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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

Hi Everyone, just a reminder:

Monday 12th to Friday 16th October is a holiday for all term time children.

Monday 19th October is an in service day and all children do not attend.

Tuesday 20th October – Williamsburgh ELC reopens to all children.

 

Parents Notice

P1 School registration and choice of School form.

These forms can be downloaded from this site.

Please feel free to contact nursery if you have any queries.

SendingYourChildToSchool2020-Form

SendingYourChildToSchool2020-Form1356447-B Renfrewshire PN x64

If your child presents at Williamsburgh Elc or calls to report any of the 3 main symptoms which could be indicative of the COVID-19 virus:

• new, and continuous cough;
• high temperature;
• and loss of taste / smell.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/coronavirus-in-children/

We have been advised by our environmental health colleagues that we must strongly encourage you (parents or carers) to have your child tested. 

Your child may only return to our service if your child receives a negative test result or after 10 calendar days of self isolation.

We must also advise that, as the household must self-isolate until a negative test result is confirmed, this will impact on siblings too and they cannot attend the school or centre either. This is also the advise if a member of the household becomes ill with COVID symptoms.

We appreciate that this is a difficult time for everyone and we remind you that we are here to support in anyway we can.

If you have any further questions or queries please do not hesitate to call.

We are all settling back into nursery and getting used to a new routine again. The children are doing so well, we are very proud of them all.

The children have been very busy playing and meeting new friends. Our returning children have helped and been a great support to our new children settling in.  Super stars that they all are.

Here are some of the photographs of our returning children exploring their nursery, there have been big changes made during this time and they have been amazing at adapting to these and enjoying their time being back.

 

As you can see we have been outdoors in all weathers. Can you please bare this in mind when dressing your child for nursery and ensure they are dressed appropriately for our lovely Scottish weather. Spare clothing should be replaced if used and jackets, sun cream and sunhats are required.

Thank you.