Central Park Nursery

We will be running a Cake sale tomorrow in aid of Cancer Research in the foyer.
Cakes will be 50p, so don't forget your change!

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Dear Parents & Carers,
We continually assess our menus and the meals on offer at Central Park Nursery, to check salt levels are still low, that children are accessing a wide variety of meals and that we are doing the most we can to ensure that children are meeting their 5 portions of fruit and veg per day.
Some minimal amendments have been made which can be seen on our Menu board located in the Foyer.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind all parents and carers that healthy eating habits should also be extended to the lunchboxes you provide.
A main meal lunchbox should include
- A sandwich, wraps, cooked pasta, crackers etc. with a low salt content.
- At least one fruit/veg portion that the child enjoys
- A yoghurt or other dairy product
- You can provide 1 small ‘treat’ item which we will give to your child while the others are accessing nursery pudding.
Please note we are nut free nursery and lunchboxes also cannot contain nuts including products such as ‘Nutella’. Please check all products before providing them. Items including nuts will not be given to your child.
For more lunchbox ideas you can access the website:

All children will be offered a cup of milk each day as part of the free milk scheme. (Allergy dependent)
We will not be supplying ‘squash’ or ‘cordial’ to any child at nursery as part of our healthy teeth initiative. If you feel that your child will not drink water, then you may provide a bottle of ‘squash’ which must be sugar free. This will be diluted well by the practitioners in your child’s room. Fizzy drinks will not be permitted.

If you have any further questions please ask a member of the management team.

Christmas cards
🎄Order forms should have now been sent home for the children's Christmas Cards.
🎁They need to be returned with cash payment by 14th October. This is to ensure they are back by the end of November.
🎅Please ensure the forms are not bent as they will not be able to be used.

LAST CHANCE...

🩺We will be running a First Aid course on the 01st October for some of our new members of staff.
🩹There will be spaces left so we would like to offer it out to our parents.
🩺It is a blended course meaning you will do half of it on the computer at home and half of it here at nursery doing the physical part of the qualification.
🩹There will be a charge to this as you will be certified as having a full Paediatric First Aid Qualification but this can be discussed.
🩺If you are interested please speak to a member of the Management team.

Thank you to Carpet Styles & Design Flooring for fitting our new Rainbow Stairs.
Staff, Parents and Children have commented how good they look and they've really brightened up this space! 🌈

Don't forget tomorrow is Talk like a pirate day, where all children can dress up as pirates for a day of pirate themed fun!

⭐️This week we will be celebrating the life of Queen Elizabeth ll in nursery.
⭐️Each play room has been given the story of Paddington Bear Remembers the Queen which will be read throughout the week.
⭐️Friday staff members will be wearing black however the day will be a celebration of her life with Marmalade Sandwiches and Jam Pennies for tea.
⭐️On Monday 19th September we will be closed to give all employees the chance to join millions around the world and pay their respects to this wonderful lady who dedicated her life to our country.

Thank you for all of your donations this week for Telford Network Crisis as part of our Harvest Festival. We are very grateful and will be taking it this afternoon where it will help local families. ❤

We would like to offer our deepest sympathy to all of the Royal Family at this sad time.
During the Jubilee the children enjoyed learning about Queen Elizabeth and celebrating her reign. It will be something that will be remembered by us all. ✨️

Something for the Weekend 👩‍🚒🧑‍🚒🚒

Just a reminder...
Today we are celebrating Harvest Festival and will be dressing as Farmers.
Tinned and dried goods are also being collected for the Telford Food Bank.
Thank you

Today we are starting our Harvest Festival Celebrations.
Like previous years we will be collecting tinned and dried food for Telford Network Crisis. We will be collecting all week and any donations would be gratefully received.
We will also be dressing up on Thursday as Farmers and singing Harvest songs. Children are free to dress up and join in.

Just a reminder...
TODAY IS PYJAMA DAY!
All children including Holiday Club are welcome to wear their pyjamas today!

🩺We will be running a First Aid course on the 01st October for some of our new members of staff.
🩹There will be spaces left so we would like to offer it out to our parents.
🩺It is a blended course meaning you will do half of it on the computer at home and half of it here at nursery doing the physical part of the qualification.
🩹There will be a charge to this as you will be certified as having a full Paediatric First Aid Qualification but this can be discussed.
🩺If you are interested please speak to a member of the Management team.

