Email: [email protected],WEB: summersidechildcare.com

NEWS LETTER FOR JAN / FEB-2017

Dear Parents,

It is a Great pleasure to see all the kids participated in our Christmas carol and many thanks for all the respective staff for making this event a great success and present it to the parents. This is a new feature added this year and you can see kids singing Christmas songs in the second page. WE Heartily THANK EACH ONE OF YOU for your valuable support in the past year and participating in all our events and making suggestions and helping us in every possible ways. & we also very PROUD and THANKFUL to all the parents for their most appreciated support in making our child care center a successful one. Please pick up your parent hand book – read and add your suggestions & ideas to be added in the policies & procedures in the family survey. HAPPY BIRTH DAYS IN JAN & FEB MEHUL SHARMA JAN 1ST SEHAJVEER CHEEMA JAN 1ST LUCAS GREY JAN 2ND ANNA SLOCOMBE JAN 03RD RASALIE CHERSA JAN 5TH MARIAM KHAN JAN 6TH GIA ROSE PAPIN JAN 16TH ARSH GARG JAN 31ST SAMUEL ELDER JAN 29TH AVALYNN PARON FEB 4TH TEODORE WILLIAMS FEB 5TH NICOLAS STOYNOV FEB 07TH LUKE STEWART FEB 07TH ZACHARY KNOLL FEB 17TH GNOUMA COULIBALY FEB 21ST SARTHAK SYAL FEB 22ND DESTANY KNOLL FEB 23RD KRISTIAN HUNTER FEB 28TH

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY & A FAMILY DAY TO ALL OF YOU.

We have collected parent & staff surveys & the outcome was very POSITIVE. A couple of parents expressed that they could like more communication about their children’s activities at the center. We have addressed the concerns by News letters (monthly) & reminders on the doors ,activities are posted in each room on their doors –like what is the theme & spl activities for the day etc.,

Parents and staff are also encouraged to communicate daily. q) Some parents were unsure as to “how to get information” about our policies. ?? a) Policies & procedures can be read from the parent hand book, & apart from this if you have any suggestions / ideas we welcome that and we will incorporate in our policies and program. The suggestion box is located in the front by the door and we welcome suggestions and we READ it and take necessary steps to rectify the issues if any. Feel free to talk to the program director about our policies & procedures. Or anything else you may want to discuss.

 JAN 17th & FEB 24th GRAND PARENT’S DAY  Feb 16th FAMILY BREAKFAST DAY (muffins, juices served)  Feb 14th Valentine’s Day celebrations- please send cards with children to exchange.  Feb 20th Monday Family Day. {We are closed for this day}  Feb 17th Baking Day, [children will make short bread cookies and learn basic baking skills]

PLEASE SEND YOUR CULTURAL & FAMILY PICTURES SO THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH OTHER CHILDREN AND HAVE THEM IN OUR ROOMS TO SHOW MultiCulturism & diversity.

 Parents can send valentine’s card to exchange with their friends.  Please make sure that you sign in & out everyday and also initial them  At the end of the week please sign your signature.  Please send Winter Boots and Gear with children. Also, if the weather permits we can take them for a walk or play in the play ground

A kind reminder to all parents HYGEINE: DUE TO THE HEALTH & SAFETY REASONS WE REQUEST PARENTS TO SEND SOME CLEAR & THICK VINYL BAGS TO STORE THE CHILDREN’S BLANKETS SEPERATELY. Also, snacks need to be packed and labeled in a ZIP LOCK bag, and need to inform the class teachers about it to store accordingly. No lunch bags we use daily goes inside the fridge for hygienic reasons

PLEASE PROVIDE/UPDATE THE CENTER WITH THE LATEST EMERGENCY CONTACT PERSONS NAME, NUMBERS, ADDRESS ETC., OR ANY CHANGE OF INFORMATION.