This is the week before our October Week’s holiday and there is a lot going on.  Here’s hoping the beautiful weather stays with us!

On Monday the morning Nursery group are going to the school’s HARVEST FESTIVAL, at Cairns Church.  We have to be there for 9.15am and will be leaving Nursery about 9.10am to get there.  WE ARE TAKING DONATIONS OF TINS AND JARS WITH US FOR THE HARVEST BASKET AND WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN SEND IN! The collection will be sent to The City Mission, to help feed homeless people.

On Tuesday, it is the turn of the Red, Yellow and Green Groups to visit the gym.

 

On Thursday we have the big Sponsored Nursery Rhyme Challenge.  If you did not receive a wee booklet explaining it all, and giving the nursery rhymes we are learning for it, please ask staff or look in your child’s group drawer.  We are hoping to raise enough money to pay for our Halloween Entertainer.  We have been practising our rhymes and are confident that most of us know most of them!!!   The sponsorship part is, of course, optional – but we will all take part in the challenge and get a wee certificate at the end of it.  We will let you know how we get on and if you do choose to sponsor your child, will collect any money raised after the October Holiday Week!

On Thursday Evening we are holding an Open Night for Parents at Nursery.  It is a chance to come in and see what staff do to encourage your child’s learning and to find out more about our Learning Journeys, how we plan, assess and further  learning at Milngavie Nursery.  Please come and have a walk around and talk to staff about what we do.  Some of the things might surprise you!  We work on the Early Level of the 3-18 Curriculum along with Primary 1.  If you haven’t had the thrill of exploring what we expect of our children, aged 3, 4 and 5 it’s definitely worth a look!  We can show you on Thursday evening how we prepare our learning environment to stimulate imagination and excitement about learning and also some photos of the year so far. Children are welcome- they are, by far, the best tour guides of the nursery and you might find out a lot more about what they like to do, as most nursery children are a wee bit reticent about what they have done, when asked about it!   Open night is not a night for individual parent consultations about progress.  If you have any concerns or questions about your child’s progress or well being within Nursery, do not hesitate to ask for a meeting with your child’s key worker.  We would be happy to organise this, and are always happy to talk and listen!

ON FRIDAY 14TH OCTOBER, NURSERY IS CLOSED AND STAFF ARE ON AN IN-SERVICE DAY.  In the morning we are looking at Early Level Maths and in the afternoon we are off to Clober Primary for a course on Nurture.

NURSERY OPENS AGAIN ON MONDAY 24th OCTOBER!!  Happy, happy holidays everyone!