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How to make your own worry dolls at home!

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How to make your own worry dolls at home!

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How many can you spot?

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Murrayburn Primary P1 teachers read "We're Going on a Bear Hunt"

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Murrayburn Primary P1 teachers read "We're Going on a Bear Hunt"

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We’re Going On a Bear Hunt - Mrs Robertson and Miss Neish

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Try making your own thick, oozy mud puddles and get jumping!

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🌟 Jumping in Muddy Puddles  🎵 Peppa Pig My First Album 10#

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Make Your Own Bear Hunt Sound Effects at Home

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Make Your Own Bear Hunt Sound Effects at Home

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A great way to make any read aloud book more fun is to let kids make the sound effects. Search for things around the house that make interesting noises, set them out, and let kids explore the the sounds they make, deciding which sounds best fit a favorite book. Or read a new book and go on a search together.

A perfect book for making sound effects is We're Going on a Bear Hun t

by Michael Rosen about a family that goes looking for a bear. They travel through a field of grass, a river, mud, a snowstorm, a forest, and finally end up in a cave where they actually find a bear! Then they run out of the cave and do everything in reverse order.

I set out some objects: jello in a sealed container, an empty bottle, a pot and spoon, a water bottle with a small amount of water, and a broom.

Here's what we did (though of course kids can come up with their own):

For the grass "swishy swashy": they ran the broom along the floor.

For the river "splash splosh": they shook their water bottles.

For the mud "squelch squerch": they shook the container of jello.

For the forest "stumble trip": they banged the pot with their spoons.

For the snowstorm "hoooo woooo!": they blew into the top of an empty bottle.

For the cave "tiptoe tiptoe": they banged the pot softly with their spoons.

The sound effects team in action:

This is a nice book to use with this activity because kids get to do the sound effects twice - on the trip to find the bear and then again while the family is running home.

Some other We're Going on a Bear Hunt activities you might enjoy:
Bear hunt sensory tub and more from Delightful Learning
Bear hunt story board from Rockabye Butterfly
Printable pack from Homeschool Creations

Have you done sound effects with a book? Do you have suggestions for others that would work well?

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Guess the Sound Game | 20 Sounds to Guess

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Meet the staff from Gylemuir Primary

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Our school values are Welcoming, Supportive, Creative and Happy. We think that these words describe what it's like to be part of the Gylemuir community.

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Meet the staff from Canal View Primary!

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Grow your own tasty colourful salad leaves which are packed full of nutrients. There is nothing quite as special and rewarding as going out to your own garden and selecting home grown produce to use in your meals.

Fine Curled Cress is a dual purpose type. You can sow in containers lined with tissue for moisture retention on a window sill and cut when about 4cm tall or, alternatively broadcast the seeds in a small patch in the garden, water well, and cut the whole leaves for a spring sowing for cutting after about 4 weeks.

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Grow your own tasty colourful salad leaves which are packed full of nutrients. There is nothing quite as special and rewarding as going out to your own garden and selecting home grown produce to use in your meals. Fine Curled Cress is a dual purpose type.

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To join in, simply upload a photo to Twitter using the hashtag #StJoesFamiliarFaces & tell us a little about yourself: How are you feeling about P1? What do you love to do? What do you want your new teachers to know?

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Ideas to support you with Week 2  Bear Hunt activities

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Why not try making a lockdown memory box or scrap book to share with your new class!

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Activities and ideas to support home learning for all ages and stages. Click here for access

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Fun, easy craft to try at home!

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Bear Hunt Binoculars Craft – Little Sunshine's Playhouse and Preschool

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Week 6 activitiesL 22nd-26th June

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Top tips to help your children engage with numbers when they're out and about

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Set a target for the number of bears you hope to find during the project and print off a certificate  when you reach your target!

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Alistair Bryce-Clegg at ABC Does on Facebook Watch

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Have you added to our Rock Snake yet? It's growing longer every day!

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ABCya! • Fuzz Bugs - Counting, Sorting, & Comparing Game for Kids

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Fuzz Bugs is fun activity for Pre K & Kindergarten children to practice counting, sorting, and comparing.

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Click the picture below to learn the sign-along actions for our Bear Hunt story!

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Week 5 activities: 15th-19th June

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Leave any questions you have about P1 at St Joseph's on Twitter
https://twitter.com/StJosephs_P1/status/1268487837902569473

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Here is a link to the Murrayburn Primary Website. You can also follow them on Twitter @MurrayburnP

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Welcome to the web pages of Murrayburn Primary School.

Murrayburn Community Vision and Values

Within our Murrayburn Community, we recognise the importance of building positive relationships within environments that ensure our children and families are included, happy, secure, nurtured and engaged in their learning. We want our community to develop a love of learning and belief in themselves. We create opportunities to build on knowledge and skills, achieve highly, and celebrate effort as well as successes; focusing on equipping everyone with skills for life.

Respect Kindness Honesty Resilience

The School and Early Years Campus

Murrayburn Primary opened in 1939 serving a catchment area in the South West of Edinburgh. A Nursery unit opened within Murrayburn Primary School in the early 1970s and in 2014 Calderglen Nursery, operating from a second site, became part of the Murrayburn Family.

In 2016 the two Nursery units became the Murrayburn Early Years Campus operating as a separate entity. The School and Early Year Campus are both non-denominational and between them serve children from age 3-12 years.

Our sites are staffed by a dedicated and supportive team who work very hard to provide the best opportunities for all our boys and girls in a safe and happy environment.

Pupils leaving Murrayburn after Primary 7 generally move on to Forrester High School who we work closely with, to ensure positive transition for all our pupils.

Murrayburn Primary has a roll of about 375 pupils and the Early Years Sites between them accommodate about 100 pupils in both morning and afternoon sessions.
COVID 19 - Council Information Link https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/coronavirus Edinburgh Learns Guidance for Parents_TeachingLearningGIRFEC_April2020

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Record your school hunt with a journey stick!

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Nursery-P1 Transition ideas from St Joseph's RC Primary

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Nursery-P1 Transition ideas from St Joseph's RC Primary

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Can you spot the P1 teachers?

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Here is a link to the Murrayburn Primary Website. You can also follow them on Twitter
@SighthillS

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Good Afternoon Sighthill Families,

I hope you have all enjoyed your long weekend and tried to enjoy some outdoor exercise during the dry spells, lets hope the sun is going to reappear at some point this week! Here is a wee update from the school:

All P1-7 pupils have now been emailed their log-in details to be able to access their home learning activities and chat with their class teacher on their class TEAM group. If you have not received the log-in email please can you let us know via the school admin email, Admin@sighthill.edin.sch.uk so we can get this to you.

All our class teachers have a mobile phone that they are able to carry out Well-being Phone calls to make sure we are supporting our families and pupils in the best way we can. Class teachers will be starting their fortnightly Well-being calls as of Wednesday 20th May and would love to hear from yourselves and your child. If there is any support you need, ie IT difficulties, home learning, stationery packs, etc please do not hesitate to let the class teacher know and they will try and support you as best they can.

Keep Smiling and Stay Positive!

As time goes on there have been some suggests of how to 'Keep Smiling' and 'Stay Positive!' We would therefore like our pupils, if they can, to come and place some of their fabulous drawings on our school fencing at the front of the school. This could be a portrait of themselves, a positive message to their friends/adults or a lovely rainbow. There will be clear pockets available at the Calders Residence Community Flat as well as on the school fencing for you to place your picture into and some string to attach it. Each week we will take a wee picture to share the lovely positive messages and images!

If your child is due to attend Primary One in August with ourselves you should have received information regards the virtual transition 'We are on a Bear Hunt' programme that will be taking place this term. Information is available on our school website https://sighthillps.blog/ for you to access. Mrs Cochrane will be in touch regards any further updates in due course.

As always we hope you and your family are in good health. At Sighthill we would just like to say that our families and pupils are always in our hearts and minds during this time. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us for any support.

Take Care! #staysafe #stayathome

Marie Dunn

Headteacher
Family Task Positive Place Picture
I hope that you are all coping well. In my house, we are trying our best to be positive and think that every day in lockdown is another day closer to it ending! Some days are better than others!

A few weeks ago I set the task of making a Post Lockdown Wish List. I hope it made you smile as you thought of things you would like to do. Following on from that, I would like you to draw a Positive Place Picture! Draw somewhere you would love to be. It might be a beach, a park or somewhere in the great outdoors.......anywhere you like that is a relaxing escape. You can draw pictures, paint, or you could even search images and make a photo collage of where you would like to be. Put it up somewhere in your house and next time you are feeling sad, look at your Positive Place Picture. Please send me your Positive Place Pictures and we can add them to the website!

Sending lots of warm wishes to everyone,

Mrs Moyes 😊

Good morning. Since Friday last week there has been a problem uploading the Internet Safety assembly for Nursery to P3 children. Unfortunately this issue is still ongoing so I have recorded part of the assembly again to share with you today. It is a lovely story about keeping yourself safe when you are on the Internet. I hope you enjoy it. Please also click on the link to this week's assembly on Ramadan (see previous post). Hope you have a lovely day. Mrs Graham 😃

Please click the video below to listen to this week's assembly on Ramadan. Thank you to Mrs Kamal and Fischy Music.

Before the school closed in March, the Pupil Council had been working on how to share pupil's good news at school with their grown ups at home. They came up with a great idea of Praise Postcards. The Pupil Council are looking for your help in designing the front of the Praise Postcards.
Please click on the video below for details and we hope you enjoy taking part in this activity.
The Pupil Council and Mrs Graham

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Good Afternoon Sighthill Families, I hope you have all enjoyed your long weekend and tried to enjoy some outdoor exercise during the dry spells, lets hope the sun is going to reappear at some point this week!

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30. Literacy - Recognising and Writing Your Name

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A draw along video to help you draw Edinburgh Bear as part of #BearHuntEdin - Summer 2020.

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Week 4 activities: 8th-12th June

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Sighthill Primary's Sports Day at Home: 4th June 2020

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Sighthill Primary's Sports Day at Home: 4th June 2020

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Watch the video for details about how to get involved at home!

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Mrs Moyes, Sighthill Primary School, Edinburgh

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Here is a link to St Joseph's Website. You can also follow them on Twitter @stjosephsedin

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Fun activities you can try at home using socks (clean or stinky, it's up to you!!)

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A lovely story about soothing children's worries read by our fabulous Mrs Blanche!

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Murrayburn & Calderglen Early Years Campus

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Murrayburn & Calderglen Early Years Campus on Facebook Watch

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Can you match the sounds to the events in the story?

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Staff message from Canal View Primary School

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Staff message from Canal View Primary School

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Fun, hands on ideas to help your child start recognising numbers as digits.

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Billy Bragg Sings We're Going on a Bear Hunt

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Billy Bragg Sings We're Going on a Bear Hunt

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We're Going On A Bear Hunt - Billy Bragg

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Week 3 activities: 1st-7th June

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St Joseph's Bear Hunt Message from Staff

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St Joseph's Bear Hunt Message from Staff

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St Joseph’s RC Edinburgh are going on a Bear Hunt

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Here is a link to the Gylemuir Primary School website. You can also follow them on Twitter

@gylemuirprimary

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Develop your pre-writing shapes with treasure maps!

