Category Archives: Cara
INSET & Holiday Reminder
The Family Centre will be closed on Friday 10th February 2017 for staff training.
Mid Term break is from Monday 13th February until Wednesday 15th February – term time children should return to nursery at the usual time on Thursday 16th February.
Children who attend on an extended term basis should attend as usual from Monday 13th February. Our IMFC bus will run as normal.
Hair Raising…..
In addition to the toy shop role play chosen by the children, we are learning about hairdressers and what an important job they have.
This learning is in response to a small incident that happened last week.
A group of children decided they wanted to ‘play at being hairdressers’….only a tiny fraction of hair was actually cut off…(eeekkkk), with staff quickly intervening before further damage ensued!
Well….what a learning opportunity if ever there was one 🙂 We are extending children’s learning by supporting children to understand rules about safety and the ‘proper’ channels for getting a trim!
Chinese New Year 2017
Chinese New Year is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.
Here are a some photos of our children enjoying a Chinese themed snack consisting of noodles rice crispy seaweed lychees and green tea! The children worked really hard to handle the chop sticks which caused a lot of hilarity! Children improved hand skills and hand eye coordination using the chop sticks and also when pouring their own Chinese Green Tea from the beautiful Chinese tea pot.
The children were inspired by the Chinese New Year decorations, newspaper and calendar and used the items to begin putting their own ideas and thoughts on paper….some children had a go at writing some Chinese characters and we all practised saying ‘Kung Hei Fat Choi’.
Celebrating Burns Day 2017
The children had a wonderful day celebrating the Bards birthday on 25th January.
We had recently sampled the traditional haggis, neeps and tatties during St. Andrew’s Day celebrations in November, so for our Burns Supper the children decided to taste a variety of Scottish foods. The children all voted for the food they wanted most and counted the votes using tally marks.
Have a look at our photo gallery below!
Mini Kickers Sessions
Mini Kickers Sessions will begin on Wednesday 1st February for our morning children. The sessions will be hosted within the FC and you do not need to book a place – all children will be encouraged to participate throughout the 6 week block. The morning session Sports Coach is Ally MacRae.
Sessions for our afternoon children will take place on a Friday, beginning on Friday 3rd February. Again, there is no need to book a place. The Sports Coach for the afternoon session is Connor Davidson.
25 Days of Kindness
Our ’25 Days of Kindness’ has drawn to a close today after 5 weeks of planning and implementation. The children have had a truly wonderful learning experience and can readily share their learning about the importance of giving to others.
Children have had opportunities throughout this time to talk about children and their families who may not have enough food to sustain them. The children have discovered this is true for our neighbours in East Renfrewshire as well as for children and families in far away countries.
Thank you so much for your support in this learning experience. Here are some photographs of the children delivering the items to St. Andrews Church Foodbank in Barrhead.
Christmas Party Pictures
What a wonderful Christmas Party – PM Session
Christmas Party Pictures
What a wonderful Christmas Party – AM Session
Christmas Craft Day 2016
Have a look at our Christmas Craft Day photographs. Thanks to all of the parents that came along to work with their child.
