Battery Recycling

Millions of batteries are thrown away each year even when they still have lots of useful life left in them and even if they are completely drained end up creating long-term contamination in landfill sites.

From this week we will have a battery recycling container available to all parent to use. It also has a handy battery testing facility to see if there is any life in them before you throw them away, If you batteries are completely drained simply put them into the pot and we will make sure the go to the correct recycling facility once the container is full.

Cleaning Drinking Cups and Bottles

Recently some of the parents have been asking about cleaning drinking bottles as some of them can be difficult to access.

Sistema who manufacture some of the most popular bottles recommend that after use you remove the cap from the bottle, extend the pop up sipper to the open position and put the top either in the dishwasher or hand wash and then place in water for five minutes with a sterilising solution.
Under normal use this should be sufficient to clean the cap. They do however have videos available detailing how to fully clean the bottles which I have included below.

Twist N Sip Bottle Cap Cleaning Instructions Video from Sistema Plastics on Vimeo.
Davina Bottle Cleaning Caps instructions from Sistema Plastics on Vimeo.
Wave and Gripper Bottle Cap Cleaning Instructions from Sistema Plastics on Vimeo.

Another popular brand is Munchkin, so I have included the video for cleaning their Miracle Cups.



It is recommended that plastic drink bottles that are continually in use should be replaced every 12 months.

Purple People Food Bank

Purple People Kitchen Food Bank
The volunteers of the Food Bank are making an urgent appeal for donations in kind or in cash to allow them to continue with the vital work they do for residents of Portslade and West Hove, to meet with the increasing demand on the service they offer.

So to help out, this year we have decided to collect items for the food bank throughout December. Each week we will be asking parents to bring in any donations that they can spare. We will be concentrating on a different type each week and plan to take the donations to the food bank on Friday. 

Our plan is to collect the following items...

Monday 2nd December - Friday 6th December : Tins (especially Tinned Meats, Tinned Fish and 

                                                                                        Tinned Meals)

Monday 9th December - Friday 13th December : Toiletries (such as toothpaste, shampoo, 

                                                                                                  body wash, etc)

Monday 16th December - Friday 20th December : Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, UHT Milk, etc

Good Luck

A big thank you to everyone that brought in food, helped out and attended today's leavers Party at Baby Ducks. We would like to wish everyone that is moving on to a new school or childcare great things for the future.

Name Writing

This week the children that are getting ready for school have been practicing writing their names ...

Setting the butterflies free

Today we set our butterflies free. After watching them grow each day from really small caterpillars to butterfies.

Chrysalides

Today we moved our Chrysalides from their little pot into our net basket. They will remain in their new home until they emerge from the chrysalis as butterflies. This may take a week or so, we are very excited to witness this final stage.