These were our caterpillars when they were very small but, as you know, they got bigger and bigger quite quickly. The exciting news now is that they have grown their cocoons and have been transferred to the nets. Hopefully, one day soon we will arrive in Nursery to see our beautiful butterflies emerging.
Thank you to Taylor from Primary 6 who has also left a comment on our blog:
“I had a really great time spending my first time with my buddies, I hope that the nursery pupils did too! and they behaved so perfectly.”
The Nursery children had a wonderful time with you all. You had planned your activities well with the children in mind and worked so hard to make sure that they had fun. Well done to all the Primary 6 buddies – you are stars!
Ruby, one of our Primary 6 buddies, has posted a lovely comment for Nursery children:
“I would just like to say a huge Well Done to all of the Hecklegirth Nursery Pupils they all behaved extremely well and a Big thank you to Mrs Johnston for helping us prepare all of the activities they did. Well done!”
Thank you Ruby. We are looking forward to seeing all you super buddies again soon.
We would like to remind everyone that tomorrow (Monday 10th June) is our outing for the afternoon children. We look forward to seeing you at the cinema at 9.30 and children can be collected from Farmer’s Den at 1.45. Please remember that there will be no morning Nursery session tomorrow but morning children can look forward to their outing on the 17th so it’s not long to wait.
Here’s another little insight into the excellent work of the Primary 6 buddies. It’s lovely to see these relationships building. Well done Primary 6 and thank you Mrs. Johnston for all your hard work.
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Primary 6 have been doing a fantastic job in taking on the role of buddies to the children who will be going in to Primary 1 at Hecklegirth in August. Mrs. Johnston has encouraged them to think about what Nursery children would enjoy and to plan activities for them. Primary 6 have certainly taken this job very seriously and have planned activities in a thoughtful way.
They have written letters to you as parents and introduced themselves to you which hopefully, has made you feel a little more confident about your child’s transition to Primary 1. They also planned the activities on offer when Nursery children visited their classroom to play and were very caring when they went out to the playground at interval. Lots more activities are planned by Primary 6 and we would like to thank them for all their hard work in looking after our children. You are turning into brilliant buddies so keep up the good work. Here are some recent photos of the children playing with their buddies.
Ollie’s family has left a comment for you all to keep you up to date with their allotment and the potatoes you planted.
“We are so glad that you had a fun time at our allotment and enjoyed the little buns after all your hard work. We have been enjoying the sun this week but we have been having to hose our potatoes each night so although we don’t actually want rain maybe a little that’s due tonight will help our potatoes grow. Remember boys and girls if you are ever out walking near the allotment pop in and say hello if we are around.”
We did all have great fun on our visit so thank you again from everyone. Maybe some of you boys and girls might be able to show your families where we went with Ollie’s family? I do see a little rain tonight so hopefully that will help the potatoes to grow.
It must be almost summer now as we seem to be spending more and more time outdoors. It was so gorgeous last week that we decided to visit our outdoor classroom at the front of the school and what a wonderful time the children had. They enjoyed investigating everything in sight with great excitement and, to finish off our visit, we all settled down in the seating area for a story. Let’s hope that the sun keeps shining so that we can enjoy lots more visits to this lovely area of the school.
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Planting is now complete in the garden and there are promising signs that everything is starting to grow which is exciting for the children. Eileen would like to say a big thank-you to all the adults who came to help and to the families who grew courgettes and beans at home – these have now been planted in the beds. We would like to say special thanks to Shay’s Grandad for the hints and tips and the lovely book on vegetable and herbs that he has donated to the Nursery. All we need to do now is wait for harvest time. We hope that everyone can keep an eye on the plants to see how they are doing.
Isn’t this a lovely smile from this week’s Star Award winner? He was chosen for this certificate for showing kindness towards others. Well done for being such a kind boy. We are very proud of you.
