2014-15 – Page 29 – Hecklegirth Nursery

First Days

We hope that you all enjoyed your first few days in Nursery and are looking forward to attending for a full session this week.
However, if your child takes a little while to feel comfortable, please allow him/her time to take things at their pace: we, as adults, cope with change in different ways and at different rates and children are exactly the same. If you have any concerns about your child, please speak to staff who can offer you advice based on their experiences.
Here are a few more photos of the children getting to know their new environment.

Settling In

It’s great to see that another family has left a comment on our post showing the children playing:

“Orla is really concentrating there!! Glad she is enjoying nursery as is Emma. Looking forward to seeing how much they develop over the coming months. Lovely nursery and lovely staff.”

Thank you for your kind comments. We are looking forward to getting to know all the children and to seeing how they develop too.

Happy Boys

Joe and Callum’s parents have enjoyed seeing the first pictures of their children on the blog and have kindly left us lovely comments:

“Joe is loving his time at his new nursery. His favourite toys so far is the farm set. Looking forward to more pictures and news !”

“Was so lovely to see Callum’s picture. We are so happy at how Callum has settled in.”

We are delighted to hear that Joe and Callum are enjoying Nursery. Thank you for taking the time to leave comments. We would love to hear from lots of parents and will continue to add more photos and news as the weeks progress.

Settling In

We hope that everyone is beginning to settle in to Nursery life. We have certainly had a great time getting to know all our new children and their families and are delighted with the way in which the children have settled. It has been lovely to see all the familiar faces from last year too.
We thought you would like to see a few photos of the children at play. Once we have blog permission slips returned, we will able to share more photos here. We hope that you will find this a valuable insight into the life of our Nursery and that you use the blog to add comments about your child’s experience. Simply click on the word “comments” under the title of this post if you wish to leave your comments. Please be aware that these will not appear immediately, as they are monitored by the administrator before publication, but you should see your comment within a day or two.
Thank you to all our parents for working with us to ensure a smooth and happy start for the children.
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Super Sunflower

Last term the children planted sunflower seeds in Nursery and took them home so that they could care for them. Some children brought them back in to show us once they had started to sprout and they seemed to be doing a super job of looking after their little plants. Mollie was telling us today that her sunflower had grown lots over the summer and her Mum has sent us a photo to share with everyone. Well done Mollie! You have looked after your sunflower really well. I wonder if anyone else has a photo of their sunflower?

Uniform

Those parents who were not able to collect their child’s uniform order from the school office today, can collect it from Nursery staff tomorrow, 20th August, when they bring their child for their first session. We are looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow and hope that the children are excited about starting Nursery.

Start of Term

We are looking forward to seeing everyone when Nursery starts on Wednesday. It will be lovely to see those who are returning for their second year and to get to know all our new children and their families.
Our hours have been extended, in line with all pre-school providers, to offer you a possible 3 hours 10 minutes per day. This means that morning children can arrive any time between 8.45 and 9.10 with the morning session ending at 11.55. All afternoon children start at 12.15 and can be collected from 3.00 until 3.25.

Please remember, if this is your child’s first time in Nursery, that we suggest he/she comes for one hour initially to help him/her to settle in.
Red and green groups have been allocated 9 – 10 a.m. or 12.30 – 1.30 p.m. depending on their session.
Blue and yellow groups have been allocated 10.30 – 11.30 or 2 – 3 p.m.

For those who ordered Nursery uniform, this can be collected tomorrow, Tuesday 19th August, at the school office between 10.00 and 12.00.

Welcome

We hope that everyone has been enjoying their holidays and that you are beginning to think about starting Nursery next week. We are delighted to say that we will have two new members of staff joining the Nursery team, Mrs. Stott and Miss McVicar. They are our newly appointed Early Years Support Assistants and will work part-time with both morning and afternoon children. We are looking forward to both ladies joining our team and hope that they enjoy their time in Hecklegirth Nursery.