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Super Buddies

We have had two lovely comments on our recent post about the Primary 6 buddies visiting Nursery. One is from a P6 pupil who said,
“I like playing with the tv and playing outside with the nursery children.”

Our other comment was from the parent of a buddy:
“Lovely picture. Scott really enjoys his visits to the nursery. Thank you.”

Thank you both for taking the time to look at our blog. It was great to hear from you. The Nursery children certainly love the visits from Primary 6 who are doing a super job.

Measuring

I wonder if the children use terms of measure at home? These children have been talking about ‘full’ and ’empty’ as they experimented in the water area. Some were able to pour water to make cups ‘full’ or ‘half-full’ and most understood the term ’empty’. They certainly looking like they are concentrating well in these photos.

Buddy Day

Wednesday is buddy day when Primary 6 visit Nursery children to play with them. The buddies are getting to know our children and are doing a great job. It’s lovely to see the older and younger children chatting together as they begin to build relationships. We are looking forward to lots more visits in the future and hope that Primary 6 are enjoying their visits too.

Having Fun

Jacob’s family was pleased with the photo of the children sampling different foods:

“Aww. Cousins having fun and trying some food together. Love it.”

It is great to see the children confident to try different foods. They did enjoy this activity.

Rhyme And Story Time

Thank you to Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, for her Rhyme and Story sessions this term. It looks like our families have been enjoying her activities on a Thursday.

Photos

It’s great to see that some families have been enjoying our recent photos. Oscar’s family has been looking at our tasting sessions:

“Definitely Oscar’s favourite kind of test especially if theres strawberries and oranges on offer!”

Strawberries in particular were certainly very popular with lots of the children and they enjoyed comparing the different foods on offer.

Alex and Letti also featured in photos of the children performing in the puppet theatre which their families enjoyed.

Alex’s family said, “Aww it looks like Alex is having a great time.”

Letti’s family loved her photo too:

“What a great photo of these cheeky pair! Having fun and probably lots of nonsense.”

The children did have great fun taking turns at performing and being part of the audience. It is lovely to see their confidence growing in this way.

Class Photo

We would like to remind you that class photos will be taken tomorrow, 4th March, at 11.00. If your child would not normally be in Nursery at this time you are welcome to bring him/her in to join in the photo.

Tasting Time

There is so much learning happens in the snack area and recently the Rainbow Room used this area to focus on tasting different foods and recording their likes and dislikes on a graph, developing the children’s skills in Numeracy and Mathematics as well as Health and Wellbeing. The children tasted a range of fruit and then vegetables to find out the most popular as they recorded their preferred choices then learned how to understand their recordings.

Book Fair Visit

Some of the children paid a little visit to the Book Fair in school this week and enjoyed having a look at all the super books on display. It was great to see the children enthusiastic about stories and some told their families about the books they were interested in. Well done boys and girls for your super behaviour and manners in the wider school environment.

Ahoy There

We have had a few pirates in Nursery recently as the children used their imagination outdoors with the materials that they could find. These crates certainly seem to have caught their interest and the children always seem to be able to create an exciting adventure from basic materials. We even had a plank for them to walk. Happy travels young pirates.