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Firstly I would like to say a big
thank you to everyone who
took part in our Princess and
Hero day on the 24th Septem-
ber 2013 and to everyone that
kindly donated towards this
charity. It was fantastic to
see all the children and staff
make a wonderful effort and
dress up for this worthy char-
ity. We raised a total amount
of £60.40. All the money we
have raised goes to Cracker-
jacks Children’s Trust which is
a registered charity. Cracker-
jacks Children’s Trust was
established to help relieve the
stress and strains in life that
coping with a severe disability
can cause.
We would like to say a big
thank you to Harley’s mum for
donating some musical instru-
ments to our nursery.
We are very proud to announce
that we have recently achieved
the Investors in People Award
on the 9th September 2013 and
we have displayed our certificate
in reception area. Our plaque
will be on display soon.
At Pepperberry we are always
looking at ways of improving our
organisational performance and
achieving Investors in People is
one of the ways in which we can
do this. Staff opinions are of
the upmost importance to us and
this was a great way for us to
listen to staff and complete an
action plan working with the
Investors in People framework
plan so we can maintain a high
quality staff team and also en-
sure management work even
closer with our wonderful staff
team.
On Friday 25th October 2013 we
would like all children and staff to
dress in something yellow to raise
money for Shine Charity. Any dona-
tions for this charity will be greatly
appreciated. All the money we raise
will continue to help and support and
improve the lives of people living
with spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
You can find out more about this
charity by visiting their website
which is www.shinecharity.org.uk.
I would also like to remind you that
we are celebrating Pepperberry’s 2nd
birthday on the 12th October
11.00am-3.00pm. We have now
finalised the stalls which are tom-
bola, raffle, trash or treasure, lucky
dip, cake stall and so much more.
On the day we will be joined by chil-
dren’s characters Woody and Peppa
Pig, free candy floss for everyone,
free Bouncy Castle for all the chil-
dren; there will be refreshments
throughout the day and we will also
be having a barbecue. Any dona-
tions for any of our stalls would be
kindly appreciated. I look forward
to seeing you all there on the day.
A Message from Kerry...
Newsletter Date:
October 2013
Pepperberry Newsletter
October 2013
Pepperberry Newsletter October 2013
Inside this issue:
Baby Peppers 2
Tiny Peppers 2
Sweet Peppers 3
Chilli Peppers 3
Policy of the Month 3
Recipe of the Month 4
Photos 4
Special Points of in-
terest this month:
September highlights see
what the children have been
up to this month.
Preschool Uniform—
mandatory from September
Look at our photos from
September/October and see
if your child is featured this
month.
Recipe of the Month
Flu Jab for 2 year olds
Get to know a new member
of staff.
Learn Enjoy Flourish
- Please note that our baby room is a No Shoe
Zone Area, and at the beginning of the year we
stopped parents from other rooms using baby
room as a way of access from outdoors. This also
disturbs the babies as you can understand. Please
could all parents when picking your child up from
outside make your way to the outdoors via the
stairs upstairs in Chilli Peppers, thank you.
- Could parents please refrain from bringing medi-
cation into the nursery unless this has been pre-
scribed by the doctor. If you do bring medication
in for your child please give this to a member of
staff. Just a reminder that Pepperberry provides
Calpol for all the children.
- Please note that we have had complaints regard-
ing parents parking, please never park in front of
the main door, this has to be kept clear in case of
an emergency. Please park in the bays.
- Our local children’s hairdresser Little Big
Heads now come to Pepperberry every 6 weeks so
please keep an eye out for the posters and book in
for the next time they come in. Their next appoint-
ment will be on 16th October from 10am-12pm.
If you are on Facebook please ‘like’ Pepper-
berry’s page.
I would like to say a big Thank You to those par-
ents/carers who have already made a comment on
our facebook page. All comments are very much
appreciated. www.facebook.com/
pepperberrydaynurseries
Important Messages
Each month in our newsletter we
introduce you to a new member of
our staff team where they tell
you a little more about them-
selves. This is to help you get to
know the staff a bit better.
This month we will be introducing
Jade Davey who has recently
joined Pepperberry Team. Jade
works in the Tiny Peppers room
and she is working to build up a
good relationship with all the chil-
dren and parents.
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What have Tiny Peppers been up to this month?
Pepperberry Newsletter October 2013
Get to know our staff...
What have Baby Peppers been up to this month?
Jade Davey
Ella Griffiths (Senior), Kimberley Jack,
Chloe Watkins This month Baby Peppers have had lots of
fun learning all about our theme ‘our senses’.
Through September we have been exploring
our senses though
various types of play,
including dried pasta,
gloop, sand, paint,
flour, shaving foam,
sawdust and water
play.
To support each activity we have been look-
ing at further developing our physical skills
when using our whole body when investigat-
ing textures, our knowledge and understand-
ing of the world skills when making our
sensory bottles shakers and also our expres-
sive arts and design skills when experiment-
ing with sensory exploration materials.
This month all the staff in Baby Peppers
would like to welcome all the new children
that have started in their new nursery envi-
ronment: Tiggy Mae, Annaleisse, Joel and
Felix.
