282 March 2018 - Gryffe Advertizer
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Kilmacolm Playgroup<br />
This month was chock full of fun. A visit from our local firestation caused<br />
much excitement among both young and old! We’ve also enjoyed<br />
singing, and tasting shortbread as part of our Burns celebrations. There<br />
has been plenty of beautiful Valentines artwork made for our lovely<br />
parents too. Sensory play has become a firm favourite at playgroup.<br />
Who doesn’t love to go a bit crazy with shaving foam?! Next month<br />
we’re exploring animals, numbers and lots, lots more!<br />
Playgroup runs on Monday,<br />
Tuesday and Thursday mornings.<br />
For more information contact<br />
Iona on: playgroupmembership@<br />
googlemail.com<br />
Our Toddlers group is on<br />
Wednesday mornings from 10 -<br />
11.30am and gives 0-3 year olds a<br />
chance to play, make friends, and<br />
share a snack, while the grownups<br />
catch up over a cup of tea.<br />
Drop in to find out more, or contact<br />
Fiona on kilmacolmtoddlers@<br />
outlook.com Our website: https://<br />
kilmacolmplaygroupandtoddlers.jimdo.com/ or follow us on Facebook!<br />
Houston Toddlers Group<br />
There was a lot of love at toddlers recently with lots of little ones<br />
making valentine cards and pictures to be sent to the special people<br />
in their lives.<br />
Dates for <strong>March</strong> crafts are 22nd for Mothers day and 29th for Easter<br />
crafting fun. Come along to showcase your artistic talent.<br />
Also we have a child free drink organised on Friday 23rd <strong>March</strong>, join<br />
us for a well deserved night off and some chat in the pub.<br />
We welcome all children age<br />
between 0-4 years old, together<br />
with their parents, grandparents<br />
or carers to join in with the<br />
games, crafts and play on offer<br />
every Thursday. The children<br />
can enjoy playing, making friends<br />
and of course snack time while<br />
the adults can catch up with a<br />
cuppa.<br />
We meet between 9.30am -<br />
11.30am so come along when<br />
you are ready to the West Hall,<br />
Main street Houston PA67EL<br />
(next to the Carrick centre). We look forward to meeting you all.<br />
Langbank Playgroup<br />
What an amazing and fun filled place to be! At playgroup, children are<br />
offered the opportunity to develop their social skills, independence,<br />
creativity, numeracy and literacy skills. To add to this extensive list,<br />
the children also have the opportunity to develop their physical skills<br />
while participating in the Mini Kicks programme with Morton Football!<br />
What’s not to like, when all of this can be done through play?!<br />
Do you have a child aged between 2.5yrs to 5yrs old? Then why not<br />
let them come along and experience the fun! Everyone welcome from<br />
Langbank and surrounding areas.<br />
Playgroup is held on a<br />
Friday morning (term<br />
time) in Langbank<br />
Village Hall and<br />
we currently have<br />
SPACES AVAILABLE<br />
for children aged<br />
2.5yrs to 5yrs. If you<br />
would like to join us<br />
on a Friday morning or<br />
for more information,<br />
please contact Jen<br />
Burrows on 07947<br />
983025.<br />
St. Fillan’s Primary School<br />
What a busy term we have had already in St. Fillan’s Primary School!<br />
As we are a very inclusive and welcoming school, we have been<br />
involved in lots of community events over the last few weeks and we<br />
would like to share a few of them with you.<br />
Fairtrade Coffee<br />
Morning - Having<br />
gained the<br />
prestigious status<br />
of being a ‘Fairtrade<br />
School,’ we take<br />
our responsibilities<br />
seriously in<br />
promoting the need<br />
for a more fair and<br />
just world. We<br />
invited our families<br />
and members of<br />
the community<br />
along to our Coffee Morning on Friday 2nd February and we were<br />
delighted by the support given from everyone who provided donations<br />
and who joined in the fun on the day. We are proud to announce that<br />
we raised £55 from the raffle for a Fairtrade hamper and a further<br />
£52.55 for MND Scotland. This charity was selected by the members<br />
of the Fairtrade Committee.<br />
Eco Warriors - Pupils in Primary 3/2 participated in a community<br />
litter pick with members of the Houston Community Litter Crew.<br />
Our litter busting heroes took to the streets armed with gloves, litter<br />
pickers, plastic bags and determination! The weather was kind and<br />
our pupils collected two bags of litter in an afternoon which was a<br />
great achievement. This initiative was part of the ‘Eco Spotlights’<br />
that classes have been taking part in to raise the awareness<br />
of Eco issues. We hope to retain our Green Flag Status in a few<br />
weeks time.<br />
deadline date for our april issue - Friday 16th <strong>March</strong> - You don’t want to miss it!!
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