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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.

Easter Celebrations

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Easter Celebrations

 Are you ready for our Easter Bonnet competition on Wednesday 28th March?

Bring a homemade bonnet for our parade and to enter our competition.

This is taking place on the same day as our Easter Craft Day where you are welcome to stay and join in with some Easter crafting.

Our friendly Easter Bunny might also make a special appearance!

Balta and Texa playrooms are focusing on a sensory Easter craft day, so if you are coming to join in please wear old clothes as it may get a bit messy!

We hope you come along

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.

 

School Application Week

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Our Family Centre Teacher, Gary Train will be hosting a Coffee and Chat with the theme ‘School Application Week’ on Tuesday 9th January at 9am and again at 1pm. Gary will have information available about making an application and will be able to answer any questions you may have.

Parents and carers of children who will be aged five between March 2018 and February 2019 should apply to their local denominational or non-denominational school at this time.

For parents who are making an application for Isobel Mair School the process is slightly different. You may have already had discussions around this process however if you are in any way unsure, please speak to Donna or Joanne.

Christmas Countdown

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Christmas Countdown 

The ‘Christmas Countdown’ will begin with our annual Isobel Mair School and Family Centre Christmas Fair which will be hosted on Thursday 7th December from 6pm – 7.30pm. Please bring the family along for some festive fun!

Following the Christmas Fair, we have a range of other events over Christmas – please pop the dates in your diary!

  • Christmas Craft Day on Friday 8th December – please come along and join your child from 9am -10.30 or 1pm – 2.30pm to do some Christmas crafting. All staff across the three playrooms will have Christmas themed crafts available for you to come and participate in with your child. We welcome parents, grandparents, other family members, child-minders….the more the merrier!

  • Nativity Rehearsal on Monday 11th December – just bring your child for the usual nursery session and we will do the rest!

  • ‘Santa’s Little Helpers’ Day on Wednesday 13th December – if you have a spare hour or so please come along and help wrap some gifts for the children. There are 66 children to wrap for and we do not want staff to be taken away from their time spent with the children in the playrooms. Any offers of help would be most appreciated.

  • Nativity Performance on Thursday 14th December – Parents, family and friends are invited to watch the children perform the Nativity at 10am – 11am for our morning children and from 2pm – 3pm for our afternoon children. The Nativity will be at Newton Mearns Baptist Church and all are welcome.

  • Christmas Jumper Day – Friday 15th December – wear a Christmas jumper and bring a donation for Save the Children

  • Christmas Parties on Tuesday 19th December – party clothes on to come and dance and meet Santa Claus…usual nursery session times apply.

  • Last Day for term time children on Wednesday 20th December – Children who attend on a term time basis will have their last day with us today. There is no early closure, although you are welcome to collect your child early if it suits you to do so given school’s close at 2.30.

  • Last day for extended service children on Friday 22nd December – closure at 2.30

INSET Day

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All parents are kindly reminded the Family Centre will be closed tomorrow, Friday 13th October due to staff attending INSET Training.

The Family Centre will remain closed to term time children week beginning Monday 16th, returning to usual service on Monday 23rd October.

Children who attend on an extended service basis, those who have purchased additional hours or those who use holiday hours – we look forward to seeing you on Monday 16th as usual.

 

Budget Consultation

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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