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All other policies & procedures viewable to parents on Babydays.

New Dates for Diaries 2025

now uploaded

along with New years Newsletter for your reading.

Upcoming.....


Grandparents Day 16th September -


Details to be confirmed via Babysdays



Harvest festival


 Throughout September we will be collecting donations, please bring in what you can and give to staff at drop off or pick up. 


Please see details below....

Updated 06.08.24. Currently we most need the following items to add to our stocks:

  • Tinned meat
  • Dry noodles
  • Tinned pulses
  • Small jars of coffee (100g)
  • Vegetarian items
  • Free From items
  • Cooking sauces
  • Feminine hygiene items
  • Ketchup and fruit sauces
  • Chocolates


Parents Meeting - March 2024


March Parents evening


Monday 18th – Butterflies

Tuesday 19th – Caterpillars

Wednesday 20th – Bumblebees 


Parents evening booking slots will be available from your child's room leader or keyworkers from the beginning of March. Please be aware that children may not attend the meeting, only parents.

A special Christmas event for all of our Families.

Please let us know if you will be joining us by clicking the link below.

If you can let us know who will be attending, this will allow us to plan accordingly.


Thank you in advance





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Nursery Photos

24th November

We are pleased to be welcoming back Joseph from Jampics this year.

Please see posters displayed in our notice boards and information on our News & Events page.

Parents Meetings - November 2023

Parent events coming up –

Please ask a member of staff to book in a slot for your child’s parent meeting.


Bumblebees parent meetings – 6th November

Caterpillars parent meetings – 7th November

Butterflies parent meetings – 8th November



* Spooktacular Event 30th October 2023 *

You child has been sent home with a form this week for this event.

Please complete and get back to us as soon as possible.

We will have various fun activities including Pumpkin carving, fun games, toasting marshmallows, hot dogs and hot chocolate for children and parents.


Harvest Food Collection

We are once again collecting for our local food bank. If you are able to donate we would be very grateful. These are the current items being requested..


  • TINNED MEAT
  • TINNED FISH
  • JAMS AND SPREADS
  • COUSCOUS AND NOODLES
  • PUDDINGS (EG. SPONGE PUDS, JELLIES, ANGEL DELIGHT)
  • TINNED SPAGETTI
  • TINNED SOUP
  • LARGE SIZE NAPPIES (SIZE 4 AND ABOVE)
  • SOAP
  • SMALL COFFEE JARS



Parents Questionnaires 2023

Parents have been sent via Babysdays a link to complete a questionnaire. This questionnaire is to help us to review our practice, to see what we are doing well in and what we could make better.

We would really appreciate your time in completing these at your earliest convienience.



World Nursery Rhyme Week


We will be taking part in Nursery Rhyme week on the

 13th - 17th November 2023.

There will be a number of activities planned around the children including, craft activities, Obstacle courses, Water play and lots of singing of Nursery Rhymes. It would be great if you can take part at home, please follow the link www.worldnurseryrhymeweek.com




May Newsletter now available on home page

Nursery close - Staff training day - 9th June 2023


Bank holiday closures

1st May

8th May

29th May

28th August

Closed between Christmas and New year close 6pm on the 22nd December and reopen on the 2nd January 2024

January & February Newsletter

Now viewable on our homepage 


October 2021 / New Covid-19 Outbreak Management Plan

Please find above on tab our new Covid-19 Outbreak management plan for your reading and understanding.


September/October Newsletter

Now Viewable on our home page



Norovirus fact sheet / August 2021

Information

Changes to EYFS from September 2021

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is being reformed and there is a new EYFS framework that all schools and settings will have to follow from September 2021.

These national changes have been made to better support all young children’s learning and development. It is also the aim that the new framework will better prepare children for the transition into key stage 1.

Parents & Carers information on changes

Healthy Teeth

The importance of Oral hygiene in Early years.....

Tooth decay is the most common reason for hospital admission for children aged 6-10 years-old. Whilst it is largely preventable it still remains a serious public health problem. PHE data shows that in 2017, almost a quarter of 5-year-olds started school with tooth decay. Whilst oral health has improved in this age group significant inequalities persist with almost half (47%) of 5 year olds in Rochdale having tooth decay in comparison with 13% in Cambridgeshire. In the most deprived decile in England, over a third of children have dental decay (36.3%), compared to just 12.5% in the least deprived decile. Tooth decay impacts on children and families, children who have toothache or who need treatment may have; pain, infections and difficulties with eating, sleeping, speaking and socialising. They may have to be absent from school and parents may also have to take time off work to take their children to a dentist or to hospital. Children’s poor oral health links to other key policy areas such as getting the best start in life, inequalities, child obesity, school readiness and development of speech and language.

'Wow Moments'

We would love to hear about special moments you have at home with your child. Maybe your child has achieved a new goal in their development, walking, a new word, using the toilet ,sounding out a word or writing a letter. 
Please share these moments with us by using the form below and sending to us, these moments are really important and we want to celebrate them with you.
'Wow Moment' form

Home learning Activities
 7th Jan - 16th Jan

Unfortunately due to our closure, we are aware that the children will be missing out on activities planned for this and next week. 
Not all activities and equipment will be available at home so below  are some activities that could be done at home, using the resources you may have to hand. These activities can be adapted to your child's age group. We have also put together a couple of stories read by the staff.

