2014-15 – Page 28 – Hecklegirth Nursery

Family Learning

Thursday saw our first Family Learning event of the year and we are delighted that a good number of children and their families took part.
Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, provided materials for the children to design and decorate canvas squares which she will put together to make a wall hanging for the Family Room. Well done to everyone who helped to add to the hanging – you will see it on display whenever you go to the Family Room. Thank you also to Eileen for organising this activity for everyone. Here are some of the busy artists at work with their families.
Please click on the photos for a clearer view.

Counting, Counting Everywhere

Outdoor play has involved a lot of counting skills this week. We have been busy counting shells, counting the stones on our mud pies and counting the number of balls we can roll down a pipe.
Setting the pipes up so that the balls would roll successfully down the pipe was another challenge in itself but the children are beginning to work well together in a team and they solved this problem for themselves.

Growing Success

Remember the lovely photo of Sophie’s sunflower that she planted last year in Nursery? Her Mum has sent us a message:

“Thanks for putting the photo up, she looks so proud! I must say to Eileen too that the corn seed she gave us to plant has grown out the roof of my Dads greenhouse and had actually got a corn on the cob on it we are just wondering when it will be ready to pick and eat!!
Its all been very exciting! such a nice idea so thanks to you all!”

We will pass the message on to Eileen thank you. Family Learning is starting again for Nursery parents tomorrow, September 4th, so we hope that everyone this year enjoys Eileen’s activities as much as our parents from last year.

Outdoor Play

The children are now becoming more confident to access outdoor play as well as indoor activities. They are building relationships and developing good teamwork skills as they investigate the climbing frame, the mud kitchen and all the different opportunities that the garden provides. As the weather has got a little cooler, the children are now wearing waterproof suits for outdoor play so their own clothes should hopefully stay clean.

Growing Project

Those who helped to plant vegetables last term as part of a Family Learning project may have noticed our crop in the raised beds in the Nursery garden. Some of the children harvested the carrots at the start of term and they seemed pleased with their efforts. Well done everyone who helped in this project and thanks to Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, for her work last term to make this project happen.

Learning The Rules

Callum’s Mum enjoyed his photo showing us the rules:

“We asked Callum about this photo and he said “we have walking legs in nursery not running ones”. He also told us that he has to help tidy up toys. Hope this happens at home?”

Well done Callum! It sounds like you’ve got a good idea of what the rules are. We hope that you are continuing the good tidying up at home to help your Mum and Dad.

Nursery Rules

The children have been talking about rules in Nursery and why we need rules. You could ask them at home if they can remember what we agreed on. Here are some of the children showing us the rules to help everyone remember them.

First Drawings

You may have noticed that the children’s work is beginning to appear on the walls in Nursery and the corridor. Most have now produced their first drawing or painting and here is a little sample of their efforts. I wonder if the children can find their own drawing? If they are not sure, click then click again on the photo and you should be able to see their names.

Sophie’s Sunflower

Another sunflower from last year has grown successfully. Sophie’s Mum sent us a photo in her garden with a message.
“Sophie wanted to show nursery her sunflower, it has grow up to her chin and when we got home from Spain it had flowered too! We are very pleased its grown as we aren’t very good at gardening usually! Missing you all but enjoying primary 1.”

Well done Sophie! That’s a super sunflower. We are glad to hear that you are enjoying Primary 1.

Family Learning

We would like to draw your attention to our first Family Learning event of the year on Thursday 4th September. Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, is planning two morning and two afternoon sessions for you and your child to decorate canvas squares for a wall hanging in the Family Room (opposite the school hall).
A letter will be given out in Nursery this week explaining Family Learning to everyone and you can sign up for the sessions, if you wish, on the grids on display on the Family Learning board in the Nursery corridor. We hope that lots of families take the opportunity to join in this fun activity.