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parent and toddler April 2014

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Mrs Macdonald


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parent and toddler April 2014

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All New Parent & Toddler Sessions!!!

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Mrs Macdonald

Parent and Toddlers Sessions

At Blaenymaes Primary School

1.15-3.00pm

Every Tuesday afternoon starting 28th April

(Access through main school entrance)

Suitable for parents/carers and children under 2 years.

  • Come along meet new friends
  • Find out more about Flying Start and meet the Blaenymaes team.
  • An opportunity for support and advice from a wide range of professionals including Health Visitors, Family Facilitator, Speech and Language Therapist and Early Language Development Team
  • Give your child an opportunity to play
  • Free tea, coffee and healthy snack time
  • Friendly welcome Guaranteed!

For further information, please contact:

Emma Battenbough

01792 583002

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Easter Holidays @ Butterflies

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Mrs Macdonald

Our last day of childcare is on Thursday the 17th April. All children are invited to attend the morning session for an easter party!! We will be going on an egg hunt and having lots of fun and games! There will be no afternoon session and we return on Monday 28th April, have a lovely Easter break!!

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Posted on March 28, 2014 by Mrs Macdonald

What’s On: April 2014

 

Health Visitors Drop In

Our new resident Flying Start Health Visitors, Jackie, Mandy and Laura will be holding a drop in every Wednesday from 11.30 –2pm if you would like to pop along. Alternatively you can contact them on 01792 584075 for support and advice.

 

Family Art & Craft Group

This continues to run every Thursday evening from 3-4pm bring all the family along and have some fun spending quality time together.

 

Our Parenting Officer

Jess is our family facilitator for Blaenymaes and is available to any parents or families in need of support or advice. Give her a ring for a chat on 07584140848. Jess also runs a parenting group every Wednesday morning at the setting, see staff or give Jess a ring if you are interested.

 

New Staff members

As most of you are aware two of our lovely girls will be heading off on maternity leave before long,  we and the children will miss them terribly but I’m sure they will have a wonderful time with their new wriggly bundles and we all wish them the best!

To cover their absence we have taken on two Butterfly staff members, we

welcome Jenna to the team and are proud to say that our 1:1 support Jordan has now become a fully fledged Butterfly successfully gaining on the post of childcare worker

 

Speech and Language

Our Flying Start speech and language therapist Melissa continues to join us on a Thursday to provide support to referred children. Parents

involved will be invited to attend and observe the sessions dates to be arranged.

WE BREAK UP ON WEDNESDAY 16TH APRIL FOR EASTER

AND RETURN ON MONDAY 28TH APRIL

 

 

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Posted on March 28, 2014 by Mrs Macdonald

Easter Bonnet Parade

 

Morning Flying Start & Nursery Friday 4th April at 10.30 am

 

Afternoon Flying Start & Nursery Friday 4th April at 2pm

 

Junior Hall

 

        Come and join us for our Easter bonnet parade at the above times! Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for each class.

 

Drop your child off as normal for sessions then meet us over the junior hall for the parade.

 

Children are free to be collected when the parade finishes.

 

See you there!!

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Butterflies What’s on in January and February 2014

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Mrs Macdonald

Language & Play from Friday 17th Jan

Nat will be running a language and play group on a friday morning for morning flying start parents. Spaces are limited so please see staff if you would like to attend.

Baby LAP

Anthony from Early Language Development will be running a group at the setting for babies under one and their parents from 1pm-2.15pm. Come along to find out more.

Family Art & Craft group starting Thursday 16th January

This will run every Thursday evening from 3-4pm bring all the family along and have some fun spending quality time together.

Story Sacks

This is open to flying start afternoon parents, each week parents and children will be given a sack with a story and activities to enjoy and can then exchange them for a new story sack each week. Spaces are limited so please see a member of staff if you would like to join in.

Speech and Language

Our Flying Start speech and language therapist Melissa will be joining us every Tuesday to provide support to referred children. Parents of all children involved will be invited to attend and observe the sessions  on Tuesday the 11th Feb.

Parents Evening

Parents evening for morning and afternoon children will be held on Wednesday 19th Feb from 3-5pm. Specific appointment times will be given out closer to the date.

Flying Start break up on Friday the 21st Feb for half term and return on Monday the 3rd March

 

 

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Xmas term @ Butterflies

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Mrs Macdonald

Parents evenings!!

Yellow and blue morning children from 3pm on Tuesday 3rd Dec

Yellow and Blue afternoons and all of red group from 3pm on Wed 4th Dec

PLEASE CHECK THE BOARDS OUTSIDE THE SETTING FOR EXACT TIMES FOR YOUR CHILD

 

School Readiness

For children m,oving up to nursery after christmas

Session 1 – Tuesday 26th Nov

session 2 – Tuesday 3rd Dec

Butterflies Christmas Trip Cantref Farm 13th Dec

Closing date for money to be in for our trip is FRIDAY 29TH NOV,

There will be no sessions for those not coming on the trip with us.

 

Christmas Concert Thursday 19th December

Morning Children to attend at 9am, concert to start at 9.30am

Afternoon Children to attend at 1pm, concert to start at 1.30pm

Parents may take children home after the performance, please see the slip attached to the letters sent home for your child’s part and costumes needed.

Programmes will be on sale for £1 on the day with all proceeds going to Diabetes UK in memory of our friend and colleague, Jo Smith.

Christmas party Friday 20th December

This will take place from 9-11am. Morning and afternoon children are invited to attend, there will be no afternoon sessions on this day.

 

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What’s On @ Butterflies November & December 2013

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Mrs Macdonald

Information for Butterflies Parents only

What’s On: November/December 2013

Get ready for the busiest term of the year!

Exciting News

We are pleased to announce that we are expecting two new baby

Butterflies.

Congratulations to Donna and Verity who are both expecting babies in the new year. We can’t wait to meet them for some cuddles.

 

Inset Day:Thursday 7th November

We shall be closed for both morning and afternoon children.

 

Family Values

We will be introducing the Value of Friendship this half term. It would be lovely to see more parents and children at the first session on Thursday 7th November 3pm-4pm

 

Healthy Balance

Our healthy lifestyle and exercise class continues to run every Thursday morning from 9-11am. We would love to see some new faces. Come along for some advice, exercise and fun!

 

Santa Letters

Thank you to all those who have already ordered their Santa Letters to help us raise money for Diabetes UK in memory of our friend and colleague Jo Smith. If you would like your child to receive a letter fill out the information slip and send them to Emma with the £2 payment by Monday 9th December.

 

Parents evenings: 3rd December (Morning Children)

4th December (Afternoon Children)

Look out for exact times on display outside the children’s classrooms. We hope to see as many parents as possible to discuss your child’s progress and development and answer any questions you may have.

 

Trip to Cantref Farm: Friday 13th December

We hope you can all join us. For parents who decided not to attend the trip the setting will be closed on this day. Please see the attached letter for more details.

 

Christmas concert: Thursday 19th December

Morning children (9.30am) Afternoon children (1.30pm)

This year Flying start and nursery will be performing in their own concert instead of taking part in the larger school event. Further details regarding costumes and parts will be given out nearer the date.

 

Christmas Party: Friday 20th December

All children are invited to join us at our Christmas party from 9-11am.

There will be no afternoon sessions on this day.

 

This will be the last day for children and we return on Monday 6th January 2014.

Hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Inset Day

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Mrs Macdonald

Dont forget flying start is closed on Monday 7th October to children as staff prepare for the new teams on Tuesday.

Emma & Nat will be on hand to offer support and guide parents and children in the right direction on Tuesday.

Butterflies will now be split into three groups, red, yellow and blue. Every parent should have recieved their letters detailing any changes to their child’s group and keyworker.

This will be an exciting change and we are all looking forward to the challenge.

As always Emma & Nat are available to answer any questions or queries you may have.

 

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