We need to hold our hands up when we recognise we aren’t quite doing as well as we could, in order to ensure we do better!
Our Newsletter has been completely neglected over the past year and it would seem instead of sending out Newsletters periodically we have opted to partake in lots and lots of good old fashioned chatting to get what we have been up to out to our families – I think we may have got a little carried away with having our families back in centre and being able to have face to face conversations after they were taken away for so long!
Whilst these interactions are invaluable to us, we recognise that we don’t always get the opportunity to do this with everyone and there is still a need for an overview of centre news to be shared and easy to located when needed.
That is why we have opted for this option. At the end of each month an update will be added to our blog and circulated electronically to all of our families.(Hard copies can also be made available on request.)
We will aim to recap on the month past whilst informing our families on what to expect in the month ahead.
This will be over and above face to face, journals, twitter, email, drop in sessions and telephone contact and will not be instead of. We are hopeful that with different methods of communication we are able to engage all of our families in a way that best suits them, however we will monitor this closely as there is a fine line between good communication and overload of which we are aware!
What’s New…
There has been quite a bit of change since our last newsletter so we are hopeful that by the end of today’s read we will have created a bit of a round up of all the information you will have received in the moment during that past few months.
Babies
We said goodbye to both Shannon & Rebecca earlier this year, waving them off to enjoy the adventure that is Motherhood.
Rebecca welcomed her twins Ava & Carter into the world on the 29th of June.
Ava 6lbs 6oz & Carter 7lbs 2oz 
Shannon welcomed wee Freddie Jon into the world on the 8th of August.
Freddie Jon 8lbs 4oz
Retirement
On the topic of babies, the lovely Anne Maria welcomed another beautiful Grandchild into the world, Henry. Anne Maria adores being Gran Marie to Izzy and Gia already, but now with baby Henry on the scene Anne Maria has decided to hang up her Depute shoes at Colquhoun Park EYC and focus on being Super Gran full time!
Anne Maria has been a massive part of our journey here at Colquhoun Park EYC, leading our team through some of the toughest challenges we have ever had to face, bringing us out the other end stronger and united in our efforts to make Colquhoun Park EYC the best it can be for our children, families and staff team.
We would all like to thank you for everything you have done and taught us over the years and wish you all the best in your new chapter.
New/Returning Staff
We welcomed back Kirsty from Maternity Leave in the Summer. Kirsty has came back Part-time working on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Erinn who had been working with us on supply for quite some time was successful in interview to become Kirsty’s other half. We are delighted as Erinn has now become a permanent fixture at Colquhoun working Thursday & Friday each week.
Caitlyn joined us from Argyll and Bute in August and has made a great addition to our team. Caitlyn is covering Rebecca’s maternity post.
Rachel joined our team last year as a support worker and loved CPEYC so much she was appointed after interview to take on Shannon’s maternity post.
To learn more about our staff team visit Meet our Staff section within our blog
Career Breaks
Lucy and Carol have taken a year out this year to spend some quality time with their loved ones. We hope this year provides you both with everything you hoped for and more.
Acting up
Since 2021 Kady has been part time Depute in centre, working Monday/Tuesday as Depute and Wednesday/Thursday/Friday as Senior. Since March this year Kady has been carrying out the role of Depute full time, in an aim to offer continuity to staff, children and families during a time of transition.
During this period Laura, who carried out the role of senior job share with Kady has backfilled the position Kady vacated. Therefore Laura is now carrying out the role of full time Senior Early Years Worker within Centre.
Curriculum
There have been changes made to our curriculum delivery and securing of children’s progress. Information has been sent out to all parents via letter and can also be accessed at Tracking and Securing Child Progress
Pencil in – Thursday 2nd of November 6pm – 8pm we are hoping to host our curriculum night in centre where we open up the doors to our children’s adults to come find out more about what we do and understand our WHY. – More information will be sent out in due course once date is confirmed.
Family Engagement Opportunities
The construction of our family learning calendar is underway. While waiting on this being finalised we held our first ever Bookbug session facilitated by Laura. This proved a big hit with our families and something we will be adding to our delivery.
We aim to share our 2023/2024 calendar with our families in the coming weeks. All families will be notified when this is released.
1st December – ARRIVAL OF ELFIE