Nephin Roads April newsletter 2011

Mother Hubbard’s April Newsletter 2011

Birthdays

We have only one birthday this month and that’s Clodagh who was 3 years old.

Happy Birthday Clodagh!

Pyjama Day

We had a great day on PJ Day. The children had lots of fun in their pyjama’s. They made beds and had snack in bed!

Thanks to everyone who has brought back their sponsorship card. We have received €255 so far. If you have not brought back your card please have it back in the centre by Friday 8^th April. It’s for a great cause.

Dates for the Diary 

We are closed Friday 22^nd April for Good Friday & Monday 25^th April for Easter Monday.

We are also closed Monday the 3^rd of May for the bank holiday.

The Montessori sessional children will be on mid-term from 18^th – 29^th April inclusive.

Books

We would like to thank all the parents who donated their old books to the crèche. They are much appreciated. As you can imagine the books get ripped easily here with all the children! Keep bringing them in if you are throwing any away. Also thank you to the parents who brought in some of their toys they do not use anymore. The children here will get great use out of them!

Welcome

We would like to welcome Demi and her mam Lyndsey to the Toddler room. We hope you are very happy here.

Easter Raffle for Threshold

There are still some lines left to buy for the Easter egg raffle. If you wish to buy a line give your money into Amy in the baby room. €2 per line.

New Dinners/Snack

We have tried our new dinner Chilli Con Carne and it went down a treat. We will be doing this dinner instead of the Macaroni & Cheese as the children are not too keen on it.

The Tuna and Mayonnaise wraps went down well too. We’ll try them again and see how they go.

Suncream

Just a reminder for those who have not yet brought in suncream can you bring it in as soon as you can. Thank you.

Staff Training

Michelle & Ciara have recently completed their manual handling. Well done girls!

Afterschool

If you have not informed Catherine if your child will need afterschool in September 2011 can you please do as soon as possible?

Lost & Found

There is a bag in the cloakroom with clothes. Can you look through it to see if you own any of the items otherwise they will be given to charity?

Happy Easter

from all the Staff at Mother Hubbard’s

Mother Hubbard’s

19 Nephin Road,

Dublin 7

01 8688460

dublin7@motherhubbardschildcare.ie

www.motherhubbardschildcare.ie

Flowerhill March Newsletter 2011

Mother Hubbards Newsletter

March 2011

                                          Farewell

Sadly we say goodbye to Aisling our Montessori Teacher. We are very sad to see Aisling go but we wish her all the very best in the future and we would like to say a big thank you for being  such a great teacher.

                              

We would also like to say a very warm welcome to Maura our new Montessori Teacher who started this week. We hope Maura will be very happy here at Mother Hubbards.

                                       

Look who had a birthday this month…

Happy 4^th Birthday to Nina in the Montessori room who celebrated her birthday on Thursday!

                              

                                         Reminder

The Montessori ECCE Sessional children will finish for their Easter Holidays on Friday 15^th April at 12 pm and reopen on Monday 3^rd May at 9am. The school will be closed for all children on Friday 22^nd April ,Monday 25^th April and Monday 2^nd May.

LOOK…what’s been happening in your child’s class this Month…

                         

                                  Montessori Room

It has been non stop learning and fun throughout the month of March in the Montessori Room! We have been learning all about the season of Spring and the changes that are taking place outside. We have also been learning about our favourite things, our feelings, our emotions and all about each others families. We have being keeping up with our sounds learning u, l, f & b and learning all the words that begin with these sounds. We have also been revising our numbers 1-10 and playing lots of number games. We had lots of fun days in March like helping to make Pancakes for pancake Tuesday. We also had a green day in which all the children and teachers made a great effort in wearing lots of green clothes and accessories and we had a wonderful parade marching around the garden. We also spent the whole previous week learning about the country we’re living in and learning various Irish words and songs. The children really enjoyed this week.  To finish off the Month we had our annual Pyjama Day. It was such a novelty getting to spend the whole day in our comfy pyjamas! Next month will be an exciting month also as we celebrate Easter with lots of fun activities including an Easter Egg Hunt in the garden! We will also begin the Month talking about those very special & important people in our lives ‘Our Mothers’ and we might even make them a special surprise for Mothers Day.

