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Easter Celebrations

Easter Celebrations

We will be hosting an Easter Craft Day on Wednesday 28th March, morning and afternoon. The children will be making a variety of Easter themed crafts throughout the day and we might even squeeze in a quick visit from the Easter Bunny! Parents are invited to come along and join in with crafting activities for the full or part of the session to suit! We will speak nicely to the Easter Bunny and see if his visit can be scheduled for the last 30minutes of each session J

As so many children have significant allergies we are unable to have our usual Easter Egg Decorating Competition this year. The children were keen to have a competition of sorts though, so after discussion it was agreed that an Easter Bonnet competition will be held! Please take part by designing and decorating an Easter bonnet at home to wear to nursery on Wednesday 28th March. We will have a bonnet parade and a winner will be chosen.

Budget Consultation

Dear Parents and Guardians,

East Renfrewshire Council is consulting on its budget for 2018-2021.   Your responses to this consultation will help shape councillors’ decision making about how our budget will be spent over the next three years.

The Council’s budget covers a huge range of services, including education, schools, early learning and childcare, social care, roads, cleansing and housing.

While the Council does not yet know its exact budget, with the Scottish Government not due to confirm the annual grant settlement until December, ERC is expecting to have to make savings in the region of £26million between 2018 and 2021.  This is in addition to £37million of savings the Council has already made since 2012.

A range of proposed savings to meet the £26million shortfall has been published for consultation and is available at www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/budget.   Parent Council Chairs have been invited to a series of meetings as part of the Budget Conversation, but we are keen to hear from as many parents as possible on the savings proposals set out in the Budget Booklet, a small number of hard copies of which are available in schools or at this link.

The consultation will be open until 28 November, with the final budget being decided by elected members at a meeting of the full council on 8 February 2018.

Many Thanks,

East Renfrewshire Council

Parent Pay Update

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 ÂŁ33.00 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.

 

Infection Prevention

There have been incidents of re-occurring diarrhoea within the FC. We have put in place all prevention of infection strategies however we need to stop re-infection.

Please do not send your child to the Family Centre if they are unwell, have a temperature or have had a loose bowel movement/diarrhoea.

Your child will need to be excluded if they have diarrhoea/vomiting.

Many Thanks.

 

Summer Party

Our Summer Party is taking place on Friday 23rd June from 9.30am -11.30am and again in the afternoon from 1.30pm – 3.30pm

We do hope you will come along and enjoy the fun!

We are having karaoke, quizzes, raffle, tombola, guess the bear’s birthday, face painting and much more.

Bring your purses and support the Family Centre’s fundraising and have a great day out too.

Your Summer Party Ticket