Dear Parents / Carers
We are having a Christmas Bookbug and Christmas Craft Stay and Play Session on Thursday 8th December 9.00 – 10.00am. If you would like to attend please complete the booking form in the link below.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKT96vUqJi19PlmB30kFbczRUOEw3SEJHSTJBTkVGMlVPTjg3SzZITFk3TS4u
From Monday 5th December, we will be selling magic squares for £1.00, to win our Christmas Eve box.
Also on sale will be raffle tickets at £1.00 a strip, for the chance to win a Christmas Hamper and other prizes.
If you would like to donate any unused gifts for the Raffle, that would be greatly appreciated.
Do you have any unused or outgrown Christmas jumpers and party wear?
Why not drop if off at the School or ECC before 30th November?
On Tuesday 15th November myself and Lesleyanne had the privilege of attending the CYPIC conference in Glasgow SEC where our video clip was presented showcasing Catrine ECC and our fabulously famous children 🙂
Scottish Government asked us to discuss some of the changes we have made so far whilst on our journey to becoming a Communication Friendly Environment with the collection of data and quality improvement methods in mind.
Below you can find the link to the video clip where you might see some familiar faces (Riccarton ECC appear first in the clip with Catrine following on a few minutes later)
https://vimeo.com/channels/1821612
Supporting Early Communication in East Ayrshire
Thank you to everyone that returned permission slips prior to filming.
Huge thank you to Melanie from The Magpie Mel shop in Catrine for kindly donating dressing up clothes. The children will have so much fun with them and lots to choose from.
Have you been in for a look yet? It’s open on a Monday and Friday from 5 pm – 7 pm at the AM Brown institute Catrine.
The children have had a ball today exploring how fast/slow they can go adding water to our slide …. however this has resulted in some slighter wetter clothes upon our return back inside.
Lots of children have empty bags and clothes needing topped up.
Please continue to send clothes in so that experiences like these can continue.
Schools in East Ayrshire will be affected by Industrial Action by the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) and the Association of Heads and Deputes in Scotland (AHDS) on Thursday 24th November 2022. At this stage we anticipate that all Early Childhood Centres will operate as normal.
Letter to parents-carers – Industrial Action – Thursday 24 November 2022
Thank you to everyone who sent in their videos to my emails. The children have loved watching each other. Sorry it didn’t work on learning journals.
This week’s challenge is nice and easy. Can you make your own musical instrument? This can be made from anything you can recycle and can be brought in by Friday 18th November. The children can use them in our musical corner and we will have a marching band parade around the playrooms.
Here are some ideas …
Hi everyone,
I would like to introduce myself as the Expressive Arts Champion within the Early Childhood Centre and for the next 5 weeks I will be working alongside Tammie, who works as our Homelink Champion. Together we have comprised a programme of fun activities for you and your child to engage in at home.
WEEK 1
We love a sing song and a boogie within the centre and thought we would start the week off asking the children to record and upload a video to their Learning Journal of them singing and dancing to their favourite song at home. These will be played on the large screen in the music area for the children to share with their friends. I’m going home to practice my favourite – George Ezra – to get the party started. Can you upload your amazing videos by Thursday at the latest please?
**Thinking caps at the ready for week 2 as we will be making some musical instruments, perhaps a good idea to collect some recyclable materials ready for your challenge.
Can’t wait to see your videos.
Carrie
