News and Events
MacMillan coffee morning
05th October 2020
We held our annual MacMillan coffee morning on Friday 25th September. The children were very busy baking for it all week. We raised a whopping £359.04 for MacMillan. Thank you so much to everyone who donated!
Fund Raising
05th October 2020
Our graduation photo shoot was also a huge success. Some LOVELY photos! Thank you to those who participated and of course to Kevin Buchan (our photographer) who did such an amazing job.
Staffing Update
05th October 2020
We also wish Emma Campbell all the very best. Emma has just started her maternity leave and her new baby is due in October. HUGE congratulations also go to Kayleigh Gordon who has also just announced her pregnancy. Stay safe and healthy Kayleigh! We are also very proud to say that we are now a certified Real Living Wage employer. Our staff work very hard and it is very important to us that they are celebrated, praised and complimented.
Staffing Update
05th October 2020
We are a number of staff OVER our ratio EVERY day. This is unlike most other nurseries. This ensures that we can easily accommodate lots of high quality staff training, holidays and any staff absences. We are also able to ensure that all of our Covid 19 policies and procedures are stringently followed on a daily basis. We would like to welcome Shannon Robertson, Rachel Wilson, and Lucy McQueen. We are delighted to welcome them all to the Wellies team. Good luck also to Campbell Oag who will be leaving us soon to start studying medicine at Oxford University. Campbell will continue to work with us during his holidays from Uni.
KingsWellies Nursery Uniform
05th October 2020
Please see Kerryn if you would like an order form. Our uniform is very durable and it doesn’t matter so much if it gets a bit messy! We can order any time for you.
Graduation – Class of 2020
05th October 2020
We had a great Saturday afternoon at our graduation party. It was so very lovely to welcome all of the boys and girls back to nursery for one last shin dig. Great fun was had by all. Parents and staff gave the boys and girls a very well-deserved standing ovation when they left the nursery for the last time. It really did bring a tear to our eyes. Congratulations everyone!
Messy Children are Happy Children
24th July 2020
Since returning to nursery, we have been playing outside as much as possible. Water walls, 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 2020/21 – 1140 hours
24th July 2020
As per my previous emails, KingsWellies Nursery has been accepted as one of the partner providers for Aberdeen City Council who will be providing the increased 1140 FREE hours from September 2020. I will send out more information about what this will look like for us, very soon. We have NOT yet received the funding applications from ACC. As soon as we receive these, we will pass these on to parents to complete and return asap These application will also be able to answer all of your questions. Many thanks for your patience.
KingsWelllies Improvement Plan 2020 / 2021
24th July 2020
We are at that point again where we are about to write our new improvement plan for session 2020/21. What do you think that we could improve on? Please let us know. I will share the DRAFT Improvement Plan with you in due course.
Book Bug – Aberdeen Library
24th July 2020
Aberdeen City Libraries has now introduced an appointment based Click and Collect service. Staff will provide a selection of books based on a family’s reading preferences, to collect on appointment. This means that families with will once again be able to benefit from borrowing items including children’s picture books, early readers and dual language books from Aberdeen City Libraries. You can find out more about how to access this service by following the link https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/libraries-and-archives/click-and-collect. It is also not too late for families to participate in Aberdeen Reads, our summer reading challenge, which runs until 29 August 2020. Anybody can participate as an individual or as a group, so we encourage you to take part. Everyone who registers for Aberdeen Reads will be entered into a prize draw. Taking part in the Challenge will support children to develop language and literacy skills by encouraging all kinds of reading – instructions, recipes, picture books, sharing stories with younger siblings. Many of the suggested challenges can be easily carried out as part of a daily routine and it’s a great way to encourage the whole family to read together. Information on the Challenge and how to register is on our website www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/aberdeenreads, Finally, Aberdeen City Libraries continue to provide their digital reading offer. There is a wide range of ebooks, eaudio books, ecomics, emagazines and online resources suitable for all ages and abilities. We also continue to deliver regular Bookbug sessions via YouTube and Facebook.