Nephin road September newsletter 2011

September Newsletter 2011

Motherhubbards would like to take this opportunity to welcome our sessional children in Montessori. 

      Donagh and his parents Fionula and Colm

      Annie and her parents Tracy and Sean

      Matthew and his parents Anita and Paul

      Darragh Kearns and his parents Alison and Adrian

      Glen and his parents Sheila and Sean

      Adam and his parents Caroline and Johnny

      Camilla and her parents Renata and Jakab

      Darragh Stenson his parents Teresa and Noel

      Caoimhe and her parents Deirdre and Brian

      Sophie and her parents Karen and Luke

We would like to say a big welcome to:

Babyroom

Julia and her parents Catherine and Nathy

Katie and her parents Karrie and Darragh

Toddler Room

Leo who sister Clodagh is already in Montessori and his parents Margaret and Mark

George and his parents Nicoleta and George Valentin

Caylan and his parents Anna and Eric

A big welcome to our new staff member, Shauna who is working in the babyroom.

Welcome all…

Birthday Corner

Farewell

We would like to wish farewell to Conor, Senan, Aoife, Sean, and Ciara and the very best in their new schools.  Some will still be here for Afterschool.

Parents Evening

We will be holding our Parents’ Evening on the 19^th of October from 6.15- 7.45 pm.  This is a social event and it gives you the opportunity to meet other parents and to meet the staff and have a chat with them about your child or any issues that you wish to discuss.  Unfortunately children cannot attend due to health and safety as staff will be socialising with parents.  Tea and coffee will be served on the night.  We hope to see you there…

Shoe Box Appeal

We are taking part in the Christmas Shoebox Appeal. This is a Charity initiative run by Team Hope where you are asked to fill a shoebox with different gifts for Christmas for a child in some of the world’s poorest countries.  Parents have all received letters and leaflets.  If you have not received, please ask a member staff to provide with one. Boxes have to be returned by the latest 31^st of October

Toddle Waddle

Montessori class will be participating in the Toddle waddle walk which will raise money for the Meningitis Trust in October.  Parents will be informed about the exact date and permission forms will be given in due course.

Reminders

Warm clothes

As we are getting closer to winter, we would like to remind parents to put on warm clothes on your children, so they are able to play freely outside.

Spare clothes

We would be grateful if you could check with your child’s teacher if they need spare clothes for the baskets or check if there are any old clothes still fit.  If you are bringing in spare clothes, please label all of them so they do not get misplaced.

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Toys

We would like to remind all parents to encourage their children not to bring in their own toys to crèche.  As you can understand, we do not want children’s toys to go home damaged in any way and bringing them can cause great confusion to other children who think they belong to the crèche.  This can cause unwanted bickering and unease amongst the children.

Thank you

Thank you for all the staff members for their determination and hard work on helping the new children to settle in the centre.

Toilet Training tactics

v     Point out how nice it feels to be dry rather than wet so the child is motivated to keep clean

v     Plan ahead. Take your child to the toilet before you leave the house, before a movie, or before anytime in which a sudden announcement of a full diaper would be inconvenient. Simply announce to the child, "Do you have to go?" before you leave.

v     Don't be too quick to announce "no more diapers," since some children protest the sudden change so vehemently that they hold onto their bowel movements, become constipated, and you end up with a problem worse than a child in diapers.

v     Set a timer to go off every two to three hours throughout the day as a reminder for your child to go potty. This way the timer becomes the cue instead of the parent.

v     Some children go more easily with their feet planted firmly on the floor in a sort of semi-squat position, as if they need some "pushing power" from their legs.

v     Some children need privacy and will not go if anyone is looking or is in the bathroom with them. Respect this.

v     To entice the busy toddler to sit still and become one with the toilet or potty chair, put his favorite toys in the bathroom and encourage him to sit and "read" awhile.

v     Think of weaning from diaper dependency like weaning from the breast: timely and gradually.

v     Praise productions. "Yeah! You did it!" Some children temporarily need a cheerleader.

v     When a child is old enough to understand what's going on in his body, he's old enough to do it.

v     To avoid getting caught in the "big girl" trap, reserve these terms for a phase your child is going through when he or she wants to be big. Some children are ambivalent about becoming "big" because they see little ones get more attention.

