Fledglings News January 22

Fledglings News- January 2022

Happy new year from all the team at Fledglings and a very warm welcome to our newsletter. We have an action packed few months and we are super excited about our plans this year! We will be sending out regular information about our themes and topics which we hope will provide an insight into activities and subjects your children will be taking part in during the upcoming months.

Please make note of the following dates for your diary :

1 s t February- 4 t h February : Chinese New Celebrations – Year of the Tiger! We cannot wait to celebrate Chinese New Year at Fledglings. We will be learning all about this incredible festival and even have a special visitor coming into nursery to share fabulous resources for us all to explore . We intend to create spectacular Chinese lanterns 2 and will be painting beautiful blossom trees. Also, Collette our talented cook will be preparing a very special banquet for the children to enjoy!

Monday 14t h February : Fledglings Valentine’s Day celebrations- the children are invited to dress in red for this occasion. We will be enjoying baking special desserts as well as a session of perfume making. The children will enjoy a Valentines ‘red’ themed tea-party!

Tuesday 1s t March: Pancake Day celebrations and St David’s Day Celebrations! We will be making our very own sweet and savoury pancakes. Thursday 3rd March: World Book Day- The children are invited to dress up as their favourite character for this day. We will be reading stories from some of the children’s favourites authors including Julia Donaldson and Roald Dahl .

Thursday 17t h March: St Patrick’s Day Celebrations and Crafts Friday 18th March: Comic Relief – wear your special red nose and accessories for a small donation for this wonderful charity . Donations can be made online .

W/C 22 nd March: The children will be taking part in creating Mother’s Day Surprises! We will also be hatching our very own little Fledglings chicks…watch this space for some ‘eggciting’ news! (P.s that’s a yoke!)

Children’s Transitions During the month of January, we have been supporting some of our children who have started settling sessions in their new rooms. We have also welcomed new families to Fledglings this year. All the children are settling well and are enjoying experiencing new and exciting opportunities. We hope this will continue . You can view your child’s development at Fledglings on ‘Learning Journals’ and can also contribute home observations if you wish to do so. As always, if you do have any questions please feel free to speak to a member of the Fledglings team and we will be more than happy to help you with your query .

Practitioner updates

Chelsea- We have welcomed back Chelsea who has been on maternity leave . Chelsea has really enjoyed her time with her little girl, Gracie- Victoria and is now looking forward re-joining her Fledglings family again and has super ideas to implement!

Baby Ralph -We would like to congratulate Steph on the birth of her beautiful baby boy, Ralph! He is simply adorable!

Nursery Fee Increase

Due to the forthcoming government increases to take effect from April 2022, we will be increasing our daily fee at Fledglings. The new rate will be £65 per day and will 4 come into effect from April this year. We have been advised to increase the fees significantly but due to high occupancy at the nursery we have been able to keep the increase to a minimum . Please speak to a member of the management team should you have any questions regarding this information.

Covid Update

We are aware that the Covid rules seem to change every day! From Monday 17t h January 22, people who are self isolating will be able to reduce their isolation period after five days with negative lateral flow and no temperature . So for instance, if you test negative on the morning of day five and the morning of day six, you can return to nursery . Please remember, if anyone in your household has Covid and you wish to send your child to nursery, please ensure your child has a negative lateral flow up until the isolation is complete.

Nursery trips In the upcoming months, we are hoping to provide opportunities for the children to take part in trips within the local community . We will contact you in advance to obtain permission and share risk assessments if required. At Fledglings, we are always looking out for new and exciting experiences for all the children to take part in. If you have visited an amazing local place recently, please let us know and we then can hope fully let everyone at Fledglings join in the fun too!

Open Day

We were really sad that we had to postpone our open day . We hope to arrange an alternative date very soon and will notify you when we do. Remember, you can always request a video call if you wish to do so! In the meantime please take a look at our beautiful Fledglings…the team have been working extremely hard to create a cosy, homely environment for our children. (P.s. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram- search ‘Fledglings Preschool, Bramhall’

We really hope you enjoyed our Newsletter.

Best wishes Mrs Bhav and the Fledglings Team x