Dear Parents and Carers
We would like to extend a very warm welcome to all our children and their families, returning and new, trusting that you’ve enjoyed a lovely summer. We are excited to have Mrs Leamy returning to our team as our Depute Head Teacher and Miss Welsh and Miss Robertson back from their maternity leave. We are very excited about this session and hope that you’re ready to embark on a fun-filled year!
Our Groups
Green group – Miss Reid
Blue group – Miss Wilkins
Yellow group – Mrs Bett
Purple group – Mrs Orr
Red group Mon/Tues – Miss Robertson
Red group Wed/Thurs – Miss Welsh
Orange group – Mrs Drummond
Context for Learning
This session we will be planning our contexts for learning with the children, taking their lead and developing their interests and experiences. We are hoping that parents will also input ideas and share thoughts children have had at home. We hope to get started very soon.
Snack Fund
Please can snack payments come to nursery in an envelope with your child’s name on and the amount enclosed. We will no longer be giving out change for snack payments. Block payments are listed below or weekly payments will continue at £1.50. Snack payments can also be paid on-line through ipayimpact. Details will be provided shortly for new pupils.
August to December – 16 weeks – £25.50
Full year – £60.00
Registration
Please remember that your child needs to tick their name off with their key worker once they’ve come in and changed into their indoor shoes. This also provides the opportunity to share any relevant information with your child’s key worker.
WLC Absence Management Policy
Like all schools/nurseries in West Lothian, we follow the WLC Pupil Absence Management Policy. If your child is going to be absent from nursery please contact the nursery informing us of the reason for his/her absence. If we do not hear from you by 9.30am/12.50pm, a member of staff will try to contact you. It is, however, preferable if you make contact with us. If no-one is at home when we call, and in line with WLC Policy, we may contact our Health Visitor who in turn may try to contact you or in some instances pay a visit to the home.
Daily Nursery Timings 2018-2019
Morning Sessions 8.00am to 11.12am Afternoon Sessions 12.03pm to 4.00pm
Drop off : 8.00am – 8.35am Drop off : 12.03pm – 12.15pm
Pick up : 11.00am – 11.12am Pick up : 3.35pm – 4.00pm
Full Day Flexible Early Learning and Childcare
Drop off : 8.00am – 8.35am
Pick up : 3.35pm – 6.00pm
If you require to pick up your child earlier for a specific reason, eg doctor’s appointment, please speak with your child’s key worker or Miss Reid/Miss Robertson.
Balbardie PS Parent Council
Given that the leadership team of the school also manage the nursery, anyone interested in becoming involved in the life of the school, can come along to our Parent Council Meetings. Dates are marked in the annual calendar please note your interest with Miss Reid.
Precious Belongings
We would appreciate if anything valuable, e.g. jewellery, special toys, etc are left at home. Toys from home will often be put down and picked up by other children and this may cause distress to the child whose toy it is, so it is better to leave all toys at home.
Coloured Trays
Please take the time to check your child’s tray, ensuring that all their hard work goes home to you. We may from time to time use the trays to distribute information, and we don’t want you to miss out on important events.
Keeping up to date – Nursery Blog/App
We would like to introduce our blog to new parents and remind returning parents of this great source of information. You can access news, updates and newsletters on our site:
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/NurseryNatter/. We will be updating the blog regularly and would love to hear your comments on the activities taking place in nursery. If you have access to the apple app store you can download our nursery app which also has useful information, key dates and reminders about weekly events.
EE2s / Contact Details
You will receive an EE2 form to complete about your child. This ensures we hold up to date medical information and is required to be updated annually. Please return this as soon as possible.
Also, please ensure that we hold up to date contact details, including emergency contact numbers. This is extremely important so that we can contact you quickly in case of an emergency.
Parent/Grandparent Helper Rota
We would like to invite parents and grandparents to become more involved in the life of our nursery. Council policy now requires any helpers to have a PVG, if you are interested please speak to Miss Reid or Miss Robertson and keep an eye out for a notice in the nursery entrance detailing times we require help.
Nursery donations
As usual the nursery is always thankful for any donations. This session in particular we will be focussing on loose part play. If you have any of the following items that you no longer need we would be very grateful for you to hand them.
- Old keys
- Wooden/metal curtain rings
- Spools/cotton reels
- Unopened tins
- Old kitchen utensils
- Mirrors
- Wicker baskets
- Spice jars/Glass jars
- Door knobs
- Wooden pegs
Buggies
Just a gentle reminder that buggies are not permitted in the nursery entrance hall as it poses a health and safety risk for all our users.
We look forward to working with you this session and please remember that we value your input and suggestions. Please feel free to speak to any member of the team if you have any concerns.
The Nursery Team
Dates for the Diary
| Date |
Time |
Event |
| 14th September |
September weekend
Children return 19th |
