Mother Hubbard’s Newsletter
March 2012
Look who has a birthday this month…
- Tomasz in the Montessori room turns 4 years old
- Armandes in the Montessori room who turns 4 years old
- Jakob in the Afterschool room who turns 12 years old
- Ryan in the Afterschool room who turns 11 years old
- Nina in the Afterschool room who turns 5 years old
Hope you all have a lovely birthday!
Welcome
We would like to welcome Jonathan, Gabriel and their parents to our Montessori class. We hope you are very happy here with us at Mother Hubbards.
We would also like to welcome Caley O’Neill who is studying for her Fetac Level 5 and is here on a work experience placement with us on Thursdays and Fridays.
Cliona Martin is also a work experience student who has been here with us since early 2011 on work placement on Thursdays and Fridays also for parents who haven’t met her. She is studying Childcare and Montessori level 6.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Julieann and John Paul Nevin on the birth of their baby boy.
Pyjama Day
This year we will hold our annual pyjama day on Friday 23rd March in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) ‘Children’s Hospice Home Care Programme’. This organisation offers support to families who are caring for seriously ill children in their own homes. As a supporter, you make a difference to the lives of families who are struggling through difficult times.
. All children should have received their sponsorship cards at this stage. We ask for a €5 donation per family on the day for this worthy cause. Children can come in dressed in their pyjamas, slippers and dressing gowns on the day. They can bring in a teddy, blanket, sleeping bags, pillows on the day also if they wish to do so. We will also be taking photos of the children on the day to send into the local newspaper so don’t forget to sign the permission form in your child’s classroom before the 23rd!!!
Easter break
A reminder to all the parents of Montessori sessional children that we are closing for the Easter break on Friday 30th March and re-opening on Monday 16th April.
Spare Clothes
Could all parents please ensure that their child has a full change of clothes left in the centre in the event of your child maybe needing a change of clothes while they are in our care. Accidents can happen…drinks spilling, water play, toileting etc. so it is always useful to have a change for each child, just in case!!!
Toys
We would like to ask parents to not allow their child to bring toys into the centre as we cannot be responsible for looking after them. They can get lost or broken and cause unnecessary upset and confusion between the children. More often than not the child puts the toy down when they enter their class and its forgotten about after minutes so if it’s a case that they are insisting on bringing something with them in the mornings please take it with you once you drop your child off and bring it back at home-time if you wish to do so.
Also we have noticed some of the children in the centre putting some of the small toys e.g. cars, lego, jig-saw pieces etc. into their pockets while here in their classrooms. We would ask parents if they find their child with any of the toys/equipment from here in their childs pockets at home to please return them. As you can understand, a jig-saw is not much good for the children when there are missing pieces to the puzzle. Thank you.
Fundraiser
In our Ongar Centre we got news that Ben, who was part of our Junior Afterschoolers has been diagnosed with leukaemia recently, he is currently undergoing treatment in St. Johns Ward, Crumlin Hospital
It was suggested by a parent that staff, parents, family and friends could take part in the Women’s Mini Marathon in June in aid of St John’s
The website to register for the marathon is http://www.florawomensminimarathon.ie/
Alternatively if you would like to make a donation follow this link: http://cmrf.org/sponsorshipPage/show/935
What have we been doing lately…
Montessori children
We have been busy learning all of our sounds, letters and numbers. We learned all about healthy eating and the food pyramid and even did some food tasting ourselves!!! We have been learning about life cylces and have planted some carrots, tomatoes and onions…now to watch them grow!! We will be planting some sunflowers also to link in with National Pyjama Day. We also had a lovely parade for St. Patrick’s Day and made some lovely photo frames for our Mums for Mother’s Day.
Afterschool Children
We have been enjoying playing football outdoors in the afternoons. We have also been getting creative with the sand outdoors. We enjoyed the St. Patricks Day celebrations. We will be planting sunflowers also to link in with this years Pyjama Day and we will be making some funny cress heads to display and look after in our classroom.
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Our website is:
http://www.motherhubbardschildcare.ie/
151 Blackcastle Lodge Phone: 046-9070558
Flowerhill Fax: 046-9070670
Navan E-Mail: flowerhill@motherhubbardschildcare.ie