First Aid Course

Bumblebees is having an in-house paediatric first aid course on Saturday 9th and 16th January (9am – 4pm) we are welcoming any parent who wish to join us for this course. The cost for this is £45.00 per person. We only have a few spaces left but if this is something that is popular we would look to rearrange more dates. Please can you let Faye or Gemma know asap.

Christmas

Over the next few weeks the children are going to be very busy with all their Christmas preparations. Individual room information will be sent out about the Christmas parties and play.

Children in Need

To help fund raise for Children in Need we will be having a Teddy Bears Picnic on Friday 20th November. If your child attends on this day please bring along their favourite bear to join in with the fun and games. All donations towards the charity are welcome and there will be a collection box in the front entrance all week if you wish to donate. Thank you.

Policy of the Month

As you are no doubt aware of recent events which have happened in a Plymouth Nursery recently surrounding child protection issues, this month we felt it necessary to share one of our staffing policies with you all to show how Bumblebees have always had a contractual agreement with all the staff which bans the use of mobile phones.

Photographer

Just a quick reminder that the Nursery photographer will be with us on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th November to take some lovely photographs of the children, please remember to dress your child in something bright and colourful.

If your child does not attend on a thur/fri please feel free to bring them for the drop in session on Friday morning between 9.30-11am, you are welcome to bring siblings along between these times too.

Christmas Eve

A few months ago we put in the newsletter about the possibility of opening on Christmas Eve. Due to the lack of demand for this session we have decided that we shall not be opening on Christmas Eve.

No Shoe Policy

Please can we remind you that Bumblebees operates a 'No Shoe Policy' where we require the children to change into slippers when they arrive.

As you change your childs footwear please can you place their outdoor shoes straight into their bag as they should not require these for the rest of the day as they wear their wellies in the garden. As you can imagine we have lots of slippers/wellies/ shoes here throughout the day so this should make it more manageable and also save you having to search for shoes when you arrive to collect your child.

We also ask for you to take all of your childs belongings home as their session finishes, so they are kept safe for their next session.