By Cindy Alvarez | Jelly Beans on Monday, 21 October 2019
Category: Jellybean - Richlands

October News

Hello and Welcome to Jellybeans Childcare News!  

Wow! This year is certainly passing us by, who can believe it is almost the end of October. Christmas will be here before we know it! We would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our new families that have recently joined us, we certainly hope that you enjoy your time with us. 

I would just like to remind everyone of the importance of maintaining their account, if for some reason your Direct Debit declines you will incur a Dishonor Fee from Debit Success and you will be required to make a payment prior to your child staying. Failure to maintain your account may result in your child's position here at the Centre being Suspended or Cancelled. 

When using the Centre Carpark please be vigilant when entering and existing, please ensure you are not driving with excessive speed. A part of being courteous to others includes watching for car doors that are open when you are trying to park. If a car door is ajar please be patient and wait opposed to driving into the park. We all need to be extra vigilant and keep our families safe. Our open Educators have noticed a huge amount of litter that is being left in the Carpark, please help us keep Jellybeans clean and place your litter in the bins provided. 

Have you recently moved house or changed your contact details? If this applies to you please let me know immediately so we can update your details in the computer system. 

Family Portraits are booked again for November 2019! If you are keen for and updated portrait please see Cindy for booking information.

Thanks 

2020 Booking Forms 

 Our Booking Forms for 2020 were all emailed out last week, if you have not received this email please let me know so we can get a Booking Form Printed for you. On this form you will see it has the following sections that need to be filled out: Your preferred days for 2020, Holidays you are taking over the Christmas and New Year Period, and if you are ending care. Please ensure all of these sections are filled out that apply to your families situation. These forms need to be returned by Friday the 1st November 2019. 

 Front Door Security 

As most of you are aware our Front Door has a security code that needs to be entered for the Door to open. Please enter this code prior to pulling on the door. We have noticed several people yanking on the door to make it open, please do not do this as it will damage the door, and we don't want anyone sustaining an injury. If you are having difficulties with the door please see an Educator for assistance.  

Nursery 1 Room  

Hello to all our lovely parents and families!!

With spring in the air, it has been our focus to enjoy more outdoor play.

Welcome to all of our new children who have joined us recently. They are all settling in well and are getting more comfortable in Nursery One.

We would like to say a big Happy Birthday to our one-year- old Sootaga in October. It is so sad but exciting to see our little friends grow older.

We have been busy doing lots of different varieties of in and outdoor experiments and activities. The babies absolutely love going out to the Nursery yard and crawling, walking and running around. They all love to show their improved skills and physical abilities. They also love playing with the bubbles, it is so much fun. 

Singing and dancing with music is the best group time activities for babies. When we are listening to the Wiggles, we all start dancing. The children love songs and playing with the musical instruments especially while dancing together.

Over the next few weeks, we are planning to continue Halloween arts and crafts activities. We will be decorating some pumpkins, spiders, bats through painting and crafts using a variety of materials.

Nursery One room would like to wish all of our parents and families a Happy Halloween.

Thank you for entrusting your little ones into our care.

Miss Jasmine and Miss Ruby

Thank you! 

​I would like to extend a warm thanks to everyone that contributed towards our Water Donation plus the Care Packages for the Soldiers. Over the coming days we will drop the donations off at the required drop off points. 

 Graduation Photos 

These photos will be available to purchase over the coming weeks. Usually we disperse the Graduation Photos and take payment on Graduation Night however this year we will be taking payment prior to the night. As soon as the photos have been delivered we will place a sign on the Pre-school Room Door to notify you. Photos will not be available to purchase on Graduation Night. 

 KIOSK

It is vital that you sign your child in and out each day they attend the service, particularly if you are on set hours. Failure to sign your child in or out may result in an extra fee being added to your account, due to the hours that are recorded. If you have not been set up with your own access code for the KIOSK please see Cindy or Margaret as soon as possible, please do not use another person's log in details to log a child in or out. The Kiosk registers the individual who has dropped off or picked up when you log in or out. If you have forgotten your pin please see Cindy or Margaret to reset it. 

Nursery 2 Room 

 Hello everyone. Welcome to another month in Nursery 2, .We would like to extend a warm welcome to Roger and Mario and their families. A big hello must also be extended to  Summer and Isaac who are joining us from Nursery 1.

As most of the children in our room are 15 months or more we will be focusing more on developing their self help skills and preparing them for when they more to the Toddler Rooms. This will include washing hands, spooning feeding themselves and holding their own bottles. I will also be encouraging the children to sit on chairs at the table for meals instead of using the high chairs. We will also be visiting the Toddler Yard for a play so could you please send along a hat and shoes. Can you also please send along a drink bottle or sippy cup. 

Our focus in our room at the moment is playing together, using gentle hands with our friends and practicing turn taking. I understand that this can be difficult for this age group but I am sure with lots of encouragement we will meet our goal.

Some of the activities the children are enjoying at the moment is role playing in home corner. We enjoy using all of the cooking utensils and pretending to cook up a storm. Baby dolls and the prams are also popular. We also enjoy looking at a variety of books and stacking the duplo blocks. Everyone enjoys doing paintings. This sometimes can be messy but it is fun. Outside we enjoy riding the bikes, pushing ourselves around in the cars and playing with the balls. Catching bubbles is also fun.

Reminder: Please remember to name all your belongings.

Until next time

Miss Margaret and Miss Nittaya