Christine is our Community Practitioner for the centre.

Part of her role is to support families with aspects of home life.

At this time of  year we always feel it is important for our families to be invited into the centre to meet Christine, find out what she can offer and take away some good tips and strategies to use in the home.

We have attached her poster for dates and times

Please complete the link below for attendance

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKRqhoaEMY8FHkTJQGETc2XZURFJQOUhRQ0gzQ0Y4SzhQUUo3NE5FWVdXWi4u

Reminder to parents and carers

Due to the ongoing sunny weather, can all children please attend with sun cream applied and a bottle for staff to reapply during the day?

See you on Wednesday!

Well, it’s almost time!!!

The staff at the centre cannot wait to see all returning families back and welcome all new ones.

A few helpful points have been outlined below to support in the first few days.

• Remember to check your letter before you arrive to remind yourself of what base room your child will be in
• I can now confirm that our Butterfly keyworker will be Abby, who we welcome to the centre
• Remember to change your child’s shoes to slip on/off ones before entering the playrooms
• Give your child’s wellies and sunscreen to your child’s keyworker
• Leave a change of clothes (including socks and underwear) in your child’s drawstring bag which you will find on their peg
• Label EVERYTHING – it is a very busy and big environment therefore staff cannot always know where each child takes clothing/shoes off
• Bring any emergency medication such as inhalers and be prepared to wait to fill out the paperwork required – surgeries will prescribe an additional inhaler which can be left at the ECC. Please note no child with asthma should be in the building without an inhaler at any time
• Speak with (and trust) your child’s keyworker at the end of each day in the first few days/weeks in relation to pick up times. It is important to settle each child in on an individual basis and in the time frame that suits – even if this takes a little longer than that of their peers
• We ask that children do not bring in their own toys from home. We are happy to support children who have comforters such as small blankets or teddies that they won’t leave the house without.  However, we ask that these are placed in your child’s bag and you inform their keyworker who will take them to it if/when required during their time with us. This is the same with any dummies. Dummies can pose as serious choke hazards within an ECC setting as well as prevent opportunities to develop speech
• Please ensure your child has sunscreen on upon arrival and is always dressed appropriately for all weathers including sunhats, scarves, gloves and jacket
• Please return any paperwork you were given during your induction. If you have lost anything just let a member of staff know
• We are also delighted to welcome Corrie to the team who will be in the centre on Mondays, Tuesdays and every 2nd Wednesday.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday.

8.45am for all returners and 9.15am for all of our new children to the centre.

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to phone our ECC office on Monday or Tuesday afternoon.

Alana Speirs

Depute Manager

As all of our parents know each ELCP within the centre has their own champion area that they lead. Well, Leoni has done a wonderful job this year at leading our new Sound of the Month (SOTM) initiative through her responsibility within Literacy. The children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about and developing their phonological awareness through fun and active games on a Friday.

Leoni has created a SWAY for you to see their journey and well as a short feedback form she would really appreciate if you filled in. These forms help us to adapt plans for next year and to measure impact and progress 🙂

Sound of the Month

From November to March the children have been partaking within the ‘sound of the month’ initiative, focusing on the sounds ‘s/ a/ t/ p/ i/ n’. Each month we focused on a new sound and learn…

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Leoni would really appreciate your support in completing the FORM within the link below. Thank you in advance 🙂

Another great Health Week at Catrine ECC

Thank you to everyone who came along to cheer on the children at Sports Day 🙂

Health Week 2025

This week the children and the staff have had the opportunity to participate in a range of experiences to celebrate health week. To start the week we had Hazel in to join us, who has plent…

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Catrine ECC Trip to Kelburn 2025

Well what a great day!

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We would really appreciate some feedback on how you enjoyed (or didn’t) our trip yesterday.

The SWAY above shows just some of  fab times we shared, and the link below is a very short questionnaire to gather your views about how you felt the full day went. 

As always we thank you for your support, cooperation and tremendous parent engagement on days like these 🙂 These are the days children remember and we love being a part of those memories with our families.