Category: ELCC

 

On the 17th of June Port Ellen ELC were visited by the Care Commission for an inspection of their early years provision in school.  We are proud to announce we received all level 5, Very Goods across the board!

Key messages from the report were as follows:

• Children experienced warm relationships with staff who knew children and their families well.

• Children were empowered to lead their own play and learning, supported by a skilled staff team.

• Children enjoyed a fun environment that inspired their creativity and wonder.

• Children enjoyed free flow access outdoors and a wide range of outings in the local community.

• Strong leadership was creating a nurturing and responsive environment where children and staff felt safe and valued.

You can read the inspection report below.

InspectionReport-323997

Today at group time talked about what what a certain number looks like. We counted our current buns and found the correct number symbol. We sang the Current Bun song and bought our buns with a penny. We talked about how many were left and how many we had eaten. ⭐️ We are learning about how many are left and identifying the correct number. 🦶 We will continue to play number games and revisit this concept.

Mrs Hannett is working with ELCC children who are soon going to be going into P1!  To help the transition she is making weekly virtual classrooms for parents to share the transition experience.  They also have joint sessions so they can get to know their P2 buddies next year.  Below is a virtual classroom and a QR code link to the Seesaw post explaining how to use it.

transition Seesaw

 

We were engineers this afternoon making paper aeroplanes ✈️ it was a bit tricky so Mrs Bonar had to help a little. We wanted to see who’s could go the furthest and decided that we had to be up high so used the cable reels. We made predictions and wondered if we needed stronger paper or if there was different shapes we could make!

This afternoon we had another joint session. This we thought about how we grow and what we need to ensure we’re growing healthily. We decided we needed exercise, good food and water and to have birthdays so we know we’re bigger!

Use the QR code to watch the video.

 

 

When we were up the path this morning for a walk we noticed lots of different signs that help tell us different things. The construction site had lots of big danger signs right round it telling us about all the dangerous construction vehicles are hard at work. We absolutely loved watching them and even got a few waves and toots from the construction workers! ⭐️ I am learning that signs have meanings and what they are. 👣 next steps we will be making a construction site with signs and construction vehicles.