SPRING FAIR and other news

Important date : SPRING FAIR - this will be held on Saturday 25th April 12-2pm . This is our main fundraiser in the year and the one time that the entire nursery gets together- its always a great event so please keep this date free - we will give more information nearer the time .

Hello everyone,

We have been very busy at Craigton recently - the children celebrated Burns Night last week by making their own tartans and tasting haggis , neeps and tatties- with mixed results!
They had lots of fun in the snow yesterday building two enormous snowmen and making all kinds of wonderful shapes with all that snow - we even brought some inside to see what happened to it when it warmed up.

We are looking forward to yet more things to celebrate soon - its Valentines Day on Saturday 14th (dont forget!)  , Shrove Tuesday(Pancake day) on Tuesday 17th  and Chinese New Year on Thursday 19th when we shall celebrate the Year of the Goat .

 Also coming up is  World Book day on Thursday 5th March - you will all find a book token in your child's file to mark this , and the children will be invited to bring their favourite book to nursery to share with their friends - more info on this nearer the time .



The schoolhouse have made  a new noticeboard in the conservatory area - this will be updated monthly with information about the nursery and any new information/guidance we get from other bodies - eg NHS , Care Inspectorate , Scottish Executive , Aberdeen City Council etc

The sunflowers have introduced 'quiet time' at the beginning and end of the day . The children will be encouraged to relax in the book bothy with staff , looking at books or their folios, acting out stories with puppets , catching up with news with their friends or just having a rest - because  its hard work being at nursery and we all need some quiet time in the day!

A reminder that the orthoptisit will be visiting on Thursday 12th Feb at 2pm to carry out sight tests for those children on their pre-school year . These children will have already received information on this - if your child does not normally attend then , please bring them along at 2pm  . Please also ensure that you return the consent form for this asap- they will not carry out the test without consent. This is a Scottish Executive initiative and replaces the P1 sight tests . If your child attends a school nursery , they will be tested there .

We will soon be moving this blog onto the newly created parent area on the website . This area is password protected so only parents and staff can access this . You will soon be given an information sheet and a  form asking for your preferred email addresses for this so we can create an account for you . Please return this so we can begin the transfer . There will be a short period where both blogs  will be active , so you may receive duplicate copies for a time. If this becomes annoying you can easily unsubscribe from this blog at anytime - the link for this is at the bottom of each email . You will also be able to choose your preferences on the new blog indicating which posts you would like to receive .
Huge thanks to Carl for all his hard work on this - and to the members of the Parent Forum for being our guinea pigs!

I will not be at nursery on Friday 6th and Monday 9th Feb(that's this weekend) so emails will not be replied to on those days - please call us on 01224 733980 if you need to tell us anything - thank you .

A reminder that the nursery will be closed on the following dates this year :
Easter Monday - 6th April
MayDay - 4th May
Aberdeen holidays - 13th July and 28th September
We will close at 6pm on Wednesday 23rd Dec and reopen 8am on Tuesday 5th Jan 2016