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Festive Fun!

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It’s so hard to believe that we are already here in the final week of term!  It has been a really wonderful term packed full of playing, laughter and lots of smiles!

We are so proud of each and everyone of the children; they have all grown a little bit more everyday; not just physically, but also in terms of their self-confidence and independence.

We hope everyone has a wonderfully restful and peaceful Christmas and we look forward to welcoming the children back to Nursery in January.  There will be 7 new children joining us when we return.

PLEASE NOTE:

The Nursery Christmas Party will take place during the normal morning Nursery session this week on Wednesday 18th December.  If your child would like to wear a Christmas jumper that day or a special party dress, please feel free to send them into school wearing this.  If they would prefer to come to Nursery in their normal clothes that is also absolutely fine!  If you do choose to send them in in something special, please remember it will be a normal, messy morning in Nursery!

The Christmas Party is a chance for us to celebrate with our Reception friends.  We will spend about an hour in the big hall where we will play party games and do some dancing!  We will also be having some party food and drinks and we would be most grateful for any contributions you may be able to make towards this (please see the list of suggested contributions in the classroom).  Thank you!

The last day of term for Nursery will be this Thursday 19th December. This is also the last day for the Little Acorns.  Children in Nursery break up one day earlier than the rest of the school so we can hold an Open morning for the new children starting in January.

The first day back for the children will be Wednesday 8th January. This is also the first day back for the Little Acorns.  Again, we start back a little later than the rest of the school so that we can carry out home visits for the new children.

Thank you for your understanding.

As you may have noticed, the classroom is now looking decidedly festive!  Here are a few photos from last week…

Here’s our Christmas Post Office & Sorting Centre – the children have been hard at work, wrapping parcels, writing Christmas cards, stamping parcels and letters, posting them and even delivering them around the classroom.  It certainly feels like the busiest time of the year!

The large wooden car received yet another makeover this week…can you guess what it might be and who it might belong to…?

Our placing & arranging table was brimming with an inviting array of Christmassy colours and objects.  The children love to spend a quiet moment at this table which is always a feast for the senses…can you spot the snowman with his scarf?

The polar bears were out in force roaming around their snowy landscape.  At one point, they decided they wanted to roam further afield and come down from the table top onto the carpet.  It was a bit too far for them to jump but, luckily, the Nursery children were on hand to come up with some ingenious construction ideas to help them get down – well done Nursery, you are always so kind and friendly!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!  We are looking forward to the final four days of festive fun!

Downloading Photos from Seesaw

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Don’t forget to download your child’s photos from Seesaw over the Summer holidays.

Please ensure you do this by August 31st as your child’s Seesaw Profile for this year will be archived at the start of September.

Here’s how to download a .zip archive of a Seesaw journal, including images, videos, audio recordings, and text notes or captions.

Please use a computer and a Chrome or Firefox browser only, the .zip file will not download on a mobile or tablet device.

1. Sign into your Family account at https://app.seesaw.me.

2. Click your Profile Icon on the top left.

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3. Click the Gear Icon.

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4. Click Account Settings.

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5. Scroll down and click Download Journal Archives.

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6. Click the Download Journal button for the journal you want to download. This might take awhile depending on your Internet speed and how many posts your child has in Seesaw.

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This is what you get! It is organised by month and then ordered by the date the post was added. You’ll see an html file with a thumbnail, text notes or captions, folder names and links. You’ll also see the original image, video or audio files.

Please note, Seesaw do not yet support the download of comments – so you will need to print directly from Seesaw if you want these too.

 

Reminder: end of term for Nursery

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Just a little reminder that the end of this term for Nursery is Thursday 4th April.

The first day back for the Summer term is Wednesday 24th April.

Please note we are finishing one day earlier and starting back one day later than the rest of the school.

This allows us to properly clean, sort and organise our Nursery so we are ready for the new term ahead.

We very much appreciate your support and understanding.

 

Picking things up at Pick-up

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We have decided to make a couple of changes to our home-time routine to help the children manage their belongings more successfully:

  1. Instead of the children carrying their water bottles out to you, you will now be able to find these in the pink box just outside the classroom door.  Please help yourself to your child’s water bottle when you come to collect them.
  2. Unclaimed hats, scarves, gloves, bags, etc. will be put in the black box – also just outside the door. Again, please help yourself to your child’s belongings.

If, after checking both boxes, you would like to send your child back into the classroom to find something, we would be most grateful if you could wait until all the children have been dismissed before doing so.

Finally, we really appreciate it when you stand back from the door at pick up – this helps the children to find their way to their grown-up more easily without having to push past anyone.  We understand that it may seem as though we haven’t seen you if we haven’t yet called your child, but please be reassured that we have seen you! We always dismiss the children 1 by 1 for their own safety and thank you very much for your patience while you wait.