April Newsletter 2025
Our teaching toolkit theme of the month is:
Be Creative (To be experimental and expressive).
What have we been up to in April?
This month has been very busy. We finally had some lovely weather, so the pre-school children headed to the park. They had a wonderful time on the swings, climbing frame and slide. Toddlers have been on a sensory walk this month. They explored soft feathers and sticky gloop. They also did some planting in the garden and had a lovely time watering their plants to help them grow. Babies have been looking at the wind chimes in the garden, and listening to the sounds that they make. They have also had some sunshine circles sessions with Suzanne, and have loved the sensory activities and bubble popping activities.
Parent Reminders and Events
Suncream and Sunhats – With the weather now becoming warmer can we please can we remind all parents to be bringing in a labelled suncream if they haven’t already that we can keep at nursery and use throughout the summer. Can we please also remind parents to bring in a labelled sunhat.
Preschool Parents - Please be aware that school allocations can be checked online from Wednesday 16th April. We will be placing a list outside of preschool if you would like to tell other parents where your child will be attending and also so you can see other children who may be attending the same school.
Here is a great website for ideas to share at home to get your child ready for school:
https://www.bristolearlyyears.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Helping-children-look-forward-to-school.pdf
We will also be holding an evening for school leavers parents to discuss school readiness and what we will be doing to support your child over the summer term ready for their adventure to school. This will be on Tuesday 3rd June 2025 at 6:15pm until 7:15pm. Please do let us know if you can attend.
School Leaver Last Day - Now that we are approaching the last term - We just wanted to remind parents that our Term Time Only Funded children will finish on Friday 11th July. All other school leavers will finish by 31st August 2024. We want you to be aware that you are more than welcome to finish your children earlier for school however we require 4 weeks notice to any change in booking pattern.
Car park- Please can we ask that you park in the bays in the car park. Please can you be mindful about opening your car doors. We understand you may need space to get your child in and out of the car, however parents have informed us that we have had a few scratches and marks appearing on cars recently, and we want everyone to respect each other’s property.
Handovers- Please can we remind you that if you require a handover, please can you allow time for this and arrive before 5:50pm. We try our very best to handover everything we need to for all the children, but we have noticed parents arriving late and wanting a full handover. If you arrive after 5:50pm, we will have to limit this.
Medication and Illness policies:
If your child has been prescribed medication then they will need to have had been taking it for 24hrs before returning to nursery. You are welcome to call the nursery before bringing in your child if you are not sure and speak to Jenna or Suzanne.
Please do not leave any medication in your child’s bag, it must be handed to the office and a medication authorisation form must be filled out before you leave. Please ensure you bring the medication in a labelled perscription box/bottle.
When Calpol or any temperature reducing medicine is given to your child prior to nursery, they are not able to attend nursery until they are 4 hours clear of the medication.
A little reminder about some of the more common illnesses and the exclusion periods:
Conjunctivitis - They have to have been treated for 24hours whether this is eye drops (bacterial), or wiping with cooled boiled water (viral) and the child has to be comfortable.
Sickness and Diarrhea - 48 hours clear of the last incident.
Chicken Pox - Children can’t return to nursery until the spots have all scabbed over and are completely dry.
Hand, Foot and Mouth - Children can return once all symptoms have subsided.
Thank you for your help and understanding. If you have any questions or are unsure of anything, please do get in touch with the office.
Who is your Snappies Superstar?
Is there a staff member that you would like to be acknowledged for all their hard work this year or someone who you would just like to thank? At Snapdragons we run a reward scheme for our employees, nominations from parents mean stars for the staff that can go towards a range of different rewards and prizes which can include sweet treats, hampers, meal vouchers and even a trip to the spa, so if you would like to reward the staff remember to fill in the online form sharing your lovely words. Snappies Superstar — Snapdragons Nursery.
