Autumn 2023

The Farningham Day Nursery News Autumn 2023

Firstly, we would like to welcome all new children and their families to the nursery and to thank everyone for their continued support and involvement.

Photographer
The photographer will be at the nursery on Wednesday 25th October between 8am – 11am. If your child does not normally attend nursery on this day and you would like them to have their photograph taken, please book a time with your child’s key person/via email. You are welcome to bring older and younger siblings for family portraits.


Children in Need
This year we will be organising several events for the children to participate in during the week commencing 13th November. Further details of these events will follow shortly, we hope that as many children as possible will take part and parents will donate to this worthy cause.


Calpol Reminder
We would like to remind parents/carers that our nursery policy states that we will not accept children into nursery if they have been given Calpol.


Primary School Admission September 2024
Applications for primary school are open from 3rd November 2023 to 15th January 2024 and can be made online. Please visit www.kent.gov.uk/primaryadmissions
Please be aware that parents/carers are no longer sent this information individually from KCC.


Parent Consultations
Our next parent consultations will take place during November. This is an ideal opportunity for parents/carers to discuss their child’s progress, any changes to your registration documents e.g. contact numbers etc. Practitioners will be available for telephone consultations at a mutually agreed date and time. We ask that if you wish to book an appointment, please notify your child’s key person by Friday 27th October to ensure availability.


Wet Weather Clothing
As the nursery operates a free flow policy allowing the children the freedom of choice to play inside or out, we would appreciate it if all children could bring warm outdoor clothes and wellies to nursery. Parents/carers may also wish for their child/children to wear plimsolls or slippers when inside, however this is not compulsory.


Christmas Party
All children are invited to the nursery Christmas party which will be held at the nursery between 3.00pm and 5.00pm on Tuesday 12th December.
The children will be given a party tea and afterwards entertained by Spellbound Parties.


30 Hour funding
Parents wishing to claim extended funding (up to 30 hours) from January 2024 need to apply for an eligibility code from Child Care Choices before 31st December. A reminder that those already claiming extended hours may have to renew their code to continue to be eligible.

Drop off and Collection
As the weather is now becoming wetter and colder staff would very much appreciate swift handovers at the beginning and end of the day with essential information being passed as quickly as possible. If parents/carers have non urgent information to discuss please can you telephone the nursery to speak with your child’s Key Person.

Santas Grotto
We are planning an informal Christmas celebration which will take place at the nursery on Thursday 7th December between 4:00pm & 5:30pm.
All parents/carers are invited to attend with their children and will be given the opportunity to visit Santas Grotto where the nursery children will receive a present.
Where possible we ask parents of children that are already attending nursery that day to collect a little earlier.

Christmas Closure
The nursery will be closed for the Christmas and New Year period on the following dates: –
Monday 25th December – Monday 1st January inclusive.
Therefore, our first day back in 2024 will be Tuesday 2nd January.

Bad Weather Closure
We will always do our utmost to make sure that the nursery opens for 51 weeks per year; however, on rare occasions we are not always able to manage this, especially in severe winter weather conditions.
During past unexpected closures we have been fortunate and grateful to have had local staff that have walked to the nursery to notify parents of our decision to close, but this is no longer possible as staff have moved to other areas.
We therefore ask that parents/carers take note of the information below and refer to it should the need arise in the coming months.
Nursery closures will be posted on KCC Website under school/nursery closures.
Alternatively, any parents wishing to email the nursery info@fdnursery.co.uk to find out about closures will have their emails answered, or look on our website www.fdnursery.co.uk