Family Learning & Support – Page 5 – Colquhoun Park Early Years Centre

February 2, 2024

Early Years Career Opportunities

An Early Years Careers Event is being held to promote the benefits of working in early years and the current opportunities and employment support available.

If you think you may be interested in a rewarding career in early learning and childcare and are enthusiastic and passionate about making a difference to children and families’ lives, then come along to our careers event to learn more.

You can attend our drop-in session at Kirkintilloch Learning Campus, 50 Southbank Road, G66 1NH, on Thursday 8^th February from 5pm until 7pm or alternatively, join us online on Tuesday 13^th February from 6pm until 7pm. Please email us on ELC1140@eastdunbarton.gov.uk to receive a link to join the online event.

You will find out about all our current and upcoming vacancies and how to apply for positions including modern apprentices, support workers and early years practitioners including supply posts. Learn about our Parental Employability Programme and supports available to help you back into employment.

November 8, 2023

Interactive Family Sessions

With holiday season fast approaching we are only to aware at how all the excitement, parties, sweeties, visiting of family and the rest can impact on our children and their routine/normality.

On week commencing the 27th of November we are planning to run some interactive sessions addressing the subject of Supporting Changes in Routine if this is something you feel may be useful please use the link below to register your interest.

Sessions will be subject to demand & notification will be given a week prior with information surrounding their delivery.

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023

Bookbug session – October 23

Our October family Bookbug session was a hit!

Our children and families enjoyed the songs, rhymes and stories that we explored and had fabulous singing voices!!

Our theme this month was “mini beasts” as the children have taken a real interest in the bugs they have been finding in our planters the the garden. We had an “Incey Wincey spider” that climbed up our guttering pipe then slide all the way down again, and sleeping butterflies that flew gracefully once they had wakened.

We shared a lovely story about some ants with cold bottoms…and to finish our session we had everyone’s favourite Bookbug resource….the Lycra! Those cheeky wiggly worms were bouncing off the Lycra and flying all over our playroom.

We are so thrilled that we can have our families in our centre and share our songs and stories with them…their feedback lets us know how much they enjoyed it!

“It was nice to get a chance to come into the nursery, and get a taste of the type of activities the children usually participate in. Laura was engaging and made the session fun! It was nice to see a mix of reading and “audience participation” :)”

“It was well organised. Not too big a group. Laura has a great connection with the children”