We would like to remind you that the PEEP sessions for children and families in the Sunshine Room start tomorrow, Tuesday 14th November, with Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator. Eileen will join you for a fun activity from nine until ten and we hope that those participating enjoy this opportunity.
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Parent Consultations
We would like to remind you that our parent consultations start on Monday 13th November. If you have not yet made an appointment to speak to your child’s key worker and would like to arrange a time, the available slots are on display on top of the children’s trays. If none of these appointments suit you, please speak to staff who will do their best to arrange an alternative time.
Sparkler Safety
Just like the afternoon children, those in the morning showed good listening skills when learning about staying safe with fireworks. They were very patient waiting their turn for their sparklers and all followed the rules very well. It’s good to know that you remembered how to stay safe boys and girls.
Final Date For Christmas Boxes
We would like to clarify that the last date for bringing Christmas boxes in to donate to Operation Christmas Child is Tuesday 14th November.
Apologies if we have given you the wrong date earlier in the term.
Bonfire Night
After looking at some books about Bonfire Night and how it started, the children discussed what they had done with their families.
Bethany: I had sparklers at my friend’s house. We put them in a bucket with water when we had finished.
Devlin: I had some at my house. They banged.
Mason: we had fireworks in a barrow. My Dad ran when we lit them. It made big bangs and some flew like rockets. We had pizza.
Enid: I went to Dumfries in the car to see fireworks.
Safoora: I saw some from a bridge. We had toffee apples.
Joshua: we had fireworks. I stayed next to Daddy to stay safe.
Tom: when it’s dark you can see fireworks.
Penny: I had a bonfire at my house.
Louie: I saw some fireworks in the sky. They were far away.
Evan G.: I saw two fireworks, one was yellow, one was white.
Dave: we saw big bang fireworks. We had chips.
Ava: I went to see fireworks with Mummy. I like pink ones. We didn’t have sweets or toffee apples.
Fraser: I had fireworks at my house. They were rockets.
Kobe: I had some fireworks at my Papa’s house.
Imoen: I had rockets and sparklers at my house.
It sounds like you all had lots of fun!
Staying Safe
Sparklers are a great way to learn about staying safe with fire and the children listened so well to all our instructions when we enjoyed them in the Nursery garden last week. Just look at the faces of the afternoon children, all concentrating and listening to our advice as we talked about how to behave and what to do once the sparkler is finished. Some were more cautious than others but everyone was happy to hold a sparkler so well done boys and girls for being confident to try out something that was new to many.
Special Books
We hope that you have enjoyed looking through the children’s special books with them at home. We would like to remind you to please return them tomorrow, Wednesday 8th November, along with the comment sheet which has been added to your child’s book as part of our ongoing evaluation.
Thank you to those who have already taken the time to share their thoughts with us about their child’s progress. We greatly value your views.
School News
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Sticky, Stretchy Marshmallows
As we have been talking about staying safe for Bonfire Night, we had a fire in the garden last week to support our discussions. Toasting marshmallows also gave us the opportunity to talk about what happened to them as they were heated over the fire and they certainly tasted delicious once our experiment was over. The children used some good vocabulary as they talked about how the marshmallows felt once they were cooked as they found them “sticky”, “stretchy” and “like a spider”.
