Don’t forget to wear all things blue & white or Scottish !!!

To celebrate Scotland’s opening match at the weekend we are starting off the day with a BEAT THE GOALIE entrance to the ECC 🙂

Alana, Carrie and Sherrie will be in the soft surface waiting for confident penalty takers to step up to the mark and do their keyworker group proud 🙂 – parents included as always.

Donations are welcome – please pop any you would like to leave in our bucket – all donations will go towards our end of term celebrations.

There will also be a chance to pick a hidden world cup team with the winner being announced as soon as it has been filled so bring along some small change if you would like to take part and be in with the chance of winning some cash yourself.

Please note – due to this event we are reversing our entry/exit doors for the day. Please ENTER THE DOOR YOU WOULD USUALLY GO OUT, AND LEAVE VIA THE MAIN DOOR on Friday. 

Our lunch menu change for Friday can be found below.

Reminder – could we ask the parents who are able to help walk the children up to Sports Day be at the ECC for 1.40pm. Also, due to some children requiring support during events like these, if you see that your child may be struggling a little emotionally please feel free to come around to where the children and staff are positioned to support them.

LET’S GO SCOTLAND !!!

Last week we celebrated World of Work week. A huge thank you to our parent helpers with this and to Sherrie for organising the visits.

World of Work Week

Huge thank you to the individuals that visited our ECC during World of Work week to help us support our children to learn about different types of jobs in the world they live in. We loved h…

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Please click on the uploaded document below to find important information in relation to next Friday’s trip to MILLPORT 🙂

Info to parents for Millport 2026

Carrie’s Parent Workshop which was focusing this year on drama 🙂

Parent Workshop – Drama

The focus this year was to develop drama skills. Drama provides benefits to children by actively engaging their mind and body, It builds up life skills such as confidence , empathy and comm…

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Thank you to everyone who attended, for the fabulous participation from children, parent/carers and to Carrie for leading this final workshop for the year 🙂

Click on the SWAY links below from our 3-5 ELCP’s to find out what the children have been learning about this month 🙂

Children within our VOES provision can continue to find your monthly “Story” on Learning Journals.

LESLEYANNE AND CORRIE

Safari/Jungle

This month in the landscaped area outdoors, our learning focus has been Safari/Jungle animals and encouraging the children to consider ways to enhance their learning through role play and p…

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SHERRIE

Team Work

In the Square room we have been learning all about teamwork, sharing resources, working together, waiting our turn and supporting others. We have done this by competing in daily challenges …

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RENA

The Brig

The children were learning about fashion and fashion designers, using a range of textiles where they would have the opportunity to explore the job role of a fashion designer. The children …

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LEONI

Greenspace – Planting

Over the last few weeks within the greenspace, the children have had the opportunity to:-

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CARRIE

Babies

We have been learning the tasks required to look after a baby. We have developed a caring and nurturing approach towards our peers and the baby. In the water tray we have been washing and d…

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Another fun month for the children of fabulous planned experiences by a super duper staff team 🙂

Now, onto our last monthly planning cycle of the year (and our busiest month of the year!!!)

Carrie has waited all year for her turn to finally arrive 🙂

We invite you to join Carrie and your child on

Wednesday 6th May

9am – 10am

WORKSHOP THEME – Expressive Arts (DRAMA)

Please click on the link below to confirm your attendance

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Thank you to everyone who came along to join Julie today for an Easter story and some festive songs 🙂

It was an amazing turnout and we genuinely appreciate the continued high levels of parental engagement you share with us 🙂

Below are our SWAYs for the month across our 3-5 playrooms – Our Voes playroom can be found within each child’s learning journal as always.

Have the best Easter everyone, from all the team at Catrine ECC.

Celebrations and Festivals

In the brig we have been looking at and discussing different celebrations and festivals we celebrate, in the month of March we have enjoyed Mother’s Day, the Hindu festival Holi, different …

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Shadows & Reflection

This month in the mill we have been learning about shadows and reflection. The children have been sharing ideas and thoughts on what they think makes a shadow. To do this we made shadow pup…

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The Square – Being Respectful

Over the month of March, in the square the children have been learning all about respect and how to be respectful as well as the importance of this. They have learned about being respectful…

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Road safety

The children have been participating in activities that are based on learning about road safety. We went out walks in the community to practice crossing the road safely. We used the zebra c…

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Wildlife

Over the month of March, within Greenspace the children have been exploring local wildlife. To do this we:-

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I don’t know who enjoyed it more, the children or the staff 🙂

Click on the SWAY below to see what we got up to 🙂

Dumfries House Trips Coalfield Bus

Over the past month, the children have had the opportunity to visit Dumfries House with their friends and the staff on a Monday. We have travelled there by bus, driven either by Alana, Les…

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Lindsey, our Equity and Excellence Lead’s (EEL) time has almost come to an end with us at the ECC. Over the past 8 weeks she has been carrying out nurture sessions with children across the centre working on emotions, regulation, coping strategies and mindfulness.

As she begins to bring her project to an end she invites parents to join her for an hour on THURSDAY 19th MARCH from 9-10am to share information and techniques.

As always, we would love as many of you to join her workshop and show her your support.

Please add your name to the form below if you are able to attend.

PARENT WORKSHOP – Emotional Regulation and Nurture  – Fill in form

A huge well done to Sherrie this morning for leading an outstanding Parent Workshop focusing on engineering – have a look through some of the photos in the link below.

STEM Workshop – Engineering

Thank you to all the parents that attended our engineering workshop this morning, We appreciate your participation and hope you all had fun. I hope it has allowed you to see some of the act…

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Remember to keep checking back on your Dates for the Diary newsletter for more parent engagement opportunities due soon.

Have a great weekend everyone 🙂