Big Discoveries

PRIMARY SCHOOL APPLICATIONS – CLOSING DATE WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY 2025 📆

A reminder for parents in Hampshire with children starting Year R, or moving to Year 3, in September 2025: the application deadline is just one week away.

⚠ If you don't apply by the deadline, you significantly reduce your chances of getting one of your preferred schools.

For more guidance and to submit your application, see https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/admissions

Brrr, it's cold! Ask older relatives and neighbours if they need any practical help, such as collecting shopping or essential medicines. Contact NHS 111 if you’re worried about someone’s wellbeing.
For tips on staying well during the winter see the NHS advice here: www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/keep-warm-keep-well

With yellow warnings from the Met Office for ice and sleet/snow showers, our salting lorries will be out from 7pm tonight on priority routes and on standby for a second run if needed.

⚠ Stay updated with the Met Office UK warnings at: https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings #?date=2025-01-06&id=5ff4a0be-56c2-4bd6-ac3b-d217f102d2bc

❄ It's going to stay cold for the rest of the week. The Amber cold health alert from the UK Health Security Agency has been extended to Sunday, 12 January. Find Government advice on keeping warm and well and staying safe in cold weather at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keep-warm-keep-well-leaflet-gives-advice-on-staying-healthy-in-cold-weather/top-tips-for-keeping-warm-and-well-this-winter

With our ever changing weather in the UK, it can be difficult to know what your little one should be wearing at night time to keep warm without overheating.

Daisy First Aid have developed this guide to help you.

Today we have updated our cold health alert to amber for the whole of England, from today at 12pm to Wed 8 Jan at 12pm. ❄❄❄

Our data dashboard includes a cold health alert map with useful information and guidance: https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-health-alerts/cold?type=cold

During the amber cold weather alert, which runs from now until Wed 8 Jan at 12pm, look out for friends & family who might be vulnerable to low temperatures. ❄

Check our advice on how to keep warm & well this winter:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keep-warm-keep-well-leaflet-gives-advice-on-staying-healthy-in-cold-weather

Thank you to our families who could make it to our stay and play sessions last week we had a great time- so much so we only got a few photos as we were so busy playing!

Our Champ loves a healthy snack. But the size and shape of whole grapes means they can easily block a child’s airway and can be difficult to dislodge with standard first aid techniques.

That’s why grapes and other round foods such as cherry tomatoes, blueberries and sausages should be chopped in half lengthways and ideally into quarters.

Download our free choking fact sheet for more top tips: https://capt.org.uk/resources/choking-fact-sheet/

Throughout December our Champ will be sharing key dangers around the home and simple things you can do to keep children safe. Please follow along and share his adventures.