Welcome to our August 2022 Newsletter…

Snapdragons Cribbs Causeway

So much has happened around the nursery since our last Newsletter! We have had a fun filled summer, spending lots of time in our beautiful gardens, taking trips to the local park in amongst celebrating different festivals and events! More recently our Pre-School leavers have headed on to their next adventure at Primary School, however, they didn’t leave without a jam packed Graduation ceremony….

Graduation - Class of 2022

We had the best time celebrating the newest adventure for our school leavers, on Saturday 6th August. Thank you to all of the families who came to join us and the BIGGEST thank you to the Pre-School team who have worked so hard the past year, and who organised this amazing Graduation ceremony. The children enjoyed garden games, face paints, a yummy buffet and even an ice cream station. We wish all of our school leavers the best of luck in this new chapter and will miss each and every one of you!! Please do feel free to pop by and say hello!

Photography around the nursery

You may have noticed a lot more lovely photographs of your children around the nursery emerging on our social media platforms. We have been very lucky in welcoming Royce to the Snapdragons Media Team who has been spending time in all of the nurseries capturing lovely moments and goings on around the nursery.

Here is a little message from him;

"Hi! My name is Royce.

I am the new Social Media & Marketing Assistant for Snapdragons. I will be spending time at all of the nurseries capturing magical moments and, permissions allowing, sharing them on our media platforms for parents and guardians to see. So don’t be alarmed if your children ask you if you saw the man with the camera in the nursery garden, it’s just me.

To see these moments please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Or head over to our website for even more!"

Useful information / updates;

School Applications

For those of you who have children heading to school next year (September 2023), the school application deadline is January 2023. We currently do not have any further information about this from South Gloucestershire Council but once we hear more, will share this with you (including exact application deadline dates).

Staff changes

As you may by now know, I (Ella) am sadly leaving Snapdragons at the end of September. My final day will be Wednesday 28th September. I will be so sad to leave but thank you all in being so wonderful over the past year I have spent at Snapdragons Cribbs Causeway. On a positive note, we have a fabulous new manager starting with us on Monday 5th September! Her name is Samantha and we are lucky enough to be having a whole month handover before I go. I’m sure you will start to see her around the nursery next week and I will be sure to introduce you all.

We will also be saying a sad goodbye to Beth, our Head of Pre-School 1. She will be leaving us half way through September and we will be so sad to see her go, but wish her the best of luck in her new adventures!

We will be welcoming a few other new staff members to the team!
Jodie will be joining us from our Keynsham nursery as our Head of Toddlers. Jodie has been working with Snapdragons for the past year and is a qualified Early Years Teacher. We cannot wait to welcome her on board the Cribbs Causeway team.

We will also be welcoming Aimee who will be joining us to take over the role as Head of Pre-School 1. Aimee will be joining us in September and has a wealth of nursery and room leader experience!

Alongside this, we welcome Jade to our team! Jade is joining us as an Early Years Teacher in our Pre-School room and has experience working as a Teacher in Primary Education.

Last but not least we are welcoming Lauren to our Rising 3s team! Lauren has a degree in Education and will be completing her Early Years Teacher Training while with us.

We cannot wait to welcome all of these new faces to Cribbs Causeway!

Dates for the Diary;

We have a few things coming up over the next few months, so here are a few useful dates for the diary;

Tuesday 11th October - Parents Evening

We will be hosting our next Parents Evening on Tuesday 11th October 6pm - 8:30pm. We will be releasing timeslots soon so please keep your eyes peeled (these will be at the front desk). Slots will be on a first come first serve basis as we will not be able to fit everyone in. The only staff member who is unable to attend this date is Chloe (our Head of Babies), therefore if she is your child’s key worker we will be releasing a different time and date for you to book (TBC).

Wednesday 12th October - Concept Photography

Concept photography will be visiting again on Wednesday 12th October. They will be at nursery from 9am until 3pm. If your child attends nursery on this day, feel free to provide them with an outfit change as all children will have their photo taken. If your child does not attend nursery on this date you are more than welcome to book in a time slot to bring them along for their photos. Again, this will be on the front desk and we will be releasing these time slots shortly.

Staff Superstars

As you may already be aware, we are always looking to reward and praise our staff for the ongoing hard work and care they are constantly providing. We have our written nomination sheets at the front desk, which we upload onto our Superstar portal, however, if you feel a member of staff has been amazing and you want them to be recognised for this, then you can nominate them via this link also;

Snappies Superstar — Snapdragons Nursery

The staff are rewarded via stars which they can then spend towards a variety of different treats, ranging from sweet treats, vouchers and even days out.

August 2022