An exciting week preparing for the start of Advent. Rehearsals and filming are well underway for our Virtual Nativity. The children are loving saying and acting their scenes and as for the singing I have just one word…FABULOUS. All the nursery team are so proud of how each child has risen to their individual challenge. I am certain you will be equally as proud when you get to watch it.
I must remind everyone that I am still missing just a few consent forms (I sent these home last week). Sadly If I do not have everyone’s consent I will be unable to post the Nativity video. Please could you check that you have retuned the full completed form and returned it to nursery. Please note you will have to sign and delete as appropriate each consent box as the Nativity will include both images and video footage.
We have also spotted one of Father Christmas’s elves at nursery. He keeps hiding in very odd places! The children are enjoying finding him as their first job when they arrive at nursery.
On Friday everyone noticed that our Christmas tree had been put up during the night; we all think it was the elf.
Next week we will be designing our Christmas cards and maybe a few more surprises!
Finally
Within school and nursery we remain grateful that our current situation is one in which all of our classes have stayed open. We know that in working with you and together meticulously following the guidance in and out of school, we are all keeping each other safe. I know that this can feel confining at times and it would so easy to relax and forget why we are following all these procedures, but we must stay alert and keep following those safety guidelines. We so want everyone to ‘stay safe and stay well’.
As we head towards the end of term I know so many of you will want to thank staff, as you always do and we are so blessed to have such caring and appreciative parents. As we always say, your support is felt through your actions and encouraging words. Your biggest gift - the best one you could ever give to us -is entrusting your child into our care. Over the years, even though we always try and tell you how much a kind letter or words of thanks mean to us, some of you still like to bring in small personal gifts; these we never expect though of course we appreciate your thoughtfulness.
This year of course is so different to any we have ever known and in the current situation we really are unable to accept items brought in, so we have to ask you please would you be kind enough to not send gifts into school, we would be so distressed to appear ungrateful. We are so strictly following the guidelines which we’re applying to children and staff and we can’t break our own rules at this point. However, those of you who are determined to say thank you, please contribute to your child’s class charity, or to the Food Banks - these are such all such worthy causes and they are finding survival extremely challenging. Thank you for your understanding.
Have a lovely weekend.
Barbara