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Sunnyside’s New Year newsletter
Welcome back to nursery after the festive period, we hope everyone had a wonderful time!
After a busy month in December preparing for Christmas and celebrating the exciting time of the
year, we have welcomed 2015 to Sunnyside with a big smile and lots of excitement!
Firstly we would like to update you with our staffing structure, please find details below:
Baby unit
Cher, Siobhan and Leah
Toddler unit
Liandra and Lorna
2-3’s unit
Sian, Rachael & Becky
Helen
Pre-school unit
Laura, Louise
Office
Vicky, Bhav & Cher
Congratulations to Leah who has now taken on a permanent nursery practitioner’s role at
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Sunnyside. We look forward to welcoming Leah on board.
Most of our staff are full time, however we do have a few members of staff who work part time.
All the children have their own key worker and will inform you of the days they work and their
position within our team. Please ask the practitioners if you would like to have a look at the
learning journeys.
Management team are always available, however it may be necessary to make an appointment
to meet with a particular member of the management team due to the hours/days they work.
Events for 2015
The yearly events calendar will be sent out for the upcoming coming months, however there will
always be lots more occasions to celebrate as we go through the year.
We will be cerebrating Chinese New Year on 19th February 2015…with lots of cultural food and
activities and games! More details to follow!
Events will be posted on the Facebook page, posters on the nursery doors and letters sent home.
Any children who are not in nursery before the event, we will aim to contact you be text or a
telephone call. We are currently looking at starting a nursery website so look out for more
information to follow!
Please update us with contact email addresses or mobile numbers if there has been any change
thank you.
Charity events
We will be taking part in charity events throughout the year, if you hear of any events which you
think would be suitable to raise funds for, please notify us!
Nursery comment slips
In the entrance leading to our baby unit, outside the 2-3’s unit and outside pre-school there are
parent comment boxes, please feel free to use the slips provided and post them to us. We really
do appreciate your comments. The comment slips help the nursery develop and meet parent’s
wishes as a child care provider.
Nursery fees
Please can we ask that all nursery fees are paid on time and inform us of any changes to
payment methods as soon as possible.
Please also note that a late collection charge will be added to your nursery fees, if the collection
of children is reoccurring as notified previously letters sent home. If you are running late please
let the Sunnyside team know.
Training updates
All the team at Sunnyside are committed to their roles as professional nursery nurses and attend
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training courses as part of their ongoing commitment to the children attending Sunnyside, with
that taken into consideration few of the practitioners will be attending First Aid training to update
their current qualifications and also allergy Awareness and in house training will continue to
ensure practitioners at Sunnyside have the most up-to-date knowledge.
Nursery policies
If any parents wish to view our nursery polices, please feel free to take a copy of them from the
entrance hall near the library or call into the office at any time. Please take a look at information
regarding Flu Vaccinations available via the nhs.
Please can we ask at this time that the sickness policy is followed strictly, lately there has been a
lot of nasty viral illnesses/infections doing the rounds and as much as we fully understand
parents work commitments, we are fully committed to providing an environment which does not
promote potential infections to children when this could possibly be avoided.
With this in mind please can we ask that all illnesses are reported as soon as possible to a
member of the nursery team, we also need to be informed by parents if their child has been
prescribed antibiotics even if the dosage is not needed during the child’s time at nursery.
As always we will notify you of any suspected illnesses if symptoms occur while we care for your
children and will expected you to understand the nursery policy, which is put in place regarding
collection of children if this is thought necessary.
Finally........
We are due our Ofsted inspection! On the day of the inspection parents will be notified by means
of a poster on the doors of the nursery, stating that an inspection is taking place. If you would like
to speak to the inspector on the day of the visit, please feel free to do so. All members of staff
will introduce you to the inspector should they be in your child room when you are dropping off or
collecting.
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