2015-16 – Page 21 – Hecklegirth Nursery

Well Done Everyone!

Kacey’s family has been looking at some of our photos and commented on how she enjoyed our recent Family Learning activity:

“Kacey enjoyed making her Christmas decorations ( so did I) we had a great time , sadly our rain deer nose didn’t last very long so we made him a non edible one!”

Kacey’s Mum also wanted to congratulate everyone on the fundraising efforts for the Carlisle flood victims and for the performance at Annan Day Care Centre.

“Well done guys! It’s so nice to hear there’s so many kind and thoughtful people around….x”

“A www so cute! Well done everyone…..Merry Christmas…x”

The children have certainly made us so proud in lots of ways over the last week or two so a huge ‘well done’ to all of you.

After the super singing of the morning Sunshine children at Annan Court Care Home, it was the turn of the Rainbow morning children to make a visit in our community to Annan Day Care Centre earlier this week.

Yet again our little Nursery children made us very proud as they confidently sung their Christmas songs to the ladies and gentlemen in the audience. It was lovely to see some of the audience joining in with the actions and songs so thank you everyone for making us feel welcome.

After lots of singing, it’s great to have a refreshing drink and the ladies in charge very kindly provided us with juice which was much appreciated. Thank you boys and girls for behaving so beautifully and providing great entertainment in our local community. We hope to have more opportunities to perform again in the future with different groups.

In the meantime, we hope that all our families are looking forward to our Christmas celebration tomorrow (Friday) with Rev. McGougan when you can hear the children’s singing for yourselves. We look forward to seeing you there.

Singing In The Community

The morning children from the Sunshine Room visited Annan Court Care Home on Friday to perform their Christmas songs to the residents. This was an opportunity for the children to develop their confidence and to be part of the wider community.
It was a joy to see the delight that our little Nursery children gave to the elderly ladies and gentlemen and their singing and behaviour was superb. They also showed good manners when given juice, crisps and sweets from the staff so we were very proud of everyone who took part. Thank you so much to the staff and residents at Annan Court for making us feel so welcome – we loved your singing too.
Well done boys and girls for showing yourselves to be responsible citizens, effective contributors and confident individuals. You certainly earned those certificates.
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Rudolph’s Nose Part two

Mollie’s Mum left a comment to say how much she and Mollie enjoyed Eileen’s Family Learning activity:

“Mollie loved making the Christmas decorations, they are all sitting proudly on our tree, even Rudolph’s lollipop nose is still intact! Thank you once again Eileen!”

It seems amazing that these lollipops are not getting eaten. Well done Mollie! Eileen has sent me these photos of some of you with your finished decorations and you all look pleased with your efforts. There must be some lovely Christmas trees in the Annan area this year.

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Nativity Gift

Nursery now has a beautiful set of knitted characters from the nativity story thanks to Hannah and her family. The children have loved playing with them, which they can do without fear of breakages, and it has provided a great opportunity to talk about the Christmas story. Thank you so much to Hannah and her family for this kind gift which we feel sure will be popular in Nursery for many years to come.

Carlisle Flood Donations – thank you!!!!

Here is a post from Mrs. Alexander to thank everyone who has kindly donated to our contributions to the victims of the Carlisle floods. It was lovely to see so many of the Nursery children and their families participating. Christmas Jumper Day photos will be posted here in the next few days.

The school communities of Hecklegirth and Eastriggs have generously donated over 200 Christmas gifts to Norman Street School in Carlisle. Hecklegirth also raised £237 from a Xmas jumper day today which was also donated.

Mrs Alexander and Miss Aitken travelled to Carlisle with our van man, John Gray, of DB Schneker who kindly donated a van. They saw first-hand the devastation the floods had caused. They were warmly received by the staff and children of Norman Street School and the headteacher explained that they were surprised by our visit as they thought people had forgotten about them now that the rain had stopped. Several staff were in tears, moved by your generosity, as bag after bag of gifts was pulled from John’s van!

Thank you so much to the school communities of Eastriggs and Hecklegirth – plus a kindly last-day donation from neighbouring Cummertrees – for helping make Christmas happen for the people of Carlisle. You truly have made a difference.

The rain has come and it has tried to do its worse. But without the rain there would be no rainbow.

Be proud, folks.

Award Winners

Here are some of our recent award winners with their certificates. Very well done to all of you.

Rudolph’s Nose

Thom’s family has been looking at the Family Learning photos:

“We had a lovely time, Thom is very proud of his decorations as are we and we’re amazed Rudolphs lollipop nose still hasn’t been munched!”

Those lollipop Rudolphs looked brilliant. Well done Thom for not eating Rudolph’s nose yet.

Carlisle Flood Victim Gifts

If anyone else would like to donate Christmas presents to the Carlisle flood victims, they should be in school by 10a.m. on Monday as they will be delivered tomorrow. We feel sure that all your kind donations will be much appreciated.

Family Fun

Thanks must go again to Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, for providing super Christmas activities for children and their families to enjoy together. When I called in to the Family Room, there were owl decorations and angels on the go and they certainly looked like good fun. No doubt they will brighten up your Christmas trees.
It’s lovely to see lots of families participating, despite everyone being so busy at this time of year, and we really appreciate Eileen offering these sessions. Watch this space next term for more Family Learning activities.