Cultural week

Starts from the 19^th   May

Nursery fete  3^rd June from   2.00pm to 4.00pm.

If you would like to volunteer please speak to your room leaders of someone in the office.

Healthy Under 5’s

Are holding a picnic at Stock wood Discovery Centre on the 21^st May from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm

It’s going to be a great celebration, where families come together t share a picnic

National smile month

19th May to 19th  June

Nursery Trip

26^th June to Woburn Safari Park

Letters will be issued closer to the time!

Parents are welcome, However please remember we there are limited spaces for parents!

We will be sharing a policy a month with all parents / carers.    This month attached is our Outings Procedure.

May Events

                                                                     Dads are invited to plant seeds on the 12^th May form 10.30 am to 11.30 am and 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm

                                                                                      Please speak to your child’s room leader to let them know you’re coming.

We have sessions with Active Luton in April.  The children will be enjoying the exercise and games sessions.

Mr David’s Message

Dear Parents and   Carers,

Another busy month in prospect ….

Parent consultations following May Bank Holiday   Monday, I do ask you, please, let us know when having made an   appointment  if you are unable to   attend – a great deal of effort by our Practitioners is given preparing and   midweek evenings is not their usual time at work. Thank you.

This year we entertain the Healthy Under 5   Consultants who assist us in preparing menus which always ensure your   children receive the very best nutritional values in both their snacks and   any meals taken at Training Depot.

May brings another visitor – the Nursery   Photographer for end of term photographs which will become keepsakes to many   children as they grow and remember their time with us all here.

Next, we are making arrangements for our annual ‘   Nursery Away Day’ – planned for June.

PLEASE GIVE US VERY EARLY AND VERY CLEAR   DECISIONS ON JOINING US – BOTH CHILDREN AND PARENTS

Dads and Granddads – HELP – We ask you to give a   little of your time to assist our children and our nursery nurses with seed   planting to support our splendid garden project at St Anne’s. Please speak to   any member of our team or to me  – I am   looking forward to getting planting.

Finally, thank you for your patience with our   latest rebuild – our downstairs office and new access to the staircase to   Tigers. I am certain you will agree, when finished this will make drop off   and pick up times for parents and carers much easier in our narrow corridor   areas. Thank you.

I do hope you enjoy reading our May edition of   the nursery newsletter.

Kind regards

Mr David

OUTINGS PROCEDURE

Written permission by the parent has to be obtained for their child / children to attend a Nursery outing.

Parents sign general outings consent which forms part of their child’s registration form when the child first starts at Training Depot Day Nursery.  For specific outings i.e.

to the Theatre, to the Farm, separate consent forms will be asked for.  These consent forms are kept in nursery records for a period of 5 years.

All members of staff accompany the children on all day trips.  Staff/child ratios are maintained with more staff then legally required being present.  When the Nursery is

out on an all day trips, all members of staff divide into groups of 2 staff and have the responsibility for a small group of children each.  Parents are invited to join the

Nursery on the day trips out.

When smaller groups of children go on short trips out from Nursery, ie to the ParkMuseum, to the park, to the field to play games etc., staff ratios are maintained and extra

staff will accompany the group when necessary.

A Trip Risk Assessment will be discussed by staff and completed for each trip the children attend.  There are details recorded on the risk Assessment of the actual trip to the

named event and a Risk Assessment of the actual venue. This ensures that the children’s safety is kept paramount.  For each trip or outing the following details are recorded

and kept:- destination, date, time of departure, time of arrival, Level 3 qualified staff members name, all names of staff, students, volunteers accompany the trip, children’s

full name and age and total number of each age group attending.

A list will be made of all the risks and hazards which may arise for the children and will identify the steps that will be taken to remove, minimize and manage the risks and

hazards identified.

There will always be level 3 qualified staff accompanying the Nursery trips.  A First Aider is always present and carries with them all first aid items that might be needed.

The Leader in Charge of the trip, will take with them contact numbers for the parents and a mobile telephone to use if needed.

The Coach Company that the Nursery hires for each outing always supplies coaches that have fitted seat belts and drivers who are CRB Police checked.  The Nursery will

record details of the driver of the coach and the coach company’s insurance details.

Before leaving on any Nursery trip, the total number of children is totalled by the Manageress, Deputy Manageress or Room Leader inside the Nursery building.  The

numbers will be re-counted once aboard the coach (if travelling by coach) before departing from nursery.

Throughout the outing the number of children are counted by the designated responsible member of staff in their smaller groups.  When all staff and children are seated on

the coach for the return journey they are counted by the Manageress or Deputy Manageress and finally will be counted again when they arrive and are back inside the Nursery.

Staff are responsible in providing the children with regular stops at toileting facilities and for those children not yet toilet trained, regular nappy changes will be made.

If going on a whole day Nursery trip, all parents will be asked to provide a nutritious and healthy packed lunch and 2 carton drinks for their child in a disposable carrier

bag.  Parents are asked to dress their child / children in appropriate clothing and footwear taking into account the weather and location of the trip.  Extra drinks will be

provided by staff if the weather is warm.

Parents are asked to supply nappies, wipes, change of clothes (if potty training), sun cream, etc., which their child\children will need for the day.

Each member of staff will be responsible for all the items relating to the children in their designated group.

If the Manageress is absent due to sickness on the day of the outing, permission will then be sought from Mr David Reavell, Owner to continue.

Each outing will be reviewed and if there were any problems, they will be recorded on the Risk Assessment Sheet with any recommendations for future trips.

Reviewed on December 2013 by Mrs Michelle Baldock

Adopted by all Staff Members