School/nursery Enrolment

Happy New Year to you all ,

Hope that you all had  a lovely time over the festive break and are well rested and looking forward to 2011!

January is the time to register your child if they will be starting P1 or school nursery in August this year . Please contact your local school for the registration dates - its usually late January for P1 and early February for nursery enrolment - when you go along you will also need to take your child's birth certificate with you. My thanks to Jacqui Grant , whose query reminded me of this :-)

I have today received a letter from the Public Health Department of the NHS Grampian regarding flu , tummy bugs and other winter illnesses . Copies of this are on display on the noticeboards in both buildings . It states that anyone with flu like symptoms should stay at home until they are full recovered , and leave 48 hours after the last symptoms for tummy bugs . This is already our policy at Craigton , but the general issue of these guidelines gives me the opportunity to remind you that this is not just us , but a public health issue and we should all take note. Please help us to keep the spread of illness to a minimum by keeping the children at home if they are unwell - thank  you.

And can you believe it - the snow is coming back! The forecast for the weekend is more snow and plummeting temperatures . If you don't need to travel , stay at home . Avoid using the carpark in heavy snow - there is still ice there from the last lot and fresh snow on top means that many of you will get stuck . Be aware too , that disruption to schools and public transport means that some of our staff are unable to get to us   and we may need to close early. We will always open as we do have some staff who are able to walk to work , but can only remain open if we have enough staff to ensure proper supervision of the children.

And finally , the next Parent Forum meeting will be on Wednesday 19th January . If you have anything you'd like discussed at this meeting , please ask any member of the forum , or myself . The current members are : Alison Siggins, Hazel Farquhar , Lyn Cowie, Claire Molloy, Mette Tindholdt , Rebecca Stevenson, Peter Walker, Ashleigh Reid and  Mirjam Green .

Have a lovely weekend - enjoy the snow!!!

Marion