Welcome to the termly newsletter

We look forward to the second half of term with lots of excitements.

Please find below important notice for your information.

The little book

Thanks to parents who have returned the books. However, it seems some parents did not understand our intentions. We wanted parents to take pictures of their children engaged in an activity they enjoy at home and stick the picture in the book with a little description or explanation of how the child engaged with the activity. What we have at the moment are parents writing pages of what their children enjoy doing at home (which is good by the way) but that does not really serve our purpose.

We want to incorporate these activities into our planning for continuity. We understand that taking pictures and printing them out may sometimes be challenging but you can now choose to email them to the nursery at [email protected].  We will print them out ourselves. But kindly write the short note yourselves. Showing the children these pictures also has a way of boosting their confidence with an element of pride in their achievements.

Online journals

We want to start creating children learning journals online. These would give parents an opportunity to log in and view their children’s learning journey. The access is secure. It would also give parents the opportunity to leave comments and suggestions on how to support their child/ren better. However, we need your approval, as data would be stored. A form would be given to you to sign. The nursery would be using “tapestry” or “2 build a profile” which are some of the apps mostly used in the education sector.

New menu

We have recently contacted a food supplier, Zebedee, to explore the possibilities of them supplying us healthy, hot, nutritious and varied menu. This company caters for all cultural or religious needs. Please click here to have a look at Zebedee’s menu. The cost implications would be a £1 more for those for who have lunch with us and £1.20 only for those who have only tea (these apply to funded children, not those registered full time). Please we would need parents to sign up as the company has a limit to the number of food plates supplied. The reason why we are looking at this option is to serve you better because every week has a different menu.  Please go to Zebedee’s website for more information.

Summer trip to Ladyland  farm 

We would be planning a trip to Ladyland Farm in the summer. For the convenience of travel, we would like to hire a coach as we usually do. Please if any parent knows a cheaper coach hiring company they can recommend, kindly get in touch with the manager.

Help us improve Kiddies Kottage

We will always look for ways to serve you better. If you have any suggestions or complaints, please speak to us.

We would also appreciate your recommendations to other parents.

Thank you, once again, for choosing us.