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Little Phoenix
The Newsletter of Yarm Pre-Prep Number 311
Mrs Speight’s message ... 4th December 2020
Christmas has arrived in Pre-Prep and the children were extremely excited when the trees
arrived. Decorating the tree always gives us the opportunity to think of others and each child’s
message was about happiness, sharing and caring. Very many thanks for your most kind
donations for the Food Banks, our children are so eager to help those who are hungry or
homeless. If you haven’t already done so, there is still plenty of time to bring in a donation,
thank you again for your generosity. The inquisitive nature of our children became very
apparent with the arrival of the cameras and lights for the filming of their nativities. I can’t
recall any who have been overwhelmed or ‘star struck’. It never ceases to amaze me how the
children can learn so many songs in such a short period of time. For those of you who haven’t
already done so from Reception to Year 2, there is still time to read your child’s reports prior
to the Google Meets with teachers next week. This is the perfect opportunity to catch up on
both progress and achievement this term. Have a super weekend and I look forward to seeing
you on Monday.
Warmest wishes
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Christmas Wishes Monday saw the arrival of our Christmas trees in Pre-Prep. As is tradition in Year 2, we were given the task of helping to decorate the tree in the Studio Hall. Following on from “Choose To Be Kind “ week, we wrote our Christmas wishes for the world on a sparkly bauble. One of our mottoes in Pre-Prep is, ‘We think of others,’ and this was certainly very true in our messages from wishing that the homeless will have shelter at Christmas to hoping that poverty will disappear. It has been most heartening to see the bags full of tasty treats arriving for ‘Little Sprouts’ and our children have certainly demonstrated a caring attitude. Many thanks to our parents for their generosity.
Christmas Crafts The children in Nursery have been so excited to decorate Nursery ready for Christmas. They have been writing letters to Santa, making Christmas crowns and decorating the tree. When learning songs to sing as part of our Christmas performance, we have been extremely impressed with their concentration. You're in for a treat when you see the Nursery Christmas performance. The children are all ready to be filmed next week.
Festive fun With the arrival of Advent the Christmas spirit is truly in the air at the Pre-Prep. The children in Reception have been thinking carefully about the true meaning of Christmas and decided to decorate the tree in the Studio Hall with wishes emblazoned on stars. From hugs for everyone to a world filled with kindness, the children thought carefully about what would make the planet a better place.
Sharing is caring The children in Year 1 have loved using outdoor equipment during their playtimes. The Year 1 team have been so impressed with their sharing and team building skills. It has been lovely to watch them interacting with each other and making the most of being outdoors.
2020/2021 Term Dates
Autumn Term, 2020
Finish - Friday, 18th December 2020 (after school)
Spring Term, 2021
Pupils return - Monday, 4th January 2021
½ term begins - Thursday, 11th February 2021
Toby Imogen (after school)
Pupils return - Monday, 22nd February 2021
Edward
Finish - Friday, 26th March 2021 (after school)
Summer Term, 2021
Omran Isla Pupils return - Thursday, 15th April 2021
Bank Holiday - Monday, 3rd May 2021
½ term begins - Thursday, 27th May 2021 (after
school)
Christmas Collection for Billingham & Stockton Pupils return - Monday, 7th June 2021
Borough Foodbank and Little Sprouts Finish - Friday, 2nd July 2021 (12 noon)
Monday 30th November - Thursday 10th
December
Christmas Jumper Day
This year we shall be collecting items to donate to
Billingham and Stockton Borough Foodbank and Friday 18th December is Christmas Jumper Day.
Little Sprouts to help and support local families These are to be worn
over the Christmas period. The following items are over school uniform.
required by the foodbank: Christmas food gifts, We look forward to
chocolate, biscuits and toiletries such as shampoo seeing all the children
and shower gel. looking very festive.
Donations open from Monday 30th November and
will be kept in year group areas. The closing date is
Thursday 10th December. Please ensure any items
are brought in in carrier bags.
Christmas Cards
Cards can be sent to children in
their year group bubble. In order
for us to quarantine them prior to
Reminder sending, please can they be sent
no later than Monday 14th
There will be no After School Care provision on the December. They will be delivered
last day of term, Friday 18th December. All from Wednesday 16th December.
children should be collected at their allocated pick May I politely request that
up time on this day. chocolate coins are not placed in
them. Many thanks for your
Nursery and Reception—3.15pm support.
Year 1—3.20pm
Year 2—3.30pm
2 tsp smoked paprika, or plain paprika
2 tsp dried oregano
2 bay leaves
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
To finish
80ml lemon juice
Zest of one lemon, finely minced
Instructions
Start by roasting the red peppers and onions. This
can be done on a gas grill or on a grill pan. You want
Hi, my name is Wendy, I’ve been the catering
to get good char marks on the outside of the
manager at Yarm Prep for four years and I love it!
peppers and onions. Don't worry if they are not
I’m passionate about food and creating tasty,
fully cooked, they will get fully cooked in the sauce.
healthy meals. When I first trained as a chef my
mentor told me “Your food is only as good as the Chop the peppers and onions and add them to a
ingredients you use, you get out of a dish what you food processor or blender. You can use a stick
put in.” I’ve carried this with me throughout my blender if that is all you have on hand, just take the
career. We use fresh quality ingredients in our time to get the ingredients well pureed.
dishes to make them the best they can be. I’ll be Add the garlic, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, lemon
sharing some of my dishes in the Phoenix Flier zest, red chilis, smoked paprika, oregano, salt and
every so often. Below is one of my favourites. pepper to the food processor with the grilled
Peri Peri Sauce onions and peppers and puree until smooth.
A garlicky lemon infused tangy sauce is perfect for Transfer the sauce to a medium saucepan, add the
so many dishes and due to the High street bay leaves and simmer slowly for 20-30 minutes.
revolution of Nando’s it goes down a storm with Let the sauce cool to warm. Remove the bay leaves
the children. It can be used as a marinade for meats then return the sauce to the food processor again.
& vegetables, finishing glaze or as I prefer it an
Add the additional lemon juice, red wine vinegar
accompaniment for Chicken Espetadas
and lemon zest. Puree for another few minutes
Ingredients until very smooth. Slowly add in the olive oil in a
Makes approx. 500ml thin stream as the processor is running.
2 large red bell peppers, char grilled or 800g tin of Look out for
fire roasted peppers Peri Peri on our
1 large red onion, char grilled new year
2 tsp garlic puree menu.
125ml lemon juice Wendy Wallace
80 ml red wine vinegar, or apple cider vinegar
zest of one lemon, finely grated
2 red chillies or 1 tsp chilli powder
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