Dean Park Nursery

Applications have re-opened for the early years clothing grant.

This is for parents of children aged 3 and 4 years who are returning for another year, and for the August intake of 3 and 4 year olds who missed the August deadline.

£50 is available per child age 3 and 4 years, whose circumstances meet the criteria for footwear and clothing grants. You have until Monday 23 September 2024 to apply. Visit https://orlo.uk/D5u2L

Children who are starting in January and April will have an opportunity to apply for the grant in November 2024 and February 2025.

Lots of good luck wishes to all our boys and girls starting their primary school journey this morning. 🍀
We hope you have the best time meeting new friends and learning lots along the way. 👫🏻📚
✨️Shine like the wee stars you are! ✨️

There have been reports of sewage in the river at Dean Castle Country Park, this has been reported.
Please refrain from entering the water and keep your dog on a lead on the paths until this situation is resolved.

📢 Take a Break Scotland opens for applications tomorrow from midday.

💙 We accept applications from parent carers of disabled children and young people, aged 0 to 20 who have complex additional support needs.

You can use your grant towards things like:

🎪 day trips - spa day, meal out, zoo trip
🚲 sport, play or leisure equipment
🎨 clubs and activities
🏖️ holiday or short break away
🚂 travel costs
👋 additional carer
💻 digital devices and subscriptions

Get ready to hit the apply button tomorrow and find out more: https://takeabreakscotland.org.uk/applications/who-can-apply

Help shape early learning and childcare in East Ayrshire. We are looking for your input to help develop our early learning and childcare services.

Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey, open until 6 May, 2024. Your feedback will directly inform the future of early learning and childcare in https://orlo.uk/PZWBs

Thank you to all the ladies for coming along to visit us on this sunshiny day! ☀️ We had a great time playing with you and we hope to come and see you next time at Hallhouse Care Home !! 🥰

The Ziggy Roadshow is coming to town with Road Safety Scotland!

Join their FREE Ziggy storytelling shows at Burns Mall Shopping Centre in Kilmarnock, throughout the day on 2 and 3 April. All earthling children will get FREE goodies!

For Ziggy games and stories visit bit.ly/ziggy-online 🚀🌎🚗

It is important to know the symptoms of whooping cough, which are repeated coughing bouts, vomiting or a whoop sound when the person draws breath once again. The cough may last for several weeks or months.

Please contact your GP practice or NHS 111 out of hours if you think that you or your child might have whooping cough.

Read more here: https://www.nhsaaa.net/whooping-cough-pertussis/

Steph from our baby room team is starting a new baby massage session in Newton Mearns called Zen baby .
Steph will be glad to have you join her group, and if you could like and share her page she would appreciate that! Thank you! 🫶🏻

Zen baby connecting you and your baby through touch

Remember! Online applications for Early Learning and Childcare places close on Sunday 10 March. All the information you need is available online https://orlo.uk/Def05

Applications for session 2024/2025 government funded childcare are open from today until Sunday 10th March.
If you'd like to find out more about attending Dean Park Nursery before making your application, please get in touch.

Set a reminder! Online applications for Early Learning and Childcare places will open on Monday 26 February and close on Sunday 10 March. All the information you need is available online https://orlo.uk/1EN39

The boys and girls had a great time meeting the ladies from Hallhouse Care Home today, we are looking forward to seeing them soon when we go to visit them in their home. 🥰

Hi everyone! We're URGENTLY looking for good quality kids clothing in the following sizes, as we have referral packs to be made up and the boxes are empty!

Age 2-3 boy & girl
Age 3-4 boy & girl
Age 4-5 boy & girl

If you would like to help, we would love to hear from you. It would be great if you could label your bags with the sizes and drop them into:

Hillhouse Distribution Centre
11 Hill Street
Kilmarnock
KA3 1HA
T: 01563 523362
Opening hours: Mon-Thu: 9am-4.30pm & Fri: 9am-2pm.

Please share our post with your family and friends. Thank you.

🚩 Remember - registration for Primary One opens on Monday 8 January and closes on Friday 12 January. Registration is online and you will need a copy of your child's birth certificate and two proofs of address. You can find out more about school admissions online https://orlo.uk/3u3kf

✨IMPORTANT ✨

Ahead of this week’s Starry Nights, we have reviewed our Traffic Management plans to ensure not only that our magical illuminated experience is enjoyable for all our guests but also that the impact of traffic generated by our visitors is minimised for residents living in the area.

🌲We have Increased the presence of Traffic Marshalls across the event to help our guests
🌲We have adjusted the times at which roads will close as follows: from 1530 hrs each event day on weekdays (to minimize inconvenience during the school run). On all other event days, including Saturdays and Sundays, the road closures will occur at 1500 hrs. The road closures will be lifted each evening at 2100 hours
🌲It's now specified that only residents can access the road closures, and, in order to bypass them, a resident pass will be required
🌲We have added a dedicated page to our website where we recommend and list parking solutions (as well as other ways of ‘getting here’) for those joining us for Starry Nights and clearly remind everyone visiting to please park considerately and responsibly, respect our surrounding neighbours and other customers, and adhere to our road closure and directions from our Traffic Management personnel.

Here is a direct link to our page: https://www.christmasatdeancastle.com/getting-here/

PLEASE NOTE: St.Matthews RC Church Car Park will not be available on Saturday, December 16 only.

We hope this will help, and we are here for any questions you might have – please DM us or email us so we can make sure we respond promptly (we can’t always see social media comments in real time because we are onsite to make sure Starry Nights continues to be enchanting!)

Thank you for all your kind donations for the Ayrshire East Foodbank Christmas appeal, what a great amount to donate 12 bags full! 🥰

Wishing all our children moving onto primary school today lots of luck and happiness, today and always! 🍀🏫🍀

Fruit and vegetables are a great snack, and count towards you and your family getting your 5-A-Day.🍎

Find out more about the Healthy Start scheme and how it can benefit your family: https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/

There is still time to apply for your child's funded 3-5 place at Dean Park Nursery, deadline of midnight on Sunday 12th March.

Any questions just get in touch.

Registration for funded early learning and childcare places will be open from Monday 27 February until midnight on Sunday 12 March. Everything you need to know and the registration form is online. Please visit https://orlo.uk/JC4FG