In training twins, don't compare their progress. Train the more ready and willing twin first as a role model. Splurge on two potty-chair

Ongar September & October Newsletter 2011

Mother Hubbards Newsletter

September and October 2011

Welcome to our first newsletter of the new school year. This term we would like to welcome all of the new children who started with us at the beginning of September and their parents. We hope you are all very happy here at Mother Hubbards.

Happy Birthday

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

September

·         Lara from Montessori who turned 4 yrs old 

·         Krishna from Afterschool who turned 7 yrs old 

·         Leia in the Montessori who turned 3 yrs old 

·         Loiza in the Playschool room who is 2 

October

·         Basil in the Montessori room who turned 3 yrs 

·         Patrick in the Montessori room who is 3 yrs

·         Ben in Junior Afterschool Room who was 5 yrs 

·         Adina in the Playschool Room who is 2 yrs 

·         Sean  in the Pre-Montessori room who is 3 yrs 

·         Osita  in the Play school room who is 2 yrs on the 

Welcome

Welcome to two new staff members. Ildke has joined Swapna in the Pre-Montessori room. She has brought so much colour and fun to the children already and we wish her the happiest of times here at Mother Hubbards.

We would like to give a big warm welcome to Dima who will be covering Swapna’s maternity leave. We wish you all the best here at Mother Hubbards.

Reminders

·         The cold weather is starting to come upon us so can all parents please ensure their child has a suitable coat to wear while playing outside.

·         Can parents please make sure your child has spare clothes in the crèche and also make sure they are labelled.

·         After school children are encouraged to bring in a change of clothes so they can change out of their uniforms. Please remember to label all of your child’s belongings!

·         We would like to stress that we close at 6.30pm sharp and that parents must be here to collect their children no later than this. Late collection has a knock on affect to staff members who have commitments outside the working hours.

Fundraiser

A big thank you to everybody who took part in our Cheerio’s Child line Breakfast morning. Cheerios Childline Breakfast together was held on 7^th October. We all had lots of fun eating our yummy Cheerios with our friends.

Last year, hundreds of people held breakfasts with their friends, families and colleagues raising over €220,000 for Childline – ensuring that we were able to train more volunteers to deal with the surge in calls in the past three years.

We ask that all parents make a donation for this worthy cause if you can.

We would sincerely like to thank all the parents and children who made such a warm and heartfelt effort to help raise funds for the I.C.S. This charity has special meaning for a lot of staff members as it has for a lot of people. Your generous donations helped to raise an amazing €704.83. Well done and thank you!

What's going on In Mother Hubbard’s this term.

·         Baby Room

Ronke and the babies are extremely busy this month putting together their Autumn tree and are painting wonderful pictures.

·         Wobblers.

The Wobblers are giving Picasso a run for his money with their art work. Keep and eye out for their Autumn themed crafts. They are getting very creative making scarecrows, hedgehogs, squirrels and acorns.

·         Play-school.

Play-school is putting together a picturesque Autumn wall. They are busy making scarecrows hedgehogs and Autumn leaves. Beware of the Halloween crafts maybe very spooky.

·         Pre-Montessori

Idike and Swapna and the class are very busy learning their days of the week, months of the year and numbers. They are getting creative with their Autumn theme and having fun making their Halloween crafts.

·         Montessori

Montessori is very busy this September and October. Themes include; months and seasons, life cycle of the frog, introduction to the continents and oceans, Africa, Animals and their babies and Halloween They are very busy with their Montessori work and are enjoying learning lots of new exciting things. They have started pencil work for numbers and sounds also and are exceeding tremendously. Well done to all the students for all the hard work creativity and fun along the way.

·         Junior After-school

Well done to all the girls and boys in Junior After-School who started their first days of school. It was amazing to see how grown up they all are and how well they have settled in! Annette and the Junior After school have been working on their individual profiles and telling all their friends about their families and friends and what they like to do.

·         After-school

Well done to all the boys and girls who returned back to school this September! We hope you are all settling in and are having fun learning! Gintare is busy in the afternoons helping everyone with their homework. They are also planning Halloween theme, We look forward to seeing the Hair raising Halloween crafts!

Halloween (Taken from www.kids-fun-and-games.com)
Guess The Ghost
Start by having the kids sitting/standing in a circle.
Have one child leave the room and take a large sheet and have another child stand and hide under the sheet. Mix up the remaining children in the room and then allow the child who left the room to come back inside. That child has to guess who's the ghost, by process of elimination they need to figure out which child is hiding under the sheet. Then that "Ghost" goes out of the room and a different child becomes the new ghost, mix up the remaining children and repeat until all of the children have had a turn being the ghost.

Marshmallow Bobbing
Young children mostly hate getting their faces wet so this game is a variation on Apple Bobbing.
Take a large tub with ice water in it and float full size marshmallows in it.
Each child is given a straw cut in half. (Shorter straws are easier to suck and hold the marshmallow) They then have to race to see who can suck up a marshmallow the fastest. Once a child scores a marshmallow they can eat it, and sit out to let another child have a turn if they cannot all fit around the basin at one time. Keep rotating until all the kids have had one or two marshmallows.

Monster Freeze Dance
One of those Halloween games for kids that can last as long as you want it to providing you have plenty of Monstery music!
Play Halloween music and have the kids dance around like monsters! The Monster Mash is a great song for this game.
When the music stops the kids freeze in their monster positions.
The first kid to move is out, and the game continues until only one child is left. Trick For a Treat
Make up a bag with candy and a bag with slips of paper in it. The bag with slips of paper will have all 'trick' apart from one which will have 'treat'. The number of slips of paper should equal the number of children.
All the kids who draw a 'trick' will have a specified trick that they will need to perform to get a piece of candy. One lucky child just wins a special 'treat'. The tricks can be singing a song, doing jumping jacks while turning around, other fun things that are fairly easy for little ones.

Have a Happy Hallloween!!!!

No 6 The Avenue

Ongar Village D.15                                          Phone: 01 8260055                            

Dublin 15                                E-Mail:  ongar@motherhubbardschildcare.ie

Nephin Road Summer Newsletter

Mother Hubbard’s July & August Newsletter 2011

July Birthdays

Lauren was 4years

Tracy was ?!!?? on the 9^th

Cathy was ??!? on the 11^th

August Birthdays

Oscar will be 3yrs

Hugh will be 2yrs

Kate will be 3yrs

Lucien will be 1 yrs

Happy birthday everyone……………….

Reminders

We are closed for the August bank holiday on the 1^st

If you have not brought in suncream can you please do so with the bottle labelled.

Any spare clothes that are brought in can you please put your child’s name on them. Thank you!

Gymboree

The classes have been on different days over the last few months. We hope it hasn’t caused too much confusion with you! We will be taking a break from it for the month of August. We will start back up in September and we hope we will have a set day and time for it.

Food

We have tried a new snack. It’s chicken, sweetcorn and mayonnaise and some with cheese and some without. They went down a treat so we’ll keep them on the menu!

We are also going to introduce bagels to the snacks. We will let you know how they go down.

Pyjama Day

The NCNA videoed our Ongar centre on Pyjama Day this year. They have made a small documentary about Pyjama Day and the children from Mother Hubbard’s in Ongar are on it as well as the Owner Karen McGovern. This is the link to it http://vimeo.com/25663699 or you will be able to view it through the NCNA website www.ncna.ie It will follow shortly on the Mother Hubbard’s website.

         

Here are some tips for using suncream

·        Apply sunscreen whenever your child will be in the sun.

·        Apply sunscreen about 30 minutes before kids go outside so that a good layer of protection can form. Don't forget about lips, hands, ears, feet, shoulders, and behind the neck. Lift up bathing suit straps and apply sunscreen underneath them (in case the straps shift as a child moves).

·        Don't try to stretch out a bottle of sunscreen; apply it generously.

·        Reapply sunscreen often, approximately every 2 to 3 hours, as recommended by the American Academy of Dermatology. Reapply after a child is sweating or swimming.

·        Apply a waterproof sunscreen if kids will be around water or swimming. Water reflects and intensifies the sun's rays, so kids need protection that lasts. Waterproof sunscreens may last up to 80 minutes in the water, and some are also sweat- and rub-proof. But regardless of the waterproof label, be sure to reapply sunscreen when kids come out of the water.

Let’s hope we get some more sunshine for the rest of the summer.

