January 2021 Newsletter

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back after the Christmas break.  We hope you had a wonderful time, and thank you for all the lovely cards & presents the staff received. A warm welcome to all those joining us this term. 

I would like to thank everyone again for their support for the Christmas Raffle, Auction & Light Trail. The raffle raised £566, the auction £177 & the light trail £92.

I would also like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone, their family & friends who have donated on Greendown Playgroup's Just Giving page, which at this times stands at £3,332! 

This term our topic is “People Who Help Us”. We shall be learning all about the different people & the jobs they do who help us in our everyday lives.  We will also be learning about and celebrating the Chinese New Year, Year of the Ox, Pancake Day, Australia Day & St Valentine's Day.

We will be using the front & back gardens for digging, planting, hunting mini beasts & playing with the sand & water, so please send your child to Playgroup in clothes that you don't mind getting dirty & also footwear/coats that are water proof & warm for all this cold weather we are due to be having.    

Our 'WOW' board is now filling up with all those milestone awards, certificates & photos (we would still like to see more). This board is for you to share any achievements made outside of Playgroup, favourite pets or people, not just of the children, but anyone in the family.  If you have a certificate or a picture you would like to share, we would love to put it on display. 

REMINDERS

Life in playgroup will carry on as it always has done, all be it with even more hand washing (sterilizing) & cleaning than we know what to do with!! All joking aside, we will be working within the Government guidance to keep everyone as safe & healthy as we can.

On that note can I please remind you all that it is imperative children only come into playgroup if they are 100% well & we would ask that, with this new variant of the corona virus, if anyone else living in the household has symptoms that they think might be corona virus, playgroup children don't come into playgroup until that person has been tested & given the all clear.

THANK YOU for your understanding on this, Julie & The Staff.

Dates for your diary:

Committee Meeting:  Tuesday, 12th January 2021 (Time 7:30pm Via Microsoft Teams Meeting)

End of Spring 1 Term: Friday 12th February 2021

Start of Spring 2 term: Monday 22nd February 2021

End of Spring 2 Term:  Thursday 1st April 2021

Start of Summer 1 Term:  Tuesday, 19th April 2021

Song and Colour Schedule

Monday 4th January – Friday 8th January:

Song/Rhyme of the week: Little Miss Muffet

Colour of the week: Green

Monday 11th January – Friday 15th January:

Song/Rhyme of the week: Polly Put The Kettle On

Colour of the week: Red

Monday 18th January – Friday 22nd January: 

Song/Rhyme of the week: The Wheels On The Bus

Colour of the week: Purple

Monday 25th January – Friday 29th January:

Song/Rhyme of the week: Jack & Jill

Colour of the week: Yellow

Monday 1st February – Friday 5th February:

Song/Rhyme of the week: One, Two, Three, Four, Five

Colour of the week: Cream

Monday 8th February – Friday 12th February:

Song/Rhyme of the week: Humpty Dumpty

Colour of the week: Orange