{"id":3272,"date":"2026-03-13T13:29:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/?page_id=3272"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:29:03","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Riccarton Early Childhood Centre&#8217;s Glow Blog.<\/p>\n<p>We realise that starting nursery is a whole new experience and this may be your child&#8217;s first encounter with adults and children outside their own family circle.\u00a0 Our priority is to settle children into the centre so that they feel safe and secure, building up their session times gradually, at their own pace.<\/p>\n<p>We strive to make Riccarton Early Childhood Centre a welcoming, happy place for your child.\u00a0 We will build upon the valuable learning that you have been providing for your child at home and, like you, we will value and care for your child as an individual and encourage them to give their very best in all situations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Riccarton Early Childhood Centre&#8217;s Glow Blog. We realise that starting nursery is a whole new experience and this may be your child&#8217;s first encounter with adults and children outside their own family circle.\u00a0 Our priority is to settle children into the centre so that they feel safe and secure, building up their session &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/welcome\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25073,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3272","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3273,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3272\/revisions\/3273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/riccartonecc2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}