newsletter Slane road June 2016

Mother Hubbards Newsletter

June 2016

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to everyone celebrating their big day during June. We hope you have a wonderful day.

Topic of the Month

Recycling

With the introduction of charges for waste collection by weight pending in July, recycling is on people’s minds more than ever now. Below is a list of the items which can and cannot be currently recycled. The Montessori and preschool groups will be covering recycling as a theme over the coming weeks.

The following items CAN be recycled:

·        Drink cans and food tins

·        Tetra-Pak cartons

·        Newspapers, pamphlets, envelopes, books, magazines, paper bags

·        All plastic bottles

·        Cardboard

The following items CANNOT be recycled:

·        Plastic bags – black bags, bin liners, shopping bags, bread wrappers, crisp bags

·        Coal bags, compost and fertiliser bags, pet-food bags or pouches

·        Plastic film – cling film, wrappers, packaging, bubble wrap

·        Hard plastics – toys etc

·        Tin-foil or tin trays – i.e. disposable barbecue trays, take-away food containers

·        No meat, poultry or fish (raw or cooked) wrappers, trays or packaging

·        Glass/ceramics

·        Clothes/shoes

·        Green waste (kitchen or garden)

Important Dates for your Diary

Monday 7^th June is a bank holiday and the centre will be closed for all children.

Montessori & Preschool (Jenny, Grace & Gillian’s groups) will go on a trip to Red Mountain Open Farm on Thursday 16^th June – further details to follow.

Graduations will be as follows:
Montessori (Jenny & Grace):      Tuesday 21^st June

Preschool (Gillian):                   Wednesday 22^nd June

ECCE children’s last day            Wednesday 29^th June.

Final Thought

If your child is finishing with us at the end of June and embarking on their next adventure in life, we hope that your child has enjoyed their time with us. We would like to thank you, as parents, for your co-operation over the last number of months. We would like to wish all of the boys and girls well on the next chapter of their lives – big school and we will miss them all.

The Nothing Poem

When children come home
At the end of the day,
There’s a question they’re asked
As they scurry to play.

“Tell me, what did you do in school today?”
“Nothing. I did nothing today!”

Perhaps nothing means that I played with blocks.
Tied my own shoes, or found beautiful rocks.
Maybe the monarchs hatched today.
Or maybe I found a new friend to play.

Maybe today was the very first time
My scissors followed a very straight line.
Perhaps I learned a new song, and sang all the words,
Or I touched a feather from the strangest of birds.

When you’re in preschool and your heart has wings,
“Nothing” can mean some wonderful things!

~ Author Unknown

Ongar Newsletter June 2016

Mother Hubbards Newsletter

May/June 2016

Dear Parents,

Welcome to our latest newsletter.

The children are as busy as ever! The Montessori and ECCE classes are doing lots of preparation for their graduations and the after schoolers are getting ready for their summer camp and helping their teachers to come up with lots of fun ideas for activities. We are all enjoying the longer days and we love when the sun comes out to play! It’s great to get outdoors so much more now!

We know you are all busy but we really appreciate you taking the time to read our newsletter as there are some important notices.

Happy birthday to everyone celebrating their big day during the months of May and June. We hope you have a wonderful day. Children are more than welcome to celebrate their birthday at Mother Hubbards. If sending in a cake it must be shop bought and unopened in the original packaging due to HSE regulations.

ECCE 2016 – 17

Children who will be 3 years from June 30^th are entitled to avail of their free preschool (ECCE) year in September 2016 also you can avail for 2 years. We are currently taking bookings. Please contact us to book a place or if you have any queries. Remember to tell any neighbours or friends who might have children in this age range as places book up fast.

Illness Policy

We would like to remind our parents of our illness policy.

Full details can be found in the Parents Handbook or in our Policies and Procedures folder, located in the hallway at the entrance

Children should not attend the service if they are ill and staff should be informed of any illness they may have had so we can be vigilant for spread of illness to other children and staff. The following common illnesses exclude a child from the service:

Temperature        Over 37.5 degrees Celsius

Diarrhoea             More than twice in last 48 hours

Vomiting              more than once in last 48 hours

Conjunctivitis                 First 2 days at home and then once eyes stop weeping

Chickenpox           7 days from appearance of rash

Scarlet Fever         Can return to service after 1 full day of antibiotics & once blisters dry up

Hand, Foot &        Exclusion period is one week

Mouth

Staff must be informed if medication has been given prior to their child attending the service.

