We will be celebrating world book day again this year

7th Match 2019

Children can come to the ECC dresses as their favourite character if the wish

Information about Head Lice

Head Lice are a common problem in school aged children. They can’t be prevented, but regular checking ensures early detection and treatment if necessary.

Individuals, parents and carers have the prime responsibility for the prevention, detection and treatment of head lice.

Parents and carers should check their children’s head once a week during hair washing. You need your usual shampoo, conditioner, and a detection comb – ask your local pharmacist to recommend a suitable one. Remember that you are looking for living moving lice, the only evidence that your child is infected. The technique for wet combing is shown below.

If you find a living louse, ask your local pharmacist, school nurse, health visitor or GP for advice regarding treatment and contact your child’s educational establishment.

Technique for wet combing

Ensure that there is good lighting – daylight is best.Wash hair with normal shampoo and towel dry until damp and then apply hair conditioner.Comb the hair with an ordinary comb to remove tangles.Take a section of hair at a time and using a detector comb, begin at the top of the head and, making sure that the comb is touching the scalp, slowly draw the comb from the root towards the ends of the hair. Pay particular attention to the back of the neck and the area around the ears.Check the teeth of the comb carefully.Repeat steps (4) and (5), working around the head from the top of the scalp to the ends of the hair. The time required to wet comb the whole head can range from a few minutes for short hair to 20-30 minutes for long curly hair.When the whole head has been combed through and checked, rinse off the conditioner

Additional Information:

Please find below the link to information regarding Head Lice:

Click to access 25-Head%20Lice-Dec2016-English.pdf

Additional information regarding minor ailments:

http://www.nhs24.com/findlocal/~/media/nhs24/leaflets/mas leaflet – web.ashx

Please note Friday is the last day for School registration

We will be celebrating Robert Burns birthday on Friday 25th January, children can feel free to wear a touch of tartan if they wish and we will be listening to some songs/poems, crafts and some Scottish snack.

Please see below for information on an event that may be of interest.

Burns House Museum in Mauchline will be celebrating the birthday of the Bard on Sunday 27 January with wide variety of events between 12noon and 4pm for all the family.

Now in its fourth year, this celebration of the life of Robert Burns in Mauchline continues to grow in popularity, bringing together local communities and visitors to the area to celebrate our national Bard.

Come along and join in the fun at another weekend of visual art workshops, storytelling, poetry, kirkyard tours, talks and much more.

Suitable for the whole family and participation is completely FREE. For further information, call Burns House Museum on 01290 550045 or visit eastayrshireleisure.com

We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Monday.

You will notice we have set up a lending library in the foyer area, this is for you to choose a book to take home and read with your child.

We would like to encourage the parents to choose the books that they would like to read, we decided to do this a bit different to the usual lending library as often the children choose the same books week after week 😂

There is a sheet to add childs name too and put a tick when you have taken and returned a book.

There is no set days for this and books can be exchanged as often or as little as you like.

If you are looking to read specific books to your child e.g about feelings, a new baby etc please let us know and we will see what books we have

We look forward to seeing how well this is used and would encourage you to share photographs of you reading the book with your child as we would like to display these in this area

All the children and staff have lots of fun at the Christmas Parties today and we even had a very special visitor, we look forward to our final party on Thursday, here are a small selection of photographs there are more on the screen in the foyer……

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Susie Dunlop visited the ECC today to do the hand washing challenge with the children

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We learned all about why it is important to wash our hands