The children who recently brought stones to Nursery as part of our Multicultural Week activities have started to paint them today. It’s not too late to bring a stone in if you would like to be part of the whole school display in the nature area at the end of the week. We think that these first stones look super and hope that lots more children join in with this activity. I wonder if anyone can spot their own stone here?
Primary 6 buddies are making such a good job of building relationships with their new little friends that our children are growing in confidence every time they visit Primary 1 or the school playground.
The buddies very kindly took the time to write letters to their Nursery child’s family so that they know a little about them and they have recently introduced themselves to their parents/carers. We hope that this has eased any of the worries you may have had about your child moving to Primary 1 and that you enjoy sharing the letters with your children.
Thank you Primary 6 children for doing a super job. You certainly are responsible citizens and effective contributors!
As next week is Multicultural Week, we would like to remind the children to bring in a pebble or stone so that they can decorate it. This is a whole school activity and those who bring stones to paint will have them displayed in the school grounds to represent us all as a community who are unique and different.
Noah’s family likes the photo of him playing on the school field with his buddy:
“What a lovely photo! Noah loves spending time with his buddy!”
The children are getting to know their buddies well now and it’s lovely to see the relationships blossom as the children grow in confidence in the wider school environment.
Last week saw the final PEEP session with Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, and the theme was using props to bring familiar stories to life. The story was “The Hungry Caterpillar” and, after reading the story and feeding the special caterpillar bag with the food the caterpillar ate during his/her week of eating, our families used food to show the lifecycle of a butterfly.
Eileen said, “This was our last PEEP session and I would like to thank all of the parents, grannies and children who have joined in over the six weeks”.
I’m sure that everyone who took part has enjoyed these sessions and we would like to thank Eileen for her hard work over the past weeks to make these fun activities for all those who took part.
Over the past few weeks we have followed the progress of our caterpillars as they have grown and formed their cocoons then finally we saw our beautiful butterflies emerging in their nets this week. It has been an exciting process for the children and some were ready with their cameras to capture images of the newly hatched butterflies who seem to be enjoying the oranges and sugary water we are feeding them. There is certainly no shortage of concerned children keeping a check on them every day.
Before the weather took a turn for the worse, some of the children from the Rainbow Room joined the Sunshine Room children in some fun activities in the school nature area. As well as enjoying a picnic and investigating the area, they went on a Gruffalo hunt one day which was great fun as they worked together to find the different characters. As you can see, the children from the Sunshine Room have loved the story and enjoyed drawing the characters once back in Nursery.
The afternoon children can be seen here carrying out an important task to help look after our garden. They were recently in charge of spraying the willow tunnel with soapy water in the hope that this discourages the wasps from settling there. What super work you did boys and girls. Well done for looking after our Nursery environment.
The children moving to Hecklegirth P1 in August had some exciting times lately when they visited the school playground. Their Primary 6 buddies ensured that all the children were confident and happy to try out the different areas of the playground, the field and the timber trails. It was wonderful to see how much the children had grown in confidence thanks to some super support from their buddies.
Hopefully we will soon enjoy another visit to the playground when the rest of the school is out playing. Well done P6 buddies! You are doing a super job!
