Messages For You

Mrs. Irving has been enjoying looking at all your photos and has left some messages for you:

“Tilly, it looks like you had lots of fun with Olivia. Well done to you both for keeping fit and having fun on sports day 🙂 “

“Well done Lily and James! The egg and spoon is always a tricky one. I am looking forward to seeing you skipping in nursery when we are able to be together again 🙂 “

“Noah, thank you for sharing your news. Your fabulous photos have brought a big smile to my face! Well done for staying safe at home, being a super big brother and having lots of fun 🙂 “

It certainly does bring a smile to our faces when we see your photos.

Join The Clangers And Make Music

Further to our suggestions of making your own instruments at home, we would like to share these super music videos, featuring Nordoff Robbins music therapists and The Clangers, to encourage children to join in and enjoy music using objects in your home.

“The Cutlery Song” is one of my favourites and all you need is a fork and a spoon which I’m sure you all have. It’s hard to resist the catchy tunes and the actions of the little Clangers characters will put a smile on your face. Why not click on the link below and have a look? We think that you’ll have great fun.

https://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/on-stage-at-home/?utm_source=NDNA&utm_medium=myndna_email&utm_campaign=Corona_Resources

News From Noah

We have some wonderful photos to share of what Noah has been doing during Nursery closure. Of course, his main duty has been taking on the very important role of being a big brother.
His family say, ” Noah is an excellent big brother, helping with Jude, playing with him, keeping him entertained in the car and giving him lots of cuddles”. Jude looks so cute and we just knew you would be a brilliant big brother Noah. Very well done!

Noah’s Mum also told us what else he has been busy with during the past weeks at home:

“Making slime has been a firm favourite – a slime dinosaur land, of course! We’ve also made a lot of salt dough shapes and painted them which has been fun. At Easter Noah made salt dough bunnies and Easter eggs which we decorated and hung on our tree in the garden so the Easter Bunny would know where to find us. Noah has also been playing a lot of guitar with his Daddy which I’m sure the neighbours have loved!

We’ve been enjoying our daily walks and Noah and his Daddy have been a bit more adventurous than me and have been skateboarding. We’ve also been teaching Noah to ride his big boy bike – hopefully he’ll be cycling without the stabilisers soon. “

Noah also asked his family to send us a picture of the rainbow he painted for all the key workers working hard to keep us safe, and their pet cat Milly. We love your rainbow Noah and it’s good to see that Milly is guarding it well. We are sure that it will make people very happy when they see it as they walk by.

Goodness me Noah, you’ve certainly been very busy and it is lovely to hear about all your adventures. Skateboarding sounds very tricky so well done with that and good luck with your bike – we think that you’ll be off on your own without stabilisers very soon. Thank you so much for sharing all your wonderful photos and tales of what you have been doing. It’s lovely to hear from you and no doubt your friends will love seeing your photos as much as we do.

Mrs. Irving’s Challenge

Mrs. Irving is here with her son Coll to help you learn our “Rhyme of the Week” but she has a little challenge for you too in this video. Click on the link below to see what she says. We hope that lots of you can join in. Have fun!

Communication Champion

We would like to share a post from the Facebook page of Dumfries and Galloway’s NHS Speech and Language Therapy team who lead the training for Communication Champions.

Huge congratulations to Mrs. J. Carruthers who, we are delighted to say, will continue her great work in Nursery next year.

 

Make Some Noise

Why not have fun making some noise? You can make our own musical instrument using elastic bands and some junk boxes. If possible, find different sizes and thicknesses of elastic bands which can then be put around a box. You can cut a sound hole in your box under the elastic band, a bit like a tissue box. Better still if you have an old tissue box and the hole is already made for you.

Some things to try out-

  • Can you make the sound louder/quieter?
  • What happens when you use a smaller/thinner elastic band?
  • Can you feel and see the band vibrating?
  • What happens if you touch the band when it is vibrating?

If you don’t have elastic bands at your house, why not try using empty, dry juice bottles or a crisp cardboard tube to make an instrument? Add rice, lentils or pebbles from outdoors, put the lid on (don’t forget this bit!) and you have a shaker ready to play along with any music you enjoy.

If you were joining in the Thursday night clapping recently, you may already have created your own drum kit using pots, pans, lids and wooden spoons. Try a metal spoon or a plastic ladle to see what sort of noise that makes.

We will be keeping our ears peeled for some great bands in Annan over the next few days.

Super Writing

Just look at the super writing that Macaulay and Ariannah have done to thank Mrs. Gray for their card. Mrs. Gray is delighted with your kind thoughts and we are all very impressed with your super writing. Thank you for being so kind both of you and for all your hard work. It is lovely to hear from you.

Kind And Thoughtful

 

Yet again, Isaac and his family have shown great kindness in making and delivering some beautiful bread to Mrs. Kirkpatrick. She was delighted with their kind gift and said that it was delicious and particularly enjoyed it with her favourite topping of cheese on toast with black pepper. It certainly does look very tasty. Very well done Isaac for being so kind and thoughtful.You are becoming very good at baking.

Thank You

It has been lovely to hear how much the children have enjoyed getting their letters from Nursery staff and we have a message from Tilly’s family about hers:

“Tilly loved her letter, she has popped it in her special box. Thank you Mrs K xx”

It is lovely to hear that Tilly will treasure her letter. Thank you very much for letting us know.

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