I’m sad to say that, following the recent announcement by the First Minister, Cambusbarron Villahe Nursery will be closing at the end of the week until further notice. We are still awaiting confirmation of details and will pass these on as soon as we can.
The staff team are working on providing some home link activities to support children and families at this time.
We thank you in advance for your understanding and patience.

We have been asked to share the following information on coronavirus, COVID-19.

The general principles which help prevent the spread of respiratory viruses are :

• washing your hands often – with soap and water, this is particularly important after taking public transport
• covering your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throwing the tissue in a bin.
• people who feel unwell should stay at home and should not attend work or any
  education or early learning and childcare setting
• children, pupils, students, staff and visitors should wash their hands:
  • before leaving home
  • on arrival at nursery
  • after using the toilet
  • after breaks and sporting activities
  • before food preparation
  • before eating any food, including snacks
  • before leaving school/setting
• use an alcohol based hand sanitiser that contains at least 60% alcohol if soap and water are not available
• avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
• avoid close contact with people who are unwell
• clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces
• if you are worried about your symptoms or those of a child or colleague, please call your GP or NHS24 (111). Do not go directly to your GP or other healthcare environment but phone.
• see further information on HPS COVID-19 website and NHS Inform

Face masks for the general public, pupils or students, or staff are not recommended to protect from infection, as there is no evidence of benefit from their use outside healthcare environments.

Full details available at :

Click to access 1_covid-19-guidance-to-educational-settings.pdf

We were very pleased to be invited to help plant a tree in the park this morning in memory of Lt Colonel Francis Saunders. Mrs McAllister told us he was a very important man in Cambusbarron history and that he lived to be over 100 years old.
The tree we planted was a Sorbus or Rowan tree. The gardeners were very pleased to have our help as we dug and stamped and moved the earth around for them. We were such a good help that they asked us to help plant another 4 trees!

Lunch got a big thumbs up from our children today – the first day of the free hot lunches delivered to our nursery from the kitchens at Cambusbarron Primary School. We tucked into lentil soup, sausages, beans and mash and tomato pasta with salad. Tomorrow we are looking forward to tomato soup, scrambled egg on toast and stovies with broccoli!! How lucky are we???

As we are nearing 12th night and putting away our Christmas items for another year we have been thinking of the environmental impact of one of the newer Christmas traditions, the Christmas Jumper.
Christmas Jumpers often contain a large percentage of plastics and are generally only worn on a very few occasions before being replaced by a newer version the following year. At CVN we love our Christmas jumpers but reports like the one below about the impact of fast and disposable fashion on our environment have made us think about how they fit into our policy of being environmentally aware and promoting Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
So, this coming year, around November, we will be hosting a Christmas jumper sale and swap. If you have Christmas jumpers that will be too small by next Christmas,or, maybe the New Year resolution will hold and they will be too big (🤞🏻), or, if you just know you will fancy a change, PLEASE, rather than disposing of them pass them on to us and we will find them a new wearer for Christmas 2020.
Jumpers can be handed in to us at the Community Centre at any time.
Thank you

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50682657