From the outset when Bringing Up Baby was first set up, we have always believed in good quality, affordable child care.

In order to help parents further with their childcare costs we are introducing our “January Sale “. For a limited period only, we will be not be charging a deposit and will only require a one-off payment which is non-refundable of £50.00 in place of the deposit.

The registration fee will still remain at £30.00 but now the costs of taking up a place at the nursery have been significantly reduced.

For further details or to arrange a visit to the nursery please contact our experienced nursery manager: Melissa Lewis on 020 8746 1015 or email email hidden; JavaScript is required

From the outset when Bringing Up Baby was first set up, we have always believed in good quality, affordable child care.

In order to help parents further with their childcare costs we are introducing our “January Sale “. For a limited period only, we will be not be charging a deposit and will only require a one-off payment which is non-refundable of £50.00 in place of the deposit. The registration fee will still remain at £30.00 but now the costs of taking up a place at the nursery have been significantly reduced.

For further details or to arrange a visit to the nursery please contact our experienced nursery manager: Kiran Bhatia on 020 8568 7561 or email email hidden; JavaScript is required

We are delighted to announce that Carol Kewley has won the Nursery Management Today Nursery Manager of the Year Award 2011. She was put forward by Bringing up Baby with testimonials from Anne, the Managing Director, and some of our current parents and was shortlisted to the final five candidates. Carol was then interviewed by a panel of judges on 7 October and at an awards ceremony and gala evening at the Hilton London Metropole on Saturday
26 November she was announced as the WINNER! The whole of the Bringing up Baby management team were there to celebrate with her.
The award judges explained why Carol won as follows: “Through her effective leadership skills she has empowered her staff to engage fully with the enabling
environment resulting in… a thriving high quality business, which Ofsted have recognised as Good with Outstanding Features.”
We all feel it is a very well deserved win and a tribute to Carol’s hard work and professionalism. This win will be celebrated and remembered for a long time to come! Thank you also to all our parents who supported Carol throughout this process.

We said a sad farewell to all of our big school children who left over the summer and have started school this September, we wish them all the best in their big schools. I would like to say a great big welcome to all of our new children who have started in our nursery, we have 2 new babies in our under two’s and 6 new children in the over two’s room. They have all settled in well and are enjoying their time at nursery.

In our under 2’s room we are looking at Transportation. We are learned some new nursery rhymes and we are reading some lovely books about all different types of transportation. We have made a lovely display using a range of different creative materials, we did sticking with sequences, different material and wool, hand printing, splash painting to decorate our display.

The under 2’s have been having lots of fun playing with leaves and conkers and also with their treasure basket.

The over 2’s have been very busy with a range of different activities over the past few weeks. They have been looking at small insects that we can see around us. All the children went to our garden with their own magnifying glass to explore and to find what insects we could see around us. They spotted a ladybird, a spider, a worm and ants. We looked at mini clips on the internet about insects that we spotted, we also has a group discussion about all other insects and the children made their own collages of the insects to show there parents.

The children have been looking at books about autumn; we have talked about all the changes that happen around this time of the year. The children and parents have been busy collecting different coloured leaves and conkers for our activities. The children have also enjoyed using the conkers for counting, matching and sorting activities and we have been mixing colours to match the ones from the leaves. There have also been role playing autumn stories at circle time and they have loads of fun.

Staff News:

We would like to congratulate Mihaela Gheorghe (our NVQ Level 3) on the birth of her beautiful healthy twins, born 29th September 2011. We hope that she enjoys motherhood and that she has a great time with her two new borns.

Diary Dates:

Friday 28th October 8 – 10am: Parents coffee morning
Thursday 22nd November 6.30 – 8pm: Parents evening with key persons
Friday 16th December 2.30 – 5pm: Children’s Christmas party
Wednesday 21st December 11.30 – 1.30pm: Children’s Christmas lunch

We will be closing for Christmas on Friday 23rd December at 6pm and will re-open Monday 3rd January at 8am.

Firstly I would like to say a big thank you for my welcome as Manager. It has been brilliant, and I am sure we will continue to work in partnership with each other to provide a high level of care.

We also want to congratulate:

Ewa on gaining her NVQ Level II qualification
Ripa on gaining her NVQ Level III qualification

We are always keen to train and develop our staff further and so our staff have recently undertaken the following:

First Aid: Melissa, Kad, Jackie, Ripa, Michelle O
Basic Food Hygiene: Melissa, Niguel
Health & Safety: Melissa
Safer Recruitment: Melissa

The whole staff team also attended a planning and observation evening with a curriculum development officer, Carlene from Hammersmith and Fulham. Carlene has also spent time in the nursery following up on this with staff.

