Nursery news: Kentish Town
Summer 2010 News
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Summer has finally arrived and we have all been enjoying the lovely weather here at Kentish Town.
We are now preparing for our next nursery event which will be our annual sports day and picnic at Hampstead Heath.
Father’s Day World Cup Coffee Morning
Thank you to all the daddies that attended the World Cup Father’s Day Coffee morning. It was a great turnout and they all had fun socializing and of course talking about football
Sports Day & Picnic – Wednesday 28th July 3.00-5.00pm
Get your running shoes out its Sports Day time again!
Wednesday 28th July 3.00-5.00pm on Hampstead Heath by the 1 o’clock club. Please bring a picnic.
We kindly invite you and the children to our annual sports day. We normally close the nursery for the afternoon and ask if you could collect your child from the nursery by 2.30pm in order to make your way to the Park.
If there are any parents who are unable to pick up at this time or unable to attend then please let us know well in advance, so arrangements could be made for the staff team to take the children to the park. We will all meet in the park by 3.00p.m ready for a fun and social afternoon.
We aim to be back at the nursery by 5.30pm for those parents who need to collect their children.
Hopefully the weather will be kind to us on the day but if this is not the case we would have to cancel and re-arrange another date. We hope to give you as much notice as possible if we have to cancel.
Farewell
Sadly we will be saying goodbye and farewell to our Operations Manager Jackie Gardiner after 21 years with Bringing up Baby. Her last day is Wednesday 30th June.
She will be greatly missed but we all wish her every success for the future.
Jackie joined us for a farewell tea on Monday 28th June.
Spring News 2010
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We can’t believe how quickly the time is flying by and we are already into spring. It’s so nice to see the flowers blooming and at last sunshine!
We would like to say a big thank you to all the parents and children that supported our Easter Bonnet Parade and we must say there were some very creative bonnets this year. Please take a look at a few photographs of the event, they look great.
Yippee! the Easter Parade was so much fun for all the children, staff and yes of course all the parents! We all made our Easter bonnets and wore them while we paraded around the nursery, dancing and singing away, simply enjoying the fun. After the parade we all sat down for our Easter Tea and enjoyed all the lovely food we had to eat.
Curriculum Evening
We would like to remind you of a few forthcoming events starting with our curriculum evening on Wednesday 5th May from 7.00-8.00pm. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the EYFS curriculum and how we plan, record and observe children’s interests and monitor their progress. You will also have the opportunity to explore the many activities that will be set out and have fun playing too. We really hope that you can attend. Please look out for your invitations.
Parent/Keyperson Meetings.
On Wednesday 26th May is it our Parent/Keyperson Meetings. Please make appointments with your child’s key person to discuss your child’s developmental progress.
Under Twos
April brought a lot of Sunshine and Smiles to us all in Baby room 1!
We enjoyed spending time in our freshly washed garden. We enjoy having more freedom to move around without being wrapped up in our winter clothing. We are now into riding bikes and some of us are starting to use pedals.
This month we would like to thank all our parents/carers for bringing their children’s favourite books into the nursery to share with their friends at circle times. This has helped individual children to feel special and valuable members of the group.
Baby room 2 welcomed new children that are settling in very well. A lot of the babies are now become more active. Some have started to sit and some are beginning to walk and even use Walkers! One of our most recent activities that was great fun was hand and foot printing to see how fast we grow.
Over Twos
Spring time brings many exciting things like butterflies, bumble bees and pretty flowers. We also brought spring into our nursery by planting Sunflowers and tulips. We water them every day and take them outside in the garden to give them sunshine so they can grow. We just can’t wait to see whose sunflower will grow the tallest. We also drew lots of pretty flowers.
Autumn 2009 News
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We welcome to the staff team two new nursery practitioners who have recently joined us here at Kentish Town.
Habeeb NVQ Level 3 (Nursery practitioner under twos room) and Bushra NVQ Level 2 (Nursery practitioner over twos room). Both have had experience working with children under fives.
