Our Elf Shanarri – Flourishing Communities

We have had Shanarri the elf who was sent by Santa come to visit us at nursery. The children have enjoyed having him in nursery and discovering what he has done each night when nobody has been here. Shanarri is based on what we have been learning at our time in nursery. We have been focusing on how to keep Safe, Healthy, Active, Nurtured, Achieving, Responsible, Respected and Included. Shanarri the elf will be giving out ‘Elf Awards’ to each child, rewarding them for good behaviour which he has seen them demonstrating in nursery.  Shanarri will be here in nursery until the Christmas party where Santa will take him back home again.

‘We need to teach him how to be good.’ – Paige

‘He pulled down all the jackets and ate all the sweeties.’ – Eva

 

Reindeer Dust

Reindeer dust will be on sale within the nursery and at the Nativity shows for 50p a bag. The proceeds of our sales will be put towards buying the residents of Menstrie House some gifts which we will be delivering to them on Monday 19^th December.

Hedgehog Homes

Thank you for all your help in collecting newspapers for the hedgehogs. These have now been delivered and can hopefully help the hedgehogs make a cosy home for the winter.

 

Recycling

Mrs Stanners and Ms Russell took a small group of children a walk to see the War Memorial in Menstrie. On their way, they passed the bin lorry which sparked off an interest in recycling. Mrs Stanners and Ms Russell spent time with these children discussing recycling and what we can recycle in each bin. They came back to nursery and found some items to recycle and went a walk back to the recycling bank.

Nativity

We hope you enjoyed our unique Nativity. Well done to all the boys and girls for all their hard work in performing their different roles and singing the songs on stage in front of a great audience. A huge thank you to Ms Williamson for all her hard work in the production of our show, teaching us the songs and giving us the confidence to perform on stage.

Thank You 

We would like to say a huge thank you to Skye’s Dad for repairing our pirate ship in the garden. He is continuing to repair other garden resources in the near future.

New Staff Member

We would like to welcome to our team, Ms Brida Moore who will be joining us after the Christmas holidays in January. She will be with us on a Wednesday afternoon and full days on Thursday and Friday until June.

 

Dates for the Diary

• Nursery starts back: Thursday 5^th January
• Pre-school children parents consultations: Week beginning Monday 16^th January
• Nursery will be open for a full session on Wednesday 21^st December until 3:30pm
• Vision screening: Thursday 19^th January
• Scottish week: Week beginning Monday 23^rd January
• Inservice days: Monday 13^th February, Tuesday 14^th February
• February holidays: 15^th, 16^th and 17^th February

 

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Menstrie Nursery Team