Monthly Archives: January 2019
Babe’s in the Woods
All staff at McCready Family Centre are well aware of the advantages of outdoor play and we now have members of staff who have undertaken additional training on Forest Schools.
This has resulted i
n our ‘Babes in the Woods’ initiative
This inloves taking small groups of children to the local woods on a weekly basis and allowing them to explore the envrionment, risk assessing for themselves while being supervised by staff members.
“Children who play regularly in natural envionments show more advanced motor fitness, including coordination, balance and agility, and they are sick less often.” (Grahn, et al. 1997, Fjortoft & Sageie 2001)
Public Holiday
The nursery will be closed on the following dates during 2018:
- 1st & 2nd Jan.
- Fri 8th Feb (In-Service)
- Mon 11th Feb, (mid term)
- Tue 12th Feb (mid term)
- Friday 19th April
- Mon 22nd April
- Mon 5th May
- Tue 7th May (In-service)
- Fri 24th May
- Mon 27th May
- Mon 15th July
- Thu 15th Aug (In-Service)
- Fri 16th Aug (In-Service)
- Fri 27th Sept
- Mon 30th Sept
- Mon 21st Oct (In-service)
- Wed 25th Dec
- Thu 26th Dec
Provision for 2 year old children
The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 places a duty on local authorities to provide early learning and childcare to certain eligible children and families.
In East Renfrewshire Council we have 6 family center’s which provide early learning and childcare for 2 year olds.
- Arthurlie Family Centre
- Cartmill Family Centre
- Glen Family Centre
- Isobel Mair Family Centre*
- Madras Family Centre
- McCready Family Centre
- * Only offers places for 2 year old children with Additional Support Needs
Application forms are available from any of the 6 family center’s named above or from the pre five administration team by telephone or email:
- Telephone: 0141 577 3288
- Email: pre.five@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk.
For further information:
http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/article/9654/How-to-apply-for-a-nursery-place
