Mother Hubbards
Newsletter
February/March 2014
We
hope all the children and parents are settled back in after the Christmas and
New Year break.
Happy Birthday
We
have lots of birthdays in February and March.
Happy
birthday to everyone…..
·
Noah in Playschool turned 3
·
Grace in Montessori turned 4
·
Lucy in Montessori will be 4
·
Nina in Afterschool will be 7
·
Kacy in Afterschool will be 8
·
Charlie in Playschool will be 3
Fundraisers
National
Pyjama Day will be held on Friday 7th March. This is an annual event
organised by Early Childhood Ireland. Children and staff are invited to wear
their pyjamas to Mother Hubbards on this day and make a small
contribution. All money raised on Pyjama
Day is donated to the Irish Hospice
Foundation Homecare for Children Programme. This is always a very
successful event and the children and staff have great fun. Permission slips
and further information will be sent home nearer the date.
ECCE Bookings September 2014
We
are now taking bookings for this coming September for our ECCE class. Children born between 2nd February
2010 and 30th June 2011 will be entitled to this free preschool
year. If you have any children or have any friends with children who fall into
this age bracket, please contact us to book a place.
This Month’s Class Topics
The
Montessori group are currently learning the names of the continents. They have
been introduced to famous landmarks and tasted popular dishes from Europe so
far. Next stop – Africa!
Playschool
are starting the topic of Spring this week and are creating a lovely group
picture to display on their room wall. Hopefully, their lovely pictures might
encourage the sun to shine on us!
Interesting Article
Parents
often ask, what is the ‘right’ age to send their child to school at. It is often a difficult question to answer as
all children are different. Below is a link to an article which was published
recently in the Irish Independent that you may find to be an interesting read.
Reminders
·
Sessional Montessori will close Friday
14th February at 12.00pm for the February Mid Term Break and re open
Thursday 20th February at 9.00am.
·
We’d like to remind all parents to
please send coats/scarves/hats etc with your children and we will ensure they
wear them when going outside to play.
·
Sessional Montessori will also close
Friday 14th March at 12.00pm for the March Mid Term Break and re
open Wednesday 19th March at 9.00am.
·
If you have any news/suggestions you
would like to appear in our next newsletter, please let us know.
Valentine’s Heart Shaped Cookies
INGREDIENTS To
Decorate
150 g butter,
at room temperature icing
sugar
75 g caster sugar edible
glitter
225 g plain flour hundreds
and thousands
METHOD
1. Dice the butter into a big bowl. Add in the
flour, sugar and a pinch of salt. Gently rub in the butter with your fingertips
and make the dough into a ball. Wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for
15 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius /gas mark 4.
3. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll to about ½ cm thick.
2. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius /gas mark 4.
3. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll to about ½ cm thick.
4. Cut out heart
shapes with a biscuit cutter and lay on a lined baking sheet. Bake for 15-25
minutes, until light golden. Leave to cool on a rack.
5. To decorate the biscuits, mix together a few tablespoons of icing sugar with enough water to make a paste. Spread the icing onto the biscuits, or drizzle over in lattice patterns. You can then dip the biscuits into edible glitter, or sprinkle with hundreds and thousands. Leave to set before eating.
5. To decorate the biscuits, mix together a few tablespoons of icing sugar with enough water to make a paste. Spread the icing onto the biscuits, or drizzle over in lattice patterns. You can then dip the biscuits into edible glitter, or sprinkle with hundreds and thousands. Leave to set before eating.
Mother Hubbard’s,
151 Blackcastle Lodge,
Flowerhill, Navan
Co. Meath
046-9070558