Happy St.David's Day

Good afternoon everyone ,

and we have a glorious St.David's Day - in past years we have been knee deep in snow , so sunshine is most welcome. The children are out in the garden as I write this , having a great time by the sounds of it - lots of laughter today! They have taken the tent outside and are camping in the garden , whilst others are extending this , and have started to build dens with fabric over the wooden bars. Recently they've also had the new bubble machine in the garden which has sparked off some fabulous conversations about bubbles , flying , space , fairies and many other things , The younger children love this too- chasing the bubbles around trying to catch them , looking at them moving in the breeze and watching the rainbow colours shift and change in the sunshine - Spring has arrived at  Craigton and its wonderful  :-)

Its also World Book Day today . Thank you to all who brought in their favourite book - we've even had some children make an extra special effort and have come dressed as their favourite characters!  I hope you all received your vouchers for WBD - if you haven't yet used them , you can do so if you wish to order anything from the Scholastic brochure now in your children's files - you can also use them at any retailer in the country when buying books . If you're using them online , please remember to go through www.easyfundraising.org  and you'll be raising funds for the nursery too!
The use of this site was brought up at the recent Parent Forum meeting - we think its a great way to raise funds with minimal effort . Just register , download the reminder tool (which itself raises 50p) and every time you shop online , it will tell you if the retailer is on easyfundraiser. If so , your purchases will help raise money for us. And it doesn't cost you a penny!

A reminder to please ensure that your contact details are totally up to date , and that you let us know if your child will not be attending nursery for any reason . We've had a couple of incidents this week of children not attending and the contact numbers we have are out of date . Its very important that we know which children will be attending each day and that we have current contact details - we also need to contact you quickly  if your child is unwell , needs medication or first aid ...so please ensure that we are able to - Thank you .

I've had  a query about posting comments on the blog from a parent - you will have to log onto the site to do this . Go to   craigtonlodgenursery.blogspot.com (no w's). Find the blog you wish to comment on - there is  a space at the bottom of each blog for you to add comments . Ive also recently added  reactions boxes that you just tick to let us know if you find the blog interesting, funny etc(or not!) . Please use these - it would be great to have more parents contributing to the blog , or even just know if you like it.

The snowdrops and bluebells are extending their treasure baskets collection and will soon be sending letters to you with an appeal for items they'd like to include in these . So when you start your spring cleaning , please don't throw anything out just yet...we may be able to make good use of your unwanted items! And if you are having a clearout - don't forget we have a charity bin outside the Pre-school building so you don't even need to go to the charity shop!

If you'd like anything posted on here- charity events etc or just information you'd like to share with other parents , please let me know and Ill be happy to add it to the next blog.