News and Events
Festivals Traditions, Harvest and all things Autumn
20th September 2024
As part of our Festivals and Traditions topic, we will be celebrating Halloween. We have lots of exciting activities planned. Keep your eyes peeled for our Festivals, Traditions and Autumnal Newsflash. We will also be asking the children what they would like to learn. Throughout this topic we will be learning about: 1. Concepts of light and dark 2. Seasons – Autumn and Winter 3. Colours 4. What is hibernation and which animals hibernate? 5. Harvest thanksgiving 6. Diwali – Festival of Lights 7. Animals – nocturnal, diurnal and crepuscular 8. Pumpkins and tasty treats 9. Halloween 10. Festivals and traditions We will be doing lots of baking and food tasting activities too. We will be dressing up, decorating our pumpkins and partying until we drop! Lots of great fun!
BABY NEWS
20th September 2024
Huge congratulations to Natalie, Emma, Leah and Faith who have all recently announced they are expecting little bundles of joy! We can’t wait to meet all the new Wellies Babies!
Staffing Update
20th September 2024
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. 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 2024
20th September 2024
WE really enjoyed our final graduation party. What a ball we had! We asked for a bouncy castle and a Kids Rock party 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!
2024 Graduates
20th September 2024
Best wishes to all of our boys and girls who started school this Summer. We had 50 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!
West End Wellies has opened!
20th September 2024
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 and our website. Many thanks to the KingsWellies and QueensWellies parents and staff who also visited us on our open days. We loved showing it off to you all.
This is our VERY FIRST newsletter with WEST END WELLIES. Welcome to all our new families joining us
20th September 2024
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 Wellie Jellies Campsite, Opening Wellies Airport, Visiting Wellies Tots Zoo, Keeping fit at Wellies Babies gym classes, Bees and Bumbles International Airport, Bee Bee Creche, Bumbles Lemonade Stand, National Fitness Day, Recycling Week, planting and gardening, learning about the seasons, exploring our senses, how to keep safe, learning all about different minibeasts, learning all about all around the world – all the different countries and their traditions and celebrations, friendships, rules, all about me – getting to know our new families, colours and textures, getting ready for school and moving to our next rooms, visits from lots of important people who help us, talking about our pets and learning about different animals, exploring our local environments with lots of walks, enjoying a lot of outdoor play in our recently vamped gardens! We have also opened our new West End Wellies Nursery and have loved welcoming our new families. We never stop learning!
Aberdeen City Council Pre-School Funding – Session 2024/25 – 1140 hours
02nd August 2024
As per my previous emails, Wellies Nurseries will continue to provide the 1140 FREE hours from August 2024. 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 therefore 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 and pattern that suits you best. All parents are expected to pay their own invoices outwith the free funded period. We also only accept children who are with us for 52 weeks of the year. We do not accept term-time children only. There is no exception to this. Many thanks.
Nappies and Toilet Training
02nd August 2024
We are making a plea to ALL parents to please support us in ensuring that your children are fully toilet trained by the time that they move into the pre-school rooms (aged three years). Whilst we fully appreciate that all children are individuals, the toddler stage is the most appropriate age for this training milestone to happen. Once in the older rooms, children become much more aware of themselves and wearing nappies can lead to embarrassment. We also really want to focus on lots of high-quality learning and teaching with our older children. Nappy changing takes staff away from this very important part of their job. Our staff are ALL here to help you with this very important milestone. Nappies are also only supplied by us until children reach 3 years old. Parents must then supply their own. Please don’t hesitate to discuss with us and we will provide our full support.
Over the next few weeks, we will be focusing on a variety of topics in our playrooms. These will inc
02nd August 2024
• Happy Healthy Me • Cultures of the world – PLEASE talk to us about your childhood memories, your culture, your traditions, your beliefs and your celebrations. We really want to learn more about cultures around the world. • Rules and Routines • KINDNESS – Are you a bucket filler or a bucket dipper? • Child-led improvement groups – Our Eco Group, Kindness Group, Charities Group, Graduation Group and Playground Improvement Group will keep working hard to improve our nursery. • Holidays and Landmarks • Space • The Olympics and Paralympics • Seasons and sun safety– Summer • Gardening, making dens and improving our playgrounds • Our environment and local communities • Our families and friends • Autumn • Walks out and about around our community and lots of outdoor play • Daily mile – scavenger hunts, environmental print, shape, numeracy, literacy and pattern walks • Writing our names and learning lots of rhyming words • Getting ready for school and our new school nurseries • 1st August – UK play day • 2nd August – National day for play • 3rd August – Water melon day • 5th August – National sisters day • 6th August – Fresh breath / toothbrushing day • 8th August – International cat day • 9th August – International planting and allotments week • 9th August – National book lovers day • 10th August – World lion day • 11th August – Son and daughter day • 12th August – Elephant appreciation day • 19th August – World photo day • 22nd August – World plant milk day • 26th August – International dog day • 30th August – National beach day • 31st August – Eat outside day • 1st September – World letter writing day • 5th September – International Charities day • 6th September – Read a book day • 6th September – Zero waste day • 8th September – International literacy day • 9th September – Emergency Services day • 9th September – Teddy bear day • 13th September – Roald Dahl Day • 13th September – Positive thinking day • 16th September – World clean-up day • 17th September – International country music day • 18th September – Jewish new year • 18th September – Eat an apple day • 19th September – Pirate day • 20th September – Recycle week • 22nd September – World rhino day • 25th September – World dream day • 28th September – Good neighbour day • 29th September – International end food waste day • 1st October – International day of older persons • 1st October - World vegetarian day • 2nd October – Grandparents day • 5th October – World teachers day • 6th October – National poetry day • 7th October – National smile day • 9th October – World post day • 16th October – World food day • 25th October – Diwali • 25th October – World pasta day • 27th October – Tell a story day • 31st October – Halloween • 31st October – World cities day • Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing are the responsibility of ALL nursery and school practitioners. We have LOTS of exciting learning opportunities planned for our Wellies Gang!