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Families Connect
We are please to be able to offer this learning opportunity for our families within Hurlford ECC. Our Community Practitioners Karen and Alison will be taking the lead in these workshops to work along with parents/carers on developing their children’s learning at home.
It will start on Tuesday 20th February at 2024 at 1pm-2:45pm, and run every Tuesday afternoon for 6 weeks, finishing on Tuesday 26th March.
STRENGTHENING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AT HOME
Families Connect builds on parents’ existing skills and knowledge, providing them with the confidence to support their child’s learning in the home.
How Families Connect works
Over 6 weeks, parents discuss aspects of their children’s learning during informal workshops. They are introduced to a series of adaptable activities, techniques and games that they can do with their children at home to support their children’s learning in three key areas:
- Social and Emotional development
- Literacy and language development
- Numeracy
Save the Children has adapted Families Connect to be suitable for three-year-olds, informed by co-design with families and piloting in nurseries across the UK.
If you would like to take part in this workshop please complete the form below. We only have 10 spaces.
ECC Information
Good morning,
Here is our first Newsletter of the new session 2023-24. Here you will find all upcoming information.
Hurlford ECC September newsletter
Could you also complete the form below for Photograph consent.
If you have any queries please just ask a member of staff.
Maria
Welcome Back
On Monday 21st August our doors for the ECC open at 8:45am.
Please bring your child in and there will be pegs with their names on them, hang up their belongings and bring them into the playroom.
PLEASE NOTE – If this is your child’s first day with us the pick up time is 11am, whether they have been in another establishment or not. A new ECC can be overwhelming for your child and we want to give children the chance to settle in to their new environment, and begin to know new routines.
We will then discuss further times for the rest of the week depending on your child.
Please remember to pass on any relevant information to staff.
Can’t wait to see you all on Monday!!
Here is a link to our induction Sway for reminders on all key points in ECC.
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Getting Ready for School
As we enter the last few weeks before we stop for summer, this is a very exciting time for our pre-schoolers that will be moving up to P1 in August.
In the ECC we will begin looking to promote more independent skills with the children moving up. This is something that we also encourage Parents/Carers to do at home.
Please click on link for a ready for school checklist
Handy tips:
- Labels with child’s name on all their belongings.
- Shoes that are easy to put on and fasten – same for gym shoes.
- Make sure your child can easily identify their belongings for example; coat, bag, pencil case and lunch bag.
- Practice putting on and zipping up coat with your child.
- Practice organising belongings – if taking off coat, jumper etc to put where it is meant to go and not left laying on floor.
- Eating using a knife and fork – if packed lunches easy to open items.
- Toileting – practice with your child to ensure that they are confident in accessing the toilet, wiping and washing hands.
This is a very exciting time for all the children and we want to prepare them as best as we can.
If you need any other information please just ask a member of staff
Term 4 – dates for your diary
Here are upcoming events in the ECC up until summer break.
| Monday 1st May | HOLIDAY |
| Tuesday 2nd May | Children’s reports handed out |
| Monday 8th May | HOLIDAY |
| Tuesday 9th May
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Coronation Party Day – children can wear red, white & blue or their party clothes |
| Thursday 11th May | P1 Induction visit 10am – Parents do not attend |
| Friday 12th May | Kidzplay trip money due |
| Tuesday 16th May | AM – Purple
PM – Blue |
| Wednesday 17th May | AM – Red
PM – Yellow |
| Thursday 18th May | AM – Green |
| Tuesday 23rd May
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P1/ECC Preschool children ONLY
Numeracy workshop 2-2:45pm for Parents/Carers |
| Thursday 25th May | P1 Induction visit 10am – Parents do not attend |
| Friday 26th May | HOLIDAY |
| Monday 29th May | HOLIDAY |
| Tuesday 30th May | In-service day |
| Tuesday 6th June | P1 Induction talk– Parent/Carers to attend 1:50-2:40pm |
| Tuesday 13th June | Bump Up Day!! – Parents do not attend |
| Wednesday 14th June | Next session – ECC new start induction 3:15-3:50pm – returners do not need to attend. |
| Tuesday 20th June | ECC trip to Kidzplay |
| Thursday 22nd June | Moving up ceremony |
| Friday 30th June | Stop for Summer!! |
Let’s try again!!
I am hoping to go ahead with sprucing up the garden on Tuesday 28th March from 12pm onwards. If any of our parents/families are able to help out that would be amazing.
We have plenty of paint, brushes and tools we just need you to bring yourself wearing old clothes. If you able to volunteer can you let me know, so I know how many volunteers we have, thank you!
Fingers crossed that the weather is good for next Tuesday to allow us to get started.
Maria
maria.paterson@eastayrshire.org.uk
March Newsletter
Good afternoon,
Please click on link below for our March newsletter.
If you have any queries please just ask a member of staff.
Mission to the Moon
Please click on link below for information on how Hurlford Primary School and ECC are taking part in the East Ayrshire initiative ‘Mission to the Moon.
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People who help us
A few of the children have been talking about different job roles they know adults do or in something they have been watching. We are looking at learning about ‘People who help us!’
Do we have any parents in job roles that we could teach the children about and would be confident to come in and talk a little about your job? It would only be for a little half hour and staff would support throughout.
If this is something you would be able to do please give me an email and we can discuss times etc.
