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Nursery Trip Information

A few nursery parents/carers have said they would rather take their own transport on the day. This is absolutely fine but we need to know so we can alter bus requirements. If you completely go it alone the cost for you (unless you have a baby) is the same, despite not using the bus.

This is because the Five Sister’s Zoo has given us a good group deal. Also our deal includes a half hour handling session. It would be worth it for you, if taking your own car, to meet with us to go in and be included in our group price. We can arrange a time to meet up.

Let me know what you think and plan to do.

Just to let you know usually on our trip days we arrive together, then split up to wander around, meet up for any group sessions and have our lunch time altogether too. It’s a fun day!

Date for your Diary

We have one more Stay & Play date this session. It is on Thursday 17th May. It would be great if you could stay for a wee while on that day. You can be shown around, meet your child’s friends and grab an opportunity to speak to the nursery team.

Spring has sprung………

We took a trip out of nursery this week to look for signs of Spring. We had great fun hunting for flowers and buds on the trees.

Keeping Hydrated

We encourage the children to drink lots of water as dehydration can cause tiredness, headaches, lack of concentration and reduced mental performance. We have introduced a water dispenser which allows them to help themselves and they absolutely love it.

Outdoor Snack

We like to take advantage of any good weather here and the children love having their snack outdoors.

New Resources

Thank you for all the extra contributions you made to the snack fund over the last two terms. We purchased a lovely maple wood storage unit for our Big Bedtime Read books. This has made the organisation of our bags so much easier. Thank you again for your generosity.

The Play Talk Read Bus is coming……..

Look out for the Play Talk Read Bus coming to Livingston Station Community Centre on the 24th April 10.00 to 1.00 and 2.00 to 4.00

Siblings Day News

We are about to invite all the siblings of children in the nursery to visit us on Monday 30^th April. Everyone will receive an invitation with a suitable time and should pop their reply into the special box outside the nursery. Our nursery children can’t wait to deliver the invitations to all the classes and are looking forward to the big day.

Breastfeeding Friendly Nursery

Recently we have been focusing on how we can promote a breastfeeding friendly culture in our nursery. Staff have received training and we have written a breastfeeding policy for the nursery (see here BREASTFEEDING FRIENDLY NURSERY Policy , in the policy section of the Blog and also in the Parent Folder on the shelf in foyer).

It is known that breastfeeding can have enormous benefit to the health of both the mother and the child. However, as well as “knowing the benefits”, supportive environments are needed to enable and support breastfeeding.

At Deans Nursery we:

• Use positive and culturally appropriate images of breastfeeding

• Avoid materials which promote artificial feeding.

• Provide appropriate education and training for staff to enable them to promote, protect and support breastfeeding.

• Increase awareness of sources of support and information for breastfeeding families.

• Provide a welcoming atmosphere for breastfeeding families and to encourage breastfeeding in the public areas of the establishment.

• Support informed choice in relation to infant feeding.

More Peep Dates

We have some more dates for our ever popular Peep sessions. They are every Wednesday on the 25.4.18, 2.4.18, 9.4.18 and 16.4.18. The a.m. sessions (for p.m. nursery pupils) will be starting at 9.15 – 10.15 and the p.m. sessions (for a.m. nursery pupils) will start at 1.45 – 2.45.

Our sessions after that will target our new starts for the following session so we can provide a smooth transition to nursery.