We are delighted to be joined by Trish Howie, from East Ayrshire Council’s TAP Team. The Teacher Access Programme Team provide support and guidance to all ECC’s in East Ayrshire.

Trish will be in the Centre  with us until the Christmas holidays. Her usual days in the Centre will be Monday and Tuesday.

We also have Carys Cuthbert joining us from The University of the West of Scotland. Carys will begin her placement on Monday the 4th of November and finish on Friday the 29th of November.

We are very much looking forward to working with both Trish and Carys over the coming weeks.

The Centre will be closed on the following dates for the October break:

• Monday 14th of October – Monday 21st of October
• Re-open Tuesday 22nd of October 2024.

We hope everyone has a great holiday!

The Centre will be closed tomorrow, Friday 20th of September and Monday 23rd of September. We will reopen on Tuesday 24th September.

Enjoy your long weekend!

Staffing Update

We have been delighted to welcome Louise to our Centre to work recently and she will be here most days until the 27th September. On the 10th September and the 17th September we have Gemma Burchill working in our Centre. On the 12th of September we have Aimee McLelland and on the 24th September we have Rebecca Hill with us.

Amanda has moved from our Centre and Angela remains off until the end of September.

Start and End of Day Arrangements

Due to staffing and to ensure the safety of your child, we will be having an altogether sign in and sign out procedure. This will ensure that a staff member is on an entry door to the playroom, 2 key workers are sitting with the children and able to have conversations with them at an altogether time and able to settle any child who is upset and that all staff members are still able to take messages about children. This will also ensure that no child leaves the playroom without a staff member noticing them. The doors will be open for 10 minutes and then the children will go and play.

Thank you for your continued support.

Applications are re-opening today for the early years clothing grant for parents of children aged 3 and 4 who are returning for another year and for the August intake of 3 and 4 year olds who missed the August deadline.

The application will remain open until 23 September 2024.

This is the the link to apply:-

Early years clothing grant · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)

£50 is available per child age 3 and 4 years whose circumstances meet the criteria for footwear and clothing grants

It is important that parents who are eligible have the opportunity to apply if they have not already done so.

Children who are starting in January and April will have an opportunity to apply for this in November 2024 and February 2025.

Please have a look at our August newsletter.

August 2024

Please find the new lunch menus attached for session 2024 – 2025.

If your child has a dietary preference/ requirement we will issue you with personalised menus in the next few days.

If menu items change we will inform parents via the Safer Schools Scotland App.

This weeks menu choices will be from week 1.

If you have any questions please contact the Centre.

Thank you.

Early Years Lunch Menu 24-25 Week 1

Early Years Lunch Menu 24-25 Week 2

Early Years Lunch Menu 24-25 Week 3

The Council have allocated one-off funding for the financial year 2024-25 to extend the clothing grant scheme to eligible three and four year-olds attending early learning and childcare (ELC) settings within East Ayrshire.

A one-off payment of £50 will be payable for each eligible child whose family circumstances meet the criteria for the early years clothing grant.

The clothing grant will be offered in three phases:

• during July prior to August 2024 start date
  
• during November prior to January 2025 start date
• during February prior to April 2025 start date

Please access the link below:

https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/NurserySchoolPlaces/Early-learning-and-childcare.aspx