Countdown To Christmas

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Orchard Brae Advent Calendar: Days 17 and 18

Today we have two more festive treats for you as part of our Orchard Brae Advent Calendar.

For Day 17, Room 5 bring you a very special ‘Nutcracker March’.

For Day 18, Room 17 give you their version of ‘We Wish You A Merry Christmas’ with lyrics they wrote themselves.

Christmas Fun at Howes Road Nursery

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It’s been a busy and fun time over the last few weeks. The children had all practised so hard for the nativity and each and every one of them did a fantastic job of dressing up and shaking their bells and beating their drums to the music. I’m sure you will enjoy seeing the video when it comes onto the website and Facebook. 

Lots of art and craft,messy play and sensory activities have been happening in Nursery. We have been foot painting reindeers,hand and finger painting big and little Christmas trees, playing with red slimy jelly, making sparkly reindeer food with oats and glitter and not to mention making a big snowman for our wall. It’s been great fun.

To finish off this term we had a fun party day on Thursday. We had dancing, music, disco lights and a very special visit from Santa. 

All the staff at Howes Road Orchard Brae Nursery wish you and your families a safe and Merry Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all in 2021. 

Countdown To Christmas

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Orchard Brae Advent Calendar: Days 15 and 16

The holidays have arrived and we hope that you are enjoying the Orchard Brae Advent Calendar and that today’s festive features get you into the spirit for a fun filled Christmas.

For Day 15, Room 16 are delighted to share the story of ‘Jack Frost’, narrated by the pupils in class and featuring music created by one pupil in music therapy.

For Day 16, Room 11 are delighted to share their WOW moments from class in a very festive way.

Happy Holidays From Orchard Brae

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We would like to wish all of our pupils, families and colleagues a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We will continue to post our festive advent calendar right up to the big day but until then here is a wee snapshot of some of the festive things that have been happening in school over the last few weeks.

Enjoy the holidays and we will see you all in 2021!

Christmas Jumper Day

We celebrated Christmas Jumper Day in school last Friday but there have been lots of festive outfits on display this week too!

Santa’s Grotto

We’ve also had a very special visitor in school this week who has been busy handing out gifts to all the pupils. It was also a wonderful opportunity for pupils at home to join in with their classmates and share in the excitement!

Class Activities

There has also been lots of fun in classes too! We’ve had everything from snow exploration, decorating gingerbread houses, pyjama parties, Christmas crafts, mischievous elves and much much more!

Parties

And what would Christmas be without a party! A massive thank you the MOVE and PE teams for organising and hosting these. It certainly looks like everyone had a fantastic time!

Countdown To Christmas

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Orchard Brae Advent Calendar: Days 13 and 14

It’s hard to believe that today is the last day of term before Christmas but don’t worry…our festive treats will carry on right up until the big day!

For Day 13, Howes Road PM Nursery bring you ‘When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney’.

For Day 14, Room 9 are delighted to share the ‘Turkey Dance’ with you, complete with turkey costumes they made themselves!

Festive Fun in Room 11

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 Children in Room 11 have been having lots of fun celebrating the festive season.

They have been engaging in a range of the activities such as fun messy play, painting, making a full size Santa and listening to Christmas stories. We have also been decorating Christmas tree, creating cosy classroom by putting lights up on the walls. The children have been loving listening to Christmas songs and dancing to them!

Countdown To Christmas

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Orchard Brae Advent Calendar: Days 11 and 12

Welcome to the next instalment of the Orchard Brae Advent Calendar. Today we bring you two festive treats for Days 11 and 12.

For Day 11, Room 18 have been and busy making their own chefs hats in preparation for ‘I Know A Turkey’.

For Day 12, Room 8 got on their best party clothes in order to bring you a wonderful Christmas Waltz.

Connecting Scotland Devices

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Connecting Scotland is a Scottish Government initiative programme set up in response to coronavirus, which aims to get every citizen in Scotland online. It provides iPads, Chromebooks and support to develop digital skills for people who digitally excluded and on low incomes.

Supported by this initiative, SHMU has Chromebooks, iPads, and MiFi devices available through Phase 1 of Connecting Scotland that need to be in their new homes by the end of the year.

Phase 1 Criteria

Devices are available for those:

  • In a low-income household
  • Who have no internet (broadband or cable) AND/OR no device (they can have a mobile)
  • Who were previously under the shielding group or have a significant health condition (eligible for flu jab and pregnant included, full list of medical criteria can be provided on request)

If you or anyone you support fits the criteria, please get in touch with Kirsteen at SHMU – kirsteen.caldwell@shmu.org or 07592064430.

Ashgrove Nursery at Christmas

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All the children at Ashgrove Nursery have been busy with preparations for Christmas. They have been involved in Christmas crafts where there has been opportunity for lots of sensory fun with paint and glitter.

They have been dressing up in Nativity costumes and singing their Nativity songs. The performance was captured on video. This will be sent home to parents in the New Year.

On Friday 11th December we held a Christmas party where we had fun dancing to Christmas music, we enjoyed a lovely party snack and had a special visit from Santa.

All the staff at Ashgrove would like to wish all the children and their families a very merry Christmas and look forward to seeing them in the New Year.

Christmas in Room 13

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Well here we are in the last week of what has been a very difficult and challenging term. Although difficult and challenging, Class 13 has had a productive term and all our students have made good progress.

For our last post of the year we would like to show you some Christmas photos.

We have the students and staff photos, individual photos, photos sent to us of R’s Granda’s front garden and H at BA Stores drive thru Christmas Grotto.

We hope you like our photos and we wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a much better New Year in 2021.