The staff team will all undergo Safeguarding training at the end of October at one of our other nurseries.

New Activities:

We are very pleased to say we have now introduced French to the nursery. Sidy, from ‘Ooh La La’, attends the nursery every Friday afternoon 2-3pm.

We also have Poala from Yoga Bugs in the nursery on Tuesday morning for an hour (10 week course at £45).

New Menus:

We have recently reviewed our menus and have now put together a 6 week menu. We added in more multi-cultural meals and also removed some meals that were not so popular with the children.

Parents Communication Board:

We have recently started a parents’ communication board which is situated in the foyer. The board has been posted for you to have your say…it could be a thought, or suggestion, or maybe something you did at home on the weekend, feel free to share these with us and maybe we could do it too.

Upcoming Dates for the Diary:

Parents Evening: Thursday 3rd November 6.30 – 8pm
Children’s Christmas Party: Thursday 15th December 2.30 – 5pm
Children’s Christmas Lunch: Tuesday 20th December

I would like to say a big thank you to all the parents, children and staff who have made me feel welcome. It’s hard to believe that I have been here 7 weeks already. I am sure I am going to enjoy my time at Bringing Up Baby.
I come with vast experience of working in large day nurseries and in Children’s Centers and have worked in the under 5′s for over 20 years. I am very passionate about childcare and providing a quality service to you and your family. I believe in strong links within our community to enhance the experiences we can provide for your children.

Lisa, the Early Years teacher, is from Heathbrook Children’s Center and will be joining us on Mondays and Tuesdays. She will work with the Pre-school children on Mondays and Older Toddlers on Tuesdays. We have already started to develop the Pre-school room and the computer has been moved into the room for the children to have easy access. Lisa will be working with the staff to d3evelop the areas in line with the EYFS.

This is quite an exciting time of year with lots going on between now and Christmas. We have just had the photographer come in to take portraits of your little gems. These will make wonderful Christmas presents!
We also had the fire brigade visit us recently in line with the children learning about people that help us. All the children enjoyed their visit, even the very youngest.

We are busy planning activities and events leading up to Christmas including celebrating Diwali and Eid in November.

We will also be holding Parents Evenings on the 16th and 17th November. This will be an opportunity to speak to your child’s key worker and receive an updated progress report.

Dates to Remember

20th October Open Morning 9-11.30am
16th & 17th November Parents Evenings
24th November Open Morning 9-11.30am
14th December Christmas Dinner
16th December Christmas Party
Christmas closure will be from 22nd December 2011 – 2nd January 2012 (inclusive)

Staff team

New Manager at Brentford: As many parents will know by now we will be welcoming a new nursery manager to the Bringing Up Baby, Brentford day nursery. Kiran Bhatia will join us on 1st November 2011. We hope you will join us in welcoming her to the nursery and make her feel at home.

Training: Enjy has been on a course which is designed to help children regulate their behaviour and Florence has been on a Signing and Singing course. We hope you will see the benefits in the children of this training.

Activities

We are glad to have Sidi back for this term as the children thoroughly enjoy their sessions with him. This term we will be looking at famous French songs, how to introduce as well as the weather and counting. We will also be learning about the countryside, the mountain and the city and sea. Lots to keep us interested!

We have been looking to introduce dance classes for the Pre School and Baby Room. The session is provided by Jumping Beans and should be fun. There will be a small charge for this season. Parents who may be interested should contact the office for further details.

Fancy Dress Day

As you will see from our diary dates, 9th November is our Fancy Dress Day. All children love to dress up so this is an occasion where we can all dress up and make it a great day for the children. We have made some plans of what will happen on the day but we welcome any suggestions you may have. There will be prizes for the best fancy dress from the children, the staff and the parents, so do come and join us. All proceeds to go to a charity called ‘Mary’s Meals’.

Parents Communication Board

We have been looking at improvement for the garden as it is an important part of learning at the nursery. The outdoor environment teaches our children a lot about the world around them. We know that these areas also have to be safe areas for learning to take place so we will shortly be carrying out the following works:

The fire exit will have an additional gate to prevent children from accessing it other than in an emergency, while the front part of the garden will be resurfaced with a new, soft play surface. The remaining surfaces will be jet cleaned with the planters being painted to give them a new lease of life.

A new shed will be installed for the outdoor toys and there will be a new canopy to cover the bins at the front of the building.

Indoors, Pre School will have a new security gate between the main room and the lavatories, one that all adults will hopefully find easier but will still act as a barrier to the children.

Diary Dates