At the end of the last term the children were asked to design a new logo for the nursery clothing.
We now have a new supplier from Trutex schoolwear & more, where you can order online through the attached link or purchase direct from the store in Wishaw. By ordering online you will be able to choose any colour and any product, the shop will stock two colours only.
Monday 15th June
Lynn will be on annual leave all week.
Lauren and Amanda will be supporting in the early level playroom this morning.
Liz, Jennifer and Heather will be supporting in the early level playroom all day.
The early level playroom will be having a Pirate Theme all week, for more information please speak to your child’s key worker.
Tuesday 16th June
Colleagues from the Play on Pedals team NLC will be in the nursery today meeting with Jackie.
Karen McDonnach form St Patricks Nursery Class will be visiting the Rainbow Room this morning, with Margaret Burns in the afternoon.
Liz, Jennifer and Heather will be supporting in the early level playroom all day.
Wednesday 17th June
Nicola will be on annual leave this morning.
Tom Brown from Trutex school wear will be meeting Jackie this morning to finalise a design logo and colours for nursery clothing for the children.
Marjory McCallum from St Patricks Nursery Class will be in the early level playroom this afternoon.
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom all day.
Thursday 18th June
Elaine and Christine will be meeting with a group of parents to review the Rhyme Time resource home link bags.
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom all day.
Sharon Bianchi will be visiting the nursery this afternoon.
Friday 19th June
Play on Pedals bring you bike/scooter and helmet to nursery. Please note that the car park will be closed to all users.
Parent and child outing to Blair Drummond Safari Park. Tuesday 23rd June 2015. The coaches will leave at 9.15 prompt from Shottskirk Road and return journey will commence no later than 2.15 pm from Blair Drummond Safari Park. Could everyone please return their completed form to a member of the admin team. We hope that this will be an enjoyable outing for you and your child.
We hope that you all managed to complete your five healthy challenges at home. Please remember to return your child’s completed sheet on Monday 8th June where they will be entered into a prize draw.
All week we have been learning about different ways to keep our bodies fit and healthy.
Outdoors we explored how to move our bodies during gymnastic sessions. We did handstands, forward rolls as well as star jumps and lots lots more.
We also took part in dance sessions moving our bodies to different beats and rhythms’.
After all these healthy activities we decided to open up our own Healthy Living Café where we made healthy snacks including pizza’s, fruit kebabs and milkshakes.
Some of the children even tried new fruit and veg including avocado and mango!
We finished off our healthy living week by having lots of fun being active on our bikes and scooters outdoors. We closed the car park to give us more space to practice our cycling manoeuvres. We can’t wait till next Friday to do it all again.
Siobhan delivered a numeracy workshop to parents exploring different ways to promote maths at home through everyday fun and games.
Everyone had a great time !
The review of the pace of the session within in the early level playroom, by having the delivery of the Three Read Approach in Nurturing Early Readers at the beginning of the session is certainly having a positive impact on the children’s learning and development.
Throughout this week Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom.
Monday 8th June
Infant Massage with Siobhan in the Sunshine Room, Amanda will be supporting the early level playroom.
Lauren will be supporting the Caterpillar whilst Elaine is undertaking VIG training.
Wishaw and Shotts Birth to Three Area Admissions panel meeting this afternoon.
Birth to Three parent and child family learning bikeability gifting ceremony at 1pm.
Tuesday 9th June
Louise Carson, speech and language therapist will be in the nursery this morning.
Susan will be taking some Special Leave today.
Preschool children and their parents will be attending Dykehead Primary school for their lunch today.
Wednesday 10th June
Jackie is on AL today.
Thursday 11th June
Jackie is on AL today.
Preschool children and their parents will be attending St Patricks Primary School for lunch today.
Friday 12th June
Birth to Three parent and child Rhyme Time session.
Monday 1st June 2015
“1st to the 5th June Healthy Eating Week”
Jackie will be on annual leave for the next three days.
Lauren and Amanda will be supporting in the early level playroom this morning.
Infant massage with Siobhan in the Sunshine Room.
Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Lauren and Amanda will be supporting in the early level playroom.
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom.
Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom.
Siobhan will be on annual leave this afternoon, Liz will be supporting the Ladybird Group.
Thursday 4th June 2015
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom.
Friday 5th June 2015
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom.
St Patricks Primary School Parent & Child visit to meet their Buddy at 9.15 am.
Numeracy across learning parent information session with Siobhan.
Lynn will be attending the Heads of Establishment meeting in Airdrie this morning.
Today all the children are being asked to bring their bike or scooter to nursery, where we will be closing the car park off to all users to set up a ” Get Active on your Bike session”. In the interest of health and safety, please can we remind all parents to make sure that their child brings their cycle or scooter helmet to wear for this event.
Healthy Eating Week Five Challenges
For more information on Healthy Eating Week http://bdf.abodeconnect.com/hew2015/
Please remember to complete your challenge sheet with your child and return it to the nursery on the 8th May, where all returns will be entered into prize draw for the children.
Children have been exploring the characters and events from within their favourite stories, using their imagination to bring them to life.
The children had a special visit from the Tiger Who Came to Tea
By exploring a variety of media, the children recreated the shark from the story ‘Shark in the Park’.
