To celebrate British Science week we had visits from Jacqui Grant and Scottish Power Engineers from Whitelee Windfarm.

Jacqui Brought with her a star that had fallen from the sky. The star was very sad and wished to go home. Together Jacqui and the children worked on a plan to get the star back into the sky so that the children could go out at night and look for it twinkling in the sky. 🌟

I am pleased to report that the children achieved their goal.

Then we had the visit from Scottish Power Engineers who brought with them some equipment they use when maintaining the wind turbines and a small model that showed the children how electricity can be made with wind. The children got to try on the harnesses that the engineers wear whilst working on the wind turbines at Whitelee Windfarm 💨

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Red Nose Day 17th March 2023

We will be recognising Red Nose day this year. There will be a range of activities arranged in the Centre.

• Children can wear red, have crazy hair and/or choose to wear their play clothes if they wish.

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported all the staff yesterday at the School and ECC Improvement Session.  We hope the information about transition to Primary One, documents we use and guidance we follow was beneficial.

Please click on the link below to access the March Newsletter.

March 23

Parent Open Evening/Drop-in Event – March 15th 3.15-4.45

During the session, a range of information stations will be set up in the gym hall which will highlight the main areas of development we have been working on since August. There will also be some consultation items which we would like some parental feedback on. Planned activities will focus on the following areas:

1. Health and Wellbeing – Examples of what we have done and our current initiatives

2. Planning across the Curriculum – How we plan across the curricular levels

3. Assessing Pupil Progress – Use of GL Assessments

4. Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) – Going for Gold

5. ECC and P1 – Transition, Play Pedagogy and Early Years Frameworks/Policies

6. Our Pupil Committees – How they run and what they do

7. Recent events – World of Work/STEM & the P7 Residential experience

8. Curriculum Design Consultation – Rationale and planning for Fenwick PS & ECC Our

9. School Garden – Consultation and ideas including wellbeing for all

10. Parent Council – Information sharing and anti-bullying presentation

Working in collaboration with parents is very important to us in Fenwick Early Childhood Centre.

We understand that the transition to Primary School may be an exciting yet daunting experience for some people.

Please access the link to complete a short questionnaire about your child transitioning into Primary 1.

Thank you for your continued support.

https://forms.office.com/e/06UTvfhcLs

We played Hungry Hippos and Squeeze in the gym hall.

World Book Day Thursday 2nd March 2023

World Book Day

Please click the link to access information on our World Book Day celebrations.

We will be taking part in a Book Swap, Bookbug session, and children can bring their favourite stories to the ECC if they wish.

Guide to early learning and childcare

Our Guide to Early Learning and Childcare sets out the Council’s Policy for the allocation of early learning and childcare places.

This is currently being updated for the academic year 2023/24 and will be available week beginning 27 February 2023.

When to register

Registration for academic year 2023/24 for all early childhood centres, funded ELC providers and approved childminders on the Council Contract Framework in East Ayrshire will take place online from Monday 27 February until Sunday 12 March 2023.

How to apply

Please use the link below to apply for an early learning and childcare place. You will require to  register for a customer account to complete the online registration form:

https://our.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/AchieveForms/?mode=fill&consentMessage=yes&form_uri=sandbox-publish://AF-Process-cdabf0ec-bd67-47bb-90a4-ef93bfa73d1b/AF-Stage-77556d72-5564-40e3-830d-a71f1689a9b9/definition.json&process=1&process_uri=sandbox-processes://AF-Process-cdabf0ec-bd67-47bb-90a4-ef93bfa73d1b&process_id=AF-Process-cdabf0ec-bd67-47bb-90a4-ef93bfa73d1b

To complete the online registration you will require to upload:

• a copy of your child’s full birth certificate
• two proofs of your residency, for example, Council Tax Notice and utility bill

Should you require a copy of your child’s birth certificate for registration, this can be obtained at Certificates.scot.

You should also identify your second choice of centre and preferred pattern of attendance on the application form as there may be occasions when you cannot access a place in your first choice of centre. Applications which do not indicate a second choice may not be considered.

If you wish to apply for a split session place you will need to make an application for each centre.

To enable appropriate planning to meet all children’s needs, parents and carers should note any issues which affect their child, for example specific dietary, medical or toileting needs on the application form.

Places

All places are allocated in line with the priorities outlined in A Guide to Early Learning and Childcare. For example, first priority is given to children who meet the criteria set out in Priority 1, then Priority 2 and so on.

Every effort will be made to meet your first choice of centre and preferred pattern of attendance, however this will be dependent on the number of places available and the priority given to applications.

Change of preference of place allocated

This online form is for parents or carers whose child has been allocated a place in an Early Childhood Centre (ECC), Funded Provider (FP) centre or with a childminder, and are now seeking a place in a different setting.

https://our.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/AchieveForms/?mode=fill&consentMessage=yes&form_uri=sandbox-publish://AF-Process-b41e1570-7c50-4011-9fc4-d7ef52d8b00b/AF-Stage-c55fc126-0806-4b53-9f96-f3f46420203b/definition.json&process=1&process_uri=sandbox-processes://AF-Process-b41e1570-7c50-4011-9fc4-d7ef52d8b00b&process_id=AF-Process-b41e1570-7c50-4011-9fc4-d7ef52d8b00b