Pyjama Party – November 2017
Last year as a school we hosted a pyjama night in the Rosemount Flexi-centre on school grounds. It was aimed at P1 and P2 children and parents to encourage a good night-time routine. The format was groups of children and a parent/carer go round stations led by teachers in the school who can give ideas of activities that can be done with little/no resources to promote home learning and parent child bonding as part of a bedtime routine. Following this, a children’s book is read while enjoying a hot chocolate and then the children go home to go straight to bed. To give an element of fun, the children are encouraged to turn up in their pyjamas.
This year it was hosted again in the Rosemount Flexi-centre on the 13th November. It was a very cold night but we were delighted to see over 30 parents and carers join us!
This year the teaching stations were:
- Finger puppets: led by Mr Thomson, the children and their carers made some basic finger puppets which could be used imaginatively or to support the telling of a story.
- Peer Massage: led by Miss Bonner, she shared her training to demonstrate how she incorporates peer massage into her classroom and how it could be done at home.
- Senses: led by Miss Hughes, this game encouraged talking and listening while sharing what they can see, hear etc. with a parent/carer
- Playing with numbers: led by Mr Steer, this activity showed how number games can be made with plain paper and pencils/pen and how games like ‘Guess my number’ can encourage number practise in a fun way.
Finally, Mrs McShane read a story to everyone while they enjoyed a hot chocolate. Thanks to Stretch a Nickel Foundation who we work closely with in school and helped coordinate the event, the children all received a new children’s book as well to take home.
Many thanks to all parents/carers and children who attended, the Stretch a Nickel Foundation, and to the Rosemount Centre for their help with organising this brilliant event.