                            

                         Afterschool Room

The afterschool children enjoyed spring painting and having some yummy pancakes on Pancake Tuesday. They celebrated St. Patricks Day making cards and having a green day party! They also enjoyed making sunflower crafts and changing into their pyjamas straight after school on pyjama day!! Next month we will  have an Easter egg hunt for the afterschool children! We will  also carry out various Arts & Crafts activities for Easter & Mothers Day.

                                       

151 Blackcastle Lodge                          Phone: 046-9070558

Flowerhill                                           Fax:  046-9070670

Navan                              E-Mail:  Flowerhill@motherhubbardschildcare.ie

nephin Road's march Newsletter 2011

Mother Hubbard’s March Newsletter 2011

Birthdays

Conor in Montessori will be 5yrs old

David will be 1years old

Conor in the baby room will be 1yrs          

                                                                                                   

Tesco for Schools & Clubs

We are collecting the tesco vouchers again this year. We did really well last year. If you have any please bring them in & we will be able to get some equipment for the centre. Thank You!

Pyjama Day

The NCNA National Pyjama day will take place on Friday 25^th March. This year all monies raised will go to The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) ‘Hospice Homecare for Children’ programme.

To raise some money we would ask that whoever wears there pyjamas in pay €3 and the children will get a sponsorship card to raise money for wearing their pyjamas on the day. Maybe the staff will wear their pyjamas too!!

We will all have a great day!

Reminders

We are closed on the 17^th March for St. Patrick’s Day.

Montessori Sessional – children will be off 17^th & 18^th March.

Also a reminder that the sessional class starts at 9am & finishes at 12pm.

Pancake Tuesday will be on the 8^th March. Sessional children do not have to bring in lunch this day if they do not want to. Cathy will be busy making lots of pancakes for everyone!

Easter Egg Raffle

There is a large Easter egg (from the Chocolate Warehouse) for raffle in aid of Threshold (National Housing Charity). It is €2 per line. If you wish to buy a line please ask a member of staff or leave your money in the baby room with Amy. The egg is in the baby room if you wish to have a look!

Suncream

It’s that time of year again when the sun is coming out & it is getting warmer. We would ask all parents to bring in suncream over the next few weeks so we have it here. Children are not allowed outside during the hot weather without suncream on. We would ask that you bring in factor 30 and over. Thank you!

New Food

Over the next few weeks Cathy is going to try a new snack and a new dinner.

The snack will be warmed wraps with tuna, sweetcorn & mayonnaise.

The dinner will be chilli con carne served with rice.

If there is any problems with your child having these foods please let us know.

We will let you know how it goes!!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

from everyone at Mother Hubbard’s

Mother Hubbard’s

19 Nephin Road,

Dublin 7

01 8688460

dublin7@’motherhubbardschildcare.ie

www.motherhubbardschildcare.ie

Flowerhill february Newsletter 2011

             Mother Hubbards Newsletter

February 2011

Welcome!

Firstly we would like to send a warm welcome to our four new children

here at Mother Hubbards Flowerhill-

Olgierd  Latarowski & Titas Bansevicius in the Montessori Room & Aine & Eimear Donegan in the afterschool room. We hope you really enjoy your time here!

                                      

Look who had a birthday this month…

In the Montessori room Eimear, Darragh & Muddasser all celebrated their 4^th Birthday and in the Afterscool room Eimear celebrated her 12^th Birthday. Many happy returns everyone!!

                                              Reminder

                             

The Montessori ECCE Sessional children will have their mid term break at the end of this week on 23^rd, 24^th & 25^th February. Mother Hubbards Childcare Centre will be closed for everyone on 17^th March and on 18^th March the ECCE Sessional Children will have no school.

