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STEM curriculum evening

Thank you to all the parents who attended our recent STEM curriculum evening and to the whole staff team for showcasing our learning and making this evening a huge success. Our parents loved trying out some of the experiences on offer and feedback was very positive and encouraging.

Great to see all the stimulating and fun activities and nice to talk with staff and parents.

So lovely to see the amazing resources and have a chance to meet other staff members – really lovely group.

Thank you for all the staff’s knowledge and expertise!

The resources were fantastic, in particular the technology.

Loved the ideas for playing and learning at home and seeing what children do at nursery.

I wish I could provide constructive feedback, but nope! The evening and it’s content was perfect! So much effort made! Such a shame more parents didn’t come along.

If you didn’t manage along, see what you missed here STEM in Glenwood presentation

Exploring the properties of gloop
Using our Chromebooks to make playdough
Mini-beast hunt
Architect sharing plans for our new centre
More explorations with cornflour and water to make gloop
Vinegar, red powder paint and bicarbonate of soda…..
…it’s a volcano!
Spaghetti constructions
Playdough fun
Gloop- solid or liquid?

It’s good to be back!

We are loving being back and learning both indoors and out!

We are learning to use a mouse to control the computer.
I am learning to use the programmable toys.
I know the routine of snack and can independently select my preferences.
We are using small loose parts in our imaginative role play.
I use my imagination as I play in the mud kitchen.
We can play together and take turns.
We use our imagination as we sail and steer the boat.
We are investigating nature in the garden.
I am developing my gross motor skills as I play on the tyre swing.
I am developing my mark making skills.

Building works

In order to meet the needs of our families by 2020 when early learning and childcare entitlement for all children will almost double, a new much larger building is planned for Glenwood. The new site is adjacent to our current centre in Eastwood Park. Building work begins approximately 8th July. This is an exciting time for us and we look forward to working with the builders to involve the children as much as possible in the work. Their will be windows on the fencing around the site for us to view the progress.

Naturally there will be some disruption while this work is taking place. There will be construction traffic near our centre and a number of restricted areas. All construction vehicles will enter the site through Eastwood Park and will minimise entry during peak times. Parking at the allotments will be reduced as this area will be cordoned off.

In order to minimise the impact of this work for the coming year we suggest considering alternative ways to travel to nursery instead of the car where possible. There will be an number of identified safe pedestrian routes through the park and if you can consider walking or cycling to nursery or even part of the way, this will ease congestion. There are some alternatives to parking at the allotments including Eastwood Park, the pavilion, Woodfarm Road or even Rouken Glen Park and walking the fairly short distance from there.

Click here for a plan of the site.

Glenwood Contractor Site and Compound

Care Inspectorate

All services providing early learning and childcare in Scotland must be registered with the Care Inspectorate and are regularly monitored and awarded grades. Inspections are unannounced. We recently had an inspection and we are delighted to share with you the inspection report. Please take some time to read this.

www.careinspectorate.com/berengCareservices/html/reports/getPdfBlob.php?id=302598

Glenwood Family Centre were inspected in two aspects, Quality of care and support and Quality of staffing and we were graded excellent for both.

I am sure you will recognise that the commitment and professionalism of the staff team are a real strength of our centre and we strive to continue to maintain excellent standards in ensuring the highest quality care and support for all our learners.

Construction

We design and create all sorts of models in the construction area. Recently we have been making enclosures for animals and ourselves!

As we play we use measuring skills.

We work with others and develop our problem solving skills.

We develop our mark making skills as we plan what we are going to construct.