We held our sponsored sports day on Thursday 25th June 2011. It was opened in the morning by our own London Marathon Runner Karen Brown and the Warm-up was led by Elaine Carmichael. Children and adults took part in the Potato and Spoon, Hurdles and Dress-up Races as well as completing an obstacle course which was very kindly demonstrated by a few of the parents. To round the day off all children were presented with a medal and certificate and winners of the parent’s races got a certificate, well done everyone.
The Ladybird Room would like to say a big thank you to all parents and children who supported our Sponsored Sports Day. To date we have raised a fantastic £406.00 and still have more sponsor sheets to be returned. The money raised will help us purchase items on our Wish List for the Ladybird Garden which will enhance your child’s learning experience at Cathkin Community Nursery.
Eco-Nursery News
We are currently working towards achieving our Eco-Nursery Award. The three areas we will be working on are:
Reducing the amount of litter in and around the nursery
Improving our garden and building an eco-green house
Recycling to reduce landfill
As most of you will now be aware we are collecting clothes for recycling the Recatecs collection box is located across from the Caterpillar Room. Thanks to all who have been donating we have raised just over £35 to date.
As part of our recycling project we will also be collecting old mobile phones and inkjet cartridges from Dell, Canon, Lexmark and Hewlett-Packard inkjet printers. By collecting these items not only will you be helping the nursery raise funds you will also be reducing landfill and helping the local and worldwide environment. Collection envelopes will be available at the start of the new term in August or simply place items in the collection boxes at the nursery.
We are still looking for helpers to wash the bottles collected for our Green House please speak to a member of staff if this is something you could do.
Future Events – Following our litter survey we are hoping to organize a litter pick in the area surrounding the nursery this will take place in September/October any help would be appreciated.
