Mother Hubbards Newsletter
September/ October 2012
Happy Birthday!!
Caitlin in playschool was 2 in September
Evanna in playschool was 2 in September
Sophie in pre Montessori was 3 in September
Cathal in pre Montessori was 3 in September
Lucy in pre Montessori will be 3 in October
Caoimhe in Montessori was 4 in September
Jack in Montessori was 4 in October
We would like to welcome all our new children who
joined us in Montessori, Toddlers, Pre-Montessori and Afterschool. They have all settled in well since starting
and are really enjoying themselves!!
Congratulations to Rachel and Ian on the birth of
their bay boy Max.
Congratulations to Victoria and Robert on their
marriage last Thursday the 4th October. We all at Mother Hubbard’s
would like to wish them all the best for their Future!!
Congratulations to our area manager Catherine and
Ollie on the birth of baby Cillian!
ECCE Scheme
Thank you all for your co-operation in filling in all
the forms as required by the Dept of Children & Youth Affairs (DCYA) for
the ECCE scheme this year. Parents who are
due to receive their booking deposit will be refunded as soon as all the
registrations have been verified by the DCYA.
Class Times
Our Montessori class sessions are from 9.00am to 12.00pm .
Some children are pre-booked
to arrive at an earlier time or to remain on for collection at a later
time. We would ask parents to adhered to
the agreed times, as it as affects the afternoon sessions and therefore
disrupts the staff lunchtime rota.
Opening Hours
We would like to remind parents that the centre opens
from 7.30am to 6.00pm sharp!!
Fundraising!!
Operation Christmas Child
This year Mother Hubbard’s are taking part in
Operation Christmas Child. This is a charity initiative run by the Samaritans,
you are asked to fill a shoebox with different gifts for Christmas for a child
in some of the world poorest countries. Parents will receive a leaflet shortly
explaining how to fill your shoe boxes and any parent who wish to participate
please note boxes have to be in by the 11th of November!! Thank you!
We will be having our annual Cheerio’s
Child line Breakfast Appeal on Thursday the 11th of October.
We will be having lots of fun on this day!! Children can wear in their pyjamas
and for snack we will have lots of yummy Breakfast treats like French toast/toast,
fruit and Cheerio’s!!! A donation box will be left in the hall way for any
donations you wish to make to Child line!! Thank You!
What
been happening in the rooms this month?
Toddlers painted our Autumn tree and finger painted orange and
green leaves. We sponge painted our
Autumn animals the hedgehog and the squirrel.
We had lots of fun doing group activities – painting, gluing, chalk,
music and dance and free play.
We made a splash with
water play and bubbles and got our hands dirty with the sand. We also enjoyed messy play.
Toddlers love to go
for walks outside and wrap up warm to play in the garden.
We are looking forward
to learning about parts of our body and looking forward to Halloween --
Halloween fun and frolics!
Playschool In playschool this month we have been busy with Our
Autumn theme. We have been learning
about the different animals related to Autumn and basing our arts and crafts
around Our theme making leaf men and autumn collages using different materials
and techniques. Next on our plan is “All
about me” where we will make family trees, and base our activities on
this. Halloween will soon be with us and
the children in playschool are excited about our Halloween festivities, parties
and dressing up. Also this month the
children have learned a new song about numbers, helping them learn to count
from 1-10.
Pre-Montessori - In Pre-Montessori we would like to give a big
welcome to all the children who have started, they are all settling in
well! The children have being learning
about Autumn. They have coloured and
glued squirrels. They have painted and
glued trees and hand/finger painted trees.
The children have being busy outside in the garden playing with the sand
and on the slides and running around and playing with the balls etc. We also have been doing a lot of baking and
making rice-krispy buns.
For the month of
October the children will be learning about Halloween and making lots of things
for Halloween and making lots of things for Halloween like spiders, bats,
pumpkins etc. We will also be having a
fancy dress Party, lots of treats….yummy!!!
Montessori have been
1)
Settling into our new classroom
2)
How to work, talk in the classroom and how to carry a
chair. We learned the clean up song.
3)
Classroom manners, respect for each other, being kind
and helpful. We learned the “Please” and
“Thank You” song.
4)
Autumn – key facts about Autumn, we learned about the
Hedgehog. We learned our Autumn songs
“All the leaves are falling down and read stories about hedgehogs.
5)
We did finger painting – our Autumn trees and put on
display we made our birthday name train on display in class
6)
Baking cornflake buns
Reminder
to parents 
Can we remind parents to bring in wellies and
raincoats for all children- please ensure that they are labelled clearly with
their child’s name. Also can all parents ensure that their child has a spare
set of clothes in the crèche as they may need to be changed after water play or
when they go outside!!
We ask all parents of after school children to send in
a spare set of clothes with their child everyday in their school bags. This is
to ensure that children are as comfortable as possible after their day at school
and that their uniforms stay clean!!
We would also like to
remind all parents that we are closed the 29th of October for the
bank holiday!! Montessori sessionals will have their Halloween mid term from
Monday 29th October – Friday 2nd November (inclusive).
The centre is closed
Monday the 29th October for the Bank Holiday!
Halloween
Parties:
Toddlers & Playschool will have their Party on Friday
the 26th October.
Pre-Montessori will be having their Party on Wednesday
the 24th October.
Montessori and Afterschool will be having their Party
on Friday the 26th October.
Halloween
Halloween is coming up at the end of this month!!!
Here’s a spooky recipe for you to make to mark the occasion….
1.
MERINGUE SKELETON BONES
3 large egg whites
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/8 tsp. salt
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 large egg whites
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/8 tsp. salt
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
·
Preheat
oven to 200 degrees.
·
Line
cookie sheet with brown paper bag or parchment.
·
In
a medium sized bowl at high speed, beat egg whites, cream of tartar and
salt till fluffy.
·
Gradually
beat in sugar and add vanilla.
·
Place
in pastry bag fitted with a medium plain piping tip.
Pipe 3" bone shapes onto parchment or brown paper bag.
Pipe 3" bone shapes onto parchment or brown paper bag.
·
Bake
1 hour until set. Turn off oven, dry in oven 1 hour. Makes 4 to 5 dozen.
Happy Halloween
Everyone!
Mother Hubbards,
56 Black castle Demesne,
046- -9059967 E-mail;
navan@motherhubbardschildcare.ie