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!