Children’s Lunches
It’s wonderful to see the children bringing such wonderful, healthy lunches. Staff are very jealous! Staff are more than happy to prepare food for a child’s lunch ( eg place tinned food in a bowl)
Our only stipulation is that we are informed in the morning, and that the food is placed on the kitchen bench clearly labelled with the child’s name. This ensures that all the children’s lunches are ready when they sit down-it is very upsetting for a child if they have to watch everybody else begin eating and their food isn’t ready, and due to supervision of children eating, staff are unable to prepare lunches at this time.
We would like to say a big thank you to those families who ring us when their child is going being to be away. Please be aware that families are required to notify us by 9.30a.m on any day that their child is going to be absent. Repeated absences without notification will result in a child’s place at the centre being forfeited.
A “Failure to Notify of Absence Fee” of $5 will be charged for each day a child is absent without notice.
Bob Turner Reptile Show
Currently the children are showing a great interest in reptiles. Due to this, we have organised the Bob Turner Reptile Show to come to the centre on Thursday, 20th October starting at 11a.m This is a fun, educational and interactive experience.. All children are welcome to attend-if this is not your child’s day of attendance please bring them along
We are providing this interactive learning experience at no cost to our families
Free Health Assessment from Newcastle Podiatry
As a follow up to our parent information evening (thank you to those families who attended), we have organised Adam Glassock from Newcastle Family and Sports Podiatry to visit the centre and provide a 15 minute assessment.
Adam will be here on Friday, 4th November, and is providing this service for free to all families. More details will be provided closer to the date, please see Anneke or Sharon if you have any questions
Sharing Information
We have had many requests from families to fill out forms, complete questionnaires, provide written developmental information, write letters to doctors, speech therapists, psychologists, specialists, primary schools etc Staff are more than happy to do this, however we do require a minimum of two working days’ notice. Our priority is interacting with and supervising children, so we need this notice to allow staff time to fulfil the request. If we are not given adequate notice we cannot guarantee we will able to complete the paper work. Thank you for your understanding and co-operation
Summer Programme
From Monday, 10th October we will be operating under our summer programme. This means that will be outdoors first, and then have inside learning experiences during the hottest part of the day. Children must be wearing 30t waterproof broad protection sunscreen as well as their hat when they arrive and bring their drink outside It’s also essential that all hats must have a broad brim /legionnaire style; shirts must have sleeves which fully cover and extend below the shoulder halfway to the elbow(no cap-sleeves/singlets), as well as covering the back and midriff, 3/4 length pants or shorts that come to the knees (no “short shorts”) thongs/slides must have an ankle strap, earrings-studs only, no skirts/dresses, and long hair to be tied back. For more information please refer to our Sun Protection and Children’s Clothing Policies-it’s also important to realise that these regulations also apply to staff. Also, it is essential that when you are dropping off your child that staff are aware that the child has arrived; this means walking the child to a staff member and placing them in our care. It is the parent/caregivers responsibility to ensure that staff are aware that your child is on the premises. As part of our dedication to sun safety, we supply sunscreen which staff will apply to the children during the day.
Watch Out-Head Lice About
Many of our local primary schools have reported several cases of head lice. Therefore we ask that all families check their child’s hair for live lice and/or eggs regularly. If you do find anything, your child will need to be treated appropriately before attending the centre. Thanks for your co-operation with this.
Thank you
Sharon, Brett, Anneke, Tara, Nicole and Kasey