ppcc nursery summer term newsletter
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Paradise Park Children’s Centre
Nursery Summer Term Newsletter
Dear Parents/Carers,
Here’s a quick update on life at Paradise Park Nursery. In this issue we
will cover some dates for your diary, upcoming events, recent changes
in the nursery, and some information about the other services provided
at Paradise Park Children’s Centre.
Dates for your Diaries:
Monday 4th May: Bank Holiday
Tuesday 26th – Friday 29th May: Half term for term time children
Tuesday 16th June: Inset Day (Nursery closed)
Wednesday 8th July: Development Morning (Nursery will open at 11.30am)
Thursday 16th July – International Day/ End of Term Party
Tuesday 21st July – Wednesday 2nd September: Summer holidays for term time children
Monday 3rd August: Nursery closed for 2 weeks
Monday 17th August: Nursery reopens to all year round children
Tuesday 1st September: Inset Day (Nursery closed)
Wednesday 2nd September: Nursery opens to all children
Parents Voice:
Do you have something to say….?
Parent’s voice is a chance for you to have your say
about activities in the nursery and voice any ideas
or concerns you may have, and of course a great
chance for a cup of tea and a chat with other
Nursery parents.
A big thank you to the parents who were involved
in the morning on Wednesday 15th April. Not to
worry if you were unable to attend as there are
more dates available:
Monday 20th April 4.00pm – 6.30pm
Thursday 23rd April 10.00am – 11.00am
Wednesday 6th May 4.00pm – 6.30pm
Friday 15th May 11.30am – 12.30pm
Contact Paradise Park Children’s Centre Tel: 020 7697 7330 Fax: 020 7697 4429 Email: [email protected] URL: www.islingtonplay.org.uk Address: 164 Mackenzie Road, London, N7 8SE
Any ideas about fundraising…?
Our big projects this term will be building
a sheltered area outdoors. This will be
happening on our stage in the garden
with some ideas from the children. We
are looking for some fresh ideas for
funding this new project.
Please email any ideas to
If any parent wishes to be involved in
this fundraising, please speak to a
member of staff
Staff Update:
As you may have noticed Jill and Diana are no longer working with us, we wish them both the
best in the future. We would like you all to welcome Kitty to our team, she has been a sessional
worker with us for nearly a year and has now been promoted to a permanent position with us.
Kitty will be working in the baby room and we hope she will be very happy there.
We are currently recruiting for a new Early Years Support Worker. Please visit our website for more information and to download an application pack: www.islingtonplay.org.uk/play-support/jobs-in-play You can now find pictures of all staff who will be working with your children on the display board in the Nursery. These include key people, support workers, and regular sessional staff.
Birthday’s at PPCC:
As we are now a “healthy children’s centre”, we
aim to offer children the healthiest possible
range of food and drinks. As part of this plan,
from now on we will celebrate children’s
birthdays with a card, special hat, and other
celebrations – rather than having sweet cakes.
For this reason we ask all parents to please
refrain from bringing in cakes on the day of
your child’s birthday. We will provide
everything needed for a healthy celebration for
each child.
Junk Modelling
Do you have empty cereal boxes,
plastic bottles/containers or tea
boxes for recycling?
We ask that you please donate
such items to us in the nursery for
use in our Junk Modelling projects.
(Please no toilet rolls – for hygiene
purposes)
Nature Day:
You may have noticed from weekly planning in
the big room that the nursery garden is not
always set up with activities as usual. Once a
week we will be having a ‘Nature Day’. This
enables children to experience and develop
their engagement and awareness of the
natural environment, which can: build their
confidence, increase their skills, enhance their
natural aptitudes, and provide an opportunity
for the emergence and growth of individual
children’s interest.
Special Thanks…..
A big thank you to Chloe (Jesse’s
Mum) for donating some lovely
books to our nursery.
Also a big thank you to Siri (Storm
and Odin’s Mum) for taking the
time out with the help of the
children to create a plan for our
outdoor stage.
Left: Nursery children enjoying
our new books
Below: The children’s models
created for the new stage plans
We hope you enjoyed our Summer Term Newsletter and if you have any questions about any of the information contained here please contact Marie ([email protected]) or Grainne
([email protected]) for further details.
Baby Room News:
The babies are having a great time playing outside meeting/interacting with their siblings and other children, observing
birds eating seeds.
As we have very young babies we will be starting to attend the Baby bounce in the central library this spring-term.
We have a new sun hat for the baby room/
Did you know….
The centre can offer help with all kinds of things, such as:
Family Support: Kemi, Joy, and Natty work at PPCC and offer information and guidance if you have
having difficulties at home.
Getting back into work or training: Cheryl Moore comes to our centre on Wednesday and can offer
appointments to discuss mentoring, volunteering, work or training.
‘First 21 Months’: The centre is part of a pilot project trying to improve support for families who are
expecting a baby and those in the first year their child’s life. Our project worker is Alice who is a
trained breast feeding peer supporter and she works without community midwives and health
visitors.
Just a couple of reminders:
We must ask that parents abide by their
contracted times for drop of in the mornings and
pick up in the evenings, as for health and safety
reasons we must ensure sufficient staff to cover
the number of children in the nursery at all times.
We also ask that each child bring a bag with a
complete change of clothes, in case of accidents
(this can be left in the nursery if parents prefer).
With the weather heating up we also ask parents
to include sun cream and sun hats so the
babies/children can enjoy the warm weather.
Please label all of your child’s items with his/her
name to avoid confusion.
We would really appreciate your co-operation
with these points going forward, as we hope it will
provide a more positive nursery experience for all
of our lovely children.