2016-2017 – Page 20 – Hecklegirth Nursery

Jack Frost

Before reading a story, with the afternoon children, called “Jack Frost” we talked about what Jack Frost might look like. The children found it tricky to think about something that they had never seen but they did well to come up with these ideas.

Joshua H: he’s black and white and green. At night time the dark frost comes leaking and he sees it then he gets back to bed.
Ethan: he’s got a hat. He’s red.
Vinnie: he’s got a top. I guess it’s blue.
Owen: he frosts everything. He looks like icy. He’s small ‘cause you can’t see him. He eats ice.
Harvey M: he puts frost on people’s cars
Neve: he’s white. He’s like a snowman.
Eli: it’s white. He’s big and he has arms and has a carrot and some stones. He looks like a snowman.
Kobi: he’s got a big, fat snow.
Enid: he’s big and black.
Meris: he’s black. He frosts all the ice. He eats sausage.
Bethany: he’s white and he’s frosty.
Halle: he puts Jack Frost on the windows. He’s a man. He’s yellow.
Charlie: he’s white and he’s small.

Activity Bags

Please remember that Eileen is in the Family Learning room (opposite the school hall) on Tuesdays to give out story, rhyme and number bags for your child to take home. Each story/rhyme bag has a book and a game or puppets connected to the story/rhyme. The number bags contain a game and all can be borrowed for one week.

If your child attends Nursery in the mornings, you can collect a bag at the end of the morning session and afternoon children can collect their bag at the start of the session at 12.15. We hope that lots of families will take the opportunity again this term to have fun with learning at home by borrowing these bags and we thank Eileen for organising it for us.

Well Done

Well done to last week’s award winner who looks suitably proud of her certificate. We feel sure that your family is very proud of you.

Den Building

Problem solving and teamwork are a big part of many aspects of outdoor play and den building and the imaginative play that often happens in dens very much exemplifies this. Outdoor play is always popular, regardless of weather, and we thought we would share these photos we found from earlier in the year showing some of the children busy at work den building.

Visit From Primary 6

As part of our transition work, Primary 6 children have begun to visit Nursery to play and build relationships with our children. They have worked on what makes a good buddy and are showing great enthusiasm and skills with the younger children. Thank you Primary 6 for doing a great job on your first visit. Keep up the good work – the Nursery children enjoyed your visits.

Winter Artists

As part of our learning about winter, the children have been experimenting in the art and craft area to create a range of winter pictures. We love that they all look individual and hope that you enjoy their creative ideas of what winter looks like.
If you click then click again, you will be able to see the name of the super artists.

Settling In

Seven new children have joined us this term and they are beginning to settle well into Nursery life. They are becoming familiar with the routines and are growing in confidence to try out a range of activities. We hope that our new families enjoy using our blog to get a feel for life in Hecklegirth Nursery and thought we would share a few photos of some of the children enjoying their first few days.

Comment Problems

It has been drawn to our attention that there has been a problem recently with leaving comments on our blog. This is disappointing for us all as we love families to post their comments. We have reported this problem today and hope that it will be resolved in the near future. In the meantime, we can only apologise and hope that we are back to normal as soon as possible. Fingers crossed!