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Primary 1/2J, Primary 1/2M, Primary 1P, Primary 1R, Primary 1S, Primary 2/3M, Primary 2A, Primary 2W

Nativity Primary 1 and 2 – Everyone Loves a Baby

In class your child is beginning to learn the songs for the Nativity. This year we will be performing “Everyone Loves a Baby.”

 The Nativity will be taking place on the 11th and 12th of December.  Information about tickets will be issued at a later date.

 We would appreciate your support in learning the songs at home.  We are cutting back on photocopies and are trying to be eco-friendly so we will not be giving out paper copies of the words this year.  Instead you can find the songs on the following link

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjPXxfjA5MU

 

Children's Learning, Nursery, Nursery Newsletter, Uncategorized

New Nursery Hours – August 2020

The Nursery hours being offered to parents is changing in August 2020. We would like to spread to word so that the parents that this will impact on are aware of these changes.
Early Years Nursery Expansion in Dunblane
Do you have a child who will be 3 or 4 years old in August 2020?
The number of hours and length of day that the school nurseries are opening is changing in August 2020.
• The Scottish Government’s vision is to make Scotland the best place in the world to grow up, and to give children the best possible start in life.
• The aim is to achieve this through a transformative change in the ELC provision by almost doubling the free entitlement to 1140 hours per year by 2020.
• In August 2020 Dunblane Primary School, Newton Primary School and St. Mary’s Episcopal Primary School Nursery classes will be offering children 1140 hours of free childcare from the Scottish Government.
• Dunblane Primary School and Newton Primary School Nursery classes will be following –Model 2: 25 hrs funding per week, 45.6 weeks a year (Closed 32 days a year).
• Both nurseries will open at 8.00 am to 6.00 pm for 45.6 weeks a year. Parents will have 5 sessions to be used as follows –
Ø 8AM – 1PM (1 session)
Ø 1PM – 6PM (1 session)
Ø 8AM – 6PM (2 sessions)
• St. Mary’s Episcopal will be following Model 3 which is 30 funded hours a week over 38 weeks. Attendance would be 5 full days a week from 9am to 3pm during term time only.
• Children can start nursery the term after their 3rd birthday. We have 3 intakes – August, January and April (after each school term holiday)
• Funded hours can be spread across more than one provider. The providers must all be local authority nurseries or an approved funded provider. This is called a split placement. If you are interested in a place at either of the school nurseries in August 2020 please contact the school and hand in an application form. Forms should be handed into the school office by the end of April for 2020-2021 start. Here is a link with further details. https://www.stirling.gov.uk/learning-education/early-learning-childcare/expansion-of-early-learning-childcare/
Children's Learning, Primary 1/2J, Primary 1/2M, Primary 1P, Primary 1R, Primary 1S

P1 Parents Workshop

On Thursday the 12th of September a parents workshop took place for all our new Primary 1 parents.  During the workshop we covered

  • How to support your child at home with all areas of their learning
  • How we deliver the RWI programme in school.
  • How we teach Maths in school
  • Play based learning in P1.

Here is the presentation that was used.  A leaflet and further information will be in every child’s school bag.

2019-RWI-parent-workshop-new-2

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1140hrs

Dunblane Primary School Nursery class is in phase 3 of the 1140 expansion.  What this mean is that from August 2020 a child’s nursery entitlement will increase from 600hrs to 1140 hrs.  The school nursery will be open from 8AM – 6PM and it will also be open during the school holidays.  More information will follow closer to the time.  Here is a link to further information, issued by the Council.

https://www.stirling.gov.uk/earlylearningchildcareexpansion