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What’s on week beginning 28th August 2017

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Monday 28th August 2017

Lynn will be in the Rainbow Room today

Tuesday 29th August 2017

Early level children Nurturing Nature Forest School session with Nicola and Mairi, 8.50 am – 11.30 am

Solihull Understanding Your Child with Isabel and Karen, 9.15 am – 11.15 am in the Parent Room

Wednesday 30th August 2017

Bookbug Rhyme Time family session with Amanda & Susan in the Rainbow Room 9 am -9.15 am

Languagueland sessions with Gemma & Isabel 11 am and 3.30 pm

Thursday 31st August 2017

Lynn will be in the Rainbow Room today

Rainbow Room Parent information session Nurturing Nature Forest School, 9 am with Susan

Early level  children Nurturing Nature Forst School session with Susan and Yvonne, 1.10 am – 3.45 pm

Friday 1st September 2017

Lynn will be out of the nursery today

Rainbow Room Nurturing Nature Forest School family sesssion 9 am – 11 am, with Susan and Amanda

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What’s on week beginning 21st August 2017

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Monday 21st August 2017

Karen Reid Health Visitor will be in the centre this morning

Tuesday 22nd August 2017

Lorraine will be out of the centre this afternoon

Lynn will be out of the centre this afternoon

Siobhan will be out of the centre today, Isabel will support the Ladybird Group

Early level children will be participating in Kodaly or ABC sessions today

Wednesday 23rd August 2017

Lynn will be out of the centre this afternoon

Siobhan will be out of the centre today, Isabel will support the Ladybird Group

Early level children will be participating in Kodaly or ABC sessions today

Yvonne will be out the centre today

Languageland sessions today

Thursday 24th August 2017

Rhyme Time Parent information session with Amanda and Gemma, 9 am in the Parent Room

Jen Dawson, CLD Home Link Worker will be meeting the Rainbow Room parents at 9.30 am

Friday 25th August 2017

 

A huge thank you to all the parents who contributed to the consultation on the Emerging Literacy Home Link Resource for your and your child. And to all the parents who are keeping to the allocated drop off and collecting times for their children, it really is helping to keep you children safe and to ensure that practitioners have time to fully resource the learning and teaching areas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whole Nursery

Welcome to the beginning of a new term

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We hope that you all have had a lovey summer holiday and managed to get some sunshine no matter where you were.

Remember this session all the children will be issued with their own nursery bag to keep their personal belongings.  Each bag is labelled clearly with a picture of each child making it easier for them to identify.

Due to the reduced caretaking/ cleaning hours allocated to the centre, in the interest of safety and security the main doors will not be opened until 8.40 am or 9 am then again at 1 pm.  We would ask that you do not arrive prior to these times as it may result in you and your child waiting outdoors in incremental weather.

The centre would like to welcome Mairi Byrne and Yvonne McGirth who has joined the staff team as Additional Support Needs Assistants, Mairi will be contracted to 25 hrs and Yvonne 35 hrs.  Early learning practitioner Shannon Brown will be returning two afternoons per week with Amy McIntyre working five afternoons.

The Newsletter is both available as an attachment and on a paper copy from your child’s key worker.

Newsletter August 2017

What’s on this week

Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th In Service Training for all staff…..no service for children

Thursday 17th                              Children return

Friday 18th                                   Children return

Birth to Three, Rainbow Room

Curious twos

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The children in the Rainbow Room curiosity skills are continuously being developed through the skilful interaction of the practitioners. The rainy weather has provided endless opportunities as they watch the flow, fill their buckets and splash as loudly as they can watching the bubbles form.

The weekly parent and child Forest School sessions have been a resounding success. On the recent visit they caught some tadpoles and are fascinated watching them shed their tails as they grow.

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They have been searching for insects, beasties and bugs and were in awe when they set the butterflies free.

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Over the next few weeks we shall be welcoming some new families and a few of the children from the early level playroom will be joining us for the summer holidays.

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What’s on week beginning the 26th June 2017

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Monday 26th June 2017

Tuesday 27th June 2017

Wednesday 28th June 2017

Please note that this is an outdoor event for children in the early level playroom regardless of the weather, therefore please ensure that your child is dressed appropriately as the forecast is for heavy rain.

