Thank you so much for all donations received for the Christmas Market we have received a lot of great stuff and hope you can make it along

There is no cost at all just help yourself to what you need 😊

Market will be on…..

Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th December

9.15-1130

This will be in the school Gym Hall, entry via the ECC

Have you completed our Cafe form yet to confirm attendance ????

The children have been working hard planning and creating meus

We would be greatful if you could confirm attendance to allow us to plan accordingly 😊

Christmas Market 🎄

We have had some positive feedback from the questionnaire therfore, We are planning to hold our Christmas Market (date to be confirmed)

There will be no money required for this market and there will be an opportunity for you to browse and take any items which may be beneficial to you for Christmas

We are appealing to our families and the wider Bellfield community for donations for this, so if anyone is having a clear out soon we would be very greatful for any donations ❤️

Items we are looking for –

Toys

Books

Clothes, Shoes, Accessories (children and adults)

Gifts/Gift sets

Please no donations of household items as these did not prove to be popular last year

We will only be able to run this Market if we have enough donations

We would be grateful if donations could be handed in from week commencing the 20th November until Wednesday 29th November

Please complete the form regarding a Christmas Market

This will take less than a minute

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKZLSj7vLQmRBjm7FWdnOHOJURDJYUkVEQkVXWVdPMklTOEoyWUZLNjMxQS4u

Our Pumpkin Trail stay and Play will be taking place on

🎃🎃🎃Thursday 26th October 🎃🎃🎃

there will be an opportunity for you to explore our pumpkin trail there will also be spooky stations to explore.

The time slots are as follows:

AM children – Oak and Willow 9.30-10.15

PM children – Oak and Willow 1.15-2.00

9-3 children – Birch, Chestnut and Willow – 2.15-3.00

Full day children have been emailed with a timeslot if you have not received this please contact the ECC.

We would be grateful for any donations of pumpkins or Halloween decorations, these can be handed in up until and including Tuesday 24th October.

We look forward to seeing you there for some spooky fun 🎃🎃🎃

😆🤨😃FINDING MY SELFIE CHALLENGE 😒😬🫣

We as adults have had many, many years to learn how to process our emotions and find the words to express how we are feeling.

Whereas children are just beginning to understand that they have big feelings!

‘Finding My Selfie’ is a lovely way to help your little one to recognise different facial expressions, make connections between what they’re feeling and what that might look like, and find the words for those feelings.

All you have to do is, with your little one, make funny, emotional faces and take a selfie.

Then, swipe through the selfies, naming each expression or emotion captured.

Some emotions and feelings that you might like to try: tired, excited, angry, shy, scared, happy, grumpy, curious, worried, calm, sad.

Sometimes, when your little one can’t find the words, using the ‘emotional selfies’ as a prompt can help them show how they might be feeling

https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/supporting-your-childs-mental-health

Just a little reminder as the winter weather is now approaching there is an increase in virus/bugs going around

If your child has any sickness and/or diarrhoea that they should NOT attend the centre.

Any children displaying symptoms within the centre will be sent home.

Can we please ask that your child does not return until 48 hours after the LAST dose. This is recommended via the NHS to prevent spread of infection to other children and the staff

In addition if you child is unwell with any virus/illness we would advise they stay at home until they are well enough to return to the Centre

Thank you for your cooperation

Reminder

The Centre is closed tomorrow and Monday to all children for the September weekend holiday

We hope you all have a lovely weekend 😊

We are looking to organise our costume swap again this year, if anyone is having a clear out of costumes and would like to donate them please hand them in to the Centre by Friday 13th October

The costumes will be made available at the foyer area from Monday 23rd October 🎃🎃👻👻

Could we please ask that no snacks  are brought into the ECC in the children’s bags as we have an increasing amount of allergies across the Centre

If you are concerned about your child’s eating please speak to a member of staff and arrangements can be made

No sweets etc should be brought into the ECC as other children may be able to access these from a child’s bag

We have also noted an increase on juice being brought in, unless your child requires a separate drink for medical/sensory reasons they will be provided with water throughout the day/milk to drink at snack time

If for any other reason you need to provide a snack for your child for after nursery please inform a member of staff so this can be removed from their bag until home time

In addition a gentle reminder that children are not required to bring a bag to the ECC, we have drawstring bags available for children to keep changes of clothes etc in

Thank you for your cooperation with this in keeping all the children safe