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 !