In gym this week we have been using balloons to help us to practise our gross body movements. We tried keeping the balloon in the air using different parts of our bodies and we also practised our throwing and kicking skills using the balloons!

This is a great activity to try at home!

Last week was a really busy week in Nursery! Following the excitement of our Hallowe’en day (see previous post), lots of the children attended the Parent Council Disco, thank you for your support!

We also welcomed Miss Campbell, an MA3 Primary Education student who will be joining us in nursery for 4 weeks.

Last week we also had fun with sensory playdough. Adding oils or essences to your playdough makes it interesting and relaxing for the children to play with. We added peppermint essence to ours last week and the children loved it!

As you might be able to spot, a lot of the playdough this week was inspired by the hedgehogs that we made from saltdough before the holidays! The children made wonderful saltdough hedgehog models which they painted and we left them to dry out over the holidays. Last week the children created safe spaces for their hedgehogs to hibernate and they were invited to take them home to look after over winter!

We enjoyed playing with our buddy class on Friday! The children are starting to build positive relationships with their buddies and the older children are really supportive of our nursery children!

We ended the week with some Bonfire Night activities! We spoke about firework safety as well as creating amazing firework pictures which were displayed in the nursery. For snack on Friday we had Firework Apples! (Sliced apples dipped in chocolate and then dipped in sprinkles!) The children really enjoyed them!

We have had a fantastic day in our Hallowe’en Fancy Dress!!

Remember there is a Hallowe’en School Disco tonight, organised by the Parent Council.

6-7pm for the Nursery to P3 children.

Morning Nursery: 

Afternoon Nursery: 

Our Busy Bee Challenges for the October Holidays:

• Pass a ball back and forth, count your throws and see how many you can do!
• When you are out and about, read road signs, menus and food labels to extend your child’s vocabulary!
• Build a den in the woods using branches, leaves and moss!
• Jump over waves at the beach on a sunny day!
• Make a pretend microphone with a kitchen roll tube and sing along to your favourite songs!
• Make a mask of your favourite Disney character and pretend to be them!

Remember, if you complete a challenge send us a picture on ILD or print one out for us to put on our PROUD CLOUD!

In our final week of term we have been doing lots of exciting activities! We have had an Autumn theme in Nursery and we have been learning about leaves falling from trees and this has inspired lots of artwork. We have also been learning about the sorts of animals we might see in Autumn time. We made salt-dough hedgehogs which we have now painted. After the holidays we will be making somewhere cosy for them to hibernate!

We have been planting our Spring bulbs this week ready to brighten up the Nursery garden in Spring!

This week we have put some new and exciting fancy dress clothes into the role play area and the children have really enjoyed trying them out!

We hope you all have a wonderful holiday! Please have a look at our Busy Bee Challenges for some ideas to keep your wee ones busy during the holidays!

Last week we had lots of fun building models. Some of us built junk models whilst others used the construction kits of build their models! We built robots, dinosaurs and dragons!

Last week Miss Kerr rewarded one child from each class in the school with a Headteacher’s Award. This term Miss Kerr had been looking for FOCUS!

Our winners from the morning and afternoon classes are pictured below. Well Done!!!

Last week we worked hard in the construction area to build towers using a particular number of blocks. This is a great activity to try at home!

A quick reminder to keep checking your child’s Interactive Learning Diary portfolio! The app is proving popular among our parents too.

Please note than on android devices there is still some issues with playback of videos within the app. You can access the videos on the website until this issue is fixed!

If you are having problems accessing the site please speak to Miss Farmer!

This week we have been playing with shaving foam in the messy play area!

We have been experimenting with lots of different sensory materials recently in Nursery including spaghetti, gloop, rice, non-Newtonian fluid, shaving foam and lentils.

It is a great way for the children to explore their senses and lots of the children find it very therapeutic.