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Playbox March 2021
30 hours funding for Summer Funding Block 2020
Welcome to our March Newsletter 2021
(April 2021- July 2021)
This is a reminder that parents who wish to begin
Nursery News
claiming 30 hours funding from April 2021 must
We would like to welcome Jemma back to our
receive their code by 31st March 2020 at the very
Discoverers room from maternity leave.
latest.
Due to an increase in nursery numbers, we would like
introduce you to our newest member of staff, Amy, to
Explorers
our Explorers team. Amy is a Level 3 Nursery Nurse.
We have had a busy time talking and singing about
anything to do with transport. We have been rowing
Happy Mother’s Days!
boats, driving cars through gloop and looking out for
The children would like to send a message to people
emergency vehicles when we hear the sirens. We are
who are special to them with this heart.
starting to look at Spring and the habitats of animals
and insects. The children are busy making creations for
our Spring board.
Discoverers
We have talked about Chinese (Lunar) New Year and
created our own dragons. We discussed the
importance of being kind and who we love around
Valentine’s. We have focused on the Artic to coincide
with National Polar Bear Day. We have been exploring
the garden looking at the changes taking place as we
start to move seasons.
Adventurers
Mindfulness Mondays Yoga Pose Throughout the month of February our Adventurers
Please check our Facebook page for the yoga poses of have been investigating dinosaurs and when they
the week. existed. We have questioned the changes in the
weather and discussed Spring and what it brings. We
started to create our Mother’s Day surprises using
different ways of mark making. We have been
exploring objects which we can add to our water tray
and discussed the changes this brings. We have used
tea bags, orange peel, herbs and bubbles.
We work on our phonics and numbers daily and our
Smart Start children have been working on putting on
their own coats.
Happy Days Nursery
9a Treyew Road
Truro
TR1 3AN
playbox@happydaysnurseries.com
01872 222571Playbox March 2021
Forest School can be found on the Government’s new Childcare
During our Forest School sessions in Adventurers we Choices website at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
have been exploring natural resources within the
garden which we could create a sunflower from.
Weather News
Please ensure your child comes in with a named, warm
coat.
TAX-FREE CHILDCARE
Polite reminder – if you pay nursery fees by Tax Free
Childcare, please note that your fees are still due on
the 1st of every month. Please can you check your
account and adjust the payment date to fit in with our
We have been checking on the bird feeders and have Terms and Conditions. Thank you.
had a squirrel show an interest. You could be entitled to Tax-Free Childcare. Further
We have explored the trees in our orchard and talked information can be found at
about the flowers growing from them. childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/
See if you qualify using the Childcare Calculator at
www.gov.uk/child-care-calculator
Safeguarding, Welfare Requirement and Health &
Safety
Please can you ensure that you are contactable on the
telephone numbers you have provided on a daily basis.
If you’re not available on your normal telephone
number please can you provide us with an additional
number that we can contact you on. Thank you for
your support.
March Birthdays 2021
Additional Purchase of Happy Days Uniform:
Explorers: Adalee 19th Millie
If your child has already started our Smart
25th
Start programme we are still able to provide
Discoverers: Liam 30th
you with additional uniform should you need
Adventurers: Ava 3rd Jem 13th Brodie 17th Ellis 17th
it. If you would like to purchase additional
Lorna 25th Jacob 29th
Happy Days polo shirts or a jumper for the cooler
months please see Megan. The cost of these is £7.50
Childcare Choices
for the polo shirts and £7.80 for the jumpers.
The government is introducing new ways to help
parents with childcare costs. Information about the
different options available
Happy Days Nursery
9a Treyew Road
Truro
TR1 3AN
playbox@happydaysnurseries.com
01872 222571Playbox March 2021
- Click on “Write a Review”
Personal belongings: Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook
Our children love to explore, whether this is outside If you haven’t yet had a look at the open Happy Days
puddle jumping or inside with creative and sensory Nurseries Facebook page please do! We post regular
play! Therefore we do get messy and at times the updates about all of the Happy Days nurseries,
children need a change of clothes. In order for us to important Nursery updates and dates to remember.
ensure your child’s clothes and shoes are safely There is also a monthly competition where all new
returned please could we advise that they are clearly ‘likes’ get put into a hat and the winner receives a £50
labelled to help make it easier for us to identify and Amazon voucher. Follow this link to get there:
prevent them from getting lost! https://www.facebook.com/Happy.Days.Nursery
Recommend a Friend Finally
Did you know that if you are able to Thank you for your ongoing support.
‘Recommend a friend’ to a Happy Days Karen and the Happy Playbox Team.
Nursery, you will have the option of
receiving £100 cash from your own Happy Days
Nursery. There is also no cap on the number of
recommendations you make, the offer is per
recommendation, so the more you make, the more
you are rewarded!
To claim, collect a voucher, fill it in and bring it along
the attached voucher to your Happy Days Nursery.
Further information please speak to Karen or Megan
for more information.
Would you recommend Happy Days Playbox?
If you are proud to say that your child attends a Happy
Days nursery, please spread the word! You can also
put in a recommendation by using the following simple
steps…
- Go to Google Maps
- Search Happy Days Playbox
Happy Days Nursery
9a Treyew Road
Truro
TR1 3AN
playbox@happydaysnurseries.com
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