Friday, January 9, 2009

Hello Everyone!
Welcome back to the playway! Hope you all had a great holiday.
It is with great pleasure we welcome our new playmates, little Akaash, Ishaq and Thayba.
Wish you all a bright and a prosperous New Year! May Every Happiness be yours!

New Year’s Reality Check
By Joanna Fuchs


Another year, another chance
To start our lives anew;
This time we’ll leap old barriers
To have a real breakthrough.
We’ll take one little step
And then we’ll take one more,
Our unlimited potential
We’ll totally explore.
We’ll show off all our talents
Everyone will be inspired;
(Hmm…while I’m writing this,
I’m getting very tired.)
We’ll give up all bad habits;
We’ll read and learn a lot,
All our goals will be accomplished,
Sigh...or maybe not.
Oh well, Happy New Year anyway!

Important News: As you know I am a final year undergraduate at the University of Sri Jayawardenapura. The final exams are re-scheduled for January and consist of six papers. During my absence, Mrs. Gihanthi Abeyratne, a close friend and qualified, experienced teacher formally at Ladies’ College, Colombo 7 will substitute me. Along with Amaal and Harshini, she will ensure that everything runs smoothly.

Our current theme: “Me myself and I”. The children will get a very good opportunity to inquire about themselves and their feelings. We hope to work on the topic to enhance the knowledge on them, family, country and their growth.

Happy, Happy Birthday!!!

The playway nursery celebrates its first anniversary this January. Let’s all sing Happy Birthday, the playway and wish it Good Luck! Also, Aunty Harshini celebrates her birthday on the 15th January and Rahmah on the 31st. Hope both of them will have a lot of Fun on their birthdays.

Book Pool Reminder: We are extremely happy to note that our “Book a Home Programme” is doing extremely well. The response from the children and the parents is great. The aim is to arouse the curiosity and the love for books. A book read aloud by mummy or daddy can develop pre reading ability and is recommended highly. Your child/ children are in their best years where Language absorption is concerned. Please read as many books to them as possible. And also you could set an example by reading for your enjoyment at their presence.

I am positive that you are having a wealth of books at home and would love to share with the children at the playway. Please send a favorite book of your child to be shared. So far the books I send home have come back in their original state therefore I trust that the books that are going home will be safe. Please send a book once a week and take a book home daily. We shall take an account on the books and RETURN THEM SAFE AT THE END OF EACH WEEK.

Fruit Break

Hope the parents do remember that children have appreciated fruit in their fruit breaks and this is a reminder to all the parents to send a fruit that your child loves on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The new families please note that both Tuesday and Thursday are our Fruit Breaks and it will be lovely to send a fruit that your son/ daughter likes to have for the break. A good fruit drink kike an orange juice in a drinking cup is also a good idea for a change.

Every other Wednesday we celebrate chocolates at our break times as chocolates are proved to be good for children in small quantities once in a way. Please send your child’s tooth brush (labeled) on that day to get used to brushing teeth after a chocolate. The good habits children learn at the Nursery will take them a long way.

Dates for Your Diary:

Monday , 12th January 2009 First day at school for the New Year
Wednesday, 14th January 2009 Thaipongal (Holiday)
Tuesday, 20th January 2009 Cookery Day
Tuesday, 03rd February 2009 Independence Day Celebrations
Wednesday, 04th February 2009 Independence Day (Holiday)

Hope you all enjoyed the collection of photographs on DVD! Wasn’t that a treat?

Have a Joyful January
Neelika Edirisinghe
Director, the playway nursery