Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who were able to take the time today to bring their children for a visit to Nursery. Lots of children have been visiting with playgroups over the past few weeks but it was lovely to see them with their families today. We look forward to seeing you all again in August.
Category: 2016-2017
Questionnaire
Thank you very much to those parents who have completed our end of year questionnaire. As we are collating the results to build on progress for next year, it would be greatly appreciated if parents could return these to Nursery as soon as possible if they have not already done so. We value your opinions and the more parents who return the questionnaire, the clearer a picture we have of all your views. Thank you.
Bye Bye Butterflies
It seems like a long time ago but, after caring for them for a week, we recently released the butterflies that the children had observed so closely from being little caterpillars. Although they did not seem keen to leave us, Miss Kerr gave them a helping hand to settle on our willow and flowers in the nature area which gave everyone a chance to have a close look at our little butterflies before we waved them goodbye. I wonder where they are now?
Nature Area Display
As a final activity in our Multicultural Week we visited the nature area to add our beautifully decorated stones to the whole school display. It was lovely to see the designs that everyone else had created and the children discussed which ones they liked best. We hope you agree that this makes a super display to represent our school community.
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Farmer’s Den
Please remember to meet us at Farmer’s Den tomorrow, Monday 19th June. Everyone can bring their teddy to keep them company while we have a rest from soft play. We will have a soft start to our morning session as usual between 8.45 and 9.10. We ask that you collect your children at 11.45. Afternoon children should arrive at 12.15 and can be collected between 3.00 and 3.15. There will be no charge to parents for this visit as the Hecklegirth Fundraisers have kindly offered to pay for our visit which is a very generous gesture. We hope that the children are looking forward to a fun session.
The Buddies Visit India
Our children were very excited to hear that some familiar faces were going to visit us to sample our Indian activities as part of Multicultural Week. Primary 6 buddies are always very welcome visitors to Nursery and all our children look up to them with great affection.
Our Indian snacks seemed very popular and it was lovely to see such careful work being produced on the mehndi hands as well as the happy smiles on the faces of those who tried out the Indian dancing. As always, we loved having you to visit Primary 6. Thank you for taking part in our activities.
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A Journey To Australia
Today it was the turn of the morning children to go on their travels with their passport as part of Multicultural Week. Australia was our destination up in Primary 3/4 where we were entertained by a cartoon of the story of Waltzing Matilda. We learned lots of new words and joined in the song with P3/4.
We were very proud of our Nursery children who behaved beautifully on their travels and showed that they had listened well to the story. Thanks go to Primary 3/4 for being such welcoming hosts. We enjoyed our visit.
Travelling The World
Armed with our passport, the afternoon children headed off to Italy yesterday. It was situated in the Primary 3 classroom for our Multicultural Week and the children of P3 entertained us with a wonderful number song in Italian and some interesting facts about Italy. They then kindly helped our children to design their own pizza from craft materials which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you to Primary 3 for inviting us to Italy and for stamping our passport.
We had to make a speedy return journey to Nursery (also known as India for this week’s activities) as Primary 2 were travelling our way. Just like the Nursery children, they seemed to enjoy our experiences of India as they designed mehndi hands, tasted different Indian foods and dressed up in authentic Indian clothes to perform a traditional dance. Thank you Primary 2 for taking part so enthusiastically in our activities. We loved having you to visit and hope that your short stay in India was a good one.
Tesco Tasters
We have had a busy afternoon as part of our Multicultural Week, starting with the children tasting a range of breads and cheeses from different countries. We were delighted that most children were confident to taste something new and, as you can see, they gave this experience a big ‘thumbs up’.
