Monday 27th May
Bank holiday – Nursery closed
Tuesday 28th May
Siobhan Annual Leave
Rainbow Room Family Forest school session 9am
Rainbow Room Play on Pedals family session 1.00pm
Wednesday 29th May
Siobhan Annual leave
Thursday 30th May
Siobhan Annual leave
Rainbow Room Bookbug 1.00pm with Susan & Amanda
Consultation with Jen & parents 3.15-3.45pm
Friday 31st May
Siobhan Annual leave
Monday 20th May
Forest School Family Session am & pm
Isabel Annual leave
Tuesday 21st May
Rainbow Room Family Nature park session 9am
Rainbow Room Play on Pedals Family Session 1.00pm
Isabel Annual Leave
Wednesday 22nd May
Isabel Annual leave
offer of place reply slips for 2019-2020 sessions should be returned no later than today.
Thursday 23rd May
Isabel Annual Leave
Rainbow Room Bookbug 1.00pm with Amanda & Susan
Friday 24th May
Bank holiday -Nursery closed
Monday 6th May 2019
Bank Holiday -Nursery Closed
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Tuesday 7th May 2019
Staff in -Service day -no children attend
Wednesday 8th May 2019
Thursday 9th May 2019
Rainbow Room Bookbug with Susan & Amanda 1.00pm
Friday 10th May 2019
Play on Pedals Family Session Butterfly Group – 8.45am & 1.00pm
3-5 offer of place letters will be sent today 2nd class post
Offer of place letters will be sent to parents on Friday 10th May 2019 (2nd class post)
Monday 22nd April
Bank Holiday – Nursery Closed
Tuesday 23rd April
If you still have sponsor donations could you have them to Lorraine by Friday 26th April.
Siobhan Annual Leave
Wednesday 24th April
Isabel Annual Leave
Thursday 25th April
Isabel Annual Leave
Rainbow Room Bookbug with Amanda & Susan
Friday 26th April
Isabel Annual leave
Play on Pedals family session 8.50am -9.20am
All Sponsor Donations to be in by today
Monday 18th March
Lorraine annual leave
Tuesday 19th March
Lorraine annual leave
Kerry Martin will be supporting Early Level Playroom
Transition for some children at Dykehead Primary with Nicola 9.15am
Wednesday 20th March
Hollie VERP training in the morning
Pamela VERP training in the afternoon
Thursday 21st March
Kerry Martin will be supporting the Early Level playroom today
Friday 22nd March
Pamela is on annual leave this afternoon
Transition at the nature park for children, parents and buddies 1pm
Over the previous couple of weeks the children have been exploring line and pattern. They have demonstrated that they can follow vertically and horizontally using a tartan plaid as a visual stimulus.
Using ICT to research their own clan tartan a number of children have creatively designed their own, where others have explored pattern making using sensory materials. Why not stop and have a look on the display wall.
Cooking and baking experiences have been extremely popular. This has enabled the children to explore print, quantities and above all develop skills for life using real tools and implements. We hope you have all enjoyed tasting their finish product. It was lovely to see a mum being invited by their child to join in this experience and share their learning together.
Our plans are now firmly in place for our transition with Dykehead Primary School which we are so proud of with our theme being “transition for families”.Information from St Patricks Primary and Stane Primary will be given direct from the school.
And so to our Tartan Day, an accumulation of the children’s learning throughout the month. We learnt new songs, read stories in Scots, found out where Scotland was and in particular that they lived in a village called Shotts.
Many of the children are experiencing difficulties when getting themselves ready for outdoor learning, therefore we would like to ask your assistance in helping to practice these skills with your children at home and more importantly when you are dropping them off and picking them up. Please can you check that your child’s clothing is clearly labelled with their name and they have a full set of clothing in their nursery bag. Any hats, gloves and scarfs left behind can be found in the spare hat and glove box in the cloakroom.
This is just a small snapshot of the the learning as we are now going to be using Twitter @CemtreShotts to share the children’s learning on a daily basis rather than uploading pictures on the BLOG. The BLOG will continue to be used to share on a weekly basis what’s on throughout the week.
We hope that the children will enjoy the Yoga sessions over the next four weeks. Please remember to pay your £1 to Isabel or Lynn on a weekly basis.
The weekly Bookbug family sessions continue to be really well attended. This block we are reading the story of “Whatever Next”by Jill Murphy. Remember this session is opened to all family members and childminders. It’s great to see so many dads supporting their children during these opportunities.
As a lot of our children prepare for the upcoming festivities they have been using their fine motor skills in a variety of forms to creatively make cards and gifts to give to the special people in their families, I’m sure you will be delighted with their creations! These opportunities are allowing them to develop their hand-eye coordination and grip control which are fundamental to early writing skills.
With the excitement of Christmas in mind, most of our children are becoming more and more skilled at recognising their mood and feelings and are taking the opportunity to visit our mindful room when they feel they need a change in pace, relaxation or simply some quiet time.
Within the Rainbow Room our children have been developing their emerging literacy and numeracy skills with a range of experiences from cooking pizza, cookies and macaroni cheese where they have had to measure and determine volume.
They also have chosen to mark make in the sand and small note pads or indeed Christmas cards, using their creativity to compile list for Santa or shopping.
Some of our children have also began transitioning to our other playroom, where they are building relationships in a nurturing environment.
We are really looking forward to meeting all our friends who went to school in August. It will be great to see how much they have grown and if they still remember us. Thanks for the invite Primary One.
Mon 5th November
Pupil visit this afternoon from Calderhead High School
Tue 6th November
Siobhan Special leave this afternoon
Wed 7th November
Rainbow Room Bookbug with Amanda & Susan 9.00am-9.20am
Thursday 8th November
Isabel out Nursery all day to NLC Forum
1.45pm-3.45pm Solihull Understanding Your child with Jen
Friday 9th November
Lynn Annual Leave today
Amanda out nursery “Understanding Dad’s” Course.