A few things before the Summer Holidays...
☀️We say goodbye to many of our Butterfly children this week and some over the coming month. We hope you have a great time at school and you will all be missed.
☀️Today is the last day for funded children to attend unless you have chosen the stretched offer. We look forward to seeing you all back w.c. 05th September
☀️ If you are going on holiday over the next 6 weeks, please let us know so we can adjust numbers and meals accordingly.
☀️ Holiday club will be open from Monday, spaces are filling up fast so booking is essential.

Have a great summer.

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Please remember to Suncream your children before coming to nursery and provide a hat and extra Suncream for a top up throughout the day.
Children with no hats and Suncream will mot be able to play outside.
Thank you

Graduation photos and payments are due in today. Please drop them off in reception. 🎓

Thank you to everyone who donated to the Barnardos Big Toddle
We raised a fabulous £130!

Our Graduation Photographs are back.
Individual proofs are going out over the next few days but if you would like the group photo below it needs adding on to your individual order form.
£14 without a black mount or £18 with a black mount.
Orders must be in by 13th July with payment.

And they're off!!
All the children have had a great time doing their sponsored walk for Barnardos.
We have already raised over £80 but the donation bucket will be in the office for the rest of the day for anyone else who would like to donate.
Thank you all.

Tomorrow 💜

F.A.O BUTTERFLY ROOM PARENTS 🦋
The graduation photographer will be here from 8.30am til 10.30am to take photographs in their cars and gowns.

We have a lot of children in nursery today without sun cream and hats. These are essential for your children to enjoy our outside area. If they are not provided with temperatures soaring this week, children will have to remain indoors missing out on this beautiful weather.
Thank you for your cooperation.

This week and last the children have enjoyed a wide range of activities linked to the Jubilee. From looking for the Queens Corgis, to a rainy day picnic and todays party, the children have had a great time!
The children will be coming home today with a flag, a badge, a tasty treat and some seeds. We hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Don't Forget!! 🔴⚪️🔵

🎉Exciting News! Our Ball Pool is back up and running! 🎉
All children in nursery today have had a great time running, jumping and climbing! We are so pleased to have this wonderful asset available to the children again!

Start of the Jubilee Celebrations at Nursery
🇬🇧 Baking Cookies
🇬🇧 Reading Stories
🇬🇧 Looking at photographs of the queen both old & new.
🇬🇧 Making Bunting
🇬🇧 Creating Crowns

Sunscreen and sun safety

New guidance states that all children should have 180 minutes physical activity every day. We have been reviewing practise as to how we can make this attainable and one thing we have looked at is reducing the amount of time practitioners take to apply sun cream to the children.
We have a new Sun Cream policy in place, asking all parents to ensure that sun cream is applied before coming into nursery. We will then top it up throughout the day as necessary. This means they can get straight out after breakfast.
More information and new sun cream forms which need completing can be found in the foyer.
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/sunscreen-and-sun-safety/

Sunscreen and sun safety Find out how to protect your skin and eyes from UV sun damage, plus advice on using sunbeds and checking moles.

Today our Baby Room had great fun exploring the wooden Sushi and then making their own Cucumber/Veggie Sushi from our Japanese Exploration Box. 🍣🥢

Our intrepid explorers are off!
Exploring the woods, seeing tadpoles and other wildlife in the pond and learning about road safety.

Photographs are back and available from the office!

We are experiencing some technical difficulties with our Emails.
If you need to speak to someone please call on 01952 292092📞

Preschool Parents.
We hope you all got your preferred school and the stress of waiting for admission day is over.
If you would like to access our Breakfast and Afterschool Club, we suggest you book in as soon as possible as we do fill up quickly. We currently drop off and pick up at St Georges, Priorslee and Redhill.
We also have a Holiday Club running through all school holidays which is open to all.
For more information please ask in the office.

Green Fingers 💚
Our seeds are growing well with a mix of poppies, sweet peas, stock, kale, spring onions, lettuce and much more, we can't wait to start planting it out in our garden.

Thank you to everyone who bought Raffle tickets 🎟
We have raised £100 which will go towards the refurbishment of our Ballpool.
The numbers have been drawn by Paul and the winners are....
⭐️146 Bailey-lea J
⭐️86 Christopher C
⭐️151 Evie S
⭐️311 Evelyn M
⭐️391 Jo M
⭐️41 Cecelia B
⭐️116 Freddie R
⭐️336 Kaleb J
Please collect your prizes from the office.

LAST CHANCE!!
We will be drawing the winners of our Easter Raffle on Thursday 7th April. To be in with a chance of winning, raffle tickets must be purchased before 9:00am on Thursday!

Easter Raffle - tickets now on sale for £1 a strip
EGG-CELLENT prizes to be won!