Category Archives: Texa

Let’s Play

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A coffee and cake date has been set for Thursday 29th March for any parents who may be interested in coming along to our new ‘Let’s Play’ programme.

Let’s Play is as it reads…..all about play and the importance of playing with your child.

For parents that are interested, I will be following up with a play session over the Easter holidays. This will be a half day play session on Friday 6th April, no costs are involved and you can bring along older or younger siblings!

In July, I will be offering three more no cost play sessions, again siblings are welcome. On these sessions, parents spend time participating in fun and interactive workshops whilst the children (including siblings of any age) play in the playroom/outdoor area before joining together for half hour play at the end of the session.

There are information leaflets on the ‘PoPP’ table in the foyer – please help yourself and speak to me if you are interested.

Celebrating Who We Are Week

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

All staff at Isobel Mair Family Centre would just like to say a

HUGE ‘Thank You’

for your wonderful support of our

‘Celebrating Who We Are’ week.

So far we have raised a total of just over £350, however we still have more bags and ‘shrinkie’ key rings to make and sell so the grand total will increase, with every penny donated to our three named charities.

Thank you for your support.

If you have not yet received your pre-ordered pens, trolley tokens and wrist bands – please let us know as we have a few surplus in the office. In addition, if you have not had the opportunity to purchase your child’s hand made reusable bag and/or shrinkie key ring – please let us know!

 

‘Celebrating Who We Are’ Week

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We are celebrating who we are. Blue eyes or Brown eyes? Long or short hair? Downs syndrome? Epilepsy? Autism? What ever it is that makes us unique we will be celebrating it this week.
The three charities we will be supporting this year include Downs Syndrome Scotland, Epilepsy Awareness and Autism Awareness. Thank you in advance for all your help to raise funds for these charities. Many of you have already placed orders for trolley tokens, pens and wrist bands to support these charities.
In addition to this we are hosting three special themed days:

Wed 21st March

Lots of Socks Day for Downs Syndrome Scotland – wear LOTS of socks, bright socks, odd socks, socks on your head….whatever you fancy!! Bring a donation to add to the bucket!

The children are also invited to bring in an ‘odd sock’ to make a sock puppet with Colette in Cara playroom

More info at: https://worlddownsyndromeday.org/lots-of-socks

Thurs 22nd March

Epilepsy Awareness – Wear purple! Purple trousers, purple top, purple ribbon, purple socks! Whatever you fancy!! Bring a donation to add to the bucket!

More info at: https://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/purple-day-epilepsy-awareness?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1q3VBRCFARIsAPHJXrEkESG_ybDhNX8F8VQ_SIdsQtoS4AECCkI1fJTEGkwTLxwLHNuSyxcaAnZREALw_wcB#.WqvHqNKLSM8

Friday 23rd March

Autism awareness – Wear a Onesie Day! A superhero onesie, a shortie onesie, any kind of onesie! Whatever you fancy!! Bring a donation to add to the bucket!

More info at: http://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/world-autism-awareness-week.aspx?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1q3VBRCFARIsAPHJXrF9hNMvhJmQBUrVvU1IChuLemLrfKkeMzVFmhZ-YmVXYVO6Zg-6TEQaApRjEALw_wcB

To make our ‘Celebrating Who We Are’ week even more special the children have been busy making a variety of themed items for you to purchase with all proceeds donated to the three charities. Please come along with your purses and wallets at the ready to ensure purchases can be made, raising awareness of these charities and the excellent work they do.

If your child attends the nursery on the Family Centre bus – do not worry, you won’t miss out! If you wish to purchase the items your child has made please give money to the bus escort in a sealed envelope marked with your child’s name.

We appreciate your support of our charity fundraising! Many thanks to all who have placed orders already and many thanks for your participation.

Pop in and Play

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Our Pop in and Play Dates are as follows:

Tuesday 16th January

Wednesday 17th January

Thursday 18th January

You are invited to come along and spend some time in the playroom with your child, joining in and seeing all the learning experiences that are taking place throughout the session. Name lists will be displayed outside the playroom doors, please add your name if you are planning to come along and join us.

 

Care Inspectorate Report 2017

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We are delighted to let you know that our most recent Care Inspectorate Report has now been published.

The Care Inspectorate arrived at the Family Centre on 29th September to carry out an unannounced inspection. 

For this inspection, the Inspector assessed two areas – the quality of care and support and the quality of the environment. 

We were delighted that both of the inspected areas were graded as a ‘6’ and ‘Excellent’. 

You can read  the full report by clicking the link below:

IMFC Inspection Report 2017

 

 

 

 

Parent Pay Update

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Parent Pay is now up and running for all our ‘returning’ children;  term one toy and fruit fund can be paid.

If your child is new to the family centre, we are waiting on user names and passwords being issued to enable you to set up and use this service.

Many parents have spoken to staff, worried about not having paid for term one as yet. We are so sorry for this inconvenience.

If you would prefer not to wait – please pop the outstanding £33.00 in to an envelope, clearly marked with your child’s name and we will ensure our records are updated accordingly once up and running. Cheques are also acceptable – again, just pop in an envelope.