{"id":5156,"date":"2020-10-26T09:13:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T09:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/milngavienursery\/?p=5156"},"modified":"2020-10-26T09:13:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T09:13:04","slug":"soggy-autumn-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/milngavienursery\/2020\/10\/26\/soggy-autumn-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Soggy Autumn news"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet “Big Scary Bird”- our new plastic falcon. We are hoping he lives up to the name the children have chosen, and scares our pigeon population away!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Super Eric is a brilliant tree climber. Here he is, up in the canopy wiring Big Scary Bird onto a branch!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Pigeon Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are going to try a couple of the suggestions made, to try to discourage our local pigeons.\u00a0 Our plastic falcon arrived this week and we enlisted the help of Superman Eric to help us put him up in one of the trees near the gate.\u00a0 Fingers crossed he is scary enough.\u00a0 We’re also going to hang up some old cd’s to reflect light and blow in the wind.<\/p>\n

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Halloween’s Coming!<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the week before Halloween.\u00a0 As our children’s ability to party has been severely curtailed by Covid this year, we thought it might be nice to make all of next week a dress-up week.\u00a0 If your wee one decides to come in dressed up, we will take a photo of them for their learning journal and also create a Halloween Parade powerpoint, which you will be able to access from our blog on our nursery’s private Youtube channel.\u00a0 This will give the children a chance to see all their friends from both the Daisy and Rainbow bubble – something we are all missing!\u00a0 It is perfectly acceptable to dress up as yourself- so absolutely no pressure!\u00a0 We are going to have some sanitised fork apple dooking and make some Halloween biscuits.\u00a0 We have been learning some funny Halloween songs and rhymes and are having lots of fun with scary spiders and bats.<\/p>\n

As the dark nights are coming in, it is a great time to discuss our feelings about the dark, and things that scare us.\u00a0 It really helps to teach our children to think about how they feel.\u00a0 Managing our feelings is much easier when we understand what they are.\u00a0 We are creating a new Emotions board in the hall so we can register how we feel on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

CHANGE OF ENTRANCE FOR THE RAINBOW ROOM\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

As the weather gets worse, we have decided to change the Rainbow entrance.\u00a0 The garden entrance has become soggier and slippier as autumn progresses,\u00a0 despite our best efforts.\u00a0 So from Monday if dropping off at the Rainbow Room, please bring your child to the bottom of the ramp.\u00a0 The children will come up the ramp and in the front door.\u00a0 The ramp is out of bounds for parents, but a member of staff will be at the top of the ramp between 8am and 9am to let children in.\u00a0 If you are dropping off or picking up and there is no one there, please just phone the nursery, wait at the end of the ramp and we will be there!<\/p>\n

Autumn Walks<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are hoping to start autumn walks this week, but we are still missing quite a few EV3 forms – the forms that give parental permission to take children out into the local area.\u00a0 We cannot take children out of nursery without them.\u00a0 If you have not returned one, your child will not be able to go.\u00a0 If you have lost your form, ask staff at drop off and we will get you another one to complete.\u00a0 Many thanks!!<\/p>\n

This week we are welcoming a new, wee recruit who has severe allergies.\u00a0 Please can we ask that you are really careful that your child does not bring any sweets or snacks to nursery in their pockets.\u00a0 We have to monitor everything edible in our environment very carefully now to ensure that our nursery is a very safe place for everyone.\u00a0 Thanks for your co-operation with this.<\/p>\n

Warm clothing please- even inside!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have recently received new government guidelines on increasing ventilation and airflow in our building.\u00a0 This involves windows and doors being kept open all the time, whatever the temperature outdoors.\u00a0 Please could you ensure that your wee one is warmly dressed, preferably with a couple of layers under their jacket or coat, so that as temperatures fall we know that they are cosy.\u00a0\u00a0Please, please, please – labels or names on all items of clothing that are sent in to nursery.\u00a0 Even just a biro initial on the inside label will help us match up any lost items with their owner.<\/p>\n

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We are still here for parents!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although we cannot meet up in person, our nursery staff are available for a chat or advice.\u00a0 If you have any concerns, anything you want to share with us, or any questions about your child’s progress please do not hesitate to phone us.\u00a0 We can arrange time for your child’s keyworker to phone you back, or offer parenting support on a wide variety of topics from our trained Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) practitioners.<\/p>\n

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