Teachers: Mrs Ervine and Mrs Lead
Teaching Assistants: Ms Daniels, Mrs Smart-Wood, and Ms Andrews
This page is dedicated to all the exciting things we will be doing in class this year.
Term 5 2023
Welcome back to term 5 in Fledglings. We hope you all enjoyed the Easter Holidays and had a well-deserved break. Hopefully we will begin to see the sunshine a bit more now (fingers crossed!) so can we just take this opportunity to remind you to please ensure your child has a good coating of sun cream BEFORE they come to school (and cream in their bag to top up if necessary). A named sunhat and bottle of water are also essential for the warmer days. Thank you.
· Warm Welcome – We would like to extend a very warm welcome to our newest class members and their families; Zachary B joins our Reception Group while Oscar, Enzo and Sunny are now in the Nursery Group. We hope that all of our new children settle quickly and easily and enjoy their time with us in Fledglings.
· Projects, Plans and Routines – This term our learning will be based around the topics of ‘Frogs’ and ‘Kings and Queens’. The children will be taking part in lots of exciting and challenging activities including;
o Pond dipping
o Sensory frogspawn play!
o Writing about the life cycle of the frog
o Creating pond collage creations
o Listening to stories, rhymes, poems and songs related to our topics
o Enjoying coronation tea parties
o Learning about King Charles and the royal family
Reception Reading and Phonics – Our daily phonics sessions will continue to take place for our Reception children and we will send home the letters and sounds that we are working on in school so that you can practise them at home too. We are continuing to work on the phase 3 letters and sounds and there are lots of digraphs and even trigraphs to learn!
Can we please ask that your child continues to bring their reading folder into school EVERY DAY, so that we can use the books at school too and change them regularly. Thank you.
Spare Clothes and Welly Boots – Please remember we are a very hands on and messy Early Years Setting! It would be very helpful if you could please provide a spare set of clothes for your child to change into if they get wet or dirty. Please also send in a pair of NAMED welly boots that can stay at school.
Water Bottles, Sunhats and Sun Cream - We are also asking that children continue to bring a NAMED bottle of water with them into class each day. This means that they can take their own bottle outside with them on warmer days and we can encourage all of the children to drink more…especially during the afternoon sessions. A named sunhat will be necessary for hot and sunny days and please try to apply a good coating of sun cream to your child BEFORE school and send in a named tube of sun cream if you would like us to help your child to reapply at lunchtime.
P.E. – Reception children will continue to take part in a P.E. session on Friday mornings. Please make sure your Reception child comes to school WEARING their P.E. kit on Friday and remember to remove their jewellery and tie back long hair. Thank you.
Bike Groups – This term we will be running a ‘bike group’ session on Friday afternoons for ALL EYFS children – both Nursery and Reception. Where possible please encourage your child to bring their own bike or scooter (and helmet) to school on Friday so that we can take these onto the playground for your child to use in bike group time. We do have a small number of balance bikes and scooters at school that children can use if they are not able to bring their own in one week.
Thank you for your continued support, please do make an appointment to come and see us if you have any worries or concerns, alternatively speak to the office and we can phone you and have a chat at the end of the day.
With love from, Mrs Ervine, Mrs Lead, Sarah, Sammy, Davina and Kim xxxxxx
Dear parents/carers,
Please click on the links below to access the remote learning resources for the appropriate week of the school closure.
Below you will find extra links to websites and documents which will give you additional guidance on organising some focussed learning at home if you choose.
Starting with a Story - visit White Rose Maths for some activities based on stories.
- Reception Reading and Phonics – Our daily phonics sessions will continue to take place during the morning for our Reception children. We are still working on phase 3 sounds and words and there are lots of diagraphs and even triagraphs to learn! Thanks to all our parents for supporting your children so well with both our phonics and reading work, it is making such a difference to the progress they are all making.
- Spare Clothes, Welly Boots and Water Bottles – Please remember we are a very hands on and messy Early Years Setting! The children WILL be getting dirty as they play and learn in Fledglings. It is very helpful if you can provide a spare set of clothes for your child to change into if they get wet or dirty. Please also send in a pair of NAMED welly boots that can stay at school.
We are also asking that children please bring a NAMED bottle of water with them into class each day. This means that they can take their own bottle outside with them on warmer days and we can encourage all of the children to drink more…especially during the afternoon sessions. Thank you.
- P.E. – Reception children will continue to take part in a P.E. session on Friday mornings. Please make sure your Reception child has a P.E. kit in school for that day, remove their jewellery and tie back long hair. Thank you.
- Bike Groups – Bike groups take place most mornings for Nursery Children, weather and playground availability permitting. Children are very welcome to bring in their own bikes and scooters to use for bike group and it is helpful if they park them outside the Fledglings gate so that we can see them. It is also helpful to send in helmets if they have them (named) which they can hang on their pegs.
Please click on the link below for details of our price list and session times.
Free Early Years Education Guidance
At Fledglings we are pleased to be able to offer up to 30 hours of free childcare per week over 38 weeks. All three and four-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours of free early years education. These free sessions funded by Local Authority equate to five sessions of three hours per week.
Delivery patterns of free early education available at fledglings
|
Sessions |
Times |
Weeks Per Year |
Price |
|
Morning Session |
9.00 am – 12.00 pm |
38 weeks – term time only |
Free |
|
Afternoon Session |
12.00 pm – 3.00 pm |
38 weeks – term time only |
Free |
Further information on eligibility and extended entitlement can be found on the government website https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk).
Please note that funded universal hours claimed at the beginning of each term will be fixed for the whole term (i.e. Autumn Term 1&2, Spring Term 3&4, Summer Term 5&6), any adjustments can only be made at the beginning of the next new term i.e. Autumn, Spring and Summer.
Please note that the Free Early Education does not include lunch. Lunch meals are available at additional cost of £2.30 per meal.
If you take up extra childcare over and above your child’s free entitlement, you will only ever be charged for the extra hours. Additional/non-funded hours can be paid for at a rate of £13.00 per session. Invoices will be emailed to you at the beginning of each month and fees are to be paid within 14 days of receipt of invoice. Payments can be made by cash, cheques, childcare vouchers or online bank transfers.
To claim the Free Early Education the child’s legal documentation, i.e. birth certificate or passport will be required on registration.
Payment of Fees
No deposit or registration fee required. Invoices will be issued on a monthly basis payable in advance. The account should be settled by the end of the second week of the invoice period. Payment can be made by cash, cheque, childcare vouchers or bank transfer. The fees may be subject to periodic reviews, increases will be notified at least one month in advance.
Fees cover all non-funded sessions for which the child is enrolled including any sessions not attended by the child for instance due to illness/holiday. One calendar month’s notice will be required to cancel a place/or reduce sessions, failure to follow to provide this notice will incur the usual fee of £13 per session. Please note that no notice period is required for Free Early Education places.
Non-payment of fees will result in the following actions by the nursery: Children in receipt of Free Early Education will only be able to attend nursery for their Free Early Education. Hours outside of this entitlement will not be available to access until the outstanding amount has been settled. Children who do not receive funding will be requested to not attend the setting until the outstanding amount has been paid.
