AMAZING !!!

Thank you to everyone that joined their child and staff today for our Stay and Play.

It was so well attended and we can’t wait for the next time 🙂

Please click below to see a few highlights from the events.

Family Engagement – November 2023 (Stay & Play and Bookbugs)

We cannot believe the response we have received so far this month alone from our fabulous families.

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Please complete the very short form below to book into our Stay and Play session.

This will be a chance for you and your child to explore our playrooms and outdoor environment together.

There will be no set focus for the day – simply quality time together, a chance to meet your child’s friends and participate in some of our learning experiences on offer.

We are holding Parent Appointments at the end of the month for our PRE-SCHOOL children.

When we return to the ECC after the Christmas holidays you will be required to register your child for school. This is a legal requirement for all school aged children. Parent/carers must register their child AT THEIR CATCHMENT area school regardless of their preference. The application will then give you the option to complete a Placing Request form if you would like to apply to a different school, or to complete a deferred entry form should you wish to give your child an additional year at the ECC.

We understand that you may have questions you would like to ask before you make any final decisions and at this point staff can give further information on individual progress.

Please see below for dates and times allocated for each keyworker group and we ask that you phone the office on 01290 551233 to book a slot. If you are unable to attend in person we ask that you accept a phone call. As you will appreciate going forward, December is a very busy month within the ECC and it cannot be guaranteed that staff can be released from the floor on other days.

Monday 27^th November

AM Carrie’s Caterpillars           PM Rena’s Butterflies

Tuesday 28^th November

AM Michelle’s Bumblebees     PM Sherrie’s Sharks

Wednesday 29^th November

PM Leoni’s Starfish

Thursday 30^th November

AM Julie’s Jellyfish

Alana Speirs

Depute Manager

Please have a look at the attached sway to see how well our parental workshop went and the fabulous learning and foods that we created together.  Don’t worry if you couldn’t get along to this one, please look out for further information about upcoming workshops.

Come Dine With Me

25/10/2023

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As the Literacy Champion, and Julie as Communication Champion, we have set up, planned and resourced a home link that you and your child can spend time doing together. This home link is called the ‘Lending Library’ and will take place over a 4- week block.

On Friday, your child will choose a book that they wish within their group time and will come home with this to provide the opportunities of reading with their family and spending time with them in doing so. The book will be located within their named folder that also contains a feedback sheet for your child to fill in. We request if this can please be returned by early on in the following week (Monday/Tuesday), so the library is ready and stocked back up for your child receiving their new book on the Friday. Keyworkers will remind parents/carers throughout the week just in case you forget. If there are any problems, please let us or your child’s keyworker know and we will try our best to solve these.

Have fun and happy reading!!

For further reading into the benefits of reading with your child, please follow the link below:-

https://cdn.booktrust.org.uk/globalassets/resources/research/benefits-of-reading—booktrust-2023.pdf

On Tuesday 7th November we are holding a Bookbug session within our Community Room with Alana.

The Bookbug session with your child will be from 9.15am-10am.

Once this is finished the children will return to the playrooms, thereafter, from 10-11am, you are free to stay in our Community room and have a cuppa and a blether with other parent/carers from the ECC if you have time to do so.

If you and your child would like to join us on this morning then please fill out the form below. Due to the quality that we aim to provide and space, this session will be capped at 15 spaces so please don’t wait too long to request a space.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKRqhoaEMY8FHkTJQGETc2XZUNU8wMkpTODhHUFBPODFJVzhBUFc4R1FHSC4u

 Reminder –

Don’t forget it is our HWB Come Dine With Me parent/child workshop on Wednesday 25th October at 1pm with Lesleyanne and her glamourous assistant Alana (LOL)

All parent/carers who requested a space have been lucky enough to get one on this occasion. All 12 spaces have been filled, so for those of you attending, we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday at 1pm ready to cook 🙂