PlayTalkRead

God morning all ,

the PlayTalkRead Roadshow is coming to Aberdeen . PlayTalkRead is a scottish government initiative to encourage parents to - you've guessed it - play , talk and read with their children . The PlayTalkRead bus will be in various venues across the city and will be open from 9:30am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 5:00pm .
Thursday 28th June : Seaton Park
Friday 29th June  :  Cornhill Primary School
Thursday 5th July : Tillydrone Clinc
Friday 6th July : Tillydrone Lidl

for more information on this , and some great play and literacy activities , please visit   http://www.playtalkread.org/

We all had a lovely time in the garden yesterday and are hoping that the rain will go away so we can get back out there again! The children have been busy planting flowers and strawberry plants with Joanne from Gardening4Kids , as well as looking after the beans , sunflowers and potatoes that were planted last month.

The buttercups, bluebells and snowdrops have been finding out about everything to do with holidays recently- where to go , who with , what to take with you(and why) how to get there . This has prompted activities and discussions about  beaches , sandcastles , staying safe in the sun , trains, planes , caravans and camping , visiting family and friends, other countries, weather  and lots lots more - Ill bet that Disneyland was mentioned too! Don't forget to tell us if you're going on holiday.

The sunflowers have continued their sporting interests following our Craigton Olympics last week . Aren't we lucky that there's so much sport around this summer?????- football , tennis ,  golf (courtesy of Mr Trump) , and then the Other Olympics in London . I have heard that one of our Craigton families were lucky enough to get tickets for this and are off to London next month to cheer on Team GB- an amazing experience - hope you have  a wonderful time! The rest of us shall just have to be glued to the TV (or becoming hermits to avoid it altogether!)
They have also had great fun this week with their new indoor/outdoor kitchen/BBQ - the box it came in has sparked some interest too!


Application forms for Pre-school funding have now been issued . Every child eligible for this over the school year 2012/13 should now have a form . Please return this to me , along with the requested documents, by Friday 6th July.
Please also return any photos/payment asap. We have several parents eagerly awaiting extra copies , and I cannot supply these til all the orders are returned . 


Following some recent requests , can I please remind you that we are not able to accommodate swapping sessions unless this is a permanent change . Also , we can only offer extra sessions if we have space . We are registered for a certain number of children and we cannot exceed this . We will always try to help if we can , but sometimes its simply not possible .  One off extra sessions should be arranged directly with the staff in your child's department.


I am on holiday from this Friday 29th June returning Thursday 5th July . Email will not be monitored during this time , so please call the nursery if you need any information or wish to tell us anything . Please keep any queries regarding attendance , funding , invoices , vouchers etc til my return as the staff are unable to help you with these matters . Thank you .


Dont forget that the nursery will be closed on Monday 9th July for the Aberdeen Holiday . 
A reminder that we will also be closed on Monday 24th September . We will close at 6pm on Friday 21st December and re-open 8am Thursday 3rd January 2013.