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Settling In

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All returning children are now back with us and are settling back in to the nursery routine.

Our new children, for the most part joined us last week and they are being supported by staff on a daily basis as required to ensure quick and secure settling.

More new children are due to start over the coming weeks.

For all parents and carers – we ask that if you have any queries, comments or concerns about settling your child in to the Family Centre (or any other general queries) please come and ask.

Although you will quickly come to see the nursery is a very busy place we ALWAYS have time to speak to you.

Our door is always open!

Remember:

School and

Home

Always

Rely on

Each other

Quick Reminder

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Our Family Centre will be closed on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th August for In-Service Training Days.

All children should return on Wednesday 13th August  at the appropriate time (remembering new opening hours!) i.e.

Early Wrap: 7.35am

Morning Session: 8.35am (not 8.45am as previous)

Afternoon Session: 12.45

Many Thanks.

If you are unsure about our new opening hours please contact the Family Centre on 0141 570 7615.

New Opening Hours

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We would like to remind all our parents and carers that following our consultation period our hours upon return on August 13th will be as follows:

Early Morning Wraparound: 7.35am – 8.35am

Morning Session: 8.35am – 11.45am

Lunch Wraparound: 11.45 – 12.45pm

Afternoon Session: 12.45 – 3.55pm

Late Wraparound – 1 hour: 3.55 – 4.55pm or 2 hours: 3.55 – 5.55pm

Parents and carers are kindly reminded that these hours should be STRICTLY adhered to. Late coming and late collections will be monitored closely and you may be charged for continual late collection.

 

Come and help on BIG DAY DAY!

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Children attending Isobel Mair Family Centre have access to a variety of outdoor spaces including the large playground with hill and forest area, pirate ship, sensory garden, outdoor atrium and adventure trail.

Children love to play and learn outdoors and the spaces we create and use can help to support children’s play in so many ways…….from helping children to be creative and expressive to helping support problem solving and risk analysis.


Our outdoor area is already really good, however…..we want it to be excellent!

For this to happen we need YOU to help!

Come along to our BIG DIG DAY on Tuesday 17th June.


Bring any unwanted seeds, bulbs, bedding plants or compost, spare fencing, unused patio slabs or gardening tools.


OR…..


Just bring yourself!


The more the merrier…..remember, this is your children’s play space!


Let’s make it the best it can be.


Upcoming Events!

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We have lots to come before the end of term:

Graduation Celebration Event: Wednesday 11th June from 6.30pm – 8pm

Dig Day: Tuesday 17th June – morning and afternoon – all invited

Miss Darroch’s Wedding Day! – Friday 20th June

Sports Day: Monday 23rd June – all invited

End of Term Parties: Tuesday 24th June – Am and PM

Early Closure 1pm: Wednesday 25th June

Playscheme begins: Thursday 24th June at 7.45am

We are also trying very hard to re-schedule trips for children in Cara playroom before the end of term. The trips had previously been planned for the week of our inspection and had to be postponed. We will let you know as soon as we have trips organised.

Thank you!

Enterprise Update

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Thank you to all parent’s, family and friends who supported their child and the Family Centre by coming along and supporting our Enterprise Event today.

Not all children’s art work has been sold as yet, however I am delighted to announce our total so far is an amazing £300!!

Thank you once again and we will let you know our final amount when all pieces of art are sold!

 

Children’s Weekly Workout

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All parents should by now be receiving their weekly What’s Happening Email Bulletin.

This bulletin has proved to be a great success in terms of communication and this was reflected recently in our parental questionnaires.  (*Feedback from the questionnaires is currently being collated – we will share the outcome of this and alert you to any ‘action points’ the family centre need to address.)

The weekly parent email not only informs parents and carers of the events for the forthcoming week, but also gives parents an idea on some ‘workouts’ and/or ‘talking tips’ to carry out at home.

The workouts and talking tips stem from staff’s knowledge of child development and we think about each of the workouts and talking tips in terms of how we can best support children’s continued development in all areas of the curriculum.

 Even the simplest colouring in task (last week’s workout!) is helping support child development in a number of areas for example:

 Fine  motor development

  • hand – eye coordination
  • hand skills
  • pencil grasp
  • control of pencil/implement
  • securing preferred hand
  • development of pencil control leads to better control when forming letters/numbers
  • awareness of matching, naming, sorting colours
  • perseverance in task – even when tricky i.e. staying in the lines
  • Maintaining attention skills
  • Increased focus
  • Completion of task through to end
  • Following instructions
  • Increasing confidence on completion and handing in to staff member
  • Celebrating success when praised after completion
  • Sense of achievement at having work displayed on wall

 The list is endless……………

I wonder what next weeks workout will be!?