SUMMER 2026

Summer holiday fun!

We are planning lots of fun activities with the children over the summer holidays: 

A trip to Jolly Jungle

Barking Splash Park

Pets @ Home

Hainault Forest

 

 

Forward Planning

Our next staff training day will be on Monday 7th September so please make a note in your diaries.

We will close for Christmas from Friday 25th December to Monday 4th January inclusive.

 

30/20 hour Funding Warning!

The 30hr funding scheme cut off for the Autumn term is 31st August. If you do not apply by this date your child will NOT get the extra funding this September and you will have to wait until January 2027. The funding can be stretched over the full year for 51 weeks (20 hours).

You can check if you are eligible by going to the Government’s Childcare Choices website www.childcarechoices.gov.uk or call LBBD’s Family Information Service on 020 8227 5395.

 

 

Thank you,

 

Sylma

 

 

 

IMPORTANT IMMUNISATION INFORMATION

 

We have been notified by the Public Health Authority that there is a greater risk of children catching measles at the moment. It is spreading throughout London and Barking & Dagenham has an immunity status of only 80%. This means that the likelihood of your child catching measles is high, because we need 95% immunisation to keep it under control.

 

The important information for you is that if your child has not had the MMR vaccine, you should take your child as soon as possible to your GP. Please look at your Red Book to check whether your child is up to date with their vaccinations.

 

Measles is a reportable disease. If a case of measles takes place in our nursery, any children who are not vaccinated will need to be absent from nursery for three weeks (the incubation period) to ensure their safety and to prevent it from spreading to others.

 

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TRIP TO UGANDA

We went back to Uganda in February to spend some time with our special educational needs (SEND) children at 'Our Little Tribe' in Kabale. This was our third trip in as many years.

 

Last year we saw the great progress the children have made with the help of the physiotherapist that I have employed. The children are now walking and talking a lot more! This means the teachers, Haleema and Joanne, have been able to focus on the children's learning. Myself and Claire were also able to implement a new routine for them and support them with specific ideas and activities for each individual child.

 

We will continue this journey with the '#One Love Project' Junior School so that we can share education, information and advice with each other, which will enrich the lives of their children and ours. The Playaway logo now features on their wall to show our commitment to the cause!

 

We look forward to sharing more information and photos of the children when we return from our trip this month.