Wellbeing Wednesday ❤️

We have some exciting news….

Throught the month of December staff are creating a reverse advent calendar, each day an item of food will be donated and put into a hamper

There will be 4 separate hampers made up and on the last week of term a child’s name from each room will be chosen at random to take the hamper home

Please note this is not a raffle just something we are doing to spread a little kindness 🥰

This week we have been talking about light and dark which led us on to exploring shadows, we watched a short story on the promethean board about how to make a shadow and then used the light box to make shapes with our hands, following on from that the children decided to make a puppet theatre which we used to experiment with different objects to see what cast the best shadows. Some children drew round shadow shapes and others made shadows of themselves on the wall and floor. Alfie told us “you need a light” and Peach discovered when you move the light it changes the size and shape “my shadow is now big”.

Wellbeing Wednesday

Look who has come to visit our Kindness Elves 🥰

From 1st December they will share different acts of Kindness for you to try at home ❤️

But first they need some names, please vote for your favourite name below you have until next Wednesday to vote

Good Morning

If you attended our Learning Fayre last week we would love some feedback

If you could spare a few minutes to complete the short form it would be appreciated

Thank you 😊

We look forward to welcoming you all along tomorrow for our parents learning fayre

As well as all the information we will be sharing we have joining us

Amanda Latif- Community Practitioner
Financial inclusion team
Speech and Language

You can still come along even if you didn’t complete the online form, we have lots of fantastic information to share 😀

Wellbeing Wednesday

Today at a team meeting the staff created their own Tartan which we used to show how we are all joined together in the Centre

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With St Andrews day coming up we would like you to create your own Tartan at home, these will used in the same way to create one big display 🥰

You can use any materials your wish, paper size should be no bigger than A4, sheets of paper can be collected from the ECC if required 🥰

All tartan should be handed in by Wednesday 23rd November ❤️❤️

Our Communication Board is located on the  window beside the main entrance  to the centre please take the time to have a look at the top tip and other information.

November top tip

For every question try and say two comments. This will keep the conversation more balanced and encourage more turns. Comments are the best way for children to learn new words.

 

Rhyme of the month – incy wincy spider

Nursery Rhymes help with speech development, they help children develop auditory skills such as discriminating between sounds and developing the ear for the music of words.

We would like to invite you to join us for a Christmas sing a long and a mince pie

Please note this will be an outdoor event so please dress for the weather, feel free to wear something festive

This will take place on the following dates –

Wednesday 14th December  for Birch Room, Oak Room AM and Willow Room AM

Thursday 15th December for Chestnut Room, Oak Room PM and Willow Room PM

Times on both days 3.30-4.15

Please see below the songs we will be singing for you to learn

Jingle Bells

Christmas Eve is here it’s time to go to bed

As we climb the stairs, nod our sleepy heads

Take our stockings off and hang them in a row

Then jump quickly into bed and off to sleep we go

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

Jingle all the way

Oh what fun it is to ride on a one horse open slay

Hey Jingle Bells Jingle Bell

Jingle all the way

Hurrah for dear old Santa Claus, hurrah for Christmas day

I’m a little snowman

To the tune of I’m a little teapot

I’m a little snowman round and fat

Here’s my scarf and here’s my hat

When the snow is falling on the ground

Roll me over and make me round

Christmas Pudding 

To the tune of Frere Jacques 

Christmas pudding, Christmas pudding

Steaming hot, steaming hot

Sprinkle on some sugar, sprinkle on some sugar

Eat the lot, eat the lot

When Santa got stuck up the Chimney

When Santa got stuck up the chimney

He began to shout

You girls and boys won’t get any toys if you don’t pull me out

My beard is black, there’s soot in my sack, my nose is tickly too

When Santa got stuck up the chimney achoo achoo achoo.

Snowflakes Snowflakes

To the tune of twinkle twinkle

Snowflakes, Snowflakes dance around

Snowflakes, Snowflakes touch the ground

Snowflakes, snowflakes in the air,

Snowflakes, snowflakes everywhere

Snowflakes, Snowflakes dance around

Snowflakes, snowflakes touch the ground

Father Christmas

To the tune of Frere Jacques

Father Christmas, Father Christmas

He got stuck, he got stuck

Coming down the chimney, coming down the chimney

What back luck, what bad luck

Where is Santa, where is Santa

Here I am, here am I

Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Christmas

HO HO HO, HO HO HO

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year

 

Reminder……..

💚Outdoor Classroom Day – 3rd November 2022

💚Join us for an outdoor stay and play session to celebrate this day

💚 Please see poster below for times for your child’s group, Willow Room 9-3 children should attend 2.30-3.15 session

We have lots of fun activities for you and your child to get involved in, we look forward to seeing you all there 😀