Transition to Primary One

Transition is well underway this term. We have been busy visiting the Primary One classroom and the playground. We now know where the school toilets and are aware that there are separate boys and girls toilets. As part of transition we have been practising getting changed in to our gym kit.  We have had fun meeting our buddies who will help look after us when we go in to Primary One.

Balanceability

This term Miss McEwan has been taking two small groups of pre-school children for them to join in with the ‘Balanceability’ programme. The children in both the morning and afternoon sessions have been focusing on balancing skills on a balance bike. Everyone is making good progress and will hopefully be able to ride a two-wheeled bike by the end of the term. We have already had one success story; Well done to Murray who can now ride his bike independently!

Planting and Growing

We have been busy helping Ms Williamson tidy the garden and help to plant pretty flowers and vegetables which we will hopefully be able to taste in the new term. We will continue to care for the plants and watch them grow.

Outdoor Construction Area

The children have thoroughly enjoyed playing in our new construction area. They have been using their imagination to plan, build and share their ideas with each other, using our new resources.

Farming

Our main focus this term is farming. We have been learning about dairy cows and different products which are made from milk. We will extend this by tasting different dairy products at snack on our ‘tasting week’ and hopefully we will try and make our own butter. During ‘singing time’ and ‘together time’ we have been focusing on the different Makaton signs of farm animals and milk. We are looking forward to our Nursery trip to Almond Valley where we will see lots of different farm animals.