Everyone has returned from the half term break recharged and eager to learn and we have had a fun week in Nursery. The new ‘Hospital’ here has given the children a new opportunity to explore and learn.  There have been doctors, nurses and surgeons, keen to check heartbeats and temperatures and help their patients with medicine.

Being Bonfire Night this week, the children have had a go at making some of their own firework inspired artwork.  I have included some of the pieces in the photos below.  I wonder if your child could tell you how they made them? (If they can’t quite remember, remind them that they used some marbles, paint and a tray!)

Our supply of spare uniform seems to have dwindled a bit recently. There are occasions where we have sent your child home in spare school uniform.  If this does happen, could we ask that you please wash and return those items of clothing as we do rely on having spares here in the unit.

In accordance with the DfE, we are ensuring that our online learning platform in in place and working for everyone.  Your child has been sent home with a Microsoft Teams login to try out.  Please ensure the login is working and if there are any issue please email me.  We want your child’s learning to continue if we are forced to shut the school due to COVID19, and using this platform will allow us to do this.

Thank you for sending in the learning journals with your half-term activities.  The children had a chance to share with the class what they did, which we all thoroughly enjoyed.  Pumpkins and face paint were a common theme it seems, along with some fantastic looking costumes to celebrate Halloween.  Thank you again for sharing these with us, it was lovely to see the children outside the school environment.

Have a lovely weekend and I will see you on Monday (which, as it stands, will be my last week).

Mr da Rocha