This week it was time to say Goodbye to a very special person.  Our wonderful Mrs Williams is moving on to a new job after 16 years at St. Matthew’s!  We will miss her so much but we are so grateful for all the love and expertise she has given to our Nursery over the years and we know she will continue to make a real difference to so many children in her new role as a Speech and Language Therapist.

All the children in the school (from Reception to Year 6) contributed to a special memory book for Mrs Williams which we presented to her in a whole school assembly on Friday morning.  And Mrs Williams was absolutely delighted with the wonderful card & flowers that Mrs Robinson organised from the Nursery children and parents.  Thank you so much everyone!

As we say goodbye and thank you to Mrs Williams, it seems rather fitting that our whole school value this half term has been thankfulness.  In Reception, the children have been finding out about people who help us and being thankful for these people.  This week, they have had several visitors from the local community.  Mrs Bibby and Mrs Rainey kindly invited us to join the Reception children as they met Brian the Firefighter and PC Rainey.  You can read more about their visits on the  Reception blog.

On Mrs Williams last day, she read the children one last story; “This is Our House” by the former Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen.  You can re-watch it here below.

The children’s play in the classroom this week reminded me of the picture at the end of the book when everyone finally plays together!  Of course, the children in our Nursery know just what to do when there isn’t enough space for everyone in the car…why, simply add more chairs and turn the car into a camper van!  Well done Nursery!