News and Events
QueensWellies Nursery
02nd August 2024
We cannot believe that QW has nearly been open for a year! And what a successful year it has been! We have achieved so much! Look out for more information about our 1st birthday party celebrations. Who doesn’t love a party? Thank you all so very much for all of your amazing support over the past year. We have loved getting to know our lovely QueensWellies families.
West End Wellies Nursery
02nd August 2024
We are delighted to let you know that we have been making great progress in totally refurbishing our new nursery in Mannofield. We have the Care Inspectorate coming to visit it on 13/8/24 and again later in August. We aim to have completed all construction by 1/8/24. We therefore hope to open around mid-September 2024. Provisional dates have already been sent out to all parents. We will be holding a variety of open days and would like to invite all of our Wellies parents to come along for a nosey at our new setting. We also cannot wait to share our BEFORE and AFTER videos with you all. It is SOOOOOO exciting! We will keep you posted with all progress over the next few weeks. Please contact us if you would like to know more about booking a space with us at one of our Wellies Nurseries.
What have the KingsWellies and QueensWellies Gang been up to so far this term?
02nd August 2024
We have been very busy with Graduation planning and partying, visiting the new Hazelhead Park, Health Month, bucket fillers, stay and play days, friendship and teamwork, the Olympics, daily mile, visits around the community, Child Safety Week, supporting the RSPB, Happy Body Healthy Me Campaign, sun safety, Eco Schools and sustainability, planting and improving our gardens and playgrounds, picnics at “the hills”, pizzas at the park, getting ready to go to school, learning Makaton, learning all about minibeasts, farm animals, learning about Space, people who help us, lots of outdoor play, road safety, reading our book bug bags and LOTS more…… We have also LOVED working with all of our extra-curricular teachers; French, Moo Music, Chef Lisa, Kids Rock, Flashdance, Yoga Totts, Rugby Totts, Gym Bunnies. We are developing a HUGE number of inter-disciplinary skills every day.
Autism Toolbox
17th April 2024
Please find attached the link to an excellent Autism Toolbox. This website is full of activities, not just related to Autism but to a range of additional support needs. We do hope that you find this information useful. https://www.autismtoolbox.co.uk/
The Prince’s Trust and Wellies Nurseries - Partnership Working
17th April 2024
The Prince's Trust helps people aged 11 to 30 to build confidence, get a job or launch a business. We are delighted to have recently begun an excellent partnership with The Prince's Trust whereby we have welcomed young people into our nurseries. This has helped THEM to grow in confidence, try new things, meet new people, learn from people who have worked their way up and build essential skills for life and work. It has helped US by providing us with future employees who are passionate about their careers in childcare and who have come in and WOWED us as employers. We are delighted to have already welcomed two new employees to Wellies Nurseries as a direct result of this excellent partnership opportunity. We also continue to work in very close partnership with Working Rite Youth Employment Charity, Winning Scotland and NESCOL. Through all of these organisations we are able to provide employment opportunities for young people throughout the North East.
P1 Transition
17th April 2024
We have around 60 children who will be leaving us in July/August to go to P1. These children will come from Wellie Beans, Wellie Jellies and Wellie Bees. We have lots planned to make this transition process as easy for them (and parents) as possible. This is a very exciting time for them and we ask all parents to be positive and enthusiastic. Activities include: • Visits to their own schools (schools to provide dates) • Visits by their new teachers to Wellies Nurseries (we have already invited them all) • Visits to Kingswells School and Playground • Practicing how to line up, get our own coats on and zip them up, change our shoes, pack our bags and eat our play piece independently • Can we write our own names? Can we recognise our names? Can we hold a pencil? • Developing our independence and resilience • Can we use the toilet independently and wash and dry our hands by ourselves? • Working with our extra-curricular teachers to develop lots of new skills • Completing our Wellies Life Skills Awards • Bus journeys and lots of community visits • Road safety and stranger danger talks • Focus on Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing • School Uniforms and changing independently for PE • Rules, Routines, Boundaries and Friendships • Looking at our school websites with our friends • Wellie Beans, Wellie Jellies and Wellie Bees spending lots of time together to discuss P1 and preparation for school • Individual Learning Journeys sent to each school before the end of term • Lots of “School” stories and “School” topic activities • Key Workers to contact each school to pass on all relevant individual information • Parent meetings with our Key Workers / Supervisors • Stay and Play dates for parents to join us • Learning Packs / bags and libraries available to take home • Digital Learning packs sent home – THANK YOU Vicki • Parents invited to visit each school (schools to provide dates) • Environmental print walks • Graduation!! We can’t wait for our Graduation committee to start planning the party of all parties! Please let us know if we have missed anything. Have you got any other ideas as to how we can make this exciting process as easy and as smooth as possible?
Parent Engagement Events
17th April 2024
We would like to invite our parents to join us for a variety of parent engagement events this term. Please also be reminded that all parents can request a meeting with your child’s Key Worker / Supervisor at ANY time. Please just contact our Admin team who will arrange this for you as a matter of priority. We have also asked all of our P1 parents whether they would like to book in a meeting prior to their child leaving to attend school. Please let us know by 12/4/24 so that we can get these scheduled in for you. 20/07/2024 – Class of 2024 Graduation Party Stay and play days – Dates as above
Staff Training Update
17th April 2024
All staff continue to work through our Collegiate and Continual Professional Development Calendars and are also able to access a great number of courses and training opportunities through digital formats. Training which is ongoing during this term includes: • Leadership at all levels • Management and Leadership – ALL Supervisors • SSSC Leadership Badges – ALL SMT and Supervisors • Gender Bias • Trauma Informed Practice – training with Aberdeenshire Council Educational Psychologist for ALL staff on 25/4/24 • Practical management skills and expectations • Outdoor learning • Learning through Play • Azillo Training • SVQ Training – Children and Young People • Child-led play • Curriculum for Excellence • My Active World • Growing My Potential • Realising the Ambition: Being Me • Children’s Panel Training (ongoing) – Kerry and Emma Melvin • Communication in Young Children • Impulse and Emotional Regulation • Child Protection and Safeguarding
Wellies Nurseries – Updated Website
17th April 2024
Please see our updated website on www.kingswelliesnursery.com You will find lots of details about our new West End Wellies Nursery, as well as videos of all of our rooms, in each Nursery. Please provide us with feedback on our website. This helps us to continue to improve. Please also LIKE and COMMENT on our Facebook posts. Staff take a great deal of time on a weekly basis to post so that you can see what your children are up to on a daily basis.
West End Wellies Nursery
17th April 2024
As you are aware, we have recently purchased a new nursery building in Mannofield, Aberdeen. This is right next door to both the Squash Club and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. Work has commenced on our new building and we are hoping to fully open around August / September 2024. We are very excited for this new opportunity. Please contact us if you would like to know more about booking a space within West End Wellies. We will keep you updated with all progress. We have large floorbooks in both receptions showing “before” photos, plans and ideas for improvement to West End Wellies. Please give us your ideas, we want to be as creative as possible. We currently have spaces available for all ranges at KingsWellies, QueensWellies and West End Wellies. Please contact the office for additional information on 01224 741175 or admin@kingswelliesnursery.com