Our children have loved watching the Brilliant Schools videos so far this academic year and some great discussions have come from this.
Even though we are in lockdown, the wellbeing activities don’t stop, in fact they’re more relevant than ever! Please take time to watch these video’s with your child. There are tasks associated with each video which we would ask your child to complete.
VIDEO 1: All or Nothing
All or Nothing Video
Once you have watched the video, we would like the children to think of a goal to set themselves over lockdown and look at the five stages of learning the video goes through. You could even set new goals as a family.
VIDEO 2: Your Mind Matters
Your Mind Matters Video
This video talks all about the importance of self care. Once you have finished watching the video, we would like you to write down five reasons why exercise is great and what three commitments you are going to make to look after your bodies during lockdown, e.g. going outside each day, eating healthy fruit and vegetables, getting plenty of sleep, less time on screens etc.
We would ask that your child emails the outcomes from each video to eyfs@coton-in-the-elms.derbyshire.sch.uk tomorrow, Wellbeing Wednesday. These will be forwarded to the respective teachers – you may even get a special mention in Friday’s virtual assembly.
Dealing with another lockdown and learning from home can be difficult at times. One thing that we know is good for people’s wellbeing, is embracing nature.
WOW! It was so great to have our school community join together for our first ‘live’ special mentions assembly. We had a fantastic 55 families joining in online to celebrate achievements of remote learning from the last week.
In the run up to the Tokyo Olympics, Active Schools Partnership are holding a competition for schools to compete against each other in a race to get to Tokyo, Japan – 9487km away!
It’s been lovely to see familiar faces popping into the Reading Library to exchange their child’s reading books. As you will be aware from the Remote Learning Strategy booklet, the library is open on the following days:
If you are unable to exchange your child’s books in school, the Oxford Owl website has online reading books you can view for free. Please click 
We have been speaking with our Breakfast Club provider, Clubs Complete, with a view to the possibility of providing a Breakfast Club for children of Key Worker families and vulnerable children. Providing there is adequate demand in the mornings, they will consider running the service during this lockdown period.
In the first instance, can you please contact the school office to express your interest and state which days of the working week you would require the service.
