{"id":6450,"date":"2025-03-12T09:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T09:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/?page_id=6450"},"modified":"2025-03-12T09:51:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T09:51:35","slug":"welcome-to-our-early-years-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/our-school\/our-classes\/elcc\/welcome-to-our-early-years-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to our Early Years community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents and Carers<\/p>\n<p>It is lovely you have joined our school community along with your child,\u00a0 Since starting you will have been added onto the school distribution list and will receive any correspondence from school going forward.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to draw your attention to a few extra things- so that you can fully be part of our community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our school Vision, Aims, Values and Ethos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have time please visit our website to familiarise yourself with our vision, aims, values and ethos here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7acEF14BZD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/our-school\/our-vision-statement-values-aims-and-ethos\/\">Our Vision Statement, Values, Aims and Ethos<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Our Vision Statement, Values, Aims and Ethos&#8221; &#8212; Whiteness Primary School and Early Years\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/our-school\/our-vision-statement-values-aims-and-ethos\/embed\/#?secret=gM27FbjcKr#?secret=7acEF14BZD\" data-secret=\"7acEF14BZD\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Orange Free School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to pupils with allergies- we are an orange free school.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094353\/orange-free.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6453\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094353\/orange-free.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Early Years Improvements (EYIP) 2024\/2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please find our priorities for the year here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3IX8fgwksh\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/for-parents\/school-improvement-plan\/\">School Improvement Plan \/ Standards and Quality Report<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;School Improvement Plan \/ Standards and Quality Report&#8221; &#8212; Whiteness Primary School and Early Years\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/for-parents\/school-improvement-plan\/embed\/#?secret=zajTuHnbqU#?secret=3IX8fgwksh\" data-secret=\"3IX8fgwksh\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zones of Regulation (Z of R)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We use the language from the Zones of Regulation to help children start to give the different emotions they feel a name. This is built on progressively throughout our pupils\u2019 time in school.\u00a0 Please see\u00a0 below a useful guide to the Z of R- to familiarise yourself with this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094549\/The-Zones-of-Regulation-parent-info-pdf-copy.pdf\">The Zones of Regulation parent info &#8211; pdf copy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Floor books- Planning and Self-evaluation\/Improvement <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Staff update the planning floor book weekly- this showcases the learning that has gone on in the setting through the week and is a valuable planning tool for staff to use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094719\/Planning-floor-book.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6455\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094719\/Planning-floor-book-300x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094719\/Planning-floor-book-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094719\/Planning-floor-book-1024x718.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094719\/Planning-floor-book-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094719\/Planning-floor-book.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The self-evaluation \/ Improvement floor book keeps you up to date with the work of the setting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094809\/Self-evaluationa-dn-improvement-floor-book.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6456\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094809\/Self-evaluationa-dn-improvement-floor-book-300x258.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094809\/Self-evaluationa-dn-improvement-floor-book-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094809\/Self-evaluationa-dn-improvement-floor-book-1024x881.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094809\/Self-evaluationa-dn-improvement-floor-book-768x661.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094809\/Self-evaluationa-dn-improvement-floor-book.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will find the floor books on the table outside the Early Years door- please feel free to look through when dropping off or picking up and to add any comments you may have to enhance the floor books- you will find speech bubble post-its for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your views<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We would like to hear your views on the work of the setting- we regularly put out a question for you to respond to- with a simple yes or no button vote. Please feel free to leave any comments on a posit and place in a jar. Many thanks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094855\/button-vote.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6457\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094855\/button-vote-300x227.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094855\/button-vote-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094855\/button-vote-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094855\/button-vote.png 871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will share your child\u2019s Learning Story with you once a term, but please ask for it sooner if you have something to add or would just like to take a look.<\/p>\n<p>We have WOW stickers, that you will see used in the Learning Stories- these are placed to mark a WOW moment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094925\/woow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6458\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/whitenessprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/2025\/03\/12094925\/woow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spare clothes and wellies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please could you leave a complete change of clothes, each day at Early Years. It is helpful if a pair of wellies are left at all times too for your child to use. We have spare sets in school so let a member of staff know if you would like us to allocate a pair to your child.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have Library every Thursday- children are encouraged to swap a book each week. Please place returned Library books in the box outside the Early Years door.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bookbug<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have regular bookbug sessions for parents and children. There is a super app that can be downloaded full of songs and rhymes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/reading-and-stories\/bookbug\/bookbug-app\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for taking the time to read through this information, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, concerns or ideas to improve our work.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kind Regards<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Rachel <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents and Carers It is lovely you have joined our school community along with your child,\u00a0 Since starting you will have been added onto the school distribution list and will receive any correspondence from school going forward. I would like to draw your attention to a few extra things- so that you can fully &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/our-school\/our-classes\/elcc\/welcome-to-our-early-years-community\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to our Early Years community<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1730,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6450","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6450"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6459,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6450\/revisions\/6459"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whitenessprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}