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The Cloakroom To help
with the congestion in the cloakroom, we open the outside door at 8.50am so that
you may get your child ready for 9am. The main door will then be opened
and supervised by a member of staff. Please do make sure that your child
is in the main room before you leave so that it is clear that they are then in
the responsibility of the Pre-school staff.
It would be a great help if you
could make sure that your child's clothing are named, e.g. plimsolls, coats etc.
We can let you use permanent markers if you need them. Also make sure they
have a coat with them since we aim to go out on most days.
Please check that your child has
a complete change of clothes in their orange bag (including underwear, in case
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New changes
to bringing in Home-made food
It is now a
requirement under Health and Safety that we join the Food Standards Agency.
Sadly this means that we are no longer able to accept any home-made cakes,
biscuits or any other food for the children's snack time or parties.
However, you may bring in unopened shop bought food for your child to share with
their friends eg. crackers, breads, fruit and vegetables. We will also
continue to accept shop bought birthday cakes for your child.
If you have any
comments, please speak to Margaret Riggs, our designated person for Health and
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 In order to
improve congestion and to encourage independence in our children, it would be
better for the children to remove their outdoor shoes in the cloakroom area and
then carry their plimsolls into the pre-school room. Children would then put
their plimsolls on themselves with assistance from staff if necessary.
Please can we try
to adopt this new procedure when dropping off children at pre-school. Thank you.
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25th April 2008
The long awaited
weather is finally here. In our pre-school we want staff and children to
enjoy the sun safely. We are currently putting together a sun protection
policy. This is based on Cancer Research UK's Sunsmart Guidelines for
Nurseries and Pre-schools. (Please look at
www.sunsmart.org.uk for more details)
What will
we do?
On the coming
weeks, we will talk to the children about looking after ourselves in the
sunshine. We will talk about why it is important to wear hats and use
sunscreen. We also have a stock of sun-hats for those that forget to bring
their own.
We also consider
sun protection when planning outdoor activities and we will not go out if it is
too hot or if there is insufficient shade. However, we use parasols and
the awning to provide us with shade, we also make use of the large tree in the
playground and the shaded outside classroom. We enjoy sitting there for snack
time or story.
What can
you do to help?
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Supply your
child with a wide-brimmed (or legionnaire style) hat
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Encourage your
child to wear tops that cover their shoulders (vests and strappy tops are
discouraged) or ensure that they have access to one in their bag for use
during outside play
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Your child may
wear their sunglasses to and from pre-school but we would discourage
sunglasses during outside play
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Use sunscreen
that is factor 15+ or higher
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It is your
responsibility to apply sunscreen on your child before they attend a
session. If your child attends pre-school for the entire day we ask
that you complete a consent form allowing staff to reapply sunscreen before
the start of the afternoon session and supply us with your child's
sunscreen, this must be clearly named. All sunscreen will be kept in
our medical cupboard. If your child has a medical condition where it
is necessary for sunscreen to be re-applied then we will be happy to help,
please talk to a member of staff who will supply you with the relevant
medical form.
Thank you for your
co-operation and now we can all enjoy lots of lovely sunshine safely.
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