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Eastwood Nursery School
Term 1 Newsletter 2021

We would like to welcome back all of our children and parents. It has been another difficult and uncertain year but we hope we can now provide routine, stability and a nurturing, safe environment for you and your child.

Staff Update
Shauni has now finished up for maternity leave and welcomed a healthy baby boy in August Baby Aidan.
Chloe our modern apprentice completed her training and is now a qualified Child Development Officer Well Done Chloe.
Chloe will be staying at Eastwood for the moment and is covering the Blue group within the 3-5 room.
Danielle Sharp has sadly left Team Eastwood and moved to a nursery closer to home we would like to wish Danielle all the best in her new nursery.

New Children
We would like to welcome our new children and families who have been settling over the last couple of weeks and continue to settle in the coming weeks.
You can follow the nursery on Twitter - @EastwoodNS_GCC or
Facebook - Closed group – Eastwood Nursery School GCC
Or check out our new website www.eastwood-nursery.glasgow.sch.uk

Nursery Fund —Aug—Oct
Pay weekly—£2.00
Pay Termly (term time) - £18
Pay Termly (50 weeks) - £20
Your continued support is important to us and the nursery fund will provide baking materials, new resources and helps pay for celebrations. Thank you to all parents who have already paid this term. Toy fund is particularly crucial during these uncertain times. If your child enters nursery through the front door you can pay toy fun on a Tuesday and if your child enters through the side door this will be paid on a Wednesday. Please pay this to a member of management or Sharon.
Birthday Fund
To ensure all children and treated equally we will provide a small party for your child on their birthday all we ask is that you pay £4 which will allow us to buy a small cake and some treats.

Dates for your Diary
Holidays and In-service days for 2021 –2022 are attached to this newsletter.
If you have any questions please come and speak to myself or any member of the management team .
Angela McBride
Head of Nursery

SeeSaw
We will continue to use SeeSaw to upload any work your child has been learning during their time at nursery. Please look out for some home learning activities which you can complete as home with your child.
If any new parents do not have access to seesaw please speak to a member of the management team and we will get you set up.

What should I do if my child is sick?
If your child has sickness or diarrhoea they should be absent from nursery until at least 48 hours after their last bout.
If your child is on antibiotics please ensure you child has had this medicine for at least 48 hours before returning to nursery.
Although under 5’s no longer require to self isolate or be tested for Covid19 if contacted through track and trace however if your child develops any of the symptoms whilst at nursery you will be asked to collect your child and be asked to have them tested.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/coronavirus-in-children/
https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/does-my-child-need-a-covid-19-test#link1
Please call the nursery to let us know your child will be absent that day so we can let their keyworker know.
The nursery phone number is
0141 632 9773
If your child requires any medication whilst as nursery this must be prescribed and labelled by a doctor and forms completed before we can administer any medication this includes any nappy creams also.

Nursery questionnaires
If your child has recently started at Eastwood nursery we will be handing out some questionnaires for you to complete. We would greatly appreciate if these could be handed back into the office or a photograph taken and sent to the headteacher email. This allows us to continually monitor and improve our settling in process.
headtecher@eastwood-nursery.glasgow.sch.uk

Spare clothes
Can we ask that you please provide a few pairs of spare clothes to keep in your child’s nursery bag. This will help out if your child has any accidents, gets wet during outdoor or water play or needs a change for any other reason. We are extremely low on clothing which may require a phone call if your child needs changed.
What to include
Pants
Socks
Trousers
Tops

Outdoor Play
Can all parents be aware that all children will be accessing the outside area. It is important that all children have the essential outdoor clothes these are
Jacket
Gloves
Scarves
Hats
Wellie Boots.
Wetsuit
Outdoor plays supports a healthy and active lifestyle offering freedom and movement promoting a sense of wellbeing.
There has been research showing the huge benefits of children spending time outdoors.
The benefits are
Better brain development
Better bone and muscular Development
Better social and cognitive Development
Emotional wellbeing and less illness.

Updated Information
Care Plans
Over the next couple of weeks you will receive home a slip inviting you to update your child’s care plan. Please inform staff if the time does not suit and we will get this changed.
Emergency Information
We will be sending home personal information sheets for you to complete and return to ensure we have the most current and up to date information for you and your child. This helps us if we require to call you in an emergency.

Covid 19 Update
As we are all aware Covid 19 is very much still in the area and numbers are on the rise. To ensure the nursery can run as smoothly as possible we ask that all parents continue to wear face coverings (unless exempt) when dropping off and collecting your child and continue to social distance when in the nursery grounds.
Changes to service
Recently we have had to make some minor changes to the service and adjust children’s timings. This is something that may continue to happen during the next couple of months due to staff either contracting Covid19 or having to self isolate awaiting results of PCR tests before retuning to work.
We will try and prevent this as best as possible however could happen at short notice.
We would like to thank all our children and families for the continued support and together we can get through this,

Parent Volunteers
We are looking for some volunteers to help build some things for the nursery garden and help out around the garden if you are interested in this please speak to Pamela Mooney our outdoor coordinator or a member of the management team.

Management Team

Angela McBride
Head of Nursery

Kirsty Brand
Depute Head of Nursery

Kerri Blair
Team Leader

Important Dates
September Weekend
Friday 24 September 2021
Monday 27 September 2021
October Week
Friday 8 October 2021 (In-Service Day)
Monday 11 to Friday 15 October 2021 (October Week)
December - Christmas and New Year
Thursday 23 December 2021 - Tuesday 4 January (Christmas holidays)
January
Nursery return on Wednesday 5 January 2022
February Mid-term break
Monday 14 February 2022
Tuesday 15 February 2022
Wednesday 16 February 2022 (In-service day)
April - Spring Holiday (Easter)
Monday 4th April—Tuesday 19th April
Good Friday 15 April 2022
Easter Monday 18 April 2022
Nursery returns on Tuesday 19 April 2022
May
Monday 2 May 2022 (May Holiday)
Thursday 5 May 2022 (In-Service day to coincide with Scottish Local Government Elections)
Friday 27 May 2022
June
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Friday, 3 June 2022 - Queen's jubilee.
Schools Close on Friday 24 June 2022
August
Monday 15 August 2022 (Return date for Teachers)
Wednesday 17th August 2022—Children return