We hope you all enjoy your summer holidays.

Mother Hubbard’s

19 Nephin Road

Dublin 7

01 8688460

www.motherhubbardschildcare.ie

dublin7@motherhubbardschildcare.ie

Navan Summer Newsletter 2011

Mother Hubbard’s Summer Newsletter 2011

Birthdays

July Birthdays                                   August Birthdays

Liam  in Montessori will be 5        Clodagh Jane in playschool will be 2

Sadhbh in Playschool will be 2    Una in playschool will be 2

                                                        Megan in afterschool will be 11

 Conor in Afterschool will be 7  

           

We would like to welcome the children and staff who have joined us from Flowerhill for July and August. Edel Dwyer will be in the summer camp with Geraldine and Alicija Dziados will be in toddlers with Rachel.

What we are doing in the rooms for the summer months

Toddlers have been enjoying gluing and painting a summer scene including sand, ice creams, sandcastles and spades and buckets! They have also painted fish and mermaids for their sea life scene! Currently they are learning about the zoo and making lions, birds, elephants, snakes and monkeys. They have also been making the best of our weather and have been outside playing with musical instruments, sand and bubbles!

Playschool have been busy as Sadhbh, Clodagh Jane and Una have moved up from toddlers. They have been having lots of playtime in the garden and have made kites for the windy days. They have been busy baking buns with chocolate on top and they have really enjoyed eating them!!!

Summer camp is busy with all their activities this summer! These include outdoor games including the parachute games, cat and mouse, shark attack, duck duck goose. They have also been getting messy with sponge painting and made pasta jewelry, clownfaces, animal masks and glup! They have had fun with musical statues and chairs and lots of dancing! They also made some yummy treats including choc chip cookies, muffins, biscuits and brownies…phew and it’s only the start of the summer!!!

Congratulations to Nicola and Declan Tolster on the birth of baby Aiden. Also congrats to Paula and Peter Mitchell on the birth of baby Evie!

Stephanie will be on holidays from July 25^th to August 8^th so if you have any questions or have anything to discuss please contact Rachel in the toddler room. Thank You!

Can all parents please let staff know if their child is taking holidays over the summer months. Thank you!

We have updated our menu, there is a copy of the menu and the recipes on the parent’s information table in the hall if any parent wishes to have a look through it.

We like to say goodbye to all the children who are leaving us after the summer to go to school. We hope they have a great time in big school! If you are interested in sending your child to after school from September please contact Stephanie.

Topic of the month

Topic of the month; Taking care in the sun!

Summer is here so here’s a few tips on how to protect your children from the sun!!

Lots of good sunscreens are available for kids. When faced with the overwhelming sea of sunscreen choices at drugstores, concentrate on the SPF (sun protection factor) numbers on the labels. For kids age 6 months and older, select an SPF of 15 or higher to prevent both sunburn and tanning. Choose a sunscreen that states on the label that it protects against both UVA and UVB rays (referred to as "broad-spectrum" sunscreen). To avoid possible skin allergy, avoid sunscreens with PABA, and if your child has sensitive skin, look for a product with the active ingredient titanium dioxide (a chemical-free block).For sunscreen to do its job, it must be applied correctly. Be sure to:

·        Apply sunscreen whenever your child will be in the sun.

·        Apply sunscreen about 30 minutes before kids go outside so that a good layer of protection can form. Don't forget about lips, hands, ears, feet, shoulders, and behind the neck. Lift up bathing suit straps and apply sunscreen underneath them (in case the straps shift as a child moves).

·        Don't try to stretch out a bottle of sunscreen; apply it generously.

·        Reapply sunscreen often, approximately every 2 to 3 hours, as recommended by the American Academy of Dermatology. Reapply after a child is sweating or swimming.

·        Apply a waterproof sunscreen if kids will be around water or swimming. Water reflects and intensifies the sun's rays, so kids need protection that lasts. Waterproof sunscreens may last up to 80 minutes in the water, and some are also sweat- and rub-proof. But regardless of the waterproof label, be sure to reapply sunscreen when kids come out of the water.

Mother Hubbards, 56 Blackcastle Demesne, Slane Road, Navan.

046- -9059967

Website; www.motherhubbardschildcare.ie

E-mail; navan@motherhubbardschildcare.ie