Craigton roundup

Hello everyone ,

we have all been very busy at Craigton recently - the children celebrated Diwali last week with lots of investigations and activities linked to the Hindu New Year and Festival of Lights . We have been tidying up the garden and getting ready for winter , keeping the wild bird feeders stocked up to encourage the birds to visit us . There has also  been a lot of outdoor play( we're making the most of it while we can) and the sunflowers have been making plans for an orchard with some helpful suggestions from Jo from Gardening 4 Kids !
Please ensure that your child has suitable outdoor clothing(including boots, hats and gloves) and also soft soled shoes/slippers for indoors- those boots are very hard on little feet all day ! Please also provide a full change of clothes each day your child attends - we do have a small supply of  emergency clothing here , but most children prefer to wear their own. Can I remind you to ensure that all clothing has your child's name/initials on - its very hard to keep track otherwise - please check the lost property boxes too! Thank you.
Coming up :
We shall be celebrating St.Andrew's Day( Patron saint of Scotland) on Friday- there will be tartan and shortbread and poems and music and haggis galore!
There are still a few Giving Tree gift tags left - please take one and get the gifts back to us by this coming Monday(3rd Dec) when Santa's helpers will collect them .
Advent begins on Saturday(1st Dec)  hope you're all ready with your calendars!
The Sunflowers Xmas Concert will be on Wednesday 19th December 3pm, and the Xmas Party on Thursday 20th December 2-4pm .
We are asking for donations for the Xmas raffle which will be drawn after the concert on 19th Dec. Tickets for this will be on sale next week .
And finally a reminder that the nursery will close at 6pm on Friday 21st December and re-open at 8am Thursday 3rd January 2013 .

Don't forget to register at   www.easyfundraising.org.uk - then all that online shopping you do will help to raise funds too. You will also have access to special offers and discounts from hundreds of retailers so it could save you some money too!  Thank you .