Reminders
Mobile phones
Please can we remind all parents that we are a mobile phone free site. If you are dropping off or collecting please keep your phones in your pockets and do not use them on site. A member of the team will ask you to pop your phone away or finish your conversation before being allowed on site.
Invoice reminder
Can we please remind all parents that payment of invoices is due by the 15th of every month and any invoices not cleared by this date may be subject to a late payment fee if the balance is not cleared.
Nursery opening hours
The Nursery is open from 8:00am - 6:00pm.
We would like to remind parents that unless you are on specific funded session or have pre-paid early drop off, you are asked to drop and collect your child/ren within the hours of your session.
If your child is on a specific funded session, please arrive within the the hours of your session or you will be charged an early/late fee.
Car park safety
Please can all parents ensure that they take care in our car park as it can get very busy. Also if you are driving please can you ensure that you are driving slowly to ensure that all children, parents, staff and visitors are safe when walking in the car park.
Whats been happening in Babies?
Babies have been exploring all the different toys we have here at nursery this month and enjoying the sensory blow up balloons!
Whats been happening in Toddlers?
Toddlers have been spending lots of time out in the gardens this month, enjoying the sensory areas, the Wendy house and playing with the cars as well!
Whats been happening in Preschool?
Preschool have been getting really creative this month spending lots of time in the art area coming up with some fantastic piece’s of artwork!
Don’t forget you can more of what we’ve been getting up to here at Atworth by following us on social media on Twitter and Facebook and viewing our galleries on the website!
SNAPPIES SUPERSTAR!!!
Do you have a Snappy Superstar?
If you love the work we do at Snapdragons Atworth, please let us know about it!
You have the ability to nominate our amazing staff for the hard work they do daily by heading to our website and nominating your snappy superstar!
https://www.snapdragonsnursery.com/superstar
Alternatively, you can send us an email if this is easier for you!
Merry Christmas!!!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for you support over the last year and wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
We hope you all have a lovely break and look forward to seeing everyone again in 2019!!!
Lots of love from Team Atworth
xxx
November 2018
Whats happening at Atworth!
We would like to say a big welcome to all the new children we have had start with us over the last few months!
Theres a lot happening over the coming weeks here at Atworth so have a good read of this months newsletter and as always feel free to get in touch with the office if you have any queries or questions!
Upcoming events
Bonfire and Halloween party- will be taking place on Thursday 8th November from 4:00-5:00pm. Tim our Leader of Outdoor Learning is here to do some bonfire activities with the children and toast some yummy smores! Please feel free to come along to this, it is an event for all of our children and parents!
Concept photography will be with us on Friday 9th November from 8:30am - 12:00. If you would like to bring your little one along for photos please feel free to do so even if they aren’t booked in for a session there is a sign up sheet in the preschool room.
If you do not want your child’s photos taken on the day please let the room teams know.
The Pre-school nativity will be taking place on Wednesday 5th December at 2:30pm. This is for our pre-school children and parents and you will receive your invites shortly. Please respond as soon as you can.
This years Christmas party will be taking place on Wednesday 12th December from 4:00-5:30pm and is an event for all of our children and parents. The staff will be getting into the Christmas spirit and donning their best Christmas outfits and would love for the children to take part as well.
Learning focus
It’s November now and our learning focus is Communication and Language and the book of the month is ‘Peace At Last’. We have lots of resources here at nursery to help you encourage and support your little ones communication and language skills, and the learning together leaflets ‘Questions and Answers’ and ‘Babies- learning starts from the very first day’ can be found on site to take home with you.