Land, Sea & Air activity
5 minutes peace book / Read by Vicky Shape sorting activity in practice
Making the shape sorter Dogs don't do Ballet Read by Angela

We are currently looking at the topic 'All about me' . Why not use household objects to recreate ourselves and our families. Great fun activity for everyone, please send us photos of your creations so that we can display when we return

All about me Babies All about me Bumblebees, Butterflies, Sunflowers

Preschool room would have been focussing on the letter 'u' next week. If you can use the below worksheets to look at the letter and sound. You can extend this activity by finding things around the house that belong with the same sound. There is a link below of how to pronounce the letter 'u' using the Jolly phonics program which we use in nursery.

How to pronounce the letter 'u'

Home made Peg boards at home.

You can use wood and nails or even a cup cake baking tray. You can use elastic bands, hair bands or even string. This activity is great for fine motor skills and matching colours and patterns. We use these within the setting and the children love them. Why not try making letters with them or even their name.


Make a peg board at home The Gruffalo read by Emily Elmer Read by Emily
Colour matching actvity Science experiment Duck in a truck read by Jo

All about me activity for Bumblebees & Butterflies children

Please use the worksheet below to ask your child questions about themselves. Please encourage them to count independently their fingers and toes and maybe even yours.

If the worksheets can be returned, that would be great, please email or return to nursery from the 18th.

I can spell my name activity

Write on a piece of paper or card (in Lower case) your child's name. Cut each letter out and try and encourage your child to sound out their name and begin to recognise the letters.

Parents Questionnaires September 2020

Dear Parents/Carers

We are always looking to enhance the quality of care that we provide for you and your child at our nursery. 
To evaluate current standards and to plan for the future, we would be very grateful if you could complete this questionnaire on Babydays by the 31st September.

I will be evaluating the results from this questionnaire and will
inform you of the results in due course.

Thank you in advance for completing this questionnaire as we all really appreciate your very valued feedback.

Kind regards
Mandy Giannandrea

Managing Director


Health Declaration form

This form needs to be downloaded, completed and sent via email to nursery at the beginning of each week.
A message to all our Children & Parents 
We hope to see you all very soon, but in the meantime we have recorded a little message for you....

Coronavirus / Potential Nursery re-opening

At this current time we do not have all information set out, as to exactly when and how we hope to reopen. We have put together  Covid 19 - Site operational procedures,  this shows what measures we plan to implement at the setting to ensure everyone's safety.

Rainbows Day Nursery / Covid -19 Site operational procedures

People that help us

 May 2020 planning

Planning Ideas

People that help us

 May 2020 planning

Planning ideas

People that help us

May 2020 planning

Planning ideas

The Hungry Caterpillar Story Stones activity.

 Here is a little activity for the children, this will link into our current theme of Minibeasts. If you don't have the Hungry Caterpillar book at home, don't worry you can watch the story on YouTube.
The picture stones can be used not just to tell the story, but also for hiding in your house or garden. Paint with varnish to make them last a little longer. Full details on our Website.
Pictures 1 Pictures 2 Pictures 3 Pictures 4

April 2020 / Caterpillars home planning

Click for details

April 2020 / Bumblebees home planning

April 2020 / Butterflies & Sunflowers home planning

Tom's Chicken & Chorizo bake 

6 x skinned & boned chicken thighs
1x Chorizo ring
1x large onion
2x garlic cloves
2x red peppers
2x courgette
1x tin chopped tomatoes
Olive oil
Tsp smoked paprika
Tsp thyme
Salt and pepper to season

Potatoes / olive oil and seasoning 
Start by peeling and slicing - 
1 x large onion chopped into cubes
2 x Garlic cloves chopped
2 x Red peppers (de-seed and slice length ways 1cm thick)
2x Courgette (slice into thin discs 3-4mm)
Slice chicken thighs into strips
Slice chorizo into round discs

Method – 
Start by heating a glug of olive oil in a large frying pan on a high heat. Once the oil is hot, add the chicken and cook, once sealed (white) add the chorizo and continue at a high heat till the oil starts to change red in colour from the chorizo. This should happen quite quickly so be sure to keep stirring the pan with a wooden spoon.
Now add the chopped garlic, onions, peppers & courgettes being careful not to burn, if catching on the bottom of the pan just add a little water and reduce the heat a tad. 
Once cooked though add the tinned tomatoes ( fill empty tin with water in case you need to loosen sauce when cooking if required) , paprika & thyme and reduce heat to a gentle simmer once the tomatoes start to bubble and cook for about 15/20 mins till all combined and cooked though and tomatoes have turned to a nice dark red rich sauce . 
Taste to season. Should take approx. 35 – 45 min in total

Served with chipped Potatoes, chop potatoes into 3 cm squares with skins on, season and coat with olive oil, cook for at the same time as you put your chicken in to bake.

Lavender Playdough 

2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tbsp cream of tartar
2 tbsp vegetable oil
5 drops lavender essential oil or amount desired
blue gel food coloring, amount to desired saturation
red get food colouring, amount to desired saturation 

Instructions
In a large, heat safe mixing bowl, mix dry ingredients (flour, salt and cream of tartar) together. 
Bring 1½ cups water to a boil, add desired amount of blue and red food colouring (more food colouring can be kneaded into the dough later as well). Add in lavender essential oil.
Gradually add the hot water to the flour mixture, stirring with a baking spatula between additions. When it comes together, turn out onto a floured surface and knead until the playdough is even in texture and not sticky anymore. As it cools, it will get less sticky. You can add more flour to the mixture as you are kneading to make it more dry and less sticky.