Minee Monkeys Ltd

☀️ Sun Safety Reminder ☀️

With temperatures set to soar over the next few days, we’d like to remind all parents and carers how important it is to help us keep your little ones safe while they enjoy outdoor play.

Please ensure your child comes to nursery with:

🧢 A clearly labelled sun hat

🧴 Clearly labelled sunscreen (SPF 30+ or above) and that it has been applied before arriving at nursery. If you have given consent, our staff will reapply sunscreen throughout the day as needed.

👕 Suitable lightweight clothing that covers the shoulders and top of arms to help keep the children cool and protect their skin from the sun.

💧 We will ensure children have regular drinks, make use of shaded areas have lots of water play.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership in helping us provide a safe, happy and enjoyable environment for all of our children. 🌞

Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dads, grandads, stepdads, carers, and everyone who plays a special fatherly role in a child’s life. 💙

Thank you for the love, care, guidance, and laughter you bring each and every day. We hope you all have a wonderful Father’s Day filled with smiles, special moments, and lots of love.

Happy Father’s Day from all of us at Minee monkeys Ltd ! 💙

☀️ Hot Weather Reminder ☀️

With the warm weather forecast for next week, we kindly ask all parents and carers to ensure their child comes to nursery prepared for the sunshine.

Please provide:
🧢 A clearly labelled sun hat
🧴 A clearly labelled bottle of sun cream

We also ask that you apply sun cream to your child before they arrive at nursery each morning and inform a member of staff at drop-off that this has been done.

Our team will support children throughout the day by encouraging regular drinks, providing shade where possible, and reapplying sun cream

our nursery is fully air conditioned, helping to keep the children comfortable and cool during periods of hot weather

Thank you for your cooperation in helping us keep all children safe and comfortable during the hot weather.

🌞 Thank you,The Nursery Team

🌟Places Available this September at Minee Monkeys ltd🌟
We currently have places available in our:
👶 0–2 Year Old Room
🧒 2–3 Year Old Room
We offer:
✔️ 15 hours funded places for eligible 2, 3 and 4-year-olds
✔️ 30 hours funded places for eligible working families
📞 0121 544 1000
📧 [email protected]
Get in touch today to secure your child’s place for September!

📢 Changes to Our Daily Routine 📢

To support children’s learning, engagement, and uninterrupted play opportunities throughout the day, we will be making some changes to our meal times across the nursery.

lunch times will be:

👶 Babies – 11:00am
🧸 Toddlers – 11:15am
🎨 Preschool – 11:30am

Tea time for all rooms will also move to 3:30pm.

By staggering our lunch times and moving tea slightly later, we can reduce the amount of stopping and starting throughout the day, and reduce waiting times for transitions giving children more time to become fully immersed in their learning, play, and interactions with their friends.

We are excited about the positive impact these changes will have across the setting and thank you for your continued support.

If you have any questions, please speak to a member of Management team x

📸 Smile everyone! The photographer will be visiting nursery this Wednesday to capture some lovely photos, including our Pre-School Graduation pictures for our school leavers 🎓✨
If your child doesn’t attend that day you are welcome to bring them in between 10 and 11 am. You are also welcome to bring younger siblings into nursery for joint pictures. 
Please make sure children come dressed and ready for their photos.

✨ Welcome ✨
We are delighted to welcome Abbey to our team! 😊

Abbey will be standing in as Room Leader in our Baby Room while Anna continues to enjoys her maternity leave. Abbey has lots of experience working with babies, we know she will be a wonderful addition to our nursery and a great support to our little ones and families.

Please join us in giving Abbey a very warm welcome! 💛

✨Anniversary ✨
Today we celebrated Rehmuna’s 10 years with minee monkeys Ltd. We would like to thank Rehmuna for your 10 year service and for all that you do at Minee Monkeys Ltd.
Rehmuna you are a real asset to our Minee monkey family.

✨Safe eating guidance✨

Keeping children safe at mealtimes is very important. Young children are still learning how to chew, swallow and manage different food textures, which means some foods can present a choking risk if not prepared correctly.

To reduce the risk of choking, please ensure children are always seated upright while eating and supervised at all times. Children should be encouraged to eat slowly, chew food well and avoid walking, running or playing with food in their mouths.

Some foods need extra care when preparing, including:
Grapes, cherry tomatoes, berries and cherries – cut lengthways and then into quarters
Apples, pears, melon and other firm fruits – slice thinly rather than serving in chunks, consider removing the skin on fruit and vegetables especially for very young children as peeled fruit and vegetables can be swallowed more

White bread can form a ball shape with a dough-like texture at the back of a child's
throat, if not chewed properly. Brown bread or toasted white bread are good
alternatives. Cut bread, chapatis, naan bread and other breads into narrow strips.

Carrots, Cucumber  and celery – cut into thin batons or cook until soft
Sausages and hot dogs – cut lengthways into thin strips
Meat and fish – remove all bones and cut into small thin pieces

Cheese – grate or cut into thin strips
Whole nuts – should not be given to children under 5 years old

Foods that should be avoided for young children include popcorn, marshmallows, chewing gum, whole raisins for babies under 1, hard sweets, sticky sweets and raw jelly cubes,

If you are preparing packed lunches or snacks, please keep these guidelines in mind to help us maintain a safe eating environment for all children.

Here are some links to support your understanding on safe foods:

https://help-for-early-years-providers.education.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/food-safety

https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/Early%20Years%20Choking%20Hazards%20Poster_English.pdf

Help for early years providers : Food safety The EYFS framework requires providers to take all necessary steps to keep children safe and well. You must be confident that those responsible for preparing and handling food in your setting are competent to do so.

✨Staff meeting ✨

Tonight’s team meeting focused on staff training, and the important role we all play in delivering high-quality teaching and interactions within our nursery. 🌱

We explored what this looks like in practice, including the use of sustained shared thinking — taking time to really listen, respond, and build on children’s ideas as well as using open-ended questions to encourage curiosity, language development, and deeper thinking.

It was great to see the team sharing ideas and reflecting on how we can create meaningful learning experiences through our everyday interactions. Working together, we continue to support every child to thrive and reach their full potential. 💛

This term’s manager appreciation goes to Jody and Aleigha, congratulations to you both xx