The children retold the story ‘Walking Through the Jungle’ using musical instruments in search of the various animals from within the story.
During their Nurturing Early Readers Sessions, some of the children have been exploring and tasting the foods from the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. 
The children will be invited to participate in a number of opportunities throughout this week to celebrate Scottish Bookbug week. Please remember to record which bedtime book you and your child have read during this week and return it on Tuesday 26th May 2015.
Monday 18th May
Heather Strefford will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
4th year pupils and Mr Scott, Principal Teacher from Calderhead High School will be visiting the nursery this morning to read with the children.
A few of the children will be visiting Getting Better Together to join a Bookbug with a twist session.
Geraldine McCann, Pre Five Learning Support Teacher will be in the early level playroom today.
Infant Massage with Siobhan in the Sunshine Room at 10 am.
Bikeability Birth to Three Family Learning Session at 1 pm.
Forest School, parent and child session with Nicola.
Tuesday 19th May
Heather Strefford will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
A few of the children will be visiting Shotts Library today.
4th year pupils and Mr Scott, Principal Teacher from Calderhead High School will be visiting the nursery this morning to read with the children.
St Patricks Primary School Early Level Transition Visit at 9.15 am, the focus of this session will be early literacy.
Lynn will be attending a Heads of Establishment meeting in Coatbridge.
Mary Ann Williams, Visual Impairment Teacher will be in the early level playroom this morning and in the Sunshine Room this afternoon
Louise Carson, Speech and Language Therapist will be in the Rainbow Room this afternoon.
Remember to pop into the Parent Room with your child to have a look at the books on sale.
Wednesday 20th May
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
Louise Carson, speech and language therapist will be in the Rainbow Room and then the early level playroom this morning.
Lynn will be out of the nursery today delivering Solihull Refresher training to colleagues.
A few of the children will be heading off to the Nature Park this morning with their favourite stories.
A few of the children this afternoon will be taking their favourite stories to read with the residents at Rosehall Manor Care Home.
4th year pupils and Mr Scott, Principal Teacher from Calderhead High School will be visiting the nursery this afternoon to read with the children.
Forest School parent and child session with Nicola.
Thursday 21st May
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
Parent and child transition visit to Stane Primary School.
A few of the children will be visiting the local café this morning in search of the characters from the Tiger Who Came to Tea.
A few of the children will be heading off to the Nature Park this afternoon with their favourite stories.
Rhyme Time session this afternoon for parents and children in the Rainbow and Sunshine Room, where Bookbug will be dressed in his pj’s.
Amanda will be attending a Sleep Scotland Seminar this afternoon.
Remember to pop into the Parent Room with your child to have a look at the books on sale.
Friday 22nd and Monday 25th
There will be no nursery sessions on these dates due to the public holidays.
Monday 11th May 2015
Geraldine McCann, Pre Five Learning Support Teacher, will be in the centre today.
Forest School Session with Nicola.
Infant Massage with Siobhan this morning in the Sunshine Room.
Lauren and Amanda will supporting in the early level playroom this morning.
Caterpillar parental consultations with Elaine. Jenifer and Liz will be supporting the Caterpillar Group today.
Play on Pedals for parents and children in the Sunshine & Rainbow Room this afternoon.
Tuesday 12th May 2015
Nevine Mamhoud, Educational Psychologist will be in the centre today.
Louise Carson, Speech & Language Therapist will be in the centre this afternoon.
Ladybird parental consultations with Siobhan. Lauren will be supporting the Ladybird Group in the morning, Jackie in the afternoon.
Wednesday 13th May 2015
Louise Carson, Speech & Language Therapist will in the centre this morning.
Dragonfly parental consultations with Amanda, Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the Sunshine Room today.
Dykehead Primary School parent and child transition session 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm, for all morning and afternoon children.
Forest School Session with Nicola.
Thursday 14th May
Butterfly parental consultations with Nicola, Jennifer and Liz will be supporting the Butterfly Group today.
Friday 15th May
Bumblebee parental consultations with Gillian, Jennifer and Liz will be supporting the Bumblebee Group today.
Rhyme Time for parents and children in the Sunshine and Rainbow Room.
Next week we will be hosting a week of activities and experiences in recognition of Scottish Book Bug week.
Monday 4th May
Public holiday
Tuesday 5th May
Hazel Clarkson, Early Learning Practitioner will be joining the centre on a temporary basis to support Pamela’s maternity leave. Hazel will be supporting the learning and teaching in the early level playroom.
Melissa Thomson student nurse will be in the centre today.
Wednesday 6th May
Groundforce Special General Meeting 9.15 am in the Parent Room.
Thursday 7th May
In Set Day for staff
Friday 8th May
Elaine VIG training today.
Early level children’s reports will be issued today.
Its not to late to purchase your ticket for the fundraising event on Saturday 2nd May 2015 at the Station Hotel. To date there has been approximately 40 tickets sold.
If for some reason sales of tickets do not increase then the event will be postponed and the cost of the coaches to Blair Drummond will be added to the price of entry.
We hope to see as many families and friends at the Station Hotel.
Please contact the nursery on 01501 826713, if you would like to reserve tickets.
