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Month: January 2020
Visit From Shelter
What an enjoyable visit we had today from Julie and Kerry-Anne from Shelter where they shared information about how they help local families who are experiencing difficulties around homelessness. Our children showed themselves to be responsible citizens and were able to identify how we can help families in need by donating items such as non-perishable foods, toiletries, books and toys. Should you wish to support Shelter you can pop your gifts in the box at Nursery.
Burns Snack
The children in the Raindrop Room enjoyed a great taste of Scotland for their Burns Day snack – haggis, tatties, neeps, oatcakes, shortbread and, of course, Irn Bru were on the menu for snack. It was great to see some children trying foods for the first time and even surprising themselves when they liked them.
Happy Birthday Robert Burns
With much of their recent learning having focussed on Scotland and Scottish traditions, the children in the Rainbow Room participated in a little celebration for Burns Day. The haggis was piped in (courtesy of Youtube) as the children marched behind it and we listened to a little of the “Address to the Haggis” as we sat down to enjoy our special Burns snack at tables covered with tartan made by the children. We all raised our glasses of Irn Bru in a toast to wish Robert Burns a ‘Happy Birthday’ and enjoyed a taste of haggis, tatties, neeps, tattie scones, oatcakes and cheese. Everyone seemed to enjoy the occasion and even those who were a little unsure to try new foods had smiles on their faces at our little gathering.
Visit From Gordon
As part of our learning about Scotland, we had a visit from Gordon who works at local shop, Glendinnings. He arrived in his full Highland attire and talked to the children about the various aspects of his outfit. Gordon showed us three big books of tartan samples and we were able to search for tartans belonging to some of our families which was exciting for the children as several of them could be found. Thank you very much to Gordon for his time and patience in helping the children learn about tartan.
PEEP
Our PEEP sessions got underway last week with children and their families making playdough. As you can see, younger siblings had fun joining in too so we look forward to seeing you again later this week. Thank you to Eileen, our Lifelong Learning Co-ordinator, for arranging these sessions for our families.
Tartan
The Rainbow Room children having been looking at tartan and creating their own in the art area and on the Promethean board, just like those in the Raindrop Room.
Outdoors
James’ family enjoyed the photos of the children making their own bus in the garden:
“James just loves buses and being outdoors.”
This little group certainly all had great fun.
Winter Art
As they have been learning about winter and the different weather that we experience at this time of year, the children in the Raindrop Room created their own artwork to represent winter weather. Pipettes were used with the paint to create the effect of rain, some wanted to add glitter to their work and the children used cotton wool to create their clouds. Here is a selection of their work which looks very effective on their wall display.
Word Of The Week
Our “Word of the Week” focus this week in both rooms will be on the phrase “Chinese New Year” as the children begin to understand what this celebration means around the world.