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Pre-writing Shapes through treasure maps

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Read by author Michael Rosen

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Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

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🐻 We're Going On a Bear Hunt 🐻| BOOK | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

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Simple sensory prompts for your own Bear Hunt story

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SWAY presentation from Gylemuir Primary

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A Day in the Life of Primary 1 Gylemuir 2020

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Here is a link to the Broomhouse Primary School Website. You can also follow them on Twitter @BroomhousePs

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A fun way to help your child master the strokes they will need to start writing letters

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Animated cartoon version

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Week 2 activities: 25th-30th May

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Letter from Gylemuir Primary (May 2020)

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Here is a link to the Clovenstone Primary School website. You can also follow them on Twitter @Clovenstone

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40,000 children's books online! Check your emails for individual class codes.

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Instantly access over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids on Epic

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Either Print out or colour in online

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We're going on a bear hunt coloring pages | Free Coloring Pages

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We're going on a bear hunt Coloring pages. Select from 31983 printable Coloring pages of cartoons, animals, nature, Bible and many more.

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Miss Torrens Goes on a Bear Hunt (with Kevin the dog!)

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Miss Torrens Goes on a Bear Hunt (with Kevin the dog!)

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Why not plan your own bear hunt and keep a record of how many you spot!

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Information from our Edinburgh Early Years Team

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Here is a link to the Longstone Primary Website. You can also follow them on Twitter @LongstoneLPS

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Welcome to our school website. We hope you enjoy browsing and you find our site both interesting and informative.

Our site will give you a flavour of what we are doing at Longstone, and share some of the many exciting opportunities and experiences that are available to our pupils. Scroll down to view our live Twitter feed and keep up to date with what's going on at Longstone Primary School and Nursery.

Head Teacher - Angela Pearston

A message below from Miss Reynolds - with useful links for wellbeing.

Looking After Ourselves at Home

Good morning families!

I hope that it has cheered you all to wake up to another sunny day outside! Just what we need to help us rise and shine during some of these tricky times we are experiencing.

As all of our school team have been saying, this week is extra special, because it is Mental Health Awareness Week. This seems to have come at just the right moment, with lots of folk really having to work through difficult and powerful emotions, whilst we travel through these new an unknown times currently. I have read lots of the wonderful messages that you have been sent by our team and have seen the video message from Lynne at P2B too. There are so many good ideas and positive thoughts there to draw on, I hope you have found them as beneficial as I have.

I was looking over lots of the learning materials that we have on supporting our wellbeing, and particularly on the theme of 'kindness'. Of course there is so much out there. Sometimes the internet and social media can seem to barrage you with ideas, almost to the point that it overwhelms. I am conscious that, as always, I don't want to do that. Instead, I would like to just provide you on some of my reflections and ideas for when and if you need them. There is never an obligation to access these resources. Maybe just look at them as your reserve toolkit, that you can come to as and when you need it!

What I am sharing with you here comes from some documents that the City of Edinburgh Psychological Services team put together for families, to support wellbeing. I have tried to condense this information, so that it is easy for you to access, and contains the most important points. I have also included some online resources that I have specifically chosen because I think they are easy to access and do when you need them and don't have the energy to sift through things!

I hope that families find this information useful when it is needed, and am very happy for you to let me know if there is something else you would like me to address.

Have a great day, be kind to yourselves and those around you, remember that you have a big team around you and we are all in this together. 🙂

Best Wishes

Miss R x
Kindness and Compassion:
At times when many people are feeling anxious and uncertain, it is important to try to increase our levels of kindness and compassion, towards ourselves and other people. While everyone is at home for a long period, relationships can become strained and taking the pressure off yourself and others can be supportive. If things are not going to plan, take a break and do something relaxing. Allow children to do the same and be kind to yourself if everything falls apart for a bit. It will happen to us all.
Why is it important to be kind to ourselves?

If we are kind to ourselves it is easier to be kind to others

We are more able to cope with stress and anxiety

We are modelling to our children how to be self-compassionate

We are more likely to experience emotional warmth for our children

Why is it important to be kind to others?

