We had some great dressing up to mark World Book Day last week. From superheroes to Mary Poppins all types of books were represented!
World Book Day Dress Up
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Nursery Book Day At Fountainbridge Library
To celebrate World Book day we had lovely trips to Fountainbridge Library where we listened to stories, sang songs, made our own bookmarks and had a tasty snack! Thank you to all the parents who joined us on the trip and of course the library staff!
Dads Rock Feeding Workshop Sessions
Edinburgh Dads support organisation Dads Rock have sent us the following message.
Feeding Workshop and More!
Throughout 2019 we’re going to run a series of workshops and sessions for Dads, the first is all about Feeding.
We’ve teamed up with Claire Burrell from Food Monsters, to deliver the feeding workshop on Sat 27th April from 10-11.30am at Granton Church. The workshop is open to Dads with any age of kids, there will be time for questions during the workshop. You can sign up here: Food
As our playgroup will be running at the same time in another hall, your children and their mum (and other parents) are welcome to come to the playgroup whilst you are in the workshop.
Other workshops this year include: Antenatal, Cycling, Hair Style and Sleeping. You can read more about them here: Workshops
Jessie & Friends Internet Safety for 4-7 year olds
CEOP have launched a new internet safety campaign aimed at supporting parents and carers of 4-7 year olds.
The campaign features child friendly characters Jessie and Friends in a series of helpful animations.
You will find information, resources and links to the videos on this link.
This information has also been added to our parents internet safety information pages here.
Active Schools Monthly Roundup
Please find linked below a monthly news round up from the team at Active Schools.
Primary 1 Reading and Home Learning Meeting
Thank you very much to all parents and carers who attended our Primary 1 reading and home learning meeting. It was great to see so many of you and to have the chance to share ideas, resources and answer all of your questions.
Internet Safety
We recently marked internet safety week at Dalry with an assembly and class activities.
Further information on internet safety can be found on this Digital Learning team link https://digitallearningteam.org/category/digital-safety/
You can also find more on internet safety on our Internet Safety Factsheets page.
Internet Safety Factsheets
We have today added a new page to the website containing a range of internet safety factsheets for parents on a wide range of subjects.
The sheets are produced by CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) and cover basic areas like parental controls up to the most serious concerns and how to deal with them.
Please check out these parent resources by clicking on this link.
P2 Roots of Empathy: Caring and Planning for Baby
This month P2 have been sharing their experiences of losing teeth and growing new ones through stories and artwork.
The children enjoyed baby Arthur and his mum Miss Younger visiting us to tell us all about being a parent and how she is coping with Arthur just beginning to start teething. Also the children were delighted to see Arthur sitting up and experiencing his world in a different way.
The children were able to relate to how Arthur must be feeling about teething and to give Miss Younger suggestions on how to soothe him.
The theme focused on how caring and planning for baby during their first year is demanding, exciting and a challenging responsibility. Also that caring for babies involves routines, eg. bathing, feeding and changing baby, and that some babies thrive on routines.
In addition the children discovered that parents learn to recognise baby’s way of showing his/her needs and how to respond to those needs. As well as spending huge amounts of time, energy and resource feeding, changing nappies, comforting, dressing, undressing and bathing baby. Also that these simple interactions play an important role in baby’s cognitive, social, emotional and physical development.
Finally that the more a parent can turn these routines into to opportunities for playful and loving interactions. The more a baby can achieve a secure attachment, become competent and cope positively with life.
Please check about the Roots of Empathy notice board in Mrs McDermot’s classroom and www.rootsofempathy.org.
P3/4 Chinese Culture Week
Before the midterm break P3/4 had a great time celebrating our Chinese Culture Week.
Activities they tried included calligraphy making fans and performing a fan dance at the first level Chinese culture celebration.
Dalry Primary Edinburgh 