NURSERY – Parents Evening Appointments

Nursery Parents Evenings – Wednesday 9th & Thursday 10th October

Parents Evening Appointments will be offered to all parent/carers of preschool children in our nursery. More information will be out shortly about how to book an appointment with your child’s key worker.

Many of our younger children (anti-preschool children) have just joined our nursery or will be joining over the next few weeks. We would like them to get time to settle in to the nursery environment and routines before we offer a Parents Evening appointment for them. Therefore, parents/carers of our anti-preschool children will be given an opportunity to discuss their child’s progress later on in the term. More information about this will be given in November.

NURSERY – Personal Plans

Personal Plans

We are required to have a personal plan completed for every child in the nursery including all new children and returning children. The plans help us with updating records with your child’s emergency contact details and important information with medical issues or allergies. This information also helps us in providing vital support your child needs when settling into nursery.

Please speak to your child’s Keyworker or another member of our team when you are dropping off/picking up and they can give you a pack to complete if you haven’t already done so. It is vital that we have this information as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your understanding and support.

EXPLORING OUR COMMUNITY

The children have enjoyed going for regular walks and exploring our local park and library. They have been learning how to

confidently cope with everyday / new situations
understand the expectations of behaviour and following rules (holding hands, getting ready to go out and staying close to nursery ladies when out and about)
demonstrate different ways of being active through energetic play at the park (climbing, jumping, pushing, running)
be aware of road safety – stopping, looking and listening at roads and crossing safely
share and look after books when visiting the library.

EE2

The children gain so much from going out into our local community. We would like to be able to offer this experience to all the children in the nursery but we need EE2 (Excursion permission form) filled in by parents/carers before we can do this. These are required for all new children and returning children. We have been handing these out to families of returning children and they would have been in a welcome pack for new children. If you have not filled an EE2 form in please ask a member of staff for the form, so we can include your child in this experience. Many thanks for your support.

Nursery – Welcome!

WELCOME

We would like to warmly welcome our new families and children and our returning children and families to our new term. We are passionate about supporting your child’s interests and learning through play and developing our parent/carers partnerships to ensure your child has a happy and fulfilling experience at early years. We take pride in our welcoming, nurturing environment and our staff will do their upmost to ensure your child’s experience of settling in is a positive one. Communication is very important to us and we encourage you to share any information/changes about your child or home that could help us in supporting your child further.

We have new personal plan packs for returning families to complete, these will replace the previous all about me documents that you completed when your child started nursery. The plans will help us to update your child’s details and continue to provide the best care and support for them. These are available beside the sign in/out sheets, please collect a pack and return to us as soon as you possibly can.

SIGN IN/OUT SHEETS

We appreciate how busy our reception area can be and how much of a rush mornings are for our families but can you please ensure you sign your child in (remembering to mention anybody different who may be picking them up) and sign them out again at the end of the day. This register is important for us to know our number of children in the nursery and crucial if we have an emergency evacuation. Many thanks for your support with this.

NURSERY TEAM

Due to the increased hours in Early Years we now have an extended team. We are delighted to welcome Mrs Shemilt, Miss Dolan, Miss James, Miss Vance, Ms Hepburn and Miss Brown to our team.

We are also delighted to welcome back Mrs Walker from 2nd September who has made a remarkable recovery from a recent operation.

Our Nursery Team now consists of:

Christine Walker – Early Years Officer
Stacie Young – Early Years Officer
Celia O’Neil – Nursery Nurse
Lesley Laing – Nursery Nurse
Hazel Rafferty – Nursery Nurse
Kristen Fleming – Nursery Nurse
Lara Thomson – Nursery Nurse
Fiona McCallum – Nursery Nurse
Samantha Campbell – Nursery Nurse
Charlene Shemilt – Nursery Nurse
Cara Dolan – Nursery Nurse
Meaghan James – Nursery Nurse
Adele Vance – Nursery Nurse
Angela Sharkey – Pupil Support Worker
Stephanie Bazely – Pupil Support Worker
Kennerty Brown – Pupil Support Worker
Sharon Hepburn – Pupil Support Worker

Rag Bag Collection

Thank you to everyone who managed to add some items to our recycling unit for the Rag Bag Collection last week. Your help is much appreciated 🙂

NURSERY TRIP 2019

We had a fantastic time on our first family trip. We went to Almond Valley Heritage Centre for the day. The wet weather didn’t stop the children from having lots of fun with their family and friends, splashing around in the puddles, visiting the animals, jumping on the trampolines, digging in the sand and exploring all the new outdoor adventures.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our families for their continued support throughout the year and wish the nursery leavers all the very best in their new adventures at school.

Have a fantastic summer, hopefully with lots of sun!

We will look forward to seeing our nursery returners in the new term.

NURSERY SPORTS DAY

The sun was shining on Tuesday for our Morning Sports Day. The children had great fun and were all stars! Thank you to all the families that came along to cheer their children on, we appreciate your continued support.

We are looking forward to our Afternoon Sports Day on Thursday at 2pm. Photo’s of this will follow.

Rag Bag Collection – 19th June

Our next ‘RAG BAG COLLECTION‘ is on Wednesday 19th June.

Through Rag Bag your are able to help recycle textiles and clothing that may have ended up going to landfill. It is estimated that approximately 1.75 million tonnes of clothing waste is produced in the UK every year.

Please support the school by adding any old items of clothing etc to our collection point. Our Rag Bag Collection Unit can be found on the grass pitch towards the school gates near leading to Main Street.

We can accept the following items:

Wearable Clothing
Paired Shoes
Handbags
Belts

We cannot accept the following items:

Wet/Soiled Clothes
Curtains
Towels
Duvets or Duvet Covers
Pillows or Pillow Cases
Blankets
Table Cloths
Linens
Cushions
Carpets
Suitcases
Books
Bric a Brac
Clothes Hangers
Electricals

Thank you for your support – it is much appreciated 🙂

VISIT TO SCHOOL

Some Nursery children visited the school this morning. They helped Mrs Rafferty with a job. We met some of the Primary 1 teachers on the way and stopped for a chat. The children were interested in the artwork on the walls and this generated lots of chat too.