Well it is nearly Easter time and we have been busy in the nursery.  It was lovely to see so many familiar faces at the Open Evening on Tuesday, a real blast from the past.  We hope you enjoyed looking round the nursery.

Spring has really sprung in the nursery as well.  We have been busy making cards and creating beautiful Spring pictures.  During singing time we have been learning songs about Spring time.  They have included daffodils, lambs and little spring chickens.

Afternoon pre school children had a lovely time on Monday round at the big school.  They read Goldilocks and the Three Bears with Primary 1 and then worked with a P1 partner to complete a soft and hard task linked to the story.  The nursery children were super, as were the P1’s at keeping them right with routines.

Dressing up has been as popular as ever, with the princesses proving very popular.  Come into the nursery at any time and you are bound to see 2 or 3 princesses dancing round.  We have definitely managed to help the Friendly Dragon save Fairyland with all our reading and Fairytale activities.

We have been continuing to keep busy in the nursery with lots of things happening inside and out.  The weather has been in our favour and the children have been outside taking part in a variety of activities.  Listening walks have proved very successful.  The children have been out in groups using their senses to describe what has been going on.  They had to close their eyes and listen, then tell the ladies what they heard.  We heard lots of different noises from lorries to birds.  Some children have been busy gardening, making sure it is all ready for planting the new seeds and things.

In the nursery we learned about Shrove Tuesday (pancake day) and tried some lovely pancakes.  We also learned about how Shrove Tuesday is celebrated in different countries.  Did you know that in Poland they make special sweet cakes with jam in the middle on this day?  In Sweden they decorate the house with Pussy Willow which they attach colourful feathers to.  In Lithuania they also use Pussy Willow to decorate their house…but without the feathers!  We are looking forward to finding out more about these countries celebrations for Easter.  In the nursery we have a giant world map and you can see where in the world our children come from or have visited.

Fairyland is still coming together with the children enjoying yet more fairytales.  This week we have been reading Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  The children really enjoyed this story and have made some fabulous collage apples to decorate the nursery…some even have a little bite out of them.  Next week we are going to read Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.  The girls really love dressing up as the Princesses and marrying their handsome Prince.

The afternoon preschool children have been enjoying their time in Primary 1 on a Monday afternoon playing listening games and taking part in Fairyland activities.  After the Easter holidays the morning preschool children will get an opportunity to pop over to the school, which they are really looking forward to.

We hope you can join us for the open evening on 25th March to see all that work and activites that the children have been creating.