Toys in Crèche

We would like to remind parents that children can bring their cuddly toy just to help them settle this will be between teacher and their parent but we cannot be responsible for toys that are lost or broken, which does happen a lot. We also arrange show and tell days to allow children to bring one special toy from time to time.

Summer Camp

We are delighted to announce that our annual Summer Camp will be returning for the months of July and August. Our summer camp will be starting on the 04^th July 2016(Monday). It runs from 9am to 1pm. 5 days a week, parents can pick and choose the weeks they need.

The cost for 3 – 5 year olds is €65 per week.

The cost for 5 – 9 year olds is €75 per week.  

Other Notices If your child is finishing with us at the end of June and embarking on their next adventure in life, we hope that your child has enjoyed their time with us. We would like to thank you, as parents, for your co-operation over the last number of months. We would like to wish all of the boys and girls well on the next chapter of their lives – big school and we will miss them all.

Please note that our opening hours are 7.15am – 6.30pm sharp. We ask that all our parents to arrive on time to collect their children.

We are coming in to summer and hopefully the sun will shine! J  Please send in sun cream and a sun hat for your child with their name on it.

Many thanks from all the staff at Mother Hubbards J

Important Dates for your Diary

Montessori Speech and Drama play will be on the 15^th of June 2016.

Graduations

Montessori (Lydia & Marta’s class) will have their Graduation on the 23^rd of June

ECCE (Sarah & Nicola’s class) will have their Graduation on the 15^th of June

ECCE (Malgorata’ sGosia class) will have their Graduation on the 14^th of June

ECCE (Aoife’s class) will have their Graduation on the 17^th of June

Thank you from all the team in Mother Hubbards Ongar!

Mother Hubbard’s,

6 The Avenue,

Ongar Village,

Ongar,

Dublin 15

01-8260055

Newsletter Flowerhill road June 2016

Mother Hubbards Newsletter

June 2016

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Oliver and Aimilios in Montessori class and Tadhg in Afterschool Club celebrating their big day during June. We hope you have a wonderful day!!!

MONTESSORI TRIP

Montessori class will go on a trip to Red Mountain Open Farm in Donore on Tuesday 14^th June. We will be leaving at 9am sharp and return at 12.30pm approx. Due to the unpredictable weather can parents please ensure that their children have raincoats and wellies or sun hats and all children must have sun cream applied prior to arriving at crèche that morning. Children should bring a packed lunch & extra drink, as we will be having a picnic while at the centre. 

Graduation!

The Montessori children will hold their annual Graduation Ceremony on Friday 24th of June at 11.30 am. Light refreshments will be provided after. We look forward to seeing you all there!!

Farewell Party

On the Wednesday 29^th June we will be having a farewell party for all children who have attended Mother Hubbards during this Year.

The Montessori Children will finish up on Wednesday 29^th at 12pm. We would like to say a big farewell to the children and we wish them the best of luck in big school in September.

Summer 2016

Our Flowerhill centre will be closed for the months of July and August. All children will attend our Slane Road centre instead. Children’s days / hours will remain unchanged, however we kindly ask if you are taking holidays etc. that you let us know in advance so we know what cover is required etc.

Summer camp this year will be held in our Slane Road Centre for July and August (from 9.00am to 1.00pm). The emphasis in the camp is on fun and enjoyment for all. The camp provides a wide and varied programme of activities to suit all age groups. Children who attend summer camp must be 3years or over and be toilet trained. If you are interested in your child attending the camp please secure a place by calling in and leaving a deposit of €20 in the office with the centre manager.

Reminder

As the summer is here and the weather hopefully gets warmer we at Mother Hubbards would like to remind you to please provide clearly labelled sun cream and sunhats for your children, if you have not done so already!

All ECCE Montessori sessional children should have sun cream applied prior to arriving at crèche every morning. Thank you!

ECCE September 2016

We have few last places still available for our ECCE class in September 2016. Please contact
a member of staff if you have any queries or to book a place. During July / August please direct all queries to our Slane Road Centre on 046 9059967 and specify that you would prefer a place in the Flowerhill centre.

Final Thought

If your child is finishing with us at the end of June and embarking on their next adventure in life, we hope that your child has enjoyed their time with us. We would like to thank you, as parents, for your co-operation over the last number of months. We would like to wish all of the boys and girls well on the next chapter of their lives – big school and we will miss them all.

