November 2023
Nursery news…
Unfortunately Jodie and Khadeega will both be leaving us at the end of the year, we thank them both for all of their hard work and dedication they have shown to the children and nursery. We wish them the best in their new adventure. Jodie's last day will be Friday 22nd December and Khadeega’s last day will be Thursday 14th December.
Chloe, our lovely Head of Babies will be leaving us in the early new year for maternity leave. We have a new room head Jade eager to join the baby room team. We wish Chloe lots of luck with her pregnancy and adding to her lovely family.
Lucinda our lovely Toddler room practitioner has been promoted to Head of Toddlers, we wish her lots of luck in her new role and know she will do a wonderful job.
The next stage of the building work is now ready to take place, this will start on 27th November, starting in Preschool 3 and then moving onto Preschool 2 towards the end of the week . Building work with begin on Preschool 1 in the new year. Preschool 2 unfortunately will be moved into another room in order for the work to be carried out and we shall send an email out in the next week to give more details. We will try to keep the disruption to the children at a minimum. We are so excited to have this work taking place, the learning opportunities it will provide for the children once completed will be amazing. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Dates for the diary…
Monday 4th December - Preschool nativity, The children have been practicing and are all very excited to share their performance with you. A video will be available at the cost of £5 (cash only please), just let the front desk know if you wish to purchase one. If your child does not attend on a Monday please arrive 30 minutes before your show performance. If you are unsure on which time your child is performing please ask member of the preschool team.
Wednesday 6th December - Please join us for our Christmas party (5:30-7:00pm). All families are welcome to join us for some Christmas activities, Christmas food and a visit to Father Christmas’s grotto.
Friday 22nd December- The nursery closes for the Christmas break, we open again on Tuesday 2nd January 2024.
Throughout December all children are more than welcome to dress in Christmas jumpers/clothing.
Give me s’more!
Thank you for attending our s’mores evening, it was lots of fun! As you can see by these fantastic photos so much fun was had by all, including our lovely staff team. We wanted to say a huge thank you to Nat, the Snapdragons forest school lead and Cyd who supported Nat as she undergoes her forest school training. A huge thank you to Royce who attended and took these fantastic photos. All photos will be shortly be added parent zone.
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.