Mother Hubbard’s Childcare
Newsletter February-March 2013
Firstly we would like to welcome Our
Montessori class back from the mid-term and hope you all enjoyed the break.
Birthdays… 
In February Conor in the Toddler Room has turned
one and Gracie in Montessori turned four.
In
March both Ethan and Connor in Pre-Montessori 1 will be turning three
and in Montessori Olivia, Shay and Armandas will all turn four. We
wish them all a Big Happy Birthday from us all here at Mother Hubbard’s.
Fundraising
Cake
Sale 
We
held a cake sale in our centre to raise funds for Meath Palliative Care and the
Cancer Day Unit, at Tallaght
Hospital
Upcoming Events
Pyjama
Day
We
will be taking part in pyjama day again this year which will be held on the 8th of March 2013 .
Children will wear their pyjamas to crèche on this day
and each family will receive a sponsorship card to fill in as
best they can. The NCNA pyjama day raises funds for Make a Wish Foundation.
Participation in this event is optional but we would like all to participate
including staff. We hope everyone has a really fun day!
Remember Mother’s Day March 10th!!
Dates for your Calendar
The
centre will close for St. Patrick’s Day on Monday the 18th of March
and will re-open Tuesday the 19th of March; this
excludes Montessori session as they will return on Wednesday the 20th
of March.
We
will also close the 29th of March for Good Friday and the 1st
of April for Easter Monday. Montessori session have their mid-term from the 25th
of March to the 5th of April.
What we are doing in the rooms this month
Toddlers
Toddlers
celebrated Conor’s first birthday this month and love blossomed as Valentine’s
Activities got underway. They have been enjoying getting involved in spring
activities doing many things such as messy play, hand and foot prints for their
collage displayed in their room. The toddler room are currently working on
their Transport theme, sponge painting and finger painting all types of
transport. They will also begin planning activities for St. Patrick’s Day,
Mother’s day and Easter.
Playschool
In
playschool the children are enjoying a new part to their routine, brushing
their teeth they really enjoy this and have a song to encourage their interest
also. Hygiene can be made fun! They have been having lots of fun learning about
the different types of transport decorating pictures of planes, cars etc.,
using different techniques such as sticking and gluing and painting to add to
their Transport collage. They also have been learning about spring and the
different types of animals and flowers associated with this season. The
children will enjoy making cards and decorations for upcoming events to take
home and decorate their room for St. Patrick’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter.
Valentines activities in playschool were really fun and enjoyed as the children
planted beautiful flowers and decorations for their Mammy’s and Daddy’s for
Valentine’s Day.
Pre-Montessori
1
The
Pre-Montessori 1 children have made beautiful Valentine’s Day decorations,
cards, flowers and participated in a group activity, finger painting a
Valentine’s Day wall display for their room. They also had great fun doing Duck
Races using straws, they really enjoyed this. They will be preparing and busy
on decorating their room for St. Patrick’s Day and Easter, not forgetting
Mother’s Day the children will make cards for their mammy’s to take home.
Pre-Montessori 1 children are looking for to baking for Easter and having their
Easter hunt. The Children enjoy the festivities and activities involved in
these events.
Pre-Montessori
2
The
children in Pre-Montessori 2 were learning about spring this term, learning
about the flowers growing, baby lambs being born and also the weather getting
warmer (fingers Crossed). The children had great fun doing colouring activities
associated with spring. The children in pre-Montessori 2 made beautiful
Valentine’s Day cards and book markers for their parents, along with colouring
and painting Valentine’s Day pictures to decorate their room. March will be a
busy month for the children as they will have St. Patrick’s Day, Mother’s Day
and Easter to look forward to as they plan to decorate their room, make cards
and bake some nice treats for their mammy’s. They are also very excited about
their Easter egg hunt.
Montessori
In Montessori
this term they are busy with their arts and crafts basing them around
Valentine’s Day, Occupations, spring and Hygiene. The children in Montessori
are working hard on their sounds and doing really well with their homework
bringing in items for the sound box each week and working on their sound and
number booklets preparing for big school in September. During circle time the
children are reminding themselves about manners, being kind and gentle to one
another which are important life skills. The children had loads of free play,
outdoor play and baking which they contributed to our cake sale. They are
looking forward to learning about St. Patrick’s and basing their arts and
crafts on this topic. The children have also not forgotten Mother’s Day and of
course Easter as they are excited about these events and their festivities. The
children in Montessori are working hard and will continue to along with plenty
of fun activities such as dancing, musical chairs and many more.
Homework
Club
The
after school children have been busy doing their homework Monday to Thursday.
Also some of our second class children are preparing for First Holy Communion
this term. Fridays are NO homework Fridays which are known to the children as
Fun Day Friday. Children love this as it is when they can be hands on being
creative with Arts and Crafts, Painting, Outdoor Play (weather permitting) and
baking. The children also took part in Valentine’s Day Festivities. They will
also be very busy decorating the room for St. Patrick’s Day and will also bake
some tasty treats.It’s a busy time for all the children!!
Outdoors
The
children are taken outside as much as possible so we would like to take this
opportunity to remind all parents as we never know what our weather is like in Ireland
Recycling
conserves our natural resources and uses less energy from the environment.
Saving energy in Ireland
We
at Mother Hubbard’s, at the moment in our centre we are currently looking for
used batteries and unwanted shoes for recycling. There are two boxes located in
the centre for these items if you wish to deposit any of either item’s we would
greatly appreciate your contribution.
Enrolment for Montessori, September 2013
(ECCE)
At
this moment we are currently full for our Montessori session in September 2013.
There is a waiting list at present so if you wish to enrol your child or know
anyone interested in enrolling their child please take note of this and inform
them of this procedure. Places will be allocated if an additional room becomes
available. People on our waiting list will be given first refusal.
Opening and Closing Times
We
would like to take this opportunity to remind all parents about are opening and
closing times. They are Monday to Friday 7:30am-6:00pm
sharp. We would appreciate it if all parents could adhere to these times. Also
part-time children need to be collected on time also. Can all parents please
ensure that they don’t park in front of the centre at the following times below
as we need the space for our bus driver,
1.30-2.00pm
Thank
You!
Satisfaction Survey
In
relation to our satisfaction survey we would like to thank all parents who
completed them and for their feedback.
Reminder
Montessori
session will have their Easter mid-term on the 25th of March till 5th
of April 2013 .
Mother Hubbards, 56 Black castle Demense, Slane Road,
Navan. 046-9059967 Website;
www.motherhubbardschildcare.ie E-mail; navan@motherhubbardschildcare.ie