As the season changes and we begin to learn about Autumn, our “Word of the Week” this week is indeed Autumn. This may be a new word to the children so we will be using it a lot in Nursery and explaining what it means. Hopefully the conversations you have with your child will help to reinforce this learning in Nursery.
Category: 2018-2019
Growing Carrots
Over the summer one of our pupils learned to grow carrots, taking care of them herself in the family garden. By the time she returned to Nursery they were ready to harvest so she kindly brought them in to share with her friends. The children who stayed for lunch one day helped to wash and chop the carrots so that everyone could have a little extra treat with their lunch. Well done – it seems that we have another great gardener in our Nursery.
Well Done Fern
Fern’s family has been looking at the photo of her receiving her recent certificate:
“Fern was delighted to share her achievement with her family and was very proud of herself. Her confidence at nursery has grown enormously since starting and we now hear lots of stories about nursery and all her friends.”
It’s always lovely to hear that the children appreciate their achievements in Nursery and we are delighted that Fern felt rightly proud of herself. Very well done Fern! We are all impressed with the way you have grown in confidence.
Learning About Maths
National Maths Week Scotland brought a range of activities in Nursery to focus on learning in this area of the curriculum. We were delighted that some children brought in examples of numbers and shapes that they had found with their families. The children also talked about shapes as they printed in the art area and produced a great effort when faced with the challenge of making the biggest tower they could in the construction area. Counting the number of bricks in their towers was tricky but the children pointed carefully to help them count and were able to use the language of measure to talk about their construction, for example, using words like ‘bigger’, smaller’, ‘taller’ etc.
Happy Families
Two of our parents have been enjoying photos of different recent activities in Nursery.
Evelyn’s family said, “looks like Evelyn is doing well in nursery. I love seeing pictures of her and that’s she’s safe near the fire. 🙂 xx “
We are pleased that you like our little snapshots of Nursery life. The children are certainly learning the rules of staying safe near fire and are becoming confident near fire.
Leo’s Mummy was one of those parents who participated in this week’s “Rhyme and Storytime” taster session:
“Leo and mummy had lots of fun at the rhyme session. Look forward to the next one 😊”
It certainly looked like good fun with Eileen. She is checking the times that suited people most and we are hoping that lots of our families will join in with our sessions.
Thank you both for visiting the blog and taking the time to leave us a comment.
Rhyme And Storytime
Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, has shared these photos and detail of what happened at her taster session today.
“We had fun at our Rhyme and Storytime taster session this morning. We read a story about Incy Wincy and found out that he managed to get up the water spout. We learned some other rhymes about spiders, then we bounced our spiders up to the ceiling.”
This sounds like great fun. Eileen will be collating the results from her questionnaire about preferred sessions and will contact everyone to let them know when she plans to run more sessions.
Well Done
Nancy’s family has been enjoying our photos.
“Nancy loves dressing up & role-playing. She has so much fun & has a great imagination 😁 x “
“Well done both award winners 😊 . Nancy was so pleased that she got a certificate. She was so proud showing it off & telling everyone. Well done Nancy we are all proud of you 😊 xx”
It’s lovely to hear that Nancy was showing her certificate to everyone and that she was proud of it. We are very proud of all our award winners too.
Outdoor Snack
Snack outdoors, whether it is by the fire or not, is always popular. The children love to help prepare their own food and there seems to be nothing tastier than a snack that you help to prepare yourself. Chopping, spreading and learning to stay safe near a fire are just some of the skills being developed and, as you can see, the children are always keen to join in.
Rhyme And Storytime
We would like to remind you that, following on from the posters and leaflets that we developed with parents last year, we will hold a taster session of “Rhyme and Storytime” tomorrow, Tuesday 18th September at 9.00 and 12.15. This will be led by Eileen Johnstone, our Family Learning Co-ordinator and we look forward to seeing you there.
Our posters are displayed in the Nursery so we hope that you can take the time to have a look at them as these key five messages are central to developing your child’s literacy.
Congratulations
Huge congratulations to our recent award winners. We are all very proud of your great start to our new year.
