It’s been lovely to return after the holidays and seeing all our lovely children and families back with such enthusiasm! We have hit the ground running this first week of the new term, with trips to the woods, the Giving Garden and our family groups getting up and running again.
Our Autumn trips to Ninewells Woods have been great, with lots of discussion about which animals might live in the woods, what they might eat, looking at the different sizes and shapes of leaves we can find on the ground, discovering seeds and nuts from various trees, such as pine cones, acorns, sycamore “helicopters” , and berries for the birds and toadstools for the rabbits.
Mrs Regan took a “go-pro” type camera with her group to record a child’s-eye view of the trip. The video is on the screen in the entrance of the nursery. The children loved having a go! We’ll use it again on some other trips.
We have been experimenting with making ‘Lunar Sand’. The children took turns to measure out 6 cups of sand and 3 cups of cornflour into a large tray. We then used our hands to give the mixture a good mix. “It smells disgusting” We then added 1-2 cups of water to the mixture and Kara was “excited”. We mixed the water in with our hands and it felt like “glooberry sand” The children explored the lunar sand by moulding it in their hands and running it through their fingers.
Mrs Tasker took some children to the Giving Garden today, to harvest the pumpkins we have been growing since April. The children were amazed how big there were! Not all of them had ripened to orange and were still green and some were a mixture of both.
We plan to contribute to the Blythswood Shoebox appeal – something we try to do every Christmas. You can find our more about this charity here. We have been talking with the children about helping others and what kind of things we might donate in a shoebox. Please ask your keyworker for more information about how you can help. 🙂
We will be having an Autumn Party on Wednesday 31 October. Children are invited to dress up if they wish, but we would ask, please, no scary masks! There will be an opportunity for children to try the traditional Scottish activity of “dooking” of apples as well as trying to catch a hanging doughnut, and some pumpkin carving too! Lots of fun!
