We would like to extend a warm welcome to the children and families who have joined us recently. We hope you will quickly begin to feel a sense of belonging within this community and will play your part in ensuring it’s continued success. The team here at Thornlaw strive to ensure that we provide the same standard of care which we would expect for our own children and grandchildren, ensuring your time here with us at Thornlaw Nursery is happy and productive.
STAFF TEAM
Claire Morrison Head of Nursery
Linda Norwood Child Development Team Leader
Kimberley McConville Lead Practitioner Attainment
Nicola Fahey Child Development Officer (Part Time) (Red group)
Christina McDermott Child Development Officer (Red group)
Ashley Lynass Child Development Officer (Red group) (Temporary)
Helen Conway Child Development Officer (Yellow group)
Hadia Ali Child Development Officer (Yellow group) (Temporary)
Gail Brannigan Child Development Officer (Green group)
Lyndsey Watson Child Development Officer (Green group)
Stephanie Collins Child Development Officer (Purple group)
Rebbekah Gallacher Child Development Officer (Purple group)
Marie Stuart Child Development Officer (Blue group)
Laura McKinnon Child Development Officer (Blue group)
Basharat Hanif Support for Learning Worker
Joanna MacDonald Support for Learning Worker
Kiren Singh Support for Learning Worker
Jane Gunn Clerical Support Assistant
David Adam Janitor
Michelle McLeod Day Assistant
SICKNESS AND ILLNESS POLICY REMINDER
Any child who is unwell should not attend, regardless of whether they have a confirmed infection. Children with diarrhoea and/or vomiting should be excluded until they have had no symptoms for 48 hours after an episode of diarrhoea and/or vomiting. Coughs and runny noses alone need not be a reason for exclusion but if the child is unwell, they should not attend. Skin rashes should be professionally diagnosed, and a child should only be excluded following appropriate advice. Children should only be excluded when there is good reason. Families will be contacted if children appear unwell or complain of being unwell, for any reason, and unable to cope with nursery.
If your child is unwell at home and is unable to attend nursery, it is important that you let us know as soon as possible.
HOME LEARNING
Our ‘Play Along Maths’ programme will begin this term. Pre-school children will be involved in our ‘Play Along Maths’ programme, all parents of Pre-school children will receive a letter with details.
Our lending library will begin this term. All children will choose a book from our lending library; you are encouraged to read the book at home with your child. You will keep the book at home for one week, and then return it to nursery, enabling your child to choose a new book.
Our ‘Science Bears’ have begun to go home. Those of you who have taken a Science Bear home, have really embraced the learning at home and we have loved seeing all your efforts posted on Learning Journals, Well Done! We have six ‘Science Bears’, so your child will not have a ‘Science Bear’ every week but will receive their turn at some point during the nursery year.
Each home learning link will have an evaluation form, we encourage you to complete this as your feedback allows nursery staff to evaluate progress in learning and the impact of our home learning link, making improvements where needed.
Remember you can post any learning or achievements from home on your child’s learning journal, just click on ‘Parent Contribution’ and load your pictures and comments, we can celebrate this learning / achievements in nursery too!
PARENT PARTNERSHIPS
We value the contributions that parents and families make to nursery life. Our Community Gardening Group initiative will begin on 4th November at 10.15am, this group could include parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles who are green fingered. The aim of this group is to bring our community together, building relationships, whilst growing our own plants and eventually vegetables. We will be starting off with planting some hanging baskets with sensory plants such as lavender and peppermint. If you are interested in joining, please speak to a member of staff.
Parent’s in the Park- Thank you to the parents who have joined Rebbekah for Parents in the Park, we hope you have found this a fun and informative experience with your child. There are only two more sessions until the group come to an end. Rebbekah will be running another group later in the school year, so look out on the parent notice board for future details.
Bookbug sessions – Helen will be offering the next Bookbug session on Wednesday 5th November at 2.15pm. Parents are expected to attend these sessions with their child. If your child does not normally attend at this time, you are more than welcome to come along.
Big Chef / Little Chef – Thank you to all those parents who came along to our last session of Big Chef / Little Chef, we hope you all enjoyed making lovely soup with Hadia and you child and have tried out some child friendly recipes at home too. Our next session of Big Chef / Little Chef will be on Thursday 30th November at 14.00. There are limited spaces available so please ensure if you want to come you sign up quickly.
THINK EQUAL
We are excited to announce our new programme ??
At Thornlaw Nursery School we have signed up to the ‘Think Equal’ Early Years Programme, which is based around social and emotional learning. Think Equal is year-long programme, which all pre-school children will have the opportunity to take part in. A letter with more information has been placed in ALL pre-school children’s trays.
