Staffing news

Good morning to you all ,

Natalie(snowdrops) will be starting her maternity leave next week to await the arrival of her baby in early May . I'm sure you'll all join is in wishing her a relaxing time before the baby comes , and a wonderful time when it does! Natalie will be back next year , along with her baby, but we're quite sure we'll see them both before then !

Alison  will be taking over Natalie's management duties and will join the other deputies , Suzanne and Charlotte in the Craigton management team- glad to have you with us Ali and congratulations on your new role!

Holly will be joining the schoolhouse from next week also - she has spent most of her time since joining us earlier this year with the sunflowers , and is looking forward to working with the younger children .

The sunflowers will soon be welcoming a new member of staff - Maria Knap . Maria has recently  moved from London where she was nannying whist studying for a degree in Early Childhood Studies - she completed this last year . We are looking forward  to welcoming her after Easter .

A warm  Craigotn welcome back to Jo from Gardening4KIds who has returned today after an absence of several months . Jo has been concentrating on gaining a Forest School Practitioner qualification , and we cant wait to benefit from all her hard work :-)  great to have you back Jo and thanks for bringing the sunshine with you !

In other news , the sunflowers book sale raised £22.46 for BookAid
http://www.bookaid.org/  Thank you all for your donations to this , and well done to the sunflowers who created the book display , talked the adults into buying books , handled the cash and gave change - they had a great time operating their bookstall as well as having the opportunity to develop new skills.

Dont forget to return your money or tickets for the Spring Fair - Saturday 25th April 12-2pm  .

A reminder that the nursery will be closed on Easter Monday 6th April and finally don't forget that the clocks go FORWARD 1 hour this weekend - its officially summertime!