Office Updates

Flu Vaccinations

You will have received a letter this week regarding  the final catch up clinic for the nasal flu vaccination.

Lates and Absences

If your child is unwell and unable to attend school you must call the office on 0208 876 6721  or email Parents@darell.richmond.sch.uk informing us of the reason for their abscence before 9:15am. 

If your child is late for school please come into the front office to sign them in on the electronic system

Craft Corner

Glitter Jars  

You will need: 

• Clean & empty jar
• Glitter glue
• Food colouring of your choice
• Glitter
• Warm water
• Spoon for stirring

• Add warm water to your jar. Pour the water until it reaches around a third of the way up.
• Add the glitter glue
• Add around 3 drops of food colour and stir.
• Pour in the glitter
• Top up your jar with the rest of the warm water
• Pop on the lid, give your jar a shake and watch the magic

Egg box monsters 

You will need:

• An egg carton (each 12-pack egg carton will make 6 monsters)
• Acrylic paint
• PVA (school) glue
• Googly eyes
• Paint brush
• scissors
• Sweets to place inside (use wrapped sweets or wrap your own)

How To:

• Cut the egg carton cups into individual pieces (kids will need some help with this part). You might like to include some teeth, or keep it flat and add a tongue from the flat part of the egg carton. Snip off some pointy bits to use as horns – the sky is the limit, design them however you like.’
• Paint them inside and out and allow to dry
• Glue on horns, googly eyes and anything else you’ve made

Wellbeing     

January can often be a difficult month for many people—Christmas is over, the weather is cold with winter stretching ahead of us still and the nights are longer. Many of the things that we do to cheer ourselves up (walks in the countryside, outdoor exercise, playing in the park, enjoying the sunshine …) are all harder to achieve. 

Beating the winter blues

It's thought the winter blues, or seasonal affective disorder (SAD), affects around 2 million people in the UK and more than 12 million people across northern Europe. It can affect people of any age, including children.

Key symptoms:

• depression
• sleep problems
• lethargy
• overeating
• irritability
• feeling down and unsociable

According to Sue Pavlovich of the Seasonal Affective Disorder Association (SADA), these 10 tips could help. "Everyone's affected differently by SAD, so what works for one person won't for another," she says. "But there's usually something that will help, so don't give up if the first remedy you try doesn't work. Just keep trying."

follow the link for more information:

https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing/low-mood-and-depression/beating-the-winter-blues

E Safety News

LEGO Build and Talk 

LEGO® have created Build and Talk to help you chat to your child about digital safety and wellbeing. Firstly, you pick an activity to do and then you read a story, which includes questions and conversation prompts, whilst they build
with their LEGO®. This is a great way to start talking about online safety with your child! https://www.lego.com/en-gb/sustainability/children/buildandtalk/

Whilst you’re there, view their guides on key topics related to online safetyhttps://www.lego.com/engb/sustainability/children/digital-child-safety/ or play Doom the Gloom with your child, which will support them in using the internet safely: https://www.lego.com/en-gb/campaigns/kids/doom-thegloom