New blog

Hello everyone ,

It seems that there are still some people are not getting posts from the new blog hence this post. All the email addresses that were returned to me were registered on the new Parentweb blog . If you are not receiving these , please let me have your preferred email address as soon as possible - if you're not registered you will not get the posts - this will be the last blog on the old blogspot .

A reminder that its the sunflowers SportsDay next  week on Wednesday 17th  June at 3pm . All sunflowers will be participating in this and all are welcome to attend .  There will also be a short graduation ceremony for those children leaving us to start school after the summer . Please note that this is always a very well attended event with limited seating , so please bring along a rug/mat to sit on if needed- dont forget your camera/ipad and maybe some tissues! We look forward to seeing you all there

Visitors

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 .

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 .

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!

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!

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!

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 !