Good afternoon ,

Many of you will know of Lava Jewellery Design on North Deeside Road . You may also know that Duncan   ,  Jacqui and their daughter Erika are a past Craigton family and still keep in touch with us :-) It seems that Erika has inherited her parents talents , has begun to design and make her own jewellery and is now preparing for her first exhibition to celebrate the studio's first anniversary. Pieces are priced between £1 and £5 and proceeds will be donated to Alfie Milne's Trust and Culter School funds .
The exhibition will run for three days only so please go along Thursday September 6th 6-8pm , Friday 7th 9:30 am to 5:30pm or Saturday 8th 9:30am to 2pm . Best wishes for a successful exhibition from all of us , Erika!

We have had several incidents recently of children arriving at nursery with food in hand- May I please remind you that this is not permitted under any circumstances . We have several children attending the nursery with allergies- in some cases these are severe and any reaction is potentially life threatening . We carefully monitor all food  and other materials in the nursery when any of these children are with us to ensure that they do not come in contact with anything that may cause them harm - please help us to do this by not bringing food into the nursery , or allowing your children to do so. It may only be a biscuit or a little chocolate , but they could cause serious reactions to another child .
We also ask that you don't bring cakes/sweets  etc on birthdays or other occasions for the same reason. These will not be distributed at nursery and will be returned to you - we do always celebrate the children's birthdays and will often bake some treats here - but we have all the 'free-from' ingredients and recipes to ensure the children's safety . Your co-operation would be very much appreciated - Thank you .

The first Parent Forum meeting of this school year will be on Wednesday 5th September . If you have anything you'd like raised at this meeting , please see any member of the forum - this year they are : Dawn Blessing , Erin Brown , Hazel Farquhar , Claire Molloy and Alison Siggins . We'll have a photo display as soon as possible after the meeting so you can spot them , if you dont already know them!

Another appeal to ask you sign up with easyfundraising.org.uk please . If you do this , almost every time you shop online  you will be raising funds for the nursery- it doesn't cost you a penny  , and you'll be able to access discount codes and special offers from 100's of retailers so could even save. And if you download their find and remind tool(which raises 50p) you don't even have to log onto the site - it will tell you if you're visiting a participating retailer - there are hundreds of these - including ebay , Amazon , John Lewis , Debenhams, Boots etc . Its a brilliant way to raise funds with absolutely minimal effort - we currently have 18 supporters who have raised over £200 this year , just by signing up - please join us !

And finally .... a reminder that the nursery will be closed on Monday 24th September