We also welcome to the team our new nursery cook Neville who comes with a wealth of experience of cooking in nurseries.
Sadly we will be saying goodbye to Niroshani on Friday 27th November as she goes off on her maternity leave. We wish her all the best for her new arrival in January.
Nursery room news
Hooray – we have welcomed new children and also those who have transitioned from the under two’s room into the over two’s room. All are doing very well in their new environment and are becoming familiar with their new routines. Both the children and the key persons of each child have started to build positive relationships between them. The children are enjoying exploring and experimenting with all the new challenges.
We have also welcomed some new children in the under twos room who are gradually settling into their new environment and with their key persons.
Celebrations
During this season we have focused on many different cultural celebrations with the children. They have learnt about Eid the Muslim New Year, Diwali the celebration of light followed by all Hindus, and the Jewish New Year Rosh (Hashanah). The children enjoyed learning all about these festivals and also all the activities that related to them.
Staff/Parent quiz night
Thank you to all the parents that attended our quiz night. It was a great evening had by both staff and parents. We decided to have two groups’ mums’ verses dads. After a nail biting tie breaker question congratulations went to the winning team which were the mums. They were very happy with their prize, each taking home a box of chocolates. The quiz questions were delivered by our lovely quiz master – the one and only carol. Of course as the evening came to an end no one wanted to go home after so much fun and socialising.
We look forward to doing it all again next year and welcome more parent participation.
Upcoming events
Fund Raising Week – Children in Need
From the 16th November the nursery is holding a fundraising week; we will be selling many items made by the children hoping to raise a charitable amount of money for children in need. Please look out for further details in the nursery.
Christmas Festivities and Christmas Closure
Christmas Party
‘Yes’ that festive season ‘Christmas’ is just around the corner, the children and staff will be very busy getting the nursery ready in time for our Christmas party which is to be held on Friday 11th of December. Please look out for further details
Christmas Closure.
The nursery will close at 6.15pm on Tuesday 22nd December and re-open on Monday 4th January 2010 at 8.15am.
Summer 2009 News
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The last few months have been busy months with the nursery celebrating bringing up baby’s 20th birthday, father’s day coffee morning, sports day and welcoming new families to the nursery.
We have all enjoyed the lovely warm weather over the last few months and the children have especially enjoyed being outdoors and extending their learning environment outdoors.
The father’s day coffee morning was very well attended and a big thank you to all the father’s that made the effort to attend. I am so glad that you all enjoyed the breakfast treats
Sports Day 2009
How quickly time flies, as it was time again to get those running shoes out again and enjoy an afternoon of fun and laughter on Hampstead Heath. Sports day 2009 was a great success and we had a great turnout considering the unpredictable weather. However the rain soon cleared and we were able to enjoy the races and our picnic. It was such fun seeing the children enjoying themselves, running with their potato and spoon, dressing up in hats, jackets, scarves and bags for the dressing up race and just having fun.
The parent races are also a lot of fun to watch too and this year you did not disappoint us. I can’t believe how competitive you all are and some great physical agility was shown. Congratulations to all the parent race winners; I do hope you all enjoyed your prizes. It was very much camera moments not to be missed and we look forward to displaying all the photos around the nursery.
Thank you all for your participation and we look forward to doing it all again next year
Staff News
Congratulations to Niroshani (senior nursery practitioner under two’s room) who is expecting her first baby in January 2010. We wish her all the best over the coming months and look forward to welcoming the new arrival.
Congratulations to Naina (Deputy Manager) who has updated her qualification to NVQ Level 3 and has achieved certification for this. We also congratulate Lydie (nursery practitioner over two’s room) who has also achieved her NVQ level 3 qualification. Lydie will now go on to study a foundation degree in early years.
Here at bringing up baby we really value the importance of staff development and ensure each staff member is given every opportunity to develop themselves and to achieve further qualifications. It has been a pleasure to see Naina and Lydie achieve their goals
Fundraising
Both under 2’s and over 2’s took part in raising money for a children’s charity that help’s children who are suffering from cerebella syndrome. Thank you to all the parents who kindly donated which helped us raise £20.00.
