Happy Halloween everyone

Click on our link below to see some Spooky pictures from the ECC

Halloween Party

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Click on each link below to find out what has been going on within our 3-5 playrooms this month 🙂

(Our Voes room will continue to see weekly photo updates on their child’s Learning Journals as well as their individual monthly story)

Pirates and Potions with Lesleyanne and Corrie outdoors

Pirates and potions

In the outdoor area this past month, we have been exploring pirates in our role play area. We have investigated an array of materials and resources in the mud kitchen area, whilst we made …

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Abby had a colourful time in The Brig

Exploring colour

In the Brig the children have been exploring colour and different sensory experiences the children have been using different resources such as spray bottles, stamps, light up boards, chalk …

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Roll up, roll up. Carrie’s room was putting on shows for their peers and exploring shadows in The Mill

Welcome to our puppet shows

In the month of October we have been taking part in drama experiences. We started off using the puppet theatre with hand/ finger puppets and put on our own shows. We then added masks, hats …

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“What is our mission today?” The Square was fighting crime with Sherrie.

Superheroes

The children have been taking on the role as superheroes over the past few weeks. They have used the dressing up resources, figures, vehicles and playdoh to develop their creative skills. O…

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Changing seasons within our Greenspace alongside Leoni

Greenspace Planning

Over the month of October the children have been exploring Autumn in greenspace. To do this we have:-

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ANOTHER FAB MONTH IN CATRINE ECC 🙂 

Michelle is kicking off our first parent workshop of the year.

FRIDAY 7th NOVEMBER FROM 9AM – 10AM

As a staff team, we are continuously aiming to improve the service in which we can offer to our families.

Through self evaluation tasks and parent/carer feedback from questionnaires,  our goal is to ensure that parent/carers feel involved in the centre and understand how they can best support their child.

Each month, a different ELCP leads a workshop relating to their leadership area.

Michelle has a great understanding and wealth of knowledge in SCHEMATIC PLAY. The benefits of understanding this style of play can offer amazing learning experiences and she wants to share this with you as parents.

This session will be a mix of both adult information and time to be active with your child.

Please complete the form below by Wednesday 5th November to allow her to set up accordingly for the numbers attending (book in fast as we may need to cap it once it gets to higher numbers).

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We are delighted to introduce to you, and welcome Meg Dickinson.

Meg is our new clerical assistant who will be working on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Rebecca will continue to work Monday’s and Tuesday’s).

We hope you enjoy being part of our team here at Catrine ECC Meg 🙂

Our super talented ELCP Carrie has been busy making up a special Halloween balloon full of special treats (courtesy of the staff team)

Raffle tickets will go on sale tomorrow  with the winner being drawn in time for Halloween 🙂

All profits made will be used towards Christmas events for the children 🙂

🚨 LENDING LIBRARY HOMELINK ALERT 🚨

As the centre’s Literacy/Communication Champion I have organised a lending library home link that will run over a 4 week block commencing today Friday 3rd October! Your child will get to choose a book each Friday to take home for the week which should be returned by no later than the following Friday so they can receive a new book. New books will not be issued until the previous one has been returned.

Within their new library school bag, alongside their book of choice, will be feedback sheets, homelink activity sheets and an effective questioning toolkit for families to use alongside reading time which was highly suggested last year with family feedback. Our younger children in the Voes will receive a feedback sheet only due to age/stage appropriateness. I would appreciate full participation within each of these activities as it allows me to collect and collate data and track children’s progression. If your child participates fully, a sticker and certificate will be presented to them at the end of the block.

I ask that all items placed within the bag are kept within the bag each week so I can make small comments on them and that you and your child take good care of our new library bags as these will be reused for future homelink activities.

Thank you all for your cooperation and, most of all, enjoy some quality bonding time through these stories😊