Category: 2013-2014

Polly The Lamb Visits Nursery

The Rainbow Room voted recently to have a vet’s surgery in their role play area and it has seen lots of imaginative play in the past week. There was great excitement on Friday afternoon when, instead of our fluffy dogs, cats and hamsters, a real lamb visited us in Nursery.
Simon and his family have been looking after little Polly the lamb at home and his Mum kindly brought her in to see us. Although just six days old, Polly was not shy and seemed to enjoy all the attention in the Nursery garden. Everyone was able to stroke her and some even fed her from her bottle which was very exciting. Thank you to Simon’s Mum and Polly the lamb from all the afternoon boys and girls.

Visiting Church

The afternoon children enjoyed the same experience as the morning children on their visit to see Rev. McGougan in his church. As you can see, they explored all the areas of the church and learned a little about Rev. McGougan’s job.
Again we would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents who accompanied us as, without you, it would not be possible to go on visits outside Nursery. We are looking forward to more visits next week to help us find out about our local community.

Primary 6 Comment

Rebecca from Primary 6 has been looking at our blog and commented on playing with the Nursery children:

“It is such great fun playing with all the nursery kids i cant wait to find out who my buddy is”.
“It is so much fun and its great to meet new friends”

You are all doing a super job Rebecca. Thank you for visiting our blog and leaving a comment.

Talking About Our Learning

Two of our families have commented on our recent learning about our local community.

Sophie’s Mum said, “Sophie seemed really impressed with the Firefighter visit, she’s been telling us important fire safety so she was obviously listening well!”

It was a very good visit for the children. Ian provided ‘hands on’ activities that helped them remember the important points. Well done Sophie for listening well.

Carmen’s Mum also commented: “Carmen said she enjoyed the visit to the church. I asked her what they saw. She said they went into a room it was a secret room mum?! Sounds exciting!!”

I wonder if that might have been the vestry that Carmen was thinking about? Rev. McGougan was very kind, showing the children all the different areas of the church.

Thank you for posting comments on our blog. It’s good to hear how the children talk about their experiences at home.

Church Visit

Our visits to various places in our community continued this week with a visit to a local church. It was very kind of Rev. McGougan to invite us in to his place of work and he was able to explain to the children what he did in his job apart from visit us in Nursery at special times. They were also able to explore the building, upstairs and down, and learn about what happens there.
We hope that enjoy the photos of the morning children on their visit. Thank you to Rev. McGougan for making us feel so welcome and to all the parents who came with us on our visit. Photos of the visit by the afternoon boys and girls will be posted soon.
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Firefighters At The Ready

Ian the firefighter was kind enough to visit the afternoon children as well as those in the morning. He seems to have turned this into a popular career choice as lots of the children liked the idea of being firefighters in the future. We hope that you enjoy the photos of the afternoon children getting into the spirit of things when learning about staying safe in a fire and what a firefighter’s job involves.

Thanks To Primary 6

Ava’s Mum made a lovely comment on the photo of Nursery and Primary 6 playing together:

“This is such a lovely photo, the children look so happy playing together. Ava loves the girls & boys from Primary 6 coming to play in Nursery, I hear lots of stories at home about the fun they have had. It is very reassuring to know that the older children look out for the little ones.”

It’s nice to hear that Ava’s talking about Primary 6 at home. They really are so kind and patient with our Nursery children, even giving up some of their own break to play with them. Well done Primary 6. Keep up the good work.

Firefighters Of The Future

Ian the firefighter kindly visited Nursery today to talk about his job and about how to stay safe in a fire. As well as discussing the dangers of matches, the children enjoyed some fun games to help them remember to stay low in a fire as they had to crawl under makeshift smoke in the form of a billowing parachute.
There was great discussion about a firefighter’s uniform and why he/she needs it to stay safe. As you can see, some of the children tried out a jacket and helmet for size but none of them managed to put on the uniform in the twenty seconds that Ian has to get his on when he’s going to a fire. We think that quite a few of the children like the idea of being our firefighters of the future. It will be interesting to see if any of them fulfill that wish.

Well Done Everyone

Carmen’s Mum enjoyed her library visit:

“The trip to the library was lovely. I fair enjoyed my time with the children they are a lovely group. I liked listening to the children answering Tina’s questions the children were very knowledge. They were extremely well behaved. Carmen says she really likes going on the visits to meet all these different people.”

Hopefully the adults who come with us on the rest of our visits will be equally impressed with the children. Well done boys and girls.

“Let’s Play At Being Primary 6”

Friday means Primary 6 day in Nursery as that is when they visit to play with the Nursery children. Primary 6 are all becoming very popular with the younger children and are proving themselves to be good role models who are patient and encouraging in their play. Children in the Sunshine Room have become so fond of their visitors that we are now hearing them say, “Let’s play at being Primary 6”. What greater compliment could you have? Thank you to everyone in Primary 6 who comes to play. You are showing yourselves to be responsible citizens and great role models to the Nursery children.

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