Autumn Newsletter 2025

Nursery Closure Dates

Parents Evening

For children who have been attending nursery since Summer term 2025 

Parents evening booking in list will be displayed from Monday, 1st September 2025. 

Starting from 5 pm 

Working Family 15hrs & 30hrs funding

If you are now entitled to Working Family Free Funding, please request that the nursery supports your funding hours. 

You can check your entitlement through GOV.UK working families 

Reminders and changes

All coats/jackets, bags, scarves, gloves and hats must be labelled clearly and visibly.

Withdrawal of children’s water bottles – the nursery provides fresh drinking water, which is available to children at all times. 



Healthy packed lunches/tea – please ensure you provide your child with healthy foods only. Therefore, no chocolate or chocolate spreads, cakes or biscuits. 

Nuts are not allowed due to allergies. 

Photographs

They are now available for collections.

Please talk to Lorraine or Aleks.

Fresh Fruit 

Please can you ensure your child brings 1 piece of fresh fruit into the nursery daily. This needs to be placed into a bowl at the front desk and not in your child’s bag, thank you. 

Autumn term Curriculum

Please take time to read this terms planned curriculum 

Topics:

Making Relationships 

Forest animals 

Autumn trees, leaves, and colours

Sparkles and noises 

Christmas and celebrations 

Other:

Black History Month 

Diwali 

Halloween (mildly) 

Bonfire night 

St Andrew’s Day 

Sickness

Please take time to read our nursery sickness policy, which is located in the parents’ policy and procedures file at the front desk and available at all times

Children are not allowed to come into nursery if they have a temperature or if they require any medication which contains paracetamol. 

Children must be fit and well to attend Nursery 

Nursery Fees & Money 

Nursery Fees & Meal Money need to be paid on or before the 1^st of each month.

Please pay by bank transfer 

Acc: 00861146

Sort code: 20-72-33

Please can you ensure all the nursery fees are paid by bank transfer.

We no longer accept cash payments

There is a further £1 per day extra charge if fees are not paid on time. 

Once you have paid by bank transfer, please could you send a photo shot to the email so these can be recorded as paid.



PLEASE PAY ON TIME AND AVOID LATE PAYMENT FEES 

Late Collections

Please can I remind all parents that they need to collect their children on time from the Nursery. 

Please can I ask that all parents & visitors ensure they talk politely to staff at all times. We are always here to help

There is a £12 charge every 15 minutes for late collection 

Staff Changes Giggles Day Nursery 

Sadly, our staff member Emma, has left the nursery and started working in a school. 

One-time offer!

We are looking to recruit a new, qualified (Early Years level 3 or above) member of staff with baby room experience

If you know anyone who is suitable for this position, please recommend them to us. If they successfully complete their probation period, you will receive a total of 20 hours of additional childcare for free. 

Birthdays

At Giggles Day Nursery we promote Healthy Eating so we do not allow Birthday cakes or sweets.

If your child is celebrating their Birthday and you would like to bring something into the nursery, we encourage fresh fruit or a new book that we can read to the children at story time or play dough, which the children really enjoy playing with. 

Child safety

Please ensure children do not run in the car park as this car park is used by others. 

Nursery drop off and collection times for funded children only: 

Please ensure you arrive outside the nursery building on time for your child’s session. Any late arrivals may need to wait outside until a staff member becomes available. Parents need to ensure they arrive promptly at the correct pick-up times.

For all children leaving at 6 pm, parents need to arrive no later than 5:50 pm so staff can share any feedback and information required. The nursery closes promptly at 6 pm. 

Message from The Giggles Team 

Thank you for reading the newsletter and your continuous support 

Kind regards,

Giggles Day Nursery Team