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Building a rapport with our parents is very important to us, and we believe that open communication helps build that trusting relationship. That’s why we send the weekly emails and write the monthly newsletters, and that’s why we’re embracing social media with our new Twitter and Facebook presence. If you want to find out what’s [...]
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When your child is sick, the last thing you want to be worrying about is reading the small print and worrying about the correct dosage.  The UK drug  regulator introduced new dosage guidelines at the end of last year. The new recommendations are more accurately tailored to your child’s age, however, the old doses weren’t [...]
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When it’s icy outside there’s a temptation to stay indoors and snuggle under a blanket on the sofa, but we all know that going outside in the crisp wintry air is invigorating and the children really love it. There are a number of benefits to playing outside, even in the winter!  Outdoor play stimulates creativity [...]
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In the recent nursery quarterly questionnaire we had some feedback that our sick policy was a bit heavy handed and so we’ve reviewed this. At the nursery we have always wanted to stay pretty much in line with the Health Protection Agency guidelines and stay in keeping with best practice, having said this we have [...]
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You will often see from our weekly round up emails or the rooms monthly planning the mention of gak, which is made from cornflour and water. The gak has a funny texture to it, enabling them to squeeze it into their hands and watch it drip from their hands into pots or pass it to one another. We [...]
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At The Wigwam we are registered with all Nursery Voucher Schemes you ask us to, so if your employer is signed up to the government’s childcare voucher scheme you could start to take advantage now! If your company uses a scheme we’re not already signed up to we’ll be happy to register with them. Both [...]
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The Wigwam parent group held on 21st November 2011 Topic: Pram Store Attended by: Emma Tennant, Rebecca Platt, Nicole Odell, Rachel Norris Cervetto, Charlotte Corrish, Carolina Pereyra, Emma Formoy, Naomi Cameron Wyatt, Clare and Simon Ward.                          Issues: Too many prams, too little space Corridor too tight Difficult with non walkers to put pram up or [...]
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There has been so much in the press recently about the economy and household finance and it doesn’t paint a rosy picture!!! As a Day Nursery offering high quality childcare we feel this pinch just as much, if not more.
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After reading a recent article in Nursery Manager Today I was struck by how little we know about infant nutrition and the long term effect processed food has on our pre-school babies and children in the UK.  Research published this year by the University of Bristol’s School of Social and Community Medicine showed that three [...]
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In July of this year at our sister nursery in Bracknell we ran a set of sessions on returning to work, after maternity leave and are planning to run another set over the winter at the Wigwam for all of those who are going back to work in January.  This is a set of three sessions which [...]
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