Nursery children have enjoyed keeping a close eye on our caterpillars. We were very careful with them. Some of us even saw the butterflies hatching from their chrysalis.
We created a chart to record how many days it took for them to change into butterflies. It took 26 days!
One sunny day, we released the butterflies into the garden.
The afternoon sports day took place on Thursday 1st June. Thank you very much to Mark from Active Start for leading this. The children were all very enthusiastic, well done!
The Nursery children have been working very hard to create a Cafe which will soon be opening for family, friends and members of the community.
Children have chosen the centre pieces for each table, created menus, designed their own placemats, created signs and have been practising taking on different roles. We also spoke about the safety aspects of a cafe.
The cafe has given the children real life experiences.
This week we invited some staff from the school to attend our Cafe. They enjoyed tea, coffee, juice and a selection of cakes.
Tuesday 23rd May
Today Jack’s Mum came to Nursery to tell us abut her job. She is a Prosthetist.
She told us how to make plaster casts, showed some of the prosthetic limbs that she fits and showed us some photos of people using their prosthetic limbs.
Thank you to Jack’s Mum for visiting today.
Wednesday 24th May
Today Ben’s Dad came to Nursery to talk to us about his job. He is in the Royal Navy and is a Submariner. He works away from home for a long time.
The submarine goes underwater and has no windows. If the submarine is close to the surface, the submariners can use the periscope to see above the water. The submarines do not have very much space on them.
Thank you to Ben’s Dad for taking the time to talk to the children today.
Thursday 25th May
Today Cameron’s Dad talked to us about his job – he owns ‘The Forge’ in Menstrie.
The children got lots of ideas for their Nursery cafe.
Thank you to Gordon for giving up his time.
We would like to thank all of the parents and other family members who supported us on our trip to Almond Valley. The children all thoroughly enjoyed it. Here are some photos from our day:
Miss MacLeod will be with us every Thursday until the end of term. She will be covering Mrs Nimmo’s Star Group as Mrs Nimmo will be delivering POPP programme.
Well done to everyone who participated in ‘Trashion Fashion’ and made a hat out of recycled items. We had four winners who were chosen by Mr Pennie and Mr Horsburgh. Congratulations to Zachary, Eva, Annie and Adair! Well done to all of the children who participated. Fantastic effort from all!
The children really enjoyed ‘Health Week’ and the activities on offer. They planted seeds with the Primary 6 children, had a taster session of ‘Krav Maga’ which was delivered by Findlay’s Dad, listened to a talk from the Chemist, participated in a handwashing experiment, participated in ‘Enjoy-a-Ball’ with Hannah and enjoyed making and tasting fruit kebabs. We would like to say a special thank you to Findlay’s Dad for taking the time to come in and teach us new skills.
Recently Ms Russell and some children delivered an invitation to the residents of Menstrie House inviting them to come to the Nursery for a tea party on Monday 20th March. Two members of staff, Catherine and Audrey, from Menstrie House accompanied Agnes, Janet, Maisie and Vera to Nursery. Our visitors enjoyed tea and cakes with some of the children. They enjoyed a tour of the Nursery and all children sang some of their favourite songs to them before they left. The children also drew them some pictures to take back to Menstrie House.
Come along and join us at the Sustainability Event in the Dumyat Centre on Thursday 23rd March. The event will be on from 2 – 6pm.
At the event, you can expect to see:
