The Curragh Montessori School

November/ December 2025 NEWSLETTER

Hello Everyone, hard to believe we are halfway through November already. We are indeed very busy this time of year as we start our preparations for Christmas - making decorations and learning our Christmas songs.

Some Dates for your calendar

Christmas Concert –Wednesiday 10th December (11 am)
Christmas Party - Thursday 18th December
School closed for Christmas Holidays 22nd December – Friday 2nd January
School reopens Monday 5th January 2026

Birthdays:

Big Birthday Wishes to Hassan who turns 3 in November and Nellie who turns 3 in December. And to Connie who turns 4 years in December.

The Parent /Teacher Meetings

Parent teacher meetings will continue for the next couple of weeks.

November Curriculum

We started the month learning about Hibernation and making some nice comfy beds for Henry the Hedgehog to sleep for the winter. See you in Spring time Henry !

We have also been discussing different aspects of Well being and our Emotions - discussing with the children different situations that make us Happy or Sad and things we can do to deal with these emotions.

We will be talking about Thanksgiving and why it is important to say Thank you, and what we are thankful for.

We have also begun our preparations for Christmas – learning Christmas songs and making Christmas decorations.

VIPs

Thanks to Ari’s mum - Elizabeth who is coming in next week to talk to the children about Thanksgiving traditions in her native USA.

December Curriculum

In December we will discuss why and how we celebrate different festivals and occasions. Through listening to the children as they play and through discussions at Circle time we will explore ideas about what it means to participate in Christmas. Circle Time is a great chance for children to share their experiences of celebrating Christmas. We will be talking to the children about --Why we decorate for Christmas? Other celebrations that we decorate for? We will be talking to the children about how they decorate their houses at Christmas the tree, lights, Christmas ornaments?

December is a particularly busy month – Art wise. The children will be making decorations for the school, doing some Christmas work for their Learning Journals and making some decorations for bringing home to decorate their houses.

Our traditional Christmas concert will take place this year on Wednesday 10th December – SEE NOTES BELOW, so we have started to learn our Christmas songs.

Songs

Various Christmas Songs

Jingle Bells
Frosty the Snowman
Rudolf the red nosed reindeer
When Santa got stuck up the chimney
S-A-N-T-A
Santa Claus is coming to town

The Christmas Concert

Will take place on Wednesday 10th December – 11 am SHARP

VERY IMPORTANT

Safety Issues in the Car Park

There will be a lot of traffic congestion on this morning. The carpark itself will only be able to hold a small number of cars. There are, however, a number of safe places close by where parents can park and walk the short distance to the school e.g. The Pitch and Putt Club. Please be mindful and do not block any of our neighbour’s driveways.

2. Parents arrive on time

This is the one day of the year where we insist on parents being here on time. The door will open at 10.50 am for Parents to come in. The children will be so excited on the morning having put so much practice in and it is only fair on them that we don’t keep them waiting any longer than necessary. For this reason, therefore, we will start the concert at 11 am sharp and the doors need to be closed and secured at this time. So please make sure you give yourself enough time to arrive and park (remembering that you will have a short walk from your car).

3. Photos of concert

Parents please do NOT put photos up on facebook / twitter etc. of any child (other than your own). Many parents do not want their children appearing on such public media.

4. Seating

As I am sure you will appreciate we do not have a lot of seating in the school – and those chairs that we do have are child size!, there will, however, be plenty of room for standing to watch.

REMEMBER TO CHECK THE WEB PAGE ‘Parents Only’ PAGE at the end of each month for the previous months photos …