We have had a very busy month celebrating
lots of 1st Birthdays in Baby Peppers in-
cluding Jasmine, Adam, Amber, Megan and
Halle.
We would like to say good bye to Freya,
Megan and Olive who have moved up to
Tiny Peppers room.
A big thank you to all the children in
Baby Peppers that dressed up for our
charity hero and princesses day.
We would like to inform all the parents
that a poster with any event days that we
hold will be posted on Tiny Pepper’s
door.
Kath Lennon (Unit Leader), Kerry
Deakin, Melanie Beckett, Ashleigh Hasel-
den, Chloe Dawson, Jade Davey, Louise
Carter, Sue Watkins
During the month of September Tiny Peppers
have focused on ‘our Senses’ theme. Activities
promoting sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing
have been made available for the children to
take part, enjoy, explore and investigate. Sen-
sory bags have been made using tights and a
variety of media. These bags made by the chil-
dren have been added to our treasure baskets in
the sensory room for the
children to investigate
freely. Coloured, flavoured
playdough with a variety of
tools has been made avail-
able; as well as coloured
water, sand or flour with
small world figures also
have been offered both
indoors and outdoors.
Outdoors tiny peppers children have been
experiencing the effects of the wind. Using
bubbles, watching the flags and streamers the
children have experienced the lovely outdoor
space.
Tiny peppers have also been exploring the
local area and have been on trips out which
have linked in with our senses theme. Trips
to the fish shop, bakery and curtain shop
have been enjoyed and shared by the little
ones who travel safely in our three-seater
buggies supported by our qualified practitio-
ners who hold first aid certificates.
Next month Tiny Peppers' Theme will be
‘Autumn’. Please take time to view our white
boards with information for the daily focused
activity.
Tiny Peppers would like to wish all the
children who have celebrated their birth-
day—a very happy birthday and also a
very warm welcome to all the new chil-
dren that have started in Tiny Peppers in
September either moving up from baby
room or have just recently began their
Pepperberry Journey. To all the children
who have now made their transition to
Sweet Peppers—best wishes and we hope
you’ll have fun upstairs, make new friends
and enjoy all the exciting experiences that
Sweet Peppers have to offer.
My name is Jade and I have been part of Pepperberry’s Team since
September. I began studying for childcare after working in a after-
school club at my old Primary School. I have completed my studies
at University and I am qualified to a Level 5 in Early Childhood
Education and Care. I have had lots of experience with children
aged 0-11 years. In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my
family and friends.
Pepperberry Newsletter October 2013
Policy of the month: Medication Policy
Sweet Peppers
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Joanne Dean (Senior Practitioner),
Chris Deluce (Early Years Appren-
tice/Teaching Assistant)
Chilli Peppers have recently sorted a new
timetable of weekly activities. On Mon-
days Nicola has been teaching children
Spanish Lessons and singing ‘que llue– the
old man is snoring’. The children love
using the musical instruments to sing this
song. Children now say ‘hello’ and
‘goodbye’ easily in Spanish. Tuesdays we
have had the pleasure of having Beryl back
after the Summer
Holidays. The
children have
been learning a
new song called
‘hilly billy hedge-
hog’ which re-
lated to our sea-
son. On Thurs-
days we have
now started our
Ballroom/Latin
dance classes that
children seem to really enjoy. Every 4th
Friday our brilliant chef Trish bakes with
the children. Children look great in their
little chef aprons and hats.
This term we have been looking at
‘Transport’. The children have helped to
make a large Thomas the tank engine for
their role play. We have also been looking
at emergency vehicles, planes, trains cars
and trucks. Chilli Peppers children have
been out for a walk to the train station to
see the trains. We have also made a trans-
port display using shapes and colours,
focusing on the square and circle.
We would like to say a warm welcome to
our Chilli Peppers room to our new starters
Olivia and Juliana as well as to our chil-
dren that have made their transition from
Sweet Peppers: Emily, Harley, Dhilan and
Devan.
Emma Toth (Senior Practitioner)
Grand Peppers have had a very busy month. We
have said good bye to lots of our friends who have
made their journey to school. I would like to say a
warm welcome to Grand Peppers to Sophie,
Olivia, Alex, Eva, Scarlett, Charlie, Jacob and
Alfie.
Grand peppers children have been enjoying activi-
ties and experiences based on our topic ‘transport’.
The children seem to enjoy their new classes. In
the Spanish classes with Nicola children have
started to learn to say ‘hello’ and ‘good bye’ and
have been learning ‘los vocals’ as well as a lovely
Spanish song called ‘Buenos Dias’. Stretch and
Grow is continuing on a Wednesdays morning
where children continue to promote their physical
development. Grand Peppers children have started
Ballroom dancing with Chloe who helps children
develop their social skills as well as helping them
to recognise new movement. Grand Peppers have
also started ‘we can cook’ classes with our chef
Trish. Children will learn to cook different recipes
every lesson. The ICT classes with Kim have re-
started for the children that would like to take part
those are on a Wednesday morning and Thursday
afternoon.
