{"id":9119,"date":"2020-01-15T15:13:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/?p=9119"},"modified":"2020-01-15T15:27:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:27:54","slug":"christmas-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/01\/15\/christmas-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pupils from Mrs Smith&#8217;s class received an invitation to the Christmas Village.<\/p>\n<p>An entourage set out from Riverbank to enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of the Christmas Village.<\/p>\n<p>The children received hospitality in the form of some snacks, drinks and sweets and even a Christmas decoration for their tree.<\/p>\n<p>We had some daredevil children who enlisted the help of some daredevil teachers and PSAs to access some of the more dynamic rides which were available.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone enjoyed their visit to the Village and had great fun and I have included a selection of photographs from the Village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-9119-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/1-6.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9120&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Getting ready to go!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/2-7.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9121&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Mrs Smith and her partner.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/3-7.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9122&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;It\\u0026#8217;s starting to twirl.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/4-5.jpg?fit=640%2C480\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9123&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;I\\u0026#8217;m dizzy just 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Phew!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/26.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9143&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;26&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Watching to see who\\u0026#8217;s going to come down the Helter Skelter!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/25.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9142&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Out pops a Riverbank pupil.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/21.jpg?fit=480%2C640\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9138&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;21&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;\\u0026#8230;.and another.&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our thanks to Angela Joss of Aberdeen Inspire for the kind and generous invitation and well done to Mrs Smith&#8217;s class who have written, and sent, thank you letters to Ms Joss. Well done, boys!<\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8901\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/11\/05\/a-quick-update-on-speedwatch\/gold-logo-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gold-logo.png?fit=246%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"246,240\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gold-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gold-logo.png?fit=246%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gold-logo.png?fit=246%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8901\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gold-logo.png?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>UNCRC \/ RRSA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 31 &#8211; Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pupils from Mrs Smith&#8217;s class received an invitation to the Christmas Village. 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