End of Year Poem Author Unknown

You’re a very special person,
And we wanted you to know,
How much we enjoyed being your teachers.
How fast the years did go!

Please come back to visit us
As through the grades you grow,
Try hard to learn all that you can
There is so much to know!

The one thing we tried to teach you
To last your whole life through,
Is to know that you are SPECIAL
There is no one else like you!

Newsletter Nephin Road

Mother Hubbards Newsletter

June 2016

Hi everyone, welcome to our June Newsletter. It is very busy in the centre during the month of June. Just last week we had our Graduation for 2016 where 22 children between ECCE and Montessori celebrated their time here in Mother Hubbards. It was a wonderful tear filled morning, Emma Jane, Megan and Laura put a lot of work into it and we hope you enjoyed it. To all the children who graduated last week we want to wish them all the best in their new schools in September.

To all the pre-schoolers who will be spending the extra year with us, we look forward to having loads of fun during the summer months and starting a new year in September.

News from our Babies and Toddlers

Our Babies and Toddlers are always on the move whether it’s starting to take a few steps or learning new words or songs. Every day brings something new and exciting.

This month the babies have been getting messy doing gluing and sticking as well as painting their Under the sea display. We painted different colours. Our Zoo trip theme had us making lion masks and making our own tickets.

The toddlers are getting ready for summer. We had lots of fun painting and gluing and sticking to make our summer wall of clothes and our trip to the beach. We are loving the sunny weather and we’re spending lots of time outside doing sand play and having picnics.

Pre-Montessori

Our Pre-Monti’s are so busy the last few weeks learning about butterflies, frogs and our solar system. At the end of June some of the children will be transitioning into our big Montessori room, I know Ronke and Diana will be very sad to see them go.

Montessori & ECCE

Both groups have been learning all about summer time in the past few weeks. Now that graduation is over its relaxing time in pre-school. The children will be doing a lot of natural activities such as planting, water play and especially digging. Some of the Montessori boys are responsible for the large hole underneath the slide, they have enjoyed scooping and digging for the past number of weeks out in the garden. It’s a pity the weather has changed back to rain but fingers crossed the lovely sunshine will return and we can enjoy a wonderful summer camp.

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to everyone celebrating their big day during the month of June and in the coming months. We hope you have a wonderful day. We love celebrating Birthdays here, if you wish to send in a cake please make sure it is store bought and in its original packaging as per TUSLA regulations.

Transitioning to Primary School

It’s that time of year again, ‘BIG SCHOOL’ awaits a lot of our pre-schoolers in September. Transitioning to primary school is a very sensitive period in a child’s life and it is very important that we keep things very positive and exciting when talking about primary school.

Summer Activities

Staff are in the process of planning the Summer activities for July and August. We will have these plans finalised in the next few days. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas for themes, activities or trips please let us know.

Speech and Drama

Our speech and drama play will take place on Friday 17^th June at 11am. Hilary will do a rehearsal for the play from 9.30-10.30 so please ensure that your child is in before 9.30am on Friday morning. There will be tea and refreshments from 10.15am onwards down in the ECCE room for everyone. All welcome

Staff News

Emma Jane will be finishing up and beginning her maternity leave soon. Her last day will be Friday 8^th July. We want to wish Emma Jane and her husband Eoin all the best as they await the arrival of their first baby.

Ronke will be finishing up with us for the summer months of July and August. Ronke will return fully energised J (we hope) in September.

You may all have met Catherine Kennedy who has been a student here with us since October 2015. Catherine has since passed all her exams and completed her Level 5 in Childcare. We are very proud of all the work she has put in. Catherine will also be helping us out for cover during the Summer months as the girls head off on holidays.

Reminders for Parents:

When making fee payments through the bank please use your child’s full name as a reference for standing orders as it will help us to ensure quick and correct allocations of payments.

Please ensure all doors and gates are closed behind you when you are entering/leaving the children’s centre.

There are boxes in the front hall with clothes that have no names on them. Please have a look through them to see if they belong to your child.

Please label your child’s clothes to avoid confusion as a lot of children have the same jackets and coats.

Also just a gentle reminder that this centre closes at 6.00pm every evening. Please try and ensure your child is collected on time. If there is a chance you may be running late please contact the centre and let staff know.

Dates to Keep in your Diary

Friday June 17^th – Speech & Drama Play

Wednesday June 29^th – ECCE Class will finish.

Monday July 4^th – Beginning of Summer Camp