This term the timetable for grand peppers is as
follows: an introduction to jolly phonics; learning
letters and sounds; number recognition and inde-
pendent skills.
We will be starting with phase 1 of Jolly Phonics.
Letter Land Characters have also been introduced
to the children to support their letter recognition
and also linking letters and sounds.
Grand peppers children have visited the train sta-
tion as part of our ‘transport’ topic and as a result
have worked together to create a beautiful train
display using different
shapes. Children have also
learned about the safety
when crossing the road by
making their own Stop
signs and taking part in
organised activities where
they could use those.
Emmie Bradeth, Rebecca Judge, Emily
Piotrowicz, Sophie Barlow, Kerry Jack-
son, Donna Preston, Michelle Ridgard
During September in Sweet Peppers have
been learning about transport. As a result
some of the children have been out for a
walk to the train station. The children have
all helped to decorate a bus for our dis-
play.
Children have also
learned about
‘self’ and have
painted their self
portraits.
Children have explored and investigated a
wide range of textures both indoors and
outdoors such as hay, flour, cornflakes and
cornflour.
To raise money for Crackerjacks charity
children have dressed up in princesses and
hero’s outfits which we are very grateful
to all the parents and children for the ef-
forts made.
Our next month’s theme will be Autumn
and the children will be given plenty of
opportunities to learn through play about
this beautiful season using both the in-
doors and the outdoors space.
Sweet peppers would like to wish all the
children who had a birthday this month a
very happy Birthday. Also we wish a
warm welcome to our new starters that
have recently joined us in Sweet Peppers
as well as to all the children that have
made their transition from Tiny Peppers
into our room.
If a child is unwell and requires one to one attention because of their illness they should not be attending the setting, for their own best interests and for that of the other children.
However some illnesses, allergies and medi-cal conditions do no prevent children enjoying their day to day activities with the support of medication. Where possible staff must dis-cuss and respect the wishes of the parents/carers with regard to the administration of medicine to their child.
For safety of the child and the protection of staff it is important that the following proce-dures are adhered to:
A child is excluded for a 24 hour period after receiving an MMR pre-school booster injec-tion & childhood immunisation.
Staff must only administer medicine with writ-ten consent from the parent/carer using a medication form.
Staff must only administer the recommended
dose, as directed by the Doctor’s instructions.
All medicines must be stored in their original
containers, in a safe secure place, that is at the
correct temperature and inaccessible to chil-
dren. The medicine should also be clearly
labelled with the child’s name.
Prescribed medicines must only be given to the
named person and should, at all times, be
stored out of reach of children.
Cream/oils may be applied as directed by the
manufacturers printed instructions on the bottle/
tube to a child’s hair or skin.
Written consent form parents/carers are re-
quired on a medical form.
In cases of long term medication prescribed
by a doctor, the management team will be
required to carry out a review with the par-
ent/carer on the child’s medical condition at
regular intervals.
When any medication is presented to staff to
administer to a child, the parent/carer must
complete the medicine consent form before
this can be administered. Staff must also
check the medication form to ascertain
whether the child has had this medication
before, as the first two doses of medication
must be administered at home/24 hours after
start of a course of antibiotics.
All children aged two will be offered free
vaccination against flu from September -
because this will only be a nasal spray
there is no need for the little ones to be off
for after this flu vaccination.
Chilli Peppers Grand Peppers
Phone: 01625 419 509
E-mail: info@pbnurseries.com
September/October Photographs
Learn Enjoy Flourish
Spinach and Mushroom Lasagne
Ingredients:
400-500 g spinach
Large punnet of mushrooms
Garlic (crushed)
Cheese sauce
Lasagne sheets
Method
Blanch the spinach in one pan and gently fry the mushrooms and gar-
lic in another with a little oil. Once cooked, stir the two together and add
some black pepper. Make the cheese sauce and add to the mixture of spinach
and mushroom.
Pour some of the mixture into the lasagne dish, then layer with the la-
sagne sheets. Add another layer of the mixture and cover with lasagne
sheets. When finished pour over the cheese sauce mixture, then cook in the
oven at 180 c/gas 4 for 45-50 min until pasta is cooked then sprinkle with
cheddar cheese.
This is the recipe our lovely chef Trish uses for the vegetarian lasagne
option for our Pepperberry’s children.
Brought to you by Pepperberry’s Full Time Chef Trish
Cygnet Court
Hawthorn Street
Wilmslow
SK9 5EL
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Pepperberry Newsletter October 2013
At the train station...hooray! Look at me....I can cook!
We are all princess and he-
roes today We are all friends and super-
heroes! Together we will save
you!
Messy play is the best,
especially outdoors!
I’m learning about Autumn
Yummy ... we love the cookery
classes
Concentration is key...
I can ride a bike!
I’m playing with the shakers we
just made Roarrrr... I’m a dinosaur
No matter the weather we
are out and about!
Oh I feel a little tired, I
think I will have a snooze
This jigsaw puzzle is a
bit tricky
Wow look at these bubbles
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