Cold and frosty morning!

Good morning ,

a big thank you to all of you who made it along to Parent's Evening last night . It was great to see so many parents there , and I hope that you all enjoyed the opportunity to have a good look around and talk to staff about your children . If you took your child's folio home with you , please remember to bring it back !

I was talking to some parents about Childcare Vouchers last night and it appears that many of you missed the previous post regarding the campaign to raise the weekly allowance for £55/week to £75/week . This could mean savings of an extra £300 per parent per year . Below is a link to the petition - please have a look and sign if you'd like to  support the campaign and pass it onto any of your contacts who would be interested - Thank you.                               http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31669 

A big Craigton welcome to Catharine and Rachel who have both just joined us as 4-6 girls . Catharine is in S4 at Cults Academy - she was with us for work experience last month and we liked her so much we asked her to come back! She will be in the Schoolhouse on Fridays . Rachel is in S6 at St.Margaret's and will be in Pre-school on Tuesdays . Both already have experience volunteering with local Rainbows groups and are already getting to know the children .

Other staff have recently attended the following training/CPD:
Fitstars- now being used by sunflowers and buttercups
Outdoor Ranger Training
Children's Mental Health
Risk/Benefit Assessment
Pre-birth to 3- Positive Outcomes for Scotland's children and families
and will be attending before the Xmas break :
REHIS Food Hygiene
Child Protection
Staff Appraisal and Supervision skills
Employers and Managers Forum
Manual Handling

Please remember to take  a Giving Tree gift tag and to return them to us by Monday 3rd December .....and while on the subject of buying gifts..........an other appeal to sign up to   easyfundriasing.org.uk  . If you register as a supporter of Craigton Lodge Nursery , everytime you shop online you will raise a donation for the nursery . If you download their find and remind toolbar(which raises 50p)  , you don't even need to go to  the site as it will tell you when you are visiting a participating retailer . There are hundreds of retailers , including Amazon, ebay, John Lewis, Debenhams etc . So you could raise lots of money just by shopping online and it wont cost you a penny!(though I cant promise the same for your purchases!)

Stay warm !