Thursday 29th June 2017

All children using the summer holiday provision will be supported in the Rainbow Room throughout this period.

Friday 30th June 2017

The staff team would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a lovely summer holiday and we hope that the sun shines for at least part of it.  The new term will begin on Thursday 17th August 2017.

Early Level Transition

Early Level Transition with Dykehead Primary School

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Transitions for children can at times be traumatic if they are not handled and planned for carefully. However, the recent transition sessions for children and families between the centre and Dykehead Primary School have been excellent this year.

To finish the series of events the children invited all of their buddies to join with them in a nurturing nature event at Shotts Nature Park.  Their were 32 preschool children joined by 40 Primary 6 pupils from Dykehead Primary, who all behaved exemplary.  Together they took take part in bug hunts, creating fairy doors, story telling, bark rubbing, blind trails and fairy crowns.

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What’s on week beginning 12th June 2017

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Siobhan and Lynn are on annual leave this week.

Shirley, temporary early learning practitioner will be supporting in the early level playroom this week.

Monday 12th June

Tuesday 13th June

8.45 am and 1 pm Play on Pedals Family Session with Susan

Wednesday 14th June

All ante pre school children should attend for a morning session only.

Thursday 15th June

St Patrick’s Primary School Transition Visit 10.30 am and 1.30 pm.

Friday 16th June

Final day to accept full payment for family outing to Blair Drummond Safari Park.  No payments will be accepted after this date.

Rainbow Room

Learning together in the the Rainbow Room

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Outdoor learning has provided the children with so many opportunities to develop their curiosity skills.  They have been in awe of the tiny tadpoles found in the pond and surprised how easy it was to blow the dandelions.

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The story of the Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, provided the children with opportunities to develop their early numeracy skills as they counted out how many pieces of fruit and foods he munched through before turning into a butterfly.  They are now following the life of the caterpillar as it turns into a butterfly.  Why not ask your little one to show you where they are kept in the playroom.

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The enjoyment of stories cannot be underestimated.  Here the children are able to share their story via a photograph album of their time at the Nature Park and spend quality time with the support of an adult as they share a story together.

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Wow, working together as they use lots of open ended resources to problem solve.

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The Play on Pedals Family Learning session.  It proves you are never to young to take part in this programme.  Here the children are demonstrating their wonderful skill of balance, coordination and safety.

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Birth to Three

Learning outdoors

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The children in the Rainbow Room have been utilising the outdoor learning environments to deepen their curiosity and creativity skills. From finding the creepiest of crawlies under the stones to watching the “wee” tadpoles with wonder in the dipping pond within Shotts Nature Park and then wow they found the real Humpty Dumpty’s wall.

They have been learning how to care for their strawberry patch by ensuring that the plants are given water daily, before setting off into the mud kitchen to create some wonderful new recepies.

The children are demonstrating increasing skill on the balance bikes and are choosing daily to access this resource. Watch out for the next post to see their first Play on Pedals Family Learning session.

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What’s on week beginning the 22nd May 2017

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Monday 22nd May 2017

Lynn will be in the early level playroom today.

Rainbow Room family play on pedals session 9 am – 9.30 am, with Susan, Kirsty and Amanda.

Rainbow Room children attending the forest this afternoon with Lynn, Amanda and Kirsty.

Tuesday 23rd May 2017

Lynn will be in the Rainbow Room today.

Bob Duncan Additional Support Needs Manager will be in the nursery today.

Isabel will be attending a session on Resilience at Chatlerhault Park, 11am – 1 pm

Early Level Curriculum Open Evening 6 pm till 7.30 pm for all parents returning and new families joining the centre in August 2017.  Can all afternoon children be collected at 3.30 pm today to enable the staff to set up for the event.  Thankyou.

Wednesday 24th May 2017

Lynn will be in the early level playroom today.

Yvonne from the ELCAT team will be in the centre this afternoon.

Gemma speech and language therapist is on holiday today.

Thursday 25th May 2017

Nurturing Nature Forest school family session with Nicola and Taylor 8.50 am and 1 pm.

Solihull Understanding your Child with Jen and Debbie at 1.30 pm.

Siobhan will be attending the Shotts Cluster Group this afternoon.

Friday 25th May 2017 & Monday 26th May 2017

Public holiday no service.