                                          

LOOK…what’s been happening in your child’s class this Month…

                            

                          Montessori Room

What a busy month in the Montessori Room! We learnt all about the seven continents talking about where they are on the globe and learning interesting little facts about these places. We have being keeping up with our sounds learning m, g & o and learning all the words that begin with these sounds. We have also been learning the written numerals 8, 9 & 10 and the quantities that go with these numbers. We had fun learning about Chinese New Year-The Year of the Rabbit and we enjoyed making funny rabbit masks. The highlight of the Month though had to be Valentines Day. On the lead up to it we were busy making cards, decorating the classroom and making yummy chocolate chip heart shaped cookies! On the day all the children made a real effort and really did dress to impress. We then all got to dance to some romantic love music. After this we had a fun party with chocolate hearts and jelly hearts. The children really enjoyed it! Next month will be an exciting month also with our Monthly theme ‘All about Me’ and St. Patricks Day and Pyjama Day! We will be having a green day on 16^th so don’t forget all your green clothes and of course your pyjamas on 25^th!!

                                 

                         Afterschool Room

The children in the afterschool room have been taking part in lots of role play this month playing hairdresser, school and restaurant. They also enjoyed making Valentines Day cards and our Valentines Day party.  Also don’t forget your green clothes on 16^th and your pyjamas on 25^th!

                                      

                                    

                                   Stretch & Grow

The Montessori children are really enjoying the Stretch ‘N’ Grow Class and look forward to it every week. They received a little booklet in which they colour a picture relating to the class when it finishes. They will bring home this booklet after the 10 week session is complete.

151 Blackcastle Lodge                          Phone: 046-9070558

Flowerhill                                           Fax:  046-9070670

Navan                              E-Mail:  Flowerhill@motherhubbardschildcare.ie

Ongar February 2011 newsletter

Mother Hubbards Newsletter

February 2011

Happy Birthday

This month we would like to wish the following children a very big Happy Birthday:

• Juliet in the Baby Room who was 1 
• Molly in the Pre-Montessori who was 3 
• Alex  in Afterschool who was 6 
• Sarah in Afterschool who was 5  
• Obed in Montesoori who was 4 
• Olivia in Pre-Montessori was 3 
• Laura in Toddlers who was ??? 
• Anthony in Montessori who will be 5   
• Jack in Montessori who will be 4 
• Charlotte in Pre-Montessori who will be 3 
• Ahmed in the Toddler Room who will be 2 
• Abbie in the Toddler Room who will be 2 

Welcome/Goodbye

This month we have to say goodbye to Molly in Pre-Montessori. We will miss you very much! We also have to say goodbye to Laura in Toddlers as she is also leaving us and is moving to Belgium. We wish Laura the very best of luck!! We also would like to welcome Tara who is joining our baby room. We hope Tara settles in very well!

We are currently recruiting Laura’s position and will keep you updated.

Opening/Closing Times

We open at 7.15 in the morning and cannot take children from their parents before this time. We close at 6.30pm. Please remember that staff have commitments outside of work so it is important that all children are picked up at 6.30.

Holidays coming up….

The Montessori sessional children will have a mid term in February and will be closed from the 21^st to 25^th of February. The Montessori session will also be closed on the 17^th and 18^th March. The Easter mid term is from the 15^th April to the 3^rd May. 

The centre will be closed for all children on St Patricks Day, Good Friday the 22^nd April and Easter Monday 25^th April.

Do you have any good quality children’s books at home that you don’t use anymore? If so we would love to take them off your hands, with wear and tear of our books in the centre we are always appreciative of new books for the children.

Speech and Drama

Speech and Drama will begin in Pre-Montessori 2(Annette and Lydia’s Room) very shortly. It runs for 10 weeks and cost €60. We will be handing out forms for Speech and Drama within the next week.

Reminders

·        Can all parents please ensure that they supervise their children once they are picked up in the evenings as an accident may occur if a child is left unattended.

·        Speech and Drama is now well under way in Montessori and there are some payments still outstanding, can you please ensure we receive full payment as soon as possible.

·        We are having ongoing problems with the front door and we are in the process of getting it fixed but in the meantime can you please ensure that it is closed properly behind you.

Reminder to all parents that you can join our Facebook and Twitter pages and receive this monthly newsletter and other information, just go our website www.motherhubbardschildcare.ie and follow the links

Ongar Village                   Phone: 01 8260055

Ongar                                      

Dublin 15                        E-Mail:  ongar@motherhubbardschildcare.ie

Nephin rd February Newsletter 2011

Mother Hubbard’s February Newsletter 2011

Happy Valentine’s Day!       