Festival Celebrations
This month we celebrated Raksha Bhandhan which means promise to protect. This is a Hindu festival in which the sister ties a Rakhi (a holy thread) around the wrist of her brother in return the brother’s promises to protect her from troubles and danger. Raksha Bhandhan spreads bonds of love protection and friendship among all people.
The over twos children enjoyed making the holy thread bracelets and learning about the festival.
This month will also mark the beginning of Ramadan leading onto the festival of Eid marking the end of fast. Ramadan is where the entire Muslims world wide fast for 30days and the children will be learning more about this festival too.
We would like to wish all the parents and staff all the best during this month.
Nursery room news
The children in the 3-5 years group have comfortably settled into their new routine and room and are very much benefiting from all that goes on in there. They have also been very inspirational towards the younger children outside in the garden, where they have been searching for bugs and creepy crawlies, which has led the younger children to follow them, and they have very much enjoyed exploring alongside the older children. As this was the children’s interest a mini project was followed up by the children, in which they really enjoyed creating their own mini bugs out of play dough, and egg cartons.
A lot of hard work has been undertaken to the 2-3 years room with positive changes and soft touches added. We had very positive comments on the changes by the over 2’s Early Years Foundation Stage Adviser whom we work very closely with.
In the under twos room we have been busy celebrating all the first birthday’s.
There have also been a lot of very messy activities taking place and we have enjoyed being outdoors.
Some of us have been very clever over the months and have now mastered the art of sitting, crawling and walking. “oooh what great fun we are having”.
Dates for your diary
We have an important date coming up for your diaries
Parent’s and Staff quiz night on Friday 23rd October from 7.00-9.00pm
So get your thinking caps on and join us for a social evening. Please look out for your invitations.
Please see our photo gallery for photos of our sports day.
BuB’s 20th anniversary at Kentish Town
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On Friday 8th May Kentish Town Day Nursery celebrated bringing up baby’s 20th birthday with a fantastic nursery party enjoyed by children, parents, staff and our special guest Anne de Zoysa Director and co-founder of Bringing up Baby.
All the staff worked so hard in setting up the nursery rooms and the whole nursery looked absolutely amazing. After all the preparations the nursery was transformed and we were all ready for the fun to begin. The children will tell you all about it:
The afternoon began with face painting, music and dancing, party games and lots and lots of bubbles. We think the staff felt very happy to capture the excitement and pleasure on all our faces and to see us having great fun.
Following on from all the activities and excitement it was time to sit down for a well deserved tea party. Oh what a tea party – Eugenie our nursery cook did us proud. We thoroughly enjoyed our sandwiches, pizza, chicken nuggets, vegetable fingers and oh so much more. Our mummies and daddies joined us and they too enjoyed their party food, it all looked very delicious. It was great fun seeing everyone having so much fun, talking eating and enjoying the atmosphere.
After tea we all gathered together in room one for a special announcement. Our Director Anne de Zoysa gave a very heartfelt speech about how bringing up baby started back in 1989 and how proud she was of all the staff that has made bringing up baby the company it is today. The mummies and daddies then raised their glasses which contained bubbles, we think they call it champagne and we all sang happy birthday. Anne and Carol, our nursery manager, then blew out the candles and cut the special birthday cake made by our lovely senior nursery practitioner Niroshani. We all clapped and cheered and made a lot of noise.
It was then disco time and more bubbles, fun and laughter.
Wow what a party – we had great fun and so did all the mummies, daddies and staff too. Thank you so much to all the staff for our lovely duck party bags. We look forward to finding out what the contents are, we are sure to find some more lovely goodies to tuck into.
Finally all the children at Kentish Town would like to say a big thank you to all the staff for making this party a very special and memorable one. We hope you will look out for all the photos soon to be displayed around the nursery to show you how much fun everyone had.
We also would like to congratulate Anne de Zoysa and all the company directors on a fantastic achievement of 20 years.
You can see pictures of the party at Kentish Town by downloading this PDF.
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