Last Friday night was Early Childhood Ireland's Awards presentation night and we were delighted to attend and collect another National Award for Inspired Practice! Thanks to all for the well wishes from all our parents last Friday and of course to the best kids in Lusk who make our job a pleasure!

Wow! Final count- A whopping €670.30 was raised for our PJ day! A very big THANK YOU to all who sponsored the children on the day!

In celebration of Mother's Day we have also been busy getting ready for our Mother's Day Cafe! Please mammies join us today for coffee and cafe where our little waiters and waitresses are eagerly waiting to take your order! Morning session mums for 11am and afternoon session mums for 2.45pm! Enjoy!

We kick started Pyjama Day 2018 on Wednesday. Thank you to all for your very generous support! If anyone has any sponsorship envelopes please bring them in today and i will announce the final amount raised next week. Have fun to all those other services who will be participating today!

I know I cant wait to get back at it! See you all in school tomorrow 5th March!

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/met-%C3%A9ireann-issues-red-weather-alert-and-warns-of-25cm-of-snow-1.3408511 Good Morning! due to the red weather alert being issued for the adverse weather conditions we will be closed today and tomorrow. Apologies for the late notification but we can only make informed decisions as we get the weather updates. Please also check your email re PJ day thank you!

This is worth a read.....

Our morning session for Sept 18 start in preschool is full but we have a couple of ECCE places left for anyone interested in our afternoon session due to cancellations.Priority is then given to those children for a morning position for the following year. Call Mandy 087 951 0249 if you need any more information Thank you!

A big thank you to all those parents who emailed, texted and hugged us this week congratulating us on another Inspired Practice Award win from Early Childhood Ireland!. We will be collecting our award on April 13th on the ECI awards night in Clontarf Castle! Special thanks goes to our staff who made this possible. This award celebrates our staff commitment to providing quality experiences and learning for the children in our care xx https://www.earlychildhoodireland.ie/work/quality-practice/awards/inspired-practice-awards/december-2017-inspired-practice-winners/

Bring back the snow! We need some more! Some January pics and January Newsletter has been emailed.

I probably should have posted this earlier! Some great advice from Lucy Wolfe on getting your child back to a regular sleeping pattern after the Christmas break. Early to bed tonight and tomorrow and up early tomorrow for all so its not a shock to the system on Monday !! See you Monday! http://www.tv3.ie/shows/irelandam/article/1.65.1482.1486/258674/Sleep-Expert-Lucy-Wolfe

Well this day next week what will we all be doing? 7 more sleeps. Time to slow it down and really enjoy the moments that matter. Some lovely tips from this post to make everyone think. Have a lovely Christmas from all the team at Cottage Kids xx https://handsonaswegrow.com/how-to-make-holiday-kids-remember/?utm_campaign=blog-traffic&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=highlights-E5&utm_term=slowdown-12102017