Category