Winter is well and truly on the horizon. With the change in weather we always like to remind our families to have a wee check in their children’s bags to make sure the clothes they have are suitable for this time of year.
Our children access outdoors all year round therefore we ask that they come to nursery with access to, or wearing appropriate clothing.
Children’s achievements
We actively celebrate children’s achievements from out with and beyond centre, and value our families contributions which enables us to do this.
Our proud of me tree is where we showcase our children’s achievements for them. Help us to celebrate our little learners and share why you are proud of them 
What’s been going on in Centre?
Garden Maintenance
We would like to say a big THANK YOU to one of our parents William Granger & family, who took time out of their weekend to come along to centre and remove the hawthorn trees from our garden.
This act of kindness has been so greatly appreciated and will make such a difference to our little ones being able to make full use of our grassy green space.
Spooky Scavenger hunt
As always our spooky scavenger hunt was popular with our families this year, big thank you to everyone who braved the elements to come out and join us.
Bookbug sessions
Up until now Bookbug sessions have been run in the evening. We are considering running morning sessions to enable other family members to become involved in our EYC community such as grandparents, childminders etc.
Is this something you would like us to trial, or would you prefer we stick with the twilight sessions?
Click the link to share your thoughts
Broom Zoom
Big thank you to everyone who supported our Broom Zoom this year. All money raised goes into our children’s fund.
We raised a wonderful £145 this year!
Wet suits
We used money from our children’s fund to renew our children’s wet suits. We searched long and hard to make sure they were just the right material, weren’t too boring, and most importantly they were something the children actually wanted to wear!!
Delighted to say we found ‘the ones’ it was a BIG THUMBS UP from our CP models who put them to the test!
Children’s Art – Christmas gifts
Your child’s Christmas artwork is now available to buy online.
All money raised from this goes back into our children’s fund which supports activities, events and additional resources for our children.
Progress Meetings
All families should now have been given the opportunity to meet with their child’s keyworker for a progress report. If you have for whatever reason missed this or were unable to attend the original dates, please contact us via email eyc@colqhounpark.e-dunbarton.sch.uk to arrange an alternative.
Maternity Leave
The lovely Shannon has now finished up for maternity leave. We would like you to join us in wishing her all the best as she embarks on her new journey as a Mumma of 2!! 
We are currently in the process of recruiting a new member of staff to join our team to cover. In the interim Indu & Michelle will be working together to cover Shannon’s key group alongside job-share Rebecca as designated key workers.
What’s coming up in Centre?
Wednesday 10th – WINTERWONDERLAND
4pm – 4:45pm
5pm – 5:45pm
6pm – 6:45pm
This is a FREE event open to all children & their immediate family members (sorry Gran, Granda, Aunt, Uncle, Dug!)
Each family will be allocated a 45min time slot where they will be able to visit our CPEYC Christmas experience and meet the man of the hour SANTA CLAUS!
There will be a maximum of 15 spaces on each time slot. These will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Where your first choice slot is not available, an alternative will be offered.
**This event will be ticketed, ALL spaces should be booked before closing date on the 3rd of December**
** This event will take place on Wednesday 10th of December **
Tuesday 16th December 10am – 11am – Christmas crafts stay & play
Thursday 18th December 2pm – 3pm – Christmas crafts stay & play
If you would like to attend any of these sessions please use the link below to register.
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT – REGISTRATION
Wednesday 24th December 10am – 12:45pm – Festive Fun Day / Centre closes for Christmas
This is open to all our children in centre, whether it is their typical day to attend or not. This morning will be a of Christmas craft, games, hot choc and movie kind of vibe.
We are hopeful that this will give some of our families, who may need it, a couple of extra ‘get ready for Santa’ hours.
Christmas attendance
Many of our families take their children out of nursery when the schools stop with most, if not all, who continue to attend, opting for an early finish on Christmas Eve.
We would like to ensure that we continue to deploy our staff effectively over the festive period, therefore we ask that families inform us as soon as possible of their intended patterns of attendance during the run up to Christmas.
Monday 5th January – EYC reopens
Wednesday 18th February – INSERVICE day (centre closed)
to keep up to date with all the daily going’s on in centre.
Animals that no longer live
Stay & Play sessions 
Although we don’t break during the holiday we do enter into a new academic year, where we say good bye and good luck to our little learners who have moved on to school and a big hello and welcome to the new children and families that have joined us!