Today in Nursery the children were enjoying using a range of art and craft materials to create some wonderful Spring flowers and Collage Easter eggs. They were all so proud when they had finished and to see them displayed for all their parents and carers to admire.

Each term the morning and afternoon boys and girls take turns to visit the residents at Menziehill House. We sing some songs, and this time we recited the Scottish poem we had learnt for Success Assembly. It was also one of the residents 90th birthday so we all had a sing-a-long and sang happy birthday to her. This is a great opportunity for both the children and the residents to develop good relations. The smiles on everyones face is priceless. We cannot wait to visit again next term.🤗

The nursery children have been exploring the garden and school grounds, and having lots of fun in the snow. There has been lots of learning going on. Learning about the properties of snow and using language such as greater, smaller and heavier when comparing snowballs. We have been talking about pattern and creating our own in the snow using our footprints and other objects. There has been examples of fantastic teamwork going on-helping each other manoevre through the snow, building snowmen and participating in “snow hide and seek”. We love the snow in nursery.

One of our funky fingers activities has been creating pin pictures. This involves cork boards, wooden shapes, pins and hammers. From this activity led onto discussions about real tools and creating bigger models using various materials. As this was an interest it was decided by the children that they would like somewhere to further develop this interest. The area where the coats are hung was seen as being the best area. Mrs Ross’s husband kindly created a workbench for us and real tools have been added. Screwdrivers, nails and measuring tools at the moment with hammers and nails to follow. We have discussed how to be safe in the area and all children are aware that when in this area they must wear Hi Vis jackets and safety goggles. Already it has been a very busy area with lots of ideas on what the children want to try and create with the tools and materials provided. Looking forward to many amazing constructions over the next few weeks.

We have been making our own dough using only water and flour. Firstly we measured out water using a measuring jug. We had to watch to see when the water had reached the fill line. After adding water to our bowl we then used our measuring cups to weigh out two cups of flour. Then we had the fun part of mixing. If our dough was to wet we added more flour. Lots of fun was had by all. At some points it got very sticky!!!! Our new “make your own dough” area will be an area available for all to experiment and create fun dough. Extra ingredients will be added to create a different experience. Making dough is an easy activity and one which can be easily done at home. The experience helps to develop early numeracy skills through weighing and measuring and use of mathematical language.