Author: GCC

Eastwood Nursery School
Term 3 Newsletter— January-April 2020

General Information

Welcome back everyone and we are so glad to be back into the swing of things after our festive break and are ready to get busy in the term ahead.
We would like to say welcome to all our new children and families who have joined us this month we are looking forward to working together with you.
Also a thank you to all our returning families for their continued support.

TOY FUND TUESDAY
Pay weekly -£2.00
Pay Termly (term time) - £26
Pay Termly (50 weeks) - £30
Your continued support is important to us and the toy fund will provide baking materials, new resources and helps pay for celebrations. Thank you to parents who have already paid this term, if you have not paid yet this can be paid at the front office. Thank you again

WEATHER APPROPRIATE CLOTHING
Due to the change of seasons, please ensure your child has indoor shoes to change into when they come to nursery. This is for the comfort of your child and to try and keep the playrooms as clean and dry as possible. Please also ensure your child has appropriate clothing for the outdoor weather. Including hats, scarves and gloves. A change of clothes should also be provided which can be placed in their bag at their peg.

REMINDER!!!
All parents/carers must ensure they arrive in plenty of time to pick up their child. Unfortunately there have been a number of late comings lately and this can affect the service provided including your child’s learning and education. Staff/child ratios can be affected and therefore becomes an insurance issue.
Please be aware that the nursery building closes at 6pm therefore please come early enough to receive any feedback and allow time to exit the building. If you would like to discuss this or have any questions please speak to Angela McBride Head of Nursery.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Friday 7th In-Service Day 5 - Nursery closed to all children
Monday 10th & Tuesday 11th February - Mid-Term break (Term time children only)
Wednesday 12th February In-Service Day 6 - Nursery closed to all children
Monday 6th April to Friday 17th April — Easter Break (Term Time Children only)
Friday 10th April — Good Friday and Monday 13th —E aster Monday the nursery will be closed to all children.

Find us on Facebook at Eastwood NS GCC to keep up to date with all the nursery news.
Our Twitter name is @EastwoodNS_GCC

NEW WEBSITE
We are very excited to announce that our nursery is currently having a new website developed. This is how it looks so far.
We will keep you posted when our new website goes live for viewing. If you have any suggestions on what you would like to see on the new website please let us know.

SeeSaw—Online Learning Journals
This term a select few groups will pilot SeeSaw—a secure online learning journal where keyworkers can document on what your child is learning at nursery. Your child will be able to add and reflect on the things we work on (including photos, videos, drawings and voice recordings) to their Seesaw journal and we can share them privately with you and other family members to view and comment on throughout the curricular year. If your child is in Gavin’s Group, Julie Gilmour’s Group, Maryanne’s Group or Elizabeth’s Group please ensure you have completed a consent form for this to be used as a means of documenting. Parent’s will gain access to their child’s learning journal at the end of Plan 4. We ask that you give us this time to get to know the software and build up some of your child's learning.

CONTACT DETAILS
Please remember to update your contact details with our clerical Sharon if they have changed for any reason.