News and Events
Festivals Traditions, Harvest and all things Autumn
28th September 2023
As part of our Festivals and Traditions topic, we will be celebrating Halloween. We have lots of exciting activities planned. We will also be asking the children what they would like to learn.
BABY NEWS
28th September 2023
Huge congratulations to Cari who is pregnant with her first baby. We wish you only the very best over the next few exciting months Cari.
Staffing Update
28th September 2023
We always plan to have a number of staff OVER our ratio EVERY day. This is unlike most other nurseries. This ensures that we can accommodate lots of high quality staff training, holidays and staff absences. We would like to say best wishes to Laura Burnett who is leaving us and moving to pastures new. Thank you so very much for ALL of your hard work. We will miss you. Managers and staff will keep you up to date with all of our new staff. You will see our photos up in our receptions and regular updates on Facebook.
Graduation – Class of 2023
28th September 2023
WE really enjoyed our final graduation party. What a ball we had! We asked for a bouncy castle, popcorn machine and ice cream van and that is exactly what we got! Parents and staff gave the boys and girls a very well-deserved standing ovation when they left the nursery for the last time. Congratulations everyone!
2023 Graduates
28th September 2023
Best wishes to all of our boys and girls who started school this Summer. We had 55 children leave us to go to school. This was a record! Remember to keep in touch boys and girls and ALWAYS do your VERY best in everything that you do!
QueensWellies has opened!
28th September 2023
We absolutely LOVE our new nursery and have had so many lovely well wishes and positive feedback. We hope that you liked our videos and are keeping up to date with our progress on Facebook. Many thanks to the KingsWellies parents who also visited us on our open days. We loved showing it off to you all.
What have the Wellies Gang been up to this time?
28th September 2023
We have been as busy as usual. We have been completing the Hands Up Travel Survey, planning our Macmillan coffee mornings, working with our extra-curricular teachers, opening Waggy Wellies doggy day care, setting up our space station, opening our Wellies library, serving staff and parents from our Baby Bucks coffee shop, making pizzas for our pizza delivery enterprise, national fitness day, Recycling Week, planting and gardening, learning about the seasons, exploring our senses, how to keep safe, space, friendships, rules, all about me, colours and textures, farming, getting ready for school and moving to our next rooms, exploring minibeasts, visits from lots of important people who help us, talking about our pets and learning about different animals, enjoying our much-improved gardens! We have also opened our new QueensWellies Nursery and have LOVED welcoming our new families. We never stop learning!
Parent Tips, Ideas and Suggestions
04th July 2023
This is a space for parents to communicate with each other. If you have any suggestions, please email us with your ideas so that we can include them in this section of the newsletter.
Messy Children are Happy Children
04th July 2023
As always, we have been playing outside as much as possible. Water walls, water slides, mud kitchen, shaving foam, playdough, construction, loose play, minibeast hunts, hedgehog preservation and so much more! We are having so much fun but sorry if we come home a bit messy!
Aberdeen City Council Pre-School Funding – Session 2023/24 – 1140 hours
04th July 2023
As per my previous emails, KingsWellies and QueensWellies Nurseries will continue to provide the 1140 FREE hours from August 2023. This equates to 30 hours per week over 38 weeks of the year. Please ensure that you read ALL of the 1140-hour funding information that we send you. We are constantly inundated with queries around this. We provide you with this so that you can adequately plan your finances. There should be no surprises. Regardless whether we work a 38-week model (which we do), a 46 week model or 50 week model - you ALL receive exactly the SAME amount of free hours and funding across the year. It is up to you to choose the nursery that suits you best. Thank you.