You can use songs with Snapdragons at https://vimeopro.com/snapdragonsnursery/singing-with-snapdragons
Here you will find audio and lyrics to our favourite nursery rhymes https://www.snapdragonsnursery.com/nursery-rhymes/
Stories with Snapdragons, fun audiobooks you can find here: https://www.snapdragonsnursery.com/nursery-rhymes/
Risky play
At Snapdragons we like to challenge all our children in all areas of learning. The Government’s Health and Safety Executive has produced a new document called ‘Children’s play and Leisure – promoting a balanced approach.’ http://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/childrens-play-july-2012.pdf
The document has been produced to tackle myths and untruths that are around about ‘risky play for children’. It makes interesting reading and many points to consider.
The Key message from the document is:
‘Play is great for children’s well-being and development. When planning and providing play opportunities, the goal is not to eliminate risk, but to weigh up the risks and benefits. No child will learn about risk if they are wrapped in cotton wool’.
So, it’s not about letting children hurt themselves but allowing them to calculate the risk for themselves, they will need adult support, but instead of saying, ‘be careful’ we should be saying, ‘how can we complete the task safely?’
National Christmas Jumper Day
On Friday 14th December all the staff will be wearing their Christmas jumpers in aid of the Save the Children charity and raising money for a fantastic cause. We would love for your little ones to take part as well and wear their favourite Christmas jumpers or outfits on this day for a suggested donation of £1 per child, all proceeds to go to Save the Children.
christmasjumper@savethechildren.org.uk 0808 281 1031
Save the Children Fund is a registered company limited by guarantee (Company No. 178159)
Registered Charity No. 213890 (England & Wales) and SC039570 (Scotland)
Registered office: 1 St John's Lane, London EC1M 4AR
Babies
Babies have enjoyed baking activities with Charlotte this month!
Toddlers
This month toddlers have been spending lots of time outside in the garden exploring the resources and climbing around!
Preschool
This month preschool have been enjoying some time in the garden getting messy!
Staff nominations
Do you have a Snappy Superstar?
If you love the work we do at Snapdragons Atworth, please let us know about it!
You have the ability to nominate our amazing staff for the hard work they do daily by heading to our website and nominating your snappy superstar!
https://www.snapdragonsnursery.com/superstar
Alternatively, you can send us an email if this is easier for you!
Reminders
Mobile phones
Please can we remind all parents that we are a mobile phone free site. If you are dropping off or collecting please keep your phones in your pockets and do not use them on site. A member of the team will ask you to pop your phone away or finish your conversation before being allowed on site.
Invoice reminder
Can we please remind all parents that payment of invoices is due by the 15th of every month and any invoices not cleared by this date may be subject to a late payment fee if the balance is not cleared.
Nursery opening hours
The Nursery is open from 8:00am - 6:00pm.
We would like to remind parents that unless you are on specific funded session or have pre-paid early drop off, you are asked to drop and collect your child/ren within the hours of your session.
If your child is on a specific funded session, please arrive within the the hours of your session or you will be charged an early/late fee.
Car park safety
Please can all parents ensure that they take care in our car park as it can get very busy. Also if you are driving please can you ensure that you are driving slowly to ensure that all children, parents, staff and visitors are safe when walking in the car park.
July - August 2018 news
What a wonderful month or so that we have had at Snapdragons Atworth. Please take a look below at what we have been up to.
Pre-school Graduation
We spent a wonderful day with our pre-school children by celebrating how fantastic each and every one of them during our graduation ceremony.
It is with a very heavy heart that we say goodbye to our pre-school children who are leaving to go to school. We know that they all will be fantastic and will all go on to do brilliant things. Please do come back and visit us!
Sports day
After our graduation ceremony we had a fantastic day with all of the families across the nursery who joined us for our annual sports day. The sun shone down on us and as usual we loved seeing you all. A huge thank you to everyone who came.
Do you have a Snappy Superstar?
If you love the work we do at Snapdragons Atworth, please let us know about it!
You have the ability to nominate our amazing staff for the hard work they do daily by heading to our website and nominating your snappy superstar!
Alternatively, you can send us an email if this is easier for you!
We're going on a bear hunt......
Our story of the month is 'We're going on a bear hunt' and the focus area this month is outdoor learning. Please watch out for any bears that may be wandering around our nursery during this month!
