CP NEWS – December Edition

The final month of 2024 is shaping up to be the BEST yet, we have lots going on in centre so before we do anything else we thought it would be useful to give everyone a breakdown of dates for the diary.

Thursday 5th December – Christmas Bookbug session 5pm – 6pm

Thursday 12th December – Decorate Centre for Christmas

Friday 13th December – Arrival of our kindness elf

Monday 16th December – Christmas Crafts (stay & play) 2pm – 3pm

Tuesday 17th December – Christmas Crafts (stay & play) 10am – 11am

Wednesday 18th December – Care Home Visit

Thursday 19th December – WINTERWONDERLAND

Friday 20th December – Children’s Christmas Party 9:30am – 11am

Tuesday 24th December – Centre Closes for Christmas

Friday 3rd January – Centre Re-opens

Family Christmas Crafts

If you would like to come along and spend sometime in centre making Christmas crafts with you child please click on the link below, ensure you input the date in which you would like to attend – Slots will be first come, first served.

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT – REGISTRATION

Winter Wonderland 

4pm – 4:45pm – Spaces available

5pm – 5:45pm – FULL

6pm – 6:45pm – LIMITED

Colquhoun Park EYC proudly present to all our families our annual Winter Wonderland, Christmas Experience.

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 5th of December**

** This event will take place on Thursday 19th of December **

Winter Wonderland – Bookings

Progress Meetings

All families should now have had the opportunity to speak to their child’s keyworker and get an update on the progress they have been making.

Can we ask that you all take a few moments (if you haven’t already done so) to evaluate your experience.

Progress Meeting Evaluation

Christmas Attendance 

It is common for a lot of our families to take their children out of centre over the festive period, in line with the school Winter holidays. (20th December – 6th January)

If you intend to keep your child off during this period, we ask that you email centre to advise eyc@colquhounpark.e-dunbarton.sch.uk  this enables us to ensure staff are deployed effectively.

CP NEWS – CHRISTMAS EDITION

Winter wonderland

We would like to thank all of our families who came along to support our very first Winter Wonderland experience. A HUGE 147 family members joined us across 3 sessions, making it one of the most magical and well attended experiences we have ever had here in centre.

We had so much fun we’re already thinking about next year!!

 

Christmas/New Year attendance

Our last day in centre will be 22nd of December 2023 and we will be returning on Wednesday 3rd of January 2024.

If you are planning on keeping you little one off until the schools return on the 8th please drop us a quick email or leave us a voicemail to prevent a welfare call being made.

Family sessions

We will be looking to continue both our interactive family and bookbug sessions in the New Year. If their are any areas you feel you would like us to cover please email us your suggestions and we will look at tailoring sessions to meet our families need.

Support during the Festive Period

Christmas for many is about spending time with family and enjoying some much needed downtime, although for some Christmas time is a very different story, it can be filled with sadness, stresses and a time of misery and loneliness.

We ask that all of you please take a moment to check in on one another.

A quick text or a smile at someone as you pass them on the street can make all the difference.

If you find yourself in need of a little support over this time please reach out.

Citizens Advice

Samaritans

EDC Mental Health Team

More information on support available in our our area can be found by clicking on the “information & Support in our Area” section within this blog.

WISHING YOU A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY & HEALTHY 2024

Lots of Love ALWAYS

Team Colquhoun x

 

DATES FOR THE DIARY

 

1st December – ARRIVAL OF ELFIE

Our magical elf will make a return all the way from the NORTH POLE!

6th December – PANTO DAY

Cbeebies online panto. Children will choose between some of our Christmas favourites such as The Nutcracker, The Christmas Carol or a Christmas in Storyland.

8th December – CARE HOME VISIT (Christmas crafts)

A small number of children will accompany us to visit Westerton Care Home for the1st of what we hope to be many of our in-home visits and intergenerational workshops.

9th December – CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

Children are invited to wear their Christmas jumpers in to the EYC this day.

12th – 16th CHRISTMAS CRAFT WEEK

Children will have the chance to get involved with lots of different Christmas Crafting – glue & glitter galore!

15th December – CHRISTMAS PARTY / SANTA / SINGALONG

2 tickets will be allocated per child. All children to be dropped at centre for 9.30am where they will enjoy their Christmas party and snack. Parents will be invited to come back and join us at 10.30am for our Christmas singalong and visit from SANTA!

19th December – FOOD BANK COLLECTION

This will be the last day to drop in food for our foodbank before collection.

20th December – CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Festive Menu will be sent to parents. Children will have the option to pick from a Christmas Lunch with all the trimmings or a Sandwich. Both options will be followed by either ice cream or vegetarian raspberry or chocolate mousse slice.

21st December – CHRISTMAS MOVIE DAY

To round off our Busy Festive period children are invited to wear their pyjamas, fluffy slippers/socks or whatever their favourite comfy clothes may be and come along to our Christmas wind down… this will be a movies, hot chocolate and popcorn kind of day!

23rd December – CENTRE CLOSES FOR CHRISTMAS

We would like to wish all our families a very Happy Christmas! We look forward to welcoming you all back through our doors in 2023. Love Team Colquhoun x

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