Unfortunately two large ride-on cars have gone missing from our garden in the last few days.  They were the little tykes red and yellow coupe style cars and they are being missed already!  If you notice any cars matching this description in or around the school area please let us know.  We think they were taken during the evening.  Thank you.

We are looking forward to seeing many of you tonight at the ‘Sharing the learning’ event hosted by myself and Mrs Ogilvie.  The presentation will begin at 6.30pm and last approximately 1 hour.   It will take place in the dining room.  Please enter via the main office door – not through the nursery entrance.  Thank you.

Thank you to all of those parents who signed up for the focus group.  

Our morning focus group consists of:  Annie’s mum, Amy’s mum, Thomas’s mum, Olivia’s mum and Diana’s mum.

The afternoon morning focus group was very popular.  We used a random name generator to select 6 parents.  Those selected are: James’s mum, Daniel’s mum, Michael’s mum, Mees’s mum, Murray’s mum and Harley’s mum.   Apologies to those that were not selected.  

Focus group members – please look our for the agenda for our first meeting in your child’s tray soon.

Tuesday 20th September

Yellow and green forest

Wednesday 21st

Red and blue Forest

Thursday 22nd September

Jenes for Genes day

Firday 23rd – Monday 26th September

Holiday weekend

Tuesday 27th September

Green and yellow forest

Wednesday 28th

Forest – blue and red

Thursday 29th September 

Nursery Photographs – individual

Thursday 6th October

Drum Castle Trip

Friday 7th October

Last day of term

The sign-up sheet for the parent focus group is now up on the focus group wall.  Please sign your name if you wish to join the focus group.  We recommend that parents remain on the focus group for the entire year and where possible attend one meeting each term.

This term the first group meeting will be on Thursday 29th September at 10.30am (morning class) and 2.30pm (afternoon class).

If you have been on the focus group previously we would appreciate you giving the other parents an opportunity to sign up before you add your name.

We are delighted to offer all nursery parents the opportunity to attend our ‘Sharing the Learning’ evening on Tuesday 13th September from 6.30pm until 7.30pm.  This will be an adults only event and will involve a presentation explaining how to build upon learning at home.  This was an area that nursery parents were most unsure of in recent audits.  Parents will also be given their account details for our secure online learning portal.

As new information will be shared we recommend that all returning parents and new families attend.  Please look out for the letter in your child’s tray this week.

We are delighted to be offering the children and their families the opportunity to participate in our annual autumn/getting to know you trip on Thursday 6th October to Drum Castle.   These trips have been hugely successful in the past and involve children and their families getting to know the new staff, new children and new families.

Please look out for the letter about this in your child’s tray.

Thank you.

Please could all children bring 1 box of tissues for nursery use.  Thank you.

The nursery development plan for 2016/2017 is now available for parents to read.  It is situated on the small table outside the nursery door.  Please take a moment to read this to familiarise yourself with the priorities and planned development for nursery this year.  We would welcome comments from parents on the parent comment sheet at the rear of the folder.  Our priorities this year will be child-led planning and the use of the Interactive Learning Diaries.

Please ensure all nursery forms have been returned to the school office or to nursery staff.  We are unable to share nursery photographs of all children on the blog before these forms are returned to us.  We have some fantastic photos of wonderful learning experiences that we would love to share with you. 😀