Greetland Private Day Nursery

Don’t forget to join us for our Summer Fair on Sunday June 7th from 2.00 to 4.00 p.m.

We’ve got face painting, and exotic barbecue and a fun photo-booth, along with snow cones and a Frozen themed sing-a-long.

Why not come dressed as Elsa, Anna or Olaf? you can buy some cakes at the cake stall and try your luck at hook-a-duck.

And don’t forget to buy a raffle ticket – the top prize is four tickets to Lego Land!

100% of all money raised will go to Elland Silver Band to support them in their project to build a community music facility and their ongoing work in teaching young children to play wonderful brass music.

Hope to see you there!

Staff News

This month we are sad to announce that Bev from Preschool will be leaving us. Her last day will be Friday 13 March. We are very sorry to see her go and wish her every success in the future.

Bev’s place in the Preschool will be taken by Sammy King. Sammy is a fully qualified early years practitioner and has already joined the Preschool team so that she can get to know all the children before Bev leaves. If Bev is your child’s Key Person, then Sammy will be taking over and she will be introducing herself to you over the course of the next 2 weeks.

We also have a new face in the Toddler Room. Leanne Scott has joined us this week as an early years apprentice. Leanne has a background in dance and we look forward to her contribution to the Toddler Room team.

Finally in this month’s staff news, we are congratulating Helen who has been with the nursery 15 years this month! Helen joined us in March 2000 as a nursery nurse in the Baby Room and has since worked her way up to Deputy Manager and SENCO. Along the way she somehow found time to complete her BA (Hons) in Early Childhood and Youth Studies and gain Early Years Professional Status. Helen is one of the great team members that make our nursery such a wonderful place for children and staff alike.

Parents’ Evening

Parents’ evening is coming up on Thursday 30th April, from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. Our parents’ evenings are informal events, and you are invited to call in at any time to chat with your child’s Key Person, have a look around the nursery, and perhaps visit the next room your child will be moving to.

Our theme for this parents’ evening is Mark Making Matters. You will find displays and information around the nursery about the important role children’s early mark making plays in their later literacy development.

Feedback from Training Day

We had a very good training day last month and are happy to tell you that all of the staff have successfully renewed their paediatric first aid training.

Dates for Your Diary

March/April

Friday 13th March – Bev’s last day.

Friday 27th March – last day of term for funded places and OOSC.

Monday 30th to Friday 10th April – holiday club. Booking forms will be
available shortly.

April

Friday 3rd April – closed for Good Friday Bank Holiday

Monday 6th April – closed for Easter Monday Bank Holiday

Monday 13th April – first day of term for OOSC and Free Entitlement sessions.

Thursday 30th April – parents’ evening, 5.00 to 7.00 p.m.

May

Monday 4th May – closed for May Day Bank Holiday.

Friday 22nd May – last day of term for OOSC and Free Entitlement sessions.

Monday 25th May – closed for Spring Bank Holiday.

Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th May – Holiday Club

June

Monday 1st June – first day of term for OOSC and Free Entitlement session.

July

Friday 17th July – last day of term for OOSC and Free Entitlement session.

Some parents have mentioned to us that they are no longer receiving email notifications when a new observation is added to their child’s learning journal.

Following a recent update parents can decide for themselves how frequently they want to receive email notifications for the observations and comments published on their child’s Tapestry. The default setting is Daily Email, and the instructions below tell you how to change this if you wish.

Please note that this setting change will have to be made by the parents, on the browser version. 

To do it, log in, click on your name and choose ‘Edit Preferences’.

This will take you to your preferences screen. At the bottom, in the notifications section, you will see a new option asking you how you would like to receive them.

When you click on the drop down box you will be presented with four options – Internal, Immediate Email, Daily Email, or Weekly Email.

If you choose Internal, you won’t get any email notifications. You will only be notified by a mark next to the notification bell when you log into Tapestry.

You should chose Immediate Email (not shown on the image above) if you want to receive and email every time we add an observation about your child.

Daily Email means you will get one email per day – this won’t necessarily be at the same time every day as they are staggered across Settings, but it will notify you of every new observation/new reply since the last email you received from us. Please note that at the moment these emails are being sent out in the early hours of the morning.

Weekly Email means you will get one email every 7 days, as with the daily email though, this won’t always be at the exact same time each week.