Please have a look at our twitter page @snapatworth for pictures of what the rooms have been up to.
Reminders
Nursery opening hours
The Nursery is open from 8:00am - 6:00pm.
We would like to remind parents that unless you are on specific funded session or have pre-paid for an early drop off session, you are asked to drop and collect your child/ren within the hours of your session.
If your child is on a specific funded session, please arrive within the the hours of your session or you will be charged an early/late fee.
Mobile Phone Policy
We would like to remind that it is against nursery policy for anybody to use their mobile phones in the nursery If you are on your phone you will be asked to finish your conversation before being let into the building.
Car park safety
Please can all parents ensure that they take care in our car park as it can get very busy. Also if you are driving please can you ensure that you are driving slowly to ensure that all children, parents, staff and visitors are safe when walking in the car park.
Best of luck to all of our wonderful children who are leaving to attend school.
We also look forwards to all of our new families who will be starting with us very soon!
June 2018 news
Welcome to our monthly newsletter for Snapdragons Atworth.
Team News
Firstly, we would like to share our fantastic news regarding our recent promotions within our Atworth team.
Christina, who was the Deputy Manager and Head of Pre-school, has been promoted to the Nursery Manager.
Harriet who was previously the Head of our Baby room, has been promoted to the Deputy Manager of the nursery and continues to be our Head of the Baby room.
Natalie, who was our Nursery Nurse, has been promoted to our Head of the Pre-school room. Natalie is also continuing to complete her Forest School training.
We have also welcomed a new member of staff to our team; Isobel. She will be based in the Pre-school room and was with us prior as our college student.
Please feel free to say a big hello to them next time you see them!
Have a look at our team page to see all of our fantastic team members or have at look at our team board inside of our nursery.
Do you have a Snappy Superstar?
If you love the work we do at Snapdragons Atworth, let us know about it!
You have the ability to nominate our amazing staff for the hard work they do daily by heading to our website and nominating your snappy superstar!
Alternatively, you can send us an email if this is easier for you!
Warleigh Lodge Farm Trip
This month our pre-school school leavers had a fantastic trip to Warleigh Lodge farm.
The children all had a fantastic day. They were able to feed animals such as the lambs, cows and goats! They saw the Peter Rabbit tree which they all climbed through, not to mention the amazing tractor ride through the fields!
The sun shone down on us all day and we took home some extremely happy children.
Thank you to all the members of staff who helped and all the parents who re-arranged their child's day so that they could attend!
Also, a huge thank you to Warleigh Lodge Farm for a lovely day and such a warm welcome as per usual.
Please have a look through the photographs above. We also have lots more pictures on our 'Atworth photo's' page.
Jack and the beanstalk arrives in Atworth
This month our story of the month is Jack and the Beanstalk. We have gone Jack and the beanstalk crazy at the nursery with beanstalks growing in the rooms, beanstalks growing in the gardens and even giants coming to visit the children!
Please feel free to come in and see our beanstalks that have grown.
Also, this month's theme is Expressive Arts & Design. This means that we will be getting extra creative with all art mediums. Think texture, colour, mess and noise. Lots of fun all round!
Reminders
Nursery opening hours
The Nursery is open from 8:00am - 6:00pm.
We would like to remind parents that unless you are on specific funded session or have pre-paid early drop off/late pick up, you are asked to drop and collect your child/ren within the hours of your session.
If your child is on a specific funded session, please arrive within the the hours of your session or you will be charged an early/late fee.
Mobile Phone Policy
We would like to remind that it is against nursery policy for anybody to use their mobile phones in the nursery If you are on your phone you will be asked to finish your conversation before being let into the building.
Car park safety
Please can all parents ensure that they take care in our car park as it can get very busy. Also if you are driving please can you ensure that you are driving slowly to ensure that all children, parents, staff and visitors are safe when walking in the car park.