Glenbrae Children’s Centre
April 2017
Dear Parent,
It’s hard to believe we are already at the last term in the school year, but we have a busy, fun-filled time planned from now
until the summer holidays within the nursery.
Staff News
A warm welcome to Louise Campbell, who is our new Early Stages Teacher in the Butterfly Room. Jacqueline Coombes, our
support assistant in the Butterfly room is currently working at Hillend Nursery and Rebecca Loughrey will cover her post here.
Fairtrade
Thank you everyone that supported our Fairtrade
shop. We raised a total of £314.10.
Red Nose Day
A big thank you to children and parents for taking
part in
A total of £ 117.00 was raised.
Green Week – 8th – 12th May 2017
The children will be participating in
Eco related activities each day such as junk modelling,
recycling, healthy eating and gardening. We are also
taking part in the National Spring Clean campaign on
Friday 12th May and would appreciate your support by
taking part with your child in our outdoor tidy up.
Eco School News
We are delighted to announce that the nursery has
gained the Eco Schools Green Flag Award. This award
recognises the hard work children, parents and staff
have been doing to reduce waste, promote healthy
lifestyle choices and develop the nursery grounds.
Hopefully our flag will arrive soon.
What’s on in Glenbrae
Mon 9.30 am
Parents walking group
Tues 9.15 am
Parent and child bookbug sessions
Wed 9.15 am
Parent and toddlers
Thurs 9.30 am
Eat Better Feel Better cookery class
Friday am
Parents drop in
If interested in any of the above please speak to Angela
our Family Support Worker.
Parent Meetings
Butterfly Room
Week Beginning 22nd May
Sunshine Room
Week Beginning 12th June
Rainbow Rooms
Week Beginning 12th June
Staff will provide parents with appointment times nearer
the dates.
Eat Well Feel Better
Julie has confirmed dates and times with parents who
will be attending the cookery classes. The first class
will begin on Thursday 27th April 9.30m – 11.30 am.
REQUEST FOR ALL PARENTS
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Famiy Fun Day – Friday 19 May 2017
Parents are invited to come along with their child
between 10.00 am and 2.00pm to take part in a fun filled
day of activities such as face painting, bouncy castle and
a visit from The Animal Man. More information to
follow.
If your child is going to be off nursery for any reason
could you please phone and let us know. This also applies
to children in the Out of School Care as it is important
that we are aware of which children we need to pick up
and saves other children waiting around while we try to
locate your child.
0-2 Learning
The weather didn’t dampen the outdoor Stay and
Play sessions. Parents actively participated in their
children’s learning by helping to plant strawberries, take
part in an Easter egg hunt and explore the outdoor
environment. This term the song of the month will be Baa
Baa Black Sheep.
2-3 Learning
The children have been learning about spring and
nature as it wakens from its winter sleep. They have
been caring for our plants and wildlife in order to make
sure they have enough food.
All children and their parents had the opportunity to
plant pansies and potatoes in our nursery garden as part
of our Stay and Play sessions.
This term the children will be learning about spring
through stories, songs and rhyme and will also learn to
take care of the nurseries own baby chicks.
Dates For Your Diary
May Day – Monday 1st May (nursery closed)
National Spring Clean – Friday 12th May
Family Fun Day – Friday 19th May. More information to follow.
3-5 Learning
The children in the Butterfly Room enjoyed participating
in the ‘Celebration of Food’ Event with their parents and
staff, making homemade pizzas and fruit kebabs.
Some children attended the Science Fayre at Notre
Dame High School with their parents and had the
opportunity to explore a variety of Science, Technology,
Engineering and Maths activities.
This term the children will be learning to recognise
rhyming words, 2D and 3D shapes and will also be
developing their pre & early writing skills.
Individual Parent meetings – Week beginning 22nd May.
May Holiday Weekend – Friday 26th & Monday 29th May
In-service Day Tuesday – 30th May (nursery closed)
Sports Day – Friday 9th June. More information to follow
Graduation Day – Friday 23rd June. More information to follow
Out of School Care
Well done to all that took part in the Port Glasgow Bulb
Show. Pictures are now displayed in the OOSC room, so
feel free to come and have a look at all the excellent
work.
Now that we are into spring, the children have been
enjoying lots of outdoor play in the garden with
activities such as tennis, badminton and football.
We now have a planning wall in the playroom and the
children are actively involved in planning activities on a
daily basis.
Last day of term – Thursday 29th June.