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Extended Play Day: Thursday 21st June @ Calderglen Country Park
Extended Play Day: Thursday 21st June
Reminder about our longest day of the year all together play day!
Plan for the Day!
Destination
Calderglen Country Park, come rain, hail or shine! We will be embracing this outdoor learning opportunity no matter the weather. This is an outdoor nursery day that you attend with your child. There will be no nursery session at IMFC on this day.
Time
Staff will be at the park from 9:30am – 3pm. Please feel free to attend whatever times suits you. Some parent will be there all day and others have requested that they only attend for part of the day.
Please let Joanne or Donna know your intentions for the day.
Travel
Please note that everyone should meet us at the park. If you require any advise regarding travel arrangement please see Joanne or Donna.
Things to do
Zoo – small charge to access this please see website
Café, Play Park, Forest Adventures, Splashing IN the river (Please ensure you have a change of clothes), Parachute sessions
Clothing
We would suggest everyone is prepared for all weathers as we all know we can have 4 seasons in one day! If anyone requires a full waterproof suit please speak to a member of staff and we can lend you one.
Please note the adult who is accompanying your child has to ensure that they are supervised at all times.
Website for more details: http://www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/113/calderglen_country_park
ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE SEE JOANNE OR DONNA
Pop in and Play
Pop in and Play
Our next pop in and play sessions will take place W.B 23rd April. The last sessions in January were well attended and we had 17 responses from our online follow up feedback questionnaire. The feedback has been collated and is on the Improvement Planning wall if you would like to read our action plan. We have listened to what you told us and feedback was generally very good, so thank you! We will make any appropriate changes and for the upcoming pop in and play we will host a short coffee and chat beforehand to explain our ethos of child directed learning within the family centre, with particular reference to the Cara playroom.
Pop in and Play dates are:
Tuesday 24th April
Wednesday 25th April
Thursday 26th April
The usual planners are at the playroom doors, so please write your name beside the day that suits you best. Younger siblings are welcome to join in. Online feedback forms will be available following the sessions. Please complete as we want to ensure we are providing the best opportunities and want to make improvements to everything we do!
Let’s Play Session
Thank you to everybody who came along to join the fun at our first Let’s Play session. Lots of parents and siblings joining in for a really family focused approach to play!
Thanks for coming 🙂
Play, Talk, Read Bus coming to East Renfrewshire
An interactive play bus is pulling in to East Ren next week, so that parents and carers of children in their early years can climb aboard and find out how to play, talk and read, to give youngsters the best start.
Staff from IMFC will be taking children who attend on an extended day placement to visit the Play, Talk, Read bus at Neilston Leisure Centre on Tuesday 21st January.
In addition to the stop off in Neilston, the bus will also visit Clarkston, Barrhead, Busby and Eaglesham, Giffnock and Thornliebank and will highlight the importance of parents spending time playing, talking and reading with youngsters, to benefit their learning and development at an early age.
The ‘PlayTalkRead’ bus will be kitted out with games, DVDs, interactive books, a baby massage area and resources to give people ideas of ways they can engage with tots.
Councillor Lafferty, East Renfrewshire Council’s convener for health and social care said: “Simple easy steps, such as reading books together, singing songs and playing together, aids a child’s development. The PlayTalkRead bus will give lots of tips on low cost and free ways that locals can play talk and read to their children every day to give them the best start.”
If you would like to attend, or would just like to find out more please visit the council website at: http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4001
or go to: http://www.playtalkread.org/
