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Have a look and see what Buddy and Waffle have been up to this week – they get into some mischief here at the ECC! ♥
Have a great weekend everyone
Learning Journals coming home
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
Catrine ECC – Bubble and Group Changes from January 2021
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 9th 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.
9th December- Orange Blog
Good afternoon everyone, here is our fortnightly update of what the children in the orange group have been getting up to. The children are super excited for Christmas so we have been doing lots of fun Christmas activities.
I hope you have enjoyed our slideshow of the fantastic things we have been doing over the past fortnight. I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and New Year.
Take care,
Leoni x
Health and Wellbeing – Recognising Feelings
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.
A Christmas Story
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 ❤️
Snow Much Fun!
What fun we have had here today at the ECC, out to enjoy the snow. We had to make the most of it!
Hope everyone has a great weekend, see you all on Monday ♥
A Special Message
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 PS and ECC are both open :)
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?
Our special little visitors have arrived!
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!
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 ♥
With Christmas fast approaching, this year we are more aware than ever of the financial effects of the holiday season on the lives of families in our area. Some families may feel under pressure to show their appreciation to staff in the school and ECC by buying gifts and presents.
Two years ago the BBC ran a feature about this with the simple message that thank you is enough. We want to share this message with you again this year to reassure any parents/carers that are worried about affording a gift for a teacher/staff member in the run up to the Christmas break.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46580014
So, just a reminder that a thank you or a card, and the thought behind these small gestures, is more than enough for us.
Wishing you all the best this festive season,
Judith Govans
St Andrew’s Day
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!
💛25th November
From Nursery Rhyme Week to beginning to explore our senses indoors and out, we have had a busy month! The children have been singing Rhymes, making soup for the spiders, mixing up some delicious lemonade in line with beginning to explore their senses, mark making and exploring words through puzzles. They have all been involved and had great fun exploring the various experiences throughout the rooms and green space.
Exploring Food
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.
World Nursery Rhyme Week
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 🙂
Transition – Nursery Rhyme Week
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.
NEW Scottish Child Payment
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
Value of the month – Fairness
Thank you to everyone who took the time at home to write down all your family comments about Fairness and what this means for you and your family. I have collated all your comments, adults and children and we have some super ideas, well done 👏
We will be discussing fairness with the children and reinforcing what it represents throughout their day ❤️