This is linked to feeling happier and improving well-being

It helps social connection among adults and children

It promotes positive parenting by improving parent/carer-child relationships

It buffers against the negative impact of stress

Positive Mindset
We always say, 'if only I had more time'. We do now. This is the time to try and do things a bit differently. We can slow down a bit, have family meals, take up mindfulness, read more. It is important for adults to try and find the positives in what is a very difficult situation and try to 'grow' these. If we can get something positive out of the situation, we feel like we have achieved, and we feel better. This will translate to our children as they will pick up on our emotional states. Our mindset will also influence the way that we support our children, while modelling how to approach difficult situations and subsequently develop their own resilience.

How do we try to adopt a positive mindset?

Start the day with a positive statement or plan

Focus on the good things, however small

Change negative self-talk into positive self-talk

Listen to positive friends, family or co-workers when seeking advice

Accept the changes to your life and recognise what you can and are doing to manage

Some Useful online resources to Support Wellbeing:
When things are feeling very difficult it can make a big difference to speak to someone about the problem. This could be trusted friends or family. There is a great phone line for parents/carers, if you need it: Edinburgh Together Parentline (for support and advice):08000 282233

Yoga and Mindfulness Videos: https://www.aloyoga.com/pages/alo-gives

Childline: Calmzone (Lots of activities, videos and ideas to help calm us down, let go of anxiety and stress, and to get support when we need it. https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/calm-zone/

Cosmic Kids: Yoga and mindfulness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JD2b1g7nro

Six Different Types of Grounding Exercises for Anxiety and Intense Emotions http://www.tothegrowlery.com/blog/2017/4/18/six-different-types-of-grounding-exercises-for-anxiety-intense-emotions

Young Minds: What is a panic attack and how to help someone if they are having a panic attack? https://youngminds.org.uk/blog/how-you-can-help-someone-having-a-panic-attack/

Advice from the British Psychological Society: How To Talk to Children About the Coronavirus. https://www.bps.org.uk/sites/www.bps.org.uk/files/Policy/Policy%20-%20Files/Talking%20to%20children%20about%20coronavirus.pdf

Ways to work with your child to regulate their feelings, if they are stressed, overwhelmed and need emotional support. These techniques can have a positive impact for adults as much as children: https://pcit.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/47.1_Session2-CoRegulation-Techniques.pdf

Make a Worry Box: https://practicalkatie.com/2011/10/11/the-worry-box/

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Welcome to our school website. We hope you enjoy browsing and you find our site both interesting and informative. Head Teacher - Angela Pearston A message below from Miss Reynolds - with useful links for wellbeing.Looking After Ourselves at HomeGood morning families!I hope that it has cheered you all to wake up to another sunny day...

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All our pre-school children have their own account on Happynumbers.com which links directly with our nursery teacher Miss Torrens

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Enter your class number (Ask your teacher)

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Printable stick puppets from the story

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@Calderglen.Nursery
#BearHuntEdin

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From Senior Education Manager, Lynn Paterson

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Here is a link to the St Mary's RC Primary School website. You can also follow them on Twitter @st_marys_leith

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Helpful videos, activities and ideas posted daily on our Nursery Facebook page!

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Murrayburn & Calderglen Early Years Campus

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Murrayburn & Calderglen Early Years Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 359 likes · 101 talking about this. This page is to share information and events at Murrayburn Early Years Campus. Please note...

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To the tune of 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"

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Weekly activities will be posted starting on Monday 18th May 2020 for 6 weeks

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From Edinburgh Early Years Team
Follow them on Twitter @edin_ey

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Here is a link to the Currie Primary School website. You can also follow them on Twitter @NethercurriePS

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Nether Currie Primary School - Nether Currie Primary School

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Support Leaflet to help you get the most out of stories at home

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We're Going on a Bear Hunt | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!

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Here is a link to Edinburgh's Bear Hunt Transition Blog. Join in and share pictures from your Bear Hunt adventures on Twitter #BearHuntEdin