Email: - info@bizzy-bears.com Newsletter Bizzy Bears www.bizzy-bears.com Contacts During sessions : - 01604 785123 Out of hours: - 07941 182487 Email: - info@bizzy-bears.com Follow us on face book Pre-School October Newsletter 2018 Autumn Term We are already half way through our first half term and all our new children are settling in well. Information regarding our themes and planned activities are displayed on the curriculum notice board in the corridor. Family Coffee Morning On Friday 5th October at 9.15am-10.00am we are having a coffee morning for Bizzy Bears families. Younger siblings are more than welcome. We will be sharing information on Tapestry the online learning journals, how to access them and how to upload observations and photographs of events from home. The coffee morning will include free refreshments. We hope you will be able to attend to share your ideas and opinions. Facebook We would like to remind all parents and carers that we have a Preschool facebook page. The prime use for this page will be to display photographs of activities which we have carried out(no children’s faces will be included in these photographs), displaying reminders such as funding dates and Preschool events. Please like our page and check regularly for any updates. Please note we will not be using this page to receive messages as it will not be checked on a regular basis so please continue to telephone or email us in the usual way. Tempest Photography On Friday October 12th we have a photographer coming into Pre-School to take individual and family photographs. All children and families are welcome, the photographer will be at Bizzy Bears from 8.45am until 11.30am. Please see a member of staff to arrange a time slot if your child is not in that day or if you wish your child to have their photograph taken with siblings. If you do not want your child’s photograph taken please inform a member of staff. Lunch boxes Lunch time is a sociable occasion where the children can sit with their friends and enjoy eating their packed lunch. We encourage the children to become independent by opening their own lunch bags, food wrappers and containers. We also encourage the children to eat savoury items first. Although it may look messy we put any uneaten food back in the lunch bags so Parents/carers can monitor what your child has eaten.Please can we ask that all children’s lunch boxes and drinks bottles are labelled with your child’s name to prevent lost items. We would also like to remind you that all grapes, strawberries and cucumber pieces should be cut in half as these can be choking hazards when eaten whole.

Tots mornings in Partnership with St Andrews CEVA school. We are continuing to work in partnership with St Andrews CEVA school in Ecton Brook to put on tots sessions for under 5’s in the local community. The sessions are be based at St Andrews CEVA school on Ecton Brook road in their community room and include fun, games, arts and crafts and refreshments. Please let family and friends know. There is no charge for this event. All welcome! For more information please see the poster on the parents board or speak to a member of staff. Monday 1st October 9.00am-10.00am Monday 26th November 9.00am-10.00am Children In Need To celebrate this years Children in need appeal, we will be holding a week of exciting fundraising activities from 12th-16th November. Monday 12th- Fancy dress day Tuesday 13th – Spotty clothes day Wednesday 14th – Pyjama day Thursday 15th and Friday 16th cake sale We will be holding a cake sale at the end of the sessions on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th and would welcome donations of cakes to sell to go alongside some that the children have been making in Preschool. Thank you. Parents evening We would like to gather your views on a suitable time for our next parents evening event on Monday 26th November. 3.30pm-5.00pm or 6.00pm-7.30pm There will be a tick sheet in each changing room at Bizzy Bears for you to indicate your preference and we will inform all parents of the outcome w/c 8th October. School Admissions If your child turns 4 before 31st August 2019 its time to apply for their primary school place. To help you make this decision you can visit schools on open evenings and read school prospectuses. You can make your application and find helpful tips and information online at www.northamptonshire.gov.uk /admissions, or you can apply online at any Northamptonshire County Council library(there will be no charge for using the computers to complete your application or for accessing the emails regarding your school application). You can also apply by post by downloading a form from www.Northamptonshire.gov.uk/admissions and returning it to school admissions. The deadline for applications is Tuesday 15th January 2019 at 5pm. . Policy of the month We have a comprehensive set of policies and procedures that Bizzy Bears follows. To familiarise parents/carers with our policies this term we shall be focusing on one policy per month. This month it is Administering medicines policy. A copy of this policy is displayed on the parents notice board in the corridor, in the policy book in the changing room and on our website. We can also email parents a copy if requested. Dates for your diary Friday 5th October- Family coffee morning Friday 12th October –Tempest Photography Monday 22nd October to Friday 26th October –Half term Monday 29th October – New term starts w/b 12th -16th November- Children in need fundraising week