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Our children love to spend time within our cosy book areas and enjoy reading stories together.

This week in honour of Scottish Book Week we are enjoying ‘Squirrels who squabbled’ this is a tale of how two greedy squirrels greedy squirrels Cyril and Bruce, they both have their sights on a very special prize: THE VERY LAST NUT OF THE SEASON! As the nut bounces crazily though the forest, the squirrels race after it, between the trees, over boulders, down the river and – ARGH! – right to the edge of a waterfall! Working together might be the only way to save themselves now …

We are helping Boris and Cyril to share, this experience also helps children to develop mathematical concepts such as a sense of size, amount and even very early fractions!

Please share with us any stories you have been enjoying at home via the blog or on Seesaw 🙂

Morning everyone

Renfrewshire Carers Centre are running an autism awareness session on Zoom this week and next.

Please see details below and contact

If you wish to join please make contact via the email below.

enquiries@renfrewshirecarers.org.uk

Dear parent/carer

As you will be aware, the Scottish Government has now confirmed details of the new protection level system to help stop the spread of coronavirus, and Renfrewshire has been placed in Level 3.

This brings with it some extra protection measures for our schools and nurseries. We have only this afternoon received the full guidance from the Scottish Government and are still working through the detail of it and will share this with you fully over the course of next week.

The main changes relate to the use of face coverings from Monday 2 November and I would like to ask for your support as we implement these measures.

From Monday pupils in the senior phase of secondary school (S4 to S6) should wear face coverings in all classes, this change will also apply to teaching staff. Pupils should bring their own face covering and be prepared to wear in class and when moving to and from classes. They will be asked by school staff to comply with this advice.

If for any reason they don’t have one, schools will continue to provide disposable ones.

Any pupils who cannot wear face coverings due to health issues or additional support needs are exempt and this will be supported by the school.

We would also ask that all parents or visitors entering school premises (building or playground), including drop-off or pick-up, to please wear a face covering.

As always, the safety of your children is the single biggest priority for us. We continue to follow all national guidance designed to keep our school community safe and we really appreciate your support and co-operation in helping to reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission within our schools.

I will write to you next week with more details on the enhanced Level 3 measures for Renfrewshire schools and please be reassured that any changes will be explained carefully to our pupils.

You can read more about what we already have in place to ensure our schools and nurseries are safe on our Schools Health and Safety webpage. And more on what to do if you have a suspected or confirmed case of Covid-19 in your household can be found on our Covid-19 Schools webpage.

Thank you again for your continued patience and understanding

Steven Quinn,

Director of Children’s Services, Renfrewshire Council

Whilst you are at home you just might be missing some of your nursery friends. Why not write your friend a note ?  You can tell them what you have been doing in the house and what you are missing about your friends .  This can be a good opportunity to discuss your feelings and will also be nice to hear what your friends miss about you. We will arrange for these to be displayed in our nursery room when we are back.

This can be completed in many different ways, you can allow your child to freely mark make and draw or they can talk to you as you write it for them.

Look forward to seeing your notes.

At nursery you all enjoy  running around the garden, jumping off of the reels and climbing on the palettes ….. you have so much fun.

Exercise is so good for you, It keeps your body healthy and makes your brain smart.

Why not try some of these fun activities to keep you active today.

 

 

 

Remember last week when we were learning Makaton using singing hands?

You all did a great job at copying the signs and singing along!

Here is the playlist of songs that we were signing for you to practice at home, Can’t wait to see the signs you have learned when we get back to nursery.

Please post some videos of you signing these songs on to seesaw.

 

In the butterfly room the children have shown an interest in their own names and the similarities between their friends names, “We have the same start name.”

To help develop this we have been using new name cards for the children to choose their lunch for that day. These cards have been giving our children more opportunities to recognise their own names and also copy/write their names.

Here are some other ideas of helping children recognise their name and also identify and match letters in their names and family members names.

You can use items such as; shaving foam, flour, rice, bubble bath and conditioner. Or if you are lucky enough to have a garden with sticks and stones you can give this a try too.

Can you think of anything else?

Have some fun experimenting.

We can confirm Covid19 NHS Test and Protect contact tracing is today under way at Williamsburgh Early Learning and Childcare Centre.

All parents and carers with a child at the nursery and primary school have been contacted via text message with a letter from the NHS to make them aware. Please note the contact tracing relates to the nursery, not the primary school.

We have worked closely with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and nursery staff to identify all close contacts. Parents and carers of any pupil identified as a close contact are being contacted and advised the child should self-isolate for 14 days. The requirement to self-isolate only applies to the close contact themselves and not the rest of their household.

Only those pupils will be contacted – all others should attend nursery as normal.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde public health team advise there is currently no evidence of transmission within the nursery itself, that robust control measures are in place, and that the nursery remains safe to remain open as normal. Due to patient confidentiality, no further details will be released.

Appropriate advice and support with home learning is being offered to those required to self-isolate.

We all have a role to play to stop the spread of Covid19. If someone in your household develops symptoms of Covid19, please do not send your child to school. Everyone in the house should self-isolate and the person with symptoms should be tested as soon as possible. If they test positive, the whole household must quarantine for 14 days. Symptoms include a high temperature or fever, a new continuous cough or a loss of/change in sense of smell or taste.

The NHS letter sent to parents and carers at Williamsburgh ELCC can be seen here: http://orlo.uk/e5pX9

For more info on what to do if you suspect Covid19 or how to book a test, see the NHS Inform website: http://orlo.uk/xBPd6

For more on how we are protecting our schools from Covid19 please see here: http://orlo.uk/Pc2Un