We have been very interested in exploring ice in the garden on cold days.  We have been experimenting with how it melts when we touch it and are interested in talking about the shapes of the ice we have found.   We plan to explore this further after the Christmas holidays and are hoping for more cold weather.

We have been choosing to explore the properties of 2D shapes by trying to be creative with shapes at the drawing table.  This will become a focus for us in the next few weeks – see our Christmas planner to find out more.

Last week we celebrated ‘Road Safety Day.’  We all wore bright clothes to nursery and spoke about the things we can do to keep us safe when we cross a road.  We came up with lots of super suggestions – you can see this on the nursery corridor.

We also watched some videos to help us see how we can cross a road safely.  You can click here to try the videos at home.  We used the bikes and the road signs to explore how to behave safely on a road.

Apologies for the lack of blog updates over the last fortnight.  We have reached the maximum storage that is allocated for school blogs!  We hope to have this increased soon. 🙂

Due to Mrs Duncan continuing to cover a P1/2 class the frequency of Interactive learning diary uploads may be temporarily reduced.  This is due to the considerable amount of time it takes staff to upload observations.  Please be reassured that these observations are still taking place even if they are not being uploaded.  The nursery staff continue to be available on a daily informal basis to discuss your child’s progress if required.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding,

The Nursery Team.

We were great helpers today.  We helped our janitor Frank to collect autumn leaves and put them in the large rubbish bins.  We are becoming more confident at identifying different autumn changes – please see the planning folder/wall to find out more.

We enjoyed celebrating Halloween in nursery.  We had fun playing in our costumes, playing Halloween games in the gym hall and having a spooky story in the library.  We have also been singing spooky songs and carving pumpkins.  Photographs to follow…..

This week, as part of our festivals mini-topic, we will be trying different foods that are sometimes enjoyed during different festivals.  Today we tried mango chutney and poppadoms.  Most of us were eager to try both foods!  Look out for uploads on food tasting on the ILDs next week.

We made delicious hot, pumpkin soup today,  We had to use kitchen tools safely and had to follow hygiene rules to ensure our soup was safe to eat.  We can’t wait to try it tomorrow.