Fisherrow Community Nursery

at The Fisherrow Centre, South Street, Musselburgh 07949 390 853 fisherrow@googlemail.com
Registered Scottish Charity Number SC000952

Nursery Manager/Teacher
December is upon us already Lots of Festive Craft work ahead, and preparing for our lovely Christmas th Performance. Please join us on Wednesday 12 December at 10am for our coffee morning and festive treats. The morning nursery will perform the Nativity Story and the afternoon children will join towards the end by performing songs and playing musical instruments. th On Monday 17 December we will have our Christmas Parties. If your child doesnt usually attend on a Monday morning or afternoon we will be delighted to welcome them to the parties. The Christmas parties are for ALL the children. Father Christmas will be visiting with a gift for every child. Morning parents welcome at 11.25 to see your child receive a gift from Father Christmas and afternoon parents welcome at 2.30pm. Caldwells the photographer would like all unwanted rd photographs back into nursery by Monday 3 December, along with any orders and payments. Many thanks. We are delighted to be able to take the morning nursery th children to Ocean Terminal on Tuesday 4 December. We will leave the nursery at 9.15am and return by 12am. During our visit we will buy a new nursery Bear, observe the decorations and enjoy a tasty snack. Thank you to the parents for offers of help. The library visit was a great success; we shared some new stories and added to the Christmas Tree display on the Library wall. The afternoon nursery is now open for 4 afternoons per week. We have welcomed new children to fill up all the sessions available. All morning parents were able to meet up with their key worker for parent consultations, thank you to the staff who prepared for the visits. The morning and afternoon drop in sessions were very busy, thank you for taking the time to take a look around. The Care Inspectorate have completed their Draft report, we gained 7 very goods and 2 goods. We are very pleased with the comments made. As soon as we get our official document I will do a summary for you, and the full report will be on our display board.
If you change nursery due to moving house or a placement elsewhere please give us a months notice to collate information for a smooth transition. Please speak to the staff if you have any questions or comments.

Dates for your diary.

Tues 4th Dec Morning Visit-Ocean Terminal th Dec Fri 7 Parent&Staff Night out Ravelston Wed 12th Dec Nursery Nativity&Coffee Morn Mon 17th Dec Nursery Christmas Parties am&pm Wed 19th Dec End of term for pm Nursery Thurs 20th Dec End of term for am Nursery Mon 7th Jan STAFF RESUME th Jan Tues 8 Children Return to AM & PM Nursery

December Newsletter. 2012.

If you have anything you would like to add to future Newsletters please let Sharon know.

Thank you. Attention Staff and Parents -Christmas Night out.

Ravelston House Hotel Friday 7th December 8pm ALL WELCOME 20 pounds (10 deposit required as soon as possible)

Afternoon Nursery
Gordon, Marianne and Morag are delighted to be a part of our afternoon nursery team. They lead and guide the children in a variety of activities. If your child has a special interests please inform a member of staff. During the next few weeks the children will be making and decorating a variety of Christmas crafts. th They will be singing in the nativity on Wednesday 12 Dec, coffee morning starts at 10am. Please come along if you can. th PARTY TIME on Monday 17 Dec, all afternoon children are welcome to join us at 1pm-2.45pm for games, fun, visit from Santa and party food. Parents welcome to come along at 2.30pm to see their child receive a gift from Santa.

Merry Christmas, Sharon Keulemans th If anyone can recommend a Papa Noel for the 17 December please speak to a member of staff. We will need one for 11.20am and 2.20pm. Many thanks.

Committee News
November has just flown by. The Christmas break will be here before we know it! We hope you have all got your shopping in? No excuse really, not after Leanne's very successful shopping night! Many thanks to Leanne and everyone who helped make it such a great night- and a big thank you to Leanne's Dad, Alan, for the use of the Store Club. Over 700 was raised, an excellent nights work. Looking ahead we have the Christmas Nativity and coffee morning on 12th December, Evie and some Committee members have been extremely busy collecting raffle prizes- we have an amazing array of prizes! We will also be selling a selection of small items, so hope you will come along to the coffee morning with Aunties, Grandparents and friends to support the Nursery and to see your Child in their cutest acting role to date! Its a must.. We would be delighted if you could also donate some of your tasty home baking for the occasion! Thank you very much. See you there and a Merry Christmas to all! Best wishes

Jackie. Chair Person We would like to welcome Leah and her family to the morning nursery, and Jaylon and Nathan and their families to the afternoon nursery. Im sure you will make them extremely welcome.
Committee Members
Chairperson Jackie(Alistair&Ewan) Secretary Demi(Aaron) Treasurer Flor(Brisa) Disclosure Scotland Hazel&Evie Staff Liaison Officer Leanne(Leia) Fee Collector Jo (Grace) Fundraiser Evie(Aurla) Grant Applications Catherine(Ethan) T-shirts Rhona(Hamish) Playground Development Sharon K Afternoon Liaison Officer Jen(Samantha) Other members welcome

Just a reminder. The clip board by the entrance to the nursery is not a register; please only tick the column when you have paid your 25pence per day for snack. We are trying to keep the payments low with increasing rises to the fruit bills. At present the snack pot seems to have depleted cash in it, please can you get up to date with snack payments. Thank you. .. Request from the Centre. Please double bag soiled nappies and only deposit them in the bin in the disabled toilet or in the large bins outdoors.

Congratulations Gordon on your Movember growth.. So far Gordon has managed to raise not only his masculinity but a tremendous 70, so far, for the worthy cause. Well done. .. Dont forget if you shop on line this Christmas to purchase through easyfundraising.org and register Fisherrow Nursery as your cause. The nursery will get a donation from the retailers. Sharon is the biggest contributor so far, can you beat her?

All are welcome to the committee meetings, please support. Next Meeting will be in January, keep an eye out on the notice board.

Fisherrow Community Nursery. Fisherrow. South St. Musselburgh. EH21 6AT 07949 390 853
fisherrow@googlemail.com

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