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the following children whose birthday’s are in February……..

Lola who was 4yrs

Harry & Matilda who were 4yrs

Kate who will be 5yrs

Martha who was 2yrs

Nathan will be a big 1year old

Valentine's Day History

There are varying opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D., the same day that had been devoted to love lotteries. Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine.

Gradually, February 14 became the date for exchanging love messages and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. The date was marked by sending poems and simple gifts.

Welcome

We would like to welcome David who started in the baby room and his parents Audrey & Frank.

Welcome to Conor who also started in the baby room. Conor is Stephen’s little brother!

A big welcome to our two new fish in Montessori, Monty & Dino!!!

We hope you are all very happy here…………………….

Reminders

If you change your address, mobile number, work phone number can you please inform us here as we can update your details. So if we need to get in contact with you we have your right details.

Please do not let the children bring in toys from home as they sometimes end up being broken or get lost and it can be very upsetting for the child.

Speech & drama - The time has changed to 10am for Speech & Drama on a Friday

Thank You!

Do you have any good quality children’s books at home that you don’t use anymore? If so we would love to take them off your hands, with wear and tear of our books in the centre we are always appreciative of new books for the children.

Montessori Sessional Mid-Term

The sessional Montessori will be closed on the 24^th and 25^th February for a small mid-term. We re-open on Monday 28^th.

Jack & Jill Foundation

We are still collecting old mobile’s for the Jack & Jill Foundation. If you have any lying around please bring them in to us and we will pass them on. Thanks!

Mother Hubbard’s, 19 Nephin Road, Dublin 7. 01 8688460

dublin7@motherhubbardschildcare.ie

www.motherhubbardschildcare.ie

Ongar january 2011 Newsletter

Mother Hubbards Newsletter

January 2011

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2011! We hope you had a nice Christmas and New Year!

Happy Birthday

This month we would like to wish the following children a very big Happy Birthday:

• Jack in the Toddler who was 2 
• Ciaran  in Pre Montessori who was 3 
• Leah in Toddlers who was 2 
• Darasimi in Toddlers who was 2 
• Vincent in Pre-Montessori was 3 
• Annette in Pre-Montessori who will be  ??? 
• Hayley in the Baby Room who will be 1 

Welcome

We would like to welcome Helena and Saoirse who have both joined us in the Wobbler Room. We hope you settle in well with your new friends.

Congratulations

Big congratulations to Jonathan and Aimee who have a new baby sister Sarah.

Infection Control

We would appreciate your help in trying to prevent any virus entering the crèche. I would therefore just like to stress the importance of using the hand sanitizer gel before entering any of the children’s rooms. We are advising all parents, staff and visitors to use the gel. We are also encouraging any school going children to use the gel when returning from school and entering the building.

Also for any parents entering the baby, wobbler and toddler rooms we would like to remind you to use the shoe covers provided as this will also help in the prevention and spread of any viruses.

Room Changes

Over the next few weeks some children will be moving into their big rooms. The children will begin to settle into their new rooms shortly. We will speak to each parent before their child moves so the room change runs smoothly.

Gymboree/Speech and Drama

The children will be happy to find out that Gymboree will return on Wednesday the 12^th of January. Each session runs for 8 weeks and costs €40. If you wish you can pay €5 each.

Speech and Drama in the Montessori room is coming to an end shortly. We are hoping to run another session as the children really enjoyed it. It is €60 for 10 weeks. The new term will run from Thursday 27^th January.

Cute As A Button Headbands

Samantha in our playschool room has started up her own business, selling headbands and hair accessories for children. These are handmade by Samantha and can be custom made in your favourite colours or to match a specific outfit!! Samantha is running a “January Special”, buy one get one half price so to view some pictures of these beautiful headbands, visit ‘Cute as a Button’ on facebook or to order email cuteasabuttonheadbands@hotmail.com

Ongar Village                            Phone: 01 8260055

Ongar                                      

Dublin 15                        E-Mail:  ongar@motherhubbardschildcare.ie