One of Dumfries and Galloway’s RAiSE (Raising Aspirations in STEM Education) team has been looking at some of the recent photos of our outdoor activities.
“Love this outdoor learning. Laying a fantastic foundation for STEM learning.
Regards
Mrs C Moyes
D&G RAiSE Teacher”
Thank you for visiting our blog Mrs. Moyes and for your kind comment.
The first few weeks of Nursery seem to have flown by but we still have quite a selection of photos of the children in their first few days that we have not shared with you so here is a little gallery. As you can see, they look happy and busy in their play.
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Last year, as a school staff, we took part in Word Aware training, which is a structured whole school approach to develop the vocabulary of children.
It is estimated that the average child learns 2000 – 3000 words per year every year throughout their schooling which equates to six to eight words a day on average. Children with good vocabulary go on to become good readers and vocabulary has a major impact on all areas of learning.
As part of our work to support the development of the children’s vocabulary, we will be including a “Word of the Week” in our planning and will focus on the appropriate use of that word in the Nursery environment. Sometimes the selected word may arise from a child led discussion and at other times it may be linked to our learning focus. We will share this word on the Nursery blog so that you can share in the fun with words at home.
Our “Word of the Week” next week will be “friend” as we begin to form relationships and build friendships in a new environment.
Tomorrow is “Day of the Region” in Annan with lots of free activities available for families, including a family barbecue, between 10.00 and 2.00. Fingers crossed for the weather! We hope that lots of you can join in the fun.
Huge congratulations go to last week’s super award winners. We hope that you were very proud of your certificates as they were thoroughly deserved.
Nancy’s family has been enjoying our recent photos showing several different activities. Nancy featured in some of our outdoor photos.
“Nancy loves playing in the mud kitchen 😊”
“Nancy said she was making pretend Chocolate cake in this photo. She has a brilliant imagination 😁 “
Her family also liked the photos indoors of the children helping to prepare snack.
“Nancy loves helping to chop/prepare food at home so she would of loved this 😊 “
Nancy certainly looks very busy both indoors and outdoors.
Just like the morning children, all of those in the afternoon have been taking the opportunity to enjoy investigating our outdoor area. They experienced their first fire last week when we tried out our new fire pit, which complements our well used fire area, and have particularly enjoyed the climbing frame and mud kitchen area of the garden. Here is a snapshot of some of the afternoon children busy in their play.
We would like to remind you that our first Family Learning sessions of the year will be held tomorrow, Thursday 6th September. It is great to see that a large group of families have signed up to this and Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, is looking forward to seeing you all. Times are 9.00-9.45, 11.15-12.00, 12.15-1.00 and 2.15-3.00. Remember that younger siblings are welcome. We hope that you have lots of fun.
After last week’s kind donation of a twin buggy from former parents, one of our new families has now kindly helped us out with another two buggies which will allow all our younger children to go out into the community together to develop their learning on a regular basis.
Huge thanks to Macaulay’s family for being so kind and generous. This will be a fantastic addition to our Nursery and is hugely appreciated by us all. The children and staff are very excited to try out their new transport. Watch out for us out and about in Annan soon.
Please note that on the right hand side of this page, under “Support Information”, we have a link to “Guidance on Infection Control”. This has helpful details about NHS guidelines on any illness your child may have and the recommended time to stay at home prior to returning to Nursery. We hope that this is useful for all our families.
