Monday 20th April

Lynn will be in the Birth to Three Nursery most of this week

Jackie will be at a Building the Ambition working group all day

Infant Massage with Christine in the Sunshine Room

Lauren will be supporting in the Butterfly Group

Nicola will be leading the Forest School session this morning

Tuesday 21st April

Jackie is delivering Play on Pedals to practitioners at St Patricks Nursery Class

Lynn will be a Leadership meeting in Calderhead High School in the morning

St Patricks Primary Transition Visit 9.15 am

Louise Carson Speech & Language Therapist will be in the nursery this afternoon

Gillian will be completing her children’s progress reports Tues, Wed, Thur, Carly will be supporting the Bumblebee Group

Wednesday 22nd April

Louise Carson Speech & Language Therapist will be in the nursery this morning

Afternoon Forest School session postponed

Thursday 23rd April

Stane Primary School Transition Visit 9.15 am

Nicola is on annual leave, Jackie will be supporting the Butterfly Group

Friday 24th April

Carly will be completing some of the children’s progress reports

Celebration for those parents who undertook the Understanding Your Child’s Behaviour course with Jen Dawson, CLD worker in the Birth to Three nursery.

Nicola is on annual leave, Jackie will be supporting the Butterfly Group

We would like to wish Nicola lots of future health and happiness as she marries Scott Carlin tomorrow Saturday 25th April. Nicola will then be on honeymoon until Tuesday 5th May. Many congratulations Nicola and Scott.

We have now finalised the end of term outing.  By a majority vote we  shall be going to Blair Drummond Safari Park Tuesday 23rd June 2015.

The coaches shall leave the nursery at 9.15 am prompt and leave for the return journey at 2.15 pm from Blair Drummond.

It is anticipated that all children will have an adult family member to accompany them on the outing.  Once we have the final numbers, then we will be able to offer out additional seats at an extra cost.

The cost of the coaches, four in total will be paid for from the Fundraising Event on the 2nd March in the Station Hotel, Shotts.  Tickets are on sale now.

Payment into the park can me made direct to Nancy or Lorraine in the admin office or can be paid in instalments.

Cost £9.50 per adult and £7.50 for children 3 yrs and above.

We are sure that this will be a great family day out.  Please note that the nursery will be closed on this day

Monday 23rd March

Ladybird Group Parental Consultations

Infant Massage with Christine in the Sunshine Room

Forest School session with Nicola

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom

Tuesday 24th March

Dykehead Parent and Child Transition Visit 9.30 am and 1.30 pm

Elaine attending Solihull Approach Foundation Training session, Jennifer and Liz supporting the Caterpillar Group

Wednesday 25th March

Kodaly with Rosie in the early level playroom

Elaine attending GIRFEC training session in the afternoon, Jackie supporting the Caterpillar Group

Forest School session with Nicola

Thursday 26th March

Big Chef Little Chef in the Community Centre with Amanda and Jen, Jennifer and Liz supporting the Dragonfly Group

Christine attending a Peri Mental Health training session in the afternoon, Carly supporting in the Rainbow Room

Friday 27th March

Nurturing Lives and Communities Conference, GLO centre Motherwell, Lynn supporting the Solihull Event Market Stall, Susan and Siobhan will be attending as guests.  Jennifer and Liz will be supporting today.

We are holding a fundraising event in the Station Hotel on Saturday 2nd May 2015 at 7.30 pm.  The tickets will be £5 which includes a disco and buffet.  These will be on sale from Nancy or Lorraine in the admin office from Monday 16th March 2015.

All proceeds from this event will go directly towards the cost of the end of term outing.

Donations of raffle prizes can be placed in the box situated in each reception area.

We hope that this will be a successful social event for friends and family.

Monday 16th March

Three Read Approach filming with NLC Literacy Tutors in the Parent Room.

Infant Massage 10 am with Christine in the Sunshine Room.

Forest School Session with Nicola.

Jackie and Nadine on annual leave.

Pamela and Lauren will be supporting learning and teaching in the early level playroom.

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting learning and teaching in the early level playroom.

Tuesday 17th March

Siobhan will be at a Speech and Language Training session until 1 pm.  Supporting the Ladybird Group.

Louise Carson Speech and Language Therapist will be in the centre today for a short time.

Gwynne Fitsimmons, Pre Five Learning Support Teacher will be in the centre in the morning.

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting learning and teaching in the early level playroom.

Wednesday 18th March

Lynn will be attending the Head of Establishment Conference in Motherwell.

Rosie, Kodaly Tutor shall be working alongside each group and their key worker this morning.

Forest School Session in the afternoon with Nicola.

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting learning and teaching in the early level playroom.

Thursday 19th March

Nicola will be on annual leave in the morning.  Jennifer will be supporting the Butterfly Group.

Big Chef Little Chef in the Community Centre with Jen Dawson and Amanda. 9.30 am till 11 am and 1.30 pm till 3 pm.

Lynn will be attending day 2 of the  Head of Establishment Conference in Motherwell.

Liz will be supporting learning and teaching in the early level playroom.

Christine will be attending Schedule of Growing Skills 11 training.  Supporting the Rainbow Room will be Carly.

Friday 20th March

Gillian shall be attending Day 2 of the Solihull Approach Training in Motherwell supporting the Bumblebee group today will be Carly and Liz.

Understanding your Child’s Behaviour, delivered by Jen Dawson in the Parent Room.

Please click on the link to view recent minute of Parent.com meeting Parent.com March 2015

We would like to welcome as many parents and carers to the next Parent.com meeting which is scheduled to take place on Thursday 5th March 2015 at 8.50 am or 1.10 pm in the Parent Room. The Agenda can be found by clicking this link Parent.com Agenda Thursday 5th March 2015

For those parents who are unable to attend we will post minutes of the meetings in the Blog.  To read copies of previous minutes click on the links.Parent Meetings September 2014  Parent Meetings November 2014  Parents Meeting January 2015

With Spring fast approaching the gardens are in need of some adult attention.  We had set aside Wednesday 4th March from 8.30 am until 6.30 pm where any adult can come along and help with the following;

Dismantling broken planters

Digging over the vegetable plots and spreading mulch

Powerwashing and general tidy.

Due to health, safety and security,please note that no children will be using the outdoor play spaces when this is taking place.

ECO leads Carly and Pamela will be taking names of volunteers prior to ordering a skip.

Unfortunately due to the incremental weather it has been agreed to postpone.  Apologies for the short notice.  The next date is scheduled for Tuesday 24 th March.