Hello everyone ,
we'd like to say a HUGE thank you to Thomas's parents who have just been here with two lambs from their farm - Mindy and Minty ran around the garden with the children and looked like they were having a great time! We saw them being bottle fed and looked at their hooves as well as just admiring them! Its was a wonderful experience for us all - thank you so much !
Carrying on with the nature theme , we are also charting the progress of the caterpillars (now in cocoons) and the frogspawn/tadpoles . And we have planted wild flower seeds in the growing area, along with some strawberry plants and tomatoes in the greenhouse. Joanne from Gardening4Kids will be here on Friday to help the children prepare the veg patch for potatoes , beans . carrots and lettuce...so its all go at Craigton.
Dont forget to come along to our Spring Fair 12-2pm this Saturday - keep you fingers crossed the good weather holds - if not we will still go ahead but indoors .........please get your raffle tickets for the hamper now - this will be drawn on the day .
You should all now be receiving the blog on the new Parentweb - if not please let me know asap as we'd like to close the old blogspot soon .
And finally a reminder that the nursery will be closed on Monday 4th May .
Wednesday 22 April 2015
Tuesday 21 April 2015
Spring Fair
Good morning everyone ,
Although we are all enjoying the lovely spring weather at the moment, I'm afraid that the forecast for the weekend is rain , rain and more rain! As you all know , we will be holding our Spring Fair on Saturday 12-2pm. We are hoping that the forecast is wrong , but are making indoor plans just in case. We will be going ahead whatever the weather so please still come along even if its pouring! We are all looking forward to seeing you all there - don't forget that you can bring along items for the Homebaking stall on Friday or bring with you on Saturday .
Although we are all enjoying the lovely spring weather at the moment, I'm afraid that the forecast for the weekend is rain , rain and more rain! As you all know , we will be holding our Spring Fair on Saturday 12-2pm. We are hoping that the forecast is wrong , but are making indoor plans just in case. We will be going ahead whatever the weather so please still come along even if its pouring! We are all looking forward to seeing you all there - don't forget that you can bring along items for the Homebaking stall on Friday or bring with you on Saturday .
Monday 20 April 2015
Congratulations
Huge congratulations to Natalie and Tony on the safe (if a little early) arrival of their son , Cooper at 6am on Saturday - he weighed in at 6lbs 1/2 oz and both he and Natalie are well. We cant wait to meet him!
Wednesday 15 April 2015
Health Notice
We have had a confirmed case of chicken pox in the schoolhouse today - please be aware of the symptoms - for full information see
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/chickenpox-in-children-under-12
Please note that children may not return to nursery until no new spots are appearing and existing spots have scabbed over - this is usually about 5 days from the arrival of the first spots .
In other news - a pair of Storm sunglasses were found on the driveway yesterday - if you've lost these I have them in my office.
You should all now be receiving these posts on the new Parent web - if you're not getting these , please let me know and we'll investigate!
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/chickenpox-in-children-under-12
Please note that children may not return to nursery until no new spots are appearing and existing spots have scabbed over - this is usually about 5 days from the arrival of the first spots .
In other news - a pair of Storm sunglasses were found on the driveway yesterday - if you've lost these I have them in my office.
You should all now be receiving these posts on the new Parent web - if you're not getting these , please let me know and we'll investigate!
Tuesday 14 April 2015
Safety notice
Hello everyone ,
We have had several reports of the gate to the car park being left open yesterday and today . Can I please remind you to close and chain the gates everytime you use them - this is particularly important at this time of year when we are outside - it only takes a second for a child to run into the carpark so please help us to keep all the children safe........and also please do not show your child/ren how to operate the chains(this means they can open the gates) thank you .
Talking of outside.....
Raffle tickets are now on sale in both buildings - 20p each or £1 a strip . The prize is a hamper and the raffle will be drawn during the Spring Fair next weekend - Saturday 25th April 1-2pm - we have had an excellent response to this and we are all really looking forward to seeing you all there!
We have had several reports of the gate to the car park being left open yesterday and today . Can I please remind you to close and chain the gates everytime you use them - this is particularly important at this time of year when we are outside - it only takes a second for a child to run into the carpark so please help us to keep all the children safe........and also please do not show your child/ren how to operate the chains(this means they can open the gates) thank you .
Talking of outside.....
Raffle tickets are now on sale in both buildings - 20p each or £1 a strip . The prize is a hamper and the raffle will be drawn during the Spring Fair next weekend - Saturday 25th April 1-2pm - we have had an excellent response to this and we are all really looking forward to seeing you all there!
Friday 10 April 2015
Spring at Craigton
Good afternoon everyone ,
we have been making the most of the lovely weather this week with all of the children spending a lot of time outdoors . We have been digging and feeding the growing areas with our own compost , planting seeds , building dens , more digging , finding worms and other assorted creatures ,playing campfires, watching the birds eat the grass seed on the new hill in the garden , more digging , running and jumping and climbing , learning about the caterpillars , walking along the lovely new path and running over the (bare) hill, sitting on the new benches and then off for more exploring and generally having a lot of fun!
As we are outside so much , we do need to make sure the children are properly protected , so please bring in sun cream and a hat - both clearly named - and also please take away any old suncream from last year as it will no longer be effective- thank you . And always bring a full change of clothes each day - thank you .
Can we also please remind you not to allow your children to bring toys or other treasures from home unless asked to do so for show and tell - we do appreciate that its very tempting to do this to avoid a battle in the morning , but it can lead to problems at nursery . These treasures often cause arguments , can be lost , broken or 'borrowed' and tears are usually the result . We'd really appreciate your co-operation with this .
A warm welcome to Maria Knap who joined the sunflowers this week - she's still here and smiling so we think she's enjoying it! We're very pleased to have you with us Maria :-)
And finally , thank you to everyone for your response to the Spring Fair - there has been an excellent uptake of tickets and we are looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday 25th April 12-2pm - we are still accepting donations for the raffle/tombola (tickets will be on sale next week) and we will ask for contributions for the homebaking stall either on the Friday before or bring along on the day . Watch this space !
Wednesday 1 April 2015
Books etc
Hello everyone ,
We have received the latest in the Ziggy Road Safety series of books . These are now in your children's files - these are for children in their ante pre-school and pre-school years and are issued by the Scottish Executive . We also have big book versions of these at nursery which are used to reinforce the message with the children . For more information and activities please visit
http://www.gosafewithziggy.com/
The children were very interested in watching our gardener , Tony, making a path through the garden this week . This is part of our outdoor improvements and will help to make a natural flow through the garden , marking and linking the activity zones in the garden . We are hoping that the weather will improve soon (or at least warm up a littel!)so that we can start getting the growing areas ready for planting.
The buttercups are really enjoying their new steps/seating area - they are now able to climb and lookout the window and are doing so at every opportunity! Our very busy handyman , Fred , has also fixed new catches on the gates - please make sure you close and chain these every time . Fred will be doing several more jobs for us over the next few weeks - we'll keep you up to date with any improvements .
The sunflowers welcomed some special guests today too - we have some tiny caterpillars which we will monitor as they grow bigger and then change into chrysalis and then finally butterflies when we will release them- the children love this every year- please be prepared for lots of questions on how and why this transformation happens!
We have been having some technical issues with the website which are being worked on just now . You should all be receiving this blog post twice - once through the new ParentWeb which goes out immediately , and once from the old blog which has a delay and will be received the following morning . I have registered all the email addresses I have on the new blog - please follow the instruction on the information/FAQ sheets to logon and reset your password to access the ParentWeb. If you are NOT getting notifications from the new blog , or are having trouble logging into this , please let me know and we'll look into it . I will continue to post on both blogs until we are sure that everyone is able to use the new one.
We've had a good response for the Spring Fair on Saturday 25th April so far . If you haven't already done so , please return your money or the ticket in the envelope provided as soon as you can. We'd also appreciate any donations for the raffle too .
A reminder that we have a 24 hr exclusion policy for children with high temperatures. This has been very effective in reducing illness/infection in the nursery over the winter months and we ask that this be adhered to - ot will help to keep everyone at the nursery healthy - thank you .
And finally.......I know its hard to believe that its Easter as we watch the snow today but , don't forget that we will be closed Easter Monday 6th April- that's next week- we know you love coming here(as do we) but please don't come that day as you wont get in!
We have received the latest in the Ziggy Road Safety series of books . These are now in your children's files - these are for children in their ante pre-school and pre-school years and are issued by the Scottish Executive . We also have big book versions of these at nursery which are used to reinforce the message with the children . For more information and activities please visit
http://www.gosafewithziggy.com/
The children were very interested in watching our gardener , Tony, making a path through the garden this week . This is part of our outdoor improvements and will help to make a natural flow through the garden , marking and linking the activity zones in the garden . We are hoping that the weather will improve soon (or at least warm up a littel!)so that we can start getting the growing areas ready for planting.
The buttercups are really enjoying their new steps/seating area - they are now able to climb and lookout the window and are doing so at every opportunity! Our very busy handyman , Fred , has also fixed new catches on the gates - please make sure you close and chain these every time . Fred will be doing several more jobs for us over the next few weeks - we'll keep you up to date with any improvements .
The sunflowers welcomed some special guests today too - we have some tiny caterpillars which we will monitor as they grow bigger and then change into chrysalis and then finally butterflies when we will release them- the children love this every year- please be prepared for lots of questions on how and why this transformation happens!
We have been having some technical issues with the website which are being worked on just now . You should all be receiving this blog post twice - once through the new ParentWeb which goes out immediately , and once from the old blog which has a delay and will be received the following morning . I have registered all the email addresses I have on the new blog - please follow the instruction on the information/FAQ sheets to logon and reset your password to access the ParentWeb. If you are NOT getting notifications from the new blog , or are having trouble logging into this , please let me know and we'll look into it . I will continue to post on both blogs until we are sure that everyone is able to use the new one.
We've had a good response for the Spring Fair on Saturday 25th April so far . If you haven't already done so , please return your money or the ticket in the envelope provided as soon as you can. We'd also appreciate any donations for the raffle too .
A reminder that we have a 24 hr exclusion policy for children with high temperatures. This has been very effective in reducing illness/infection in the nursery over the winter months and we ask that this be adhered to - ot will help to keep everyone at the nursery healthy - thank you .
And finally.......I know its hard to believe that its Easter as we watch the snow today but , don't forget that we will be closed Easter Monday 6th April- that's next week- we know you love coming here(as do we) but please don't come that day as you wont get in!
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