Spring Fair

Good afternoon everyone ,

Our Spring Fair will be on Saturday 2nd June 12-3pm . Tickets for this funfilled event will be on sale this week(as soon as the sunflowers have finished the design!) A family ticket admitting up to two adults and 4 children will be £5.00 and the admission price includes a BBQ- if there are only one or two of you , please just make a donation . This is always a great day for the whole nursery - everyone has a wonderful time . We shall have our usual attractions - facepainting , games , tombola and raffle(any donations for these gratefully received) and of course the famous homebake stall which is always hugely popular . The sunflowers cafe was a huge hit last year , and will be returning so that weary mums and dads can enjoy a cup of tea and some of those mouthwatering homebakes. The children will be very busy making items for the fair over the next 3 weeks , so please come along and join us - bring your friends and family too - you'll all have a lovely day and will help us raise funds .

I have news of two websites that may be of interest to you . Children in Scotland along with the Scottish Youth Parliament have just launched a website for children and young people with lots of information on the Curriculum for Excellence . Its well worth a look by parents too and will give you some great ideas for extending learning outside nursery, but perhaps more importantly , gives some really good and clear information on the curriculum  http://www.bexcellent.org.uk/

The second is a relaunch - new and improved site for nutritional information for under 3's - there are some excellent articles on this site as well as useful tips on weaning , children's food fads , and a section on allergies and intolerances . Also includes useful links to more detailed information if needed https://www.infantandtoddlerforum.org/

Our thanks to Lesley Simpson (Craigton parent) who came along to visit the sunflowers last week . Lesley is a midwife , and talked to the children about birth and the care of babies - she brought along scales and bottles and everyone had questions for her - the sunflowers hugely enjoyed this event - thank you Lesley!
We'd be very happy for any parent to come along if you feel you have a job/talent/hobby that the children would enjoy hearing about - we love having visitors and you'd be warmly welcomed!

We shall be saying goodbye to Gail (buttercups) this week . Gail has been with us for 2 years . She spent some time in the baby section before moving to the buttercups last year and she achieved her SVQ II at the end of 2011. I'm sure that you will all join us in wishing Gail all the very best for the future- we shall miss you!

Dont forget to register with easyfundraisng.org.uk , and to leave any comments on this  blog - you will have to visit the site to do this , but it would be great to have your feedback .

And finally - Ive had a few queries about the Queen's Jubilee - we will be open as usual that day - Monday 4th June . The dates we are closed for the rest of this year are:
Monday 9th July
Monday 24th September
We shall close at 6pm Friday 21st Dec and re-open 8am Thursday 3rd Jan 2013