TOY FUND
Toy Fund is a voluntary suggested contribution of £2 per week, however you may pay more or less if you wish. Toy Fund helps us provide extras that we wouldn’t normally be able to do such as outings, celebrations and gifts, all children benefit from the toy fund, so please try to contribute when you can. If we have no Toy Fund then we will be unable to continue with seasonal shows or seasonal / birthday treats for the children and outings, there will be no baking or cooking activities.
Toy fund can be paid weekly on a Tuesday in nursery to Jane Gunn, Clerical Support Assistant or by bank transfer, please speak to Jane Gunn, Clerical Support Assistant if you wish to pay via bank transfer.
Toy Fund contributions are banked each week, and the books and receipts are always available for inspection. The toy fund is audited annually according to the council’s financial regulations.
PRE-LOVED CLOTHING RAIL / FOOD DONATIONS
In our corridor you will find a pre-loved clothing rail, you will also find a selection of sanitary products, nappies, wipes and other useful items, please feel free to have a look and take anything that you would have use for.
We also have regular donations of food products, these are normally on display in the nursery corridor, please feel free to take any of the food products you would like.
REMINDERS
Clothing - As part of our curriculum we play outside in all weathers so please make sure your child comes to nursery suitably dressed in a warm coat with appropriate footwear. If possible, could you provide a pair of wellington boots that your child can leave in nursery. It is advisable to bring a change of clothes for your child to leave at nursery. We do not have any spare clothes, so this is essential, as learning can be a messy business. If your child has been sent home with spare nursery clothes, could you please ensure that you return these ASAP.
Children should also have shoes that they can manage to take on and off by themselves, ideally Velcro straps are best.
Children’s Trays – Each child has their own allocated tray, located opposite the Head of Nursery’s office. Please ensure that you check your child’s tray daily, as you will find important information here.
BRINGING TOYS TO NURSERY
We understand that some children may wish to bring their own toys to nursery, however we would appreciate if you encouraged your child not to bring toys to nursery. This can often cause upset for your child when other children want to play with their special toy and toys can often become lost or broken. We are not responsible for any toys that your child brings to nursery. Please speak to a member of staff if you have any concerns regarding this.
Attention all Parents and families 
Please refrain from using mobile phones in the nursery.
It is nursery policy that mobile phones are not used within the nursery. This helps to ensure the privacy and respect of the children and families using the nursery. Your child will also be keen to talk to you about their day and will want to know you are listening to them and able to respond. Please make your calls or texts before or after you enter the building.
Gentle reminder
Dogs are not permitted on the school grounds. Please DO NOT bring dogs onto the school grounds.
NURSERY ARRIVAL AND COLLECTION TIMES
Unless you have been given different instructions from your child’s key worker – sessions are as follows;
MORNING SESSION
08.00-12.45
AFTERNOON SESSION
13.00-17.45
MORNING CHILDREN
Please ensure your child is in nursery no later than 09.15. This ensures that your child’s and other children’s learning is not interrupted.
AFTERNOON CHILDREN
Please ensure your child is in nursery no later than 13.15. This ensures that your child’s and other children’s learning is not interrupted. Please note that the nursery door is not manned between the hours of 13.15 and 14.00, due to staff lunches as such there will NOT be a member of staff available to let you into nursery after 13.15 therefore you must have your child in nursery before 13.15 for their afternoon session.
Collection time is between
15.00-15.30
and
16.30-17.30
WEB PAGE & FACEBOOK
We have our own web page which can be found at www.thornlaw-nursery.glasgow.sch.uk
Facebook - Thornlaw Nursery
CONTACT DETAILS
Nursery contact can be made by telephone, email or in person
Telephone 0141 638 3176
Email -headteacher@thornlaw-nursery.glasgow.sch.uk
TERM TIME HOLIDAYS
September
- Friday 26th September (Nursery Closed)
- Monday 29th September (Nursery Closed
October
- Friday 10th October (In-Service day, Nursery Closed)
- Monday 13th October to Friday 17th October, inclusive (Nursery Closed, October week)
December – Christmas and New Year
- Nursery closes at 2.30pm on Friday 19th December
- Monday 22nd December to Friday 2nd January (Nursery Closed, Christmas Holiday)
January
- Nursery returns Monday 5th January
February
- Monday 16th February (Nursery Closed)
- Tuesday 17th February (Nursery Closed)
- Wednesday 18th February (In-service, Nursery Closed)
April
- Nursery Closes 2.30pm on Thursday 2nd April
- Monday 6th April to Friday 17th April inclusive (Nursery Closed, Spring break)
- Nursery returns Monday 20th April
May
- Monday 4th May (Nursery Closed)
- Thursday 7th May (In-service, Nursery Closed)
- Friday 22nd May (Nursery Closed)
- Monday 25th May (Nursery Closed)
June
- Nursery closes 1.00pm Thursday 25th June