July 2021

Nursery Update

We are really looking forward to welcoming you back into the nursery to meet all of our staff and admire the environments where the children play. On that note, we have found that children are settling in much easier in the mornings when they are dropped off with their key person at the nursery entrance. We propose keeping this in place but still welcoming you into the nursery to collect your child at the end of the day. As we get into the more wet months, we don’t expect you to stand out in that weather so we will invite you in then to do our quick handovers then! We would like to start welcoming you into the nursery to collect your child from

Monday the 6th of September.

As many of our staff are not yet at the age to have received both of their vaccinations (or even their first) we would like to request that masks remain in place during handovers for the time being to allow us to continue protecting our staff as much as possible.

We would like to thank you all, once again, for all of your support over the last year. Here’s to a brighter 2021 and hopefully a more normal 2022!

RHYME AND BOOK OF THE MONTH

Our book of the month this month involves some wild things and I’m not referring to the ones attending our nursery. ‘Where the wild things are’ is our book of the month this month and we can’t wait to sit down with everyone and dig into this story of a curious boy and his dreams which take him to an island inhabited by mysterious creatures.

Some of our favorite, most requested nursery rhymes are the pick of the month this month. ‘5 little speckled frogs’ and ‘Mr Peter Rabbit’ will be the rhymes for the month.

A note for our School Leavers

That time has come again where we have to say goodbye to so many lovely faces from our preschool room as they begin their new journey onto the next steps of life. For some of you we have had your children from the little babies in the baby room to such grown up mini adults in preschool. It has been such a pleasure being a part of their development and growth.

“You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting! So… Get on your way!” — Dr. Seuss

We wish them all the best in this journey they are embarking on and hope the memories they have made here with us will carry with them as they create so many more new ones along the way.

Our nursery doors are back open

With the restrictions lifting we are finally able to start getting back to some normality again. We are so happy to be able to announce we are now inviting you to come and visit the nursery for anyone who started throughout lock down or just never got a chance to see inside our rooms. If you send a message to our Grosvenor email

grosvenor@snapdragonsnursery.com

we would love to book a time for you to come and see the amazing environments you’ve been missing out on.

Updated Information

If your child does develop coronavirus symptoms please keep them home, inform the nursery and book a PCR test as soon as possible. Please remember that LFD tests should not be used on children under the age of 5 or on anyone displaying symptoms.

If your child does have a raised temperature, they must remain home until their acute symptoms are resolved and they have been 24 hours fever free (without needing fever reducing medication i.e. Calpol). This is regardless of whether you have a negative PCR result.

As soon as we are notified of a confirmed positive result for COVID-19 in our nursery we will inform all parents via email. We will let you know the age group and room that the case is based in and the date they were last in attendance. For confidentiality reasons we cannot share more information than this. The staff will undertake a deep clean of the room affected. The positive case will isolate, with their whole household, for 10 days. All other children are able to continue attending nursery as usual, provided they are well enough in themselves. Our staff members will continue taking their LFD tests and we will inform you of any further cases every time.

New graduation date

Thank you for all being so patient with this event. We have had a change in date due to the COVID restrictions that are still in place and following the guidance from Public Health, Department of Education. In good news we are still going forward with a graduation ceremony, this will be held on the afternoon of

Friday the 20th of August.

We are looking forward to being able to celebrate each and everyone of these amazing children who we have had the pleasure of getting to know so well for some over the last few years.

We will be confirming a specific time with you very soon and sending out the details for you to have in your calendars when all numbers are confirmed and finalized. Again, we appreciate your patience in this and cant wait to celebrate with you anyway we can.