April Newsletter 25 - Highwood Nursery

Extending funding hours

If you are claiming the extended funded hours for your 3/4-year-old, or the new working families funded hours for your under-3-year-old, please remember that the eligibility codes need to be renewed every three months. If you pay using TFC, please ensure you have set this up as a payment method via Famly. This makes things simpler for you and also saves a lot of administration time. You can also set it up as an automatic payment. The Famly app has a step-by-step guide, plus there is an article that goes into even more detail here

Tax-free childcare alongside funded hours

Did you know? You can use tax free childcare alongside your funded hours. Look now, as we give you a full rundown of how it works:

World Oral Health Day

To mark World Oral Health Day, staff prompted children to talk about cleaning their teeth. They then practised brushing a dinosaur’s teeth using toothbrushes and scraped shaving foam off pictures of teeth to reinforce the positive behaviour.

Saint Patrick’s Day

To honour Ireland’s Patron Saint, the Owls team filled some containers with bubbly green water before scattering some gold and green coins. The children then sorted the coins into different groups.

Easter treats

Earlier this month, some children participated in an Easter Egg Hunt and enjoyed hot cross buns as a snack.