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March NEWSLETTER
Dates for your diary
Thursday 2nd
Holywood Arches Library 10.30am– Permission forms on class notice boards for signing.
Tuesday 14th
Community Relations, Education and Diversity programme: Wee folk’ are visiting the nursery 9.30am. We will be exploring traditional Irish stories and music. Parents/carers welcome.
Wednesday 15th
Visit to Ulster Museum. Please let us know if you can volunteer to come with us
Thursday 16th
Mr Hullaballoo
Friday 17th
School Closure
Saturday 25th
As part of the ‘Belfast Festival for
Learning, we are hosting a free event for pupils/siblings of Ravenscroft– (Parents must accompany any children attending) Family movie ‘Ratatouille’ and ‘food from around the world’ tasting– 10.30-12.30. Food/snacks from around the world will be provided but please feel free to bring a food contribution. Please let us know in advance if you wish to attend and/or can bring any snack food, and we can plan accordingly, thank you!
PARENTS COFFEE EVERY TUESDAY AFTER DROP OFF—
7th, 14th, 21st and 28th
SPONSERED SING-A-LONG
Our sponsored sing along will take place on Friday 7th April, and we would love to see you all there at 11am. School finishes that day at 11.30am (no dinners)
EASTER HOLIDAYS
The school will be closed from Monday 10th April and will re open on Monday 24th April.
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Eco News
Our ‘Big Spring Clean up’ will take place on Friday 24th March. We are asking for any parents who are
Interested in volunteering to take part to please speak with Mrs McGowan.
Topic this month
This month we will be introducing our Easter/Growth theme. We will be finding out about some of the traditions associated with this time of year. To develop our ’Growth’ theme, we will be planting new bulbs, seeds & plants whilst caring for existing plants both indoors & outdoors. The colour this month in N1 is brown, and the shape is oval. In N2 the colour is yellow, and the shape is Diamond.
Getting Ready to Learn
We are launching the second strand of our Getting Ready to Learn programme and will be sending home Maths resource packs shortly. Strand three of our programme is coming soon when we will hold workshops for parents focusing on fine motor skills.
Parent Teacher Meetings
Childrens Reports will be sent home on Thurs 30th March. Parent Teacher meetings to follow from 31st March. Sign in sheets will be available and you will be able to sign in on your preferred day/time slot
Old Wellies
If you have any old unused wellies we would be glad to have them
Donated. Many thanks!
February 2017 Newsletter
The school will be closed for Half Term holidays from Monday 13th February to Friday 17th February
Re-open Monday 20th at 9am. (Morning room 8.30)
Coffee Mornings with Siobhain on Tuesdays. Topics for discussion
31 Jan - O2 guru is visiting. How to keep your child safe in a world full of apps, social media, tablet and phones
7 Feb - Stepping Stones - are you considering gaining qualifications, a new job, new opportunities now the children are getting ready to attend primary school
14 Feb - off
21 Feb - Claire from EBCDA is joining us for an Emotional wellbeing course - top tips for looking after yourself
28 Feb - To be confirmed
7 Mar - Final part of Top tips to look after yourself
Dates for your diary
Fri 10th - Red Day’ - Bring a ‘red’ item to school. We will be having red snack on this day
Visit to Ulster Museum– date to be confirmed. We will keep you posted!
Topic this month
Light and dark
We will talk about
· the sun (day)
· the moon (night)
· a torch
· a light
· a candle
Valentine’s Day
Red Day
We will be talking about
· ‘think pink’
· heart shapes
· love
· family
· Friends
· Make Valentine Biscuits /Buns
Eco News
We will continue to feed the birds outdoors.
The children will also be ‘bird watching’ one dry day this month
We will also be recycling card and other materials.
Calling all ‘Groundforce’ Volunteers
Day as Night’ Day– 27th Jan
All children and staff came to school dressed for bed. We
· Ate supper
· Read bed-time stories
· Talked about nocturnal animals
This marked the launch of our ‘Big Bedtime Read’ programme. Children will receive a plastic school bag with 5 books each Friday, to be returned on Wednesday. We hope you and your child enjoy the programme