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We are absolutely delighted to announce that last month we were lucky enough to win a VIRTUAL PANTOMINE for the children here at Catrine ECC.

On Monday 14th December at 10am both bubbles of children and staff will enjoy the fabulous interactive Christmas show performed by THE McDOUGALLS.

Children can come with Christmas jumpers on if they wish to.

As well as our Panto we would like to take this opportunity to say a huge big THANK YOU to Dino’s Fish, Chip and Ice Cream shop in Catrine. They have very kindly phoned the ECC and asked to donate an ice cream tub for every child and staff member. We thought the Panto would be a fab time to enjoy the delicious treat and so therefore Dino will be delivering it to us in time for our “interval” 🙂

Our Sweetie Balloon winner was drawn on Friday and can be found on the previous glow post. All other raffles will be drawn by the children on Monday.

Also don’t forget our party day is on Thursday morning from 9 – 11am.

ECC and school staff finish at 2.30pm on Friday therefore doors will be open from 2pm to allow for prompt pick ups and time for anyone needing to be at surrounding schools for older siblings.

AGAIN WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OVER THE YEAR AND WE WISH EVERYONE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A MUCH BETTER NEW YEAR.

 

 

Have a look and see what Buddy and Waffle have been up to this week – they get into some mischief here at the ECC! ♥

 

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Have a great weekend everyone

We are aware that due to current circumstances, parents and carers have been unable to look through their child’s individual Learning Journals to see their fabulous comments, marks and much more.

All children will therefore come home today with their very special Learning Journal to show you over the weekend. They will be in a protective bag and should be returned to the ECC in the same bag on Monday 14th December. When the children’s Journals come back on Monday they will be quarantined until January 2021, to keep everyone safe before being passed onto their new keyworker.

Included in the Journal is a parental feedback page. We would appreciate your voice within your child’s Journal by way of a little comment to let us know how you feel your child is progressing.

Thank you for your continued support.

Alana Speirs

 

When we return to our ECC in January 2021 we will continue to operate a ‘bubble’ system in line with current COVID regulations.  To accommodate new children starting and staff changes, we need to change both our bubble groupings and our staffing structure.

Your child will come home with a letter today (Wednesday 9^th December) highlighting which bubble they will be in from January 2021, who their Keyworker will be and any changes to their drop-off and pick-up times.

We hope that the letter answers any questions that you may have about this necessary change, and, as always, please phone the ECC on 01290 551233 or email Alana.speirs@eastayrshire.org.uk for further information.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support as we all work together to ensure the highest quality of learning and teaching experiences for your child at Catrine ECC.

 

We have been exploring feelings with our healthy superheroes here at the ECC.  We have been discussing what feelings may look like (expressions) using our feelings balls.   I have been encouraging the children to think about their friends and how they might feel and how we can make friends feel better if they are upset ♥

Here is a link to cbeebies ‘How are you feeling today?’ song – it addresses lots of feelings and we enjoy listening to it in the background during our play.

https://youtu.be/uvMx-roJxRw

 

I thought that after such a cold day, I would treat you all to my new favourite Christmas book, ‘Oh, Christmas Tree!’🎄

If you click the link below, you can access the video of me reading it to you all. Have a lovely weekend everyone ❤️

 

What fun we have had here today at the ECC, out to enjoy the snow.  We had to make the most of it!

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Hope everyone has a great weekend, see you all on Monday ♥

Today we had a lovely surprise from the Elves, they had a special message straight from Santa!  ♥

It was great to see that Santa has a photograph of Catrine ECC hanging in his very own Gallery ♥

Catrine is a Winter Wonderland today and both the Primary School and the ECC are open as usual.

Please ensure your child comes wearing warm clothes and suitable footwear for a snowy day in our playgrounds.

Take care.  Mrs Govans

So this morning when we arrived at nursery we found that Waffle and Buddy had met in the corridor last night but they were very sensible following the rules, they chatted at a 2 metre safe distance ♥

I wonder what else they will get up to now that they are friends?

What a lovely surprise we got yesterday here at the ECC!  Group A had a special little visitor arrive and Group B got one too!

  He arrived with a special letter!

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Group A’s Elf is called Waffle and Group B’s Elf is called Buddy after a name vote

Elf was watching us complete our first challenge

To feed the hungry birds

Stayed tuned to find out what else our cheeky little elves get up to ♥

It was all things Scottish here in the ECC yesterday in celebration of St Andrew’s Day.  The children had the opportunity to make tartan pictures, design their own McCoos, make Scottish flags, read Scottish stories and most importantly eat shortbread for snack, yum!

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Over the past week, the children in Group A have enjoyed exploring fruit and vegetables whilst learning about farms, the children took an interest in where the food came from.   We used our senses to explore the food and a range of fantastic vocabulary to describe the experience.  The children enjoyed having the opportunity to cut, grate and peel their fruit and vegetables, discussing safety as we did so.

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A few pictures of just some of the fabulous experiences the children have had during Nursery Rhyme Week here at Catrine ECC.

 

Well done to all of the staff and children for a busy, action packed week.

Enjoy the weekend 🙂

This week we linked with Primary 1/2 to celebrate Nursery Rhyme week, together we shared Nursery rhymes and P1/2 surprised us by joining in on our wheels on the bus challenge and created their own bus.

There is a new payment available for families who are in receipt of certain benefits or tax credits to help towards the costs of looking after a child.  It doesn’t open until Monday 15 February 2021 but applications are encouraged from now.  There is a short video clip below that will give you the information you may need ♥

https://vimeo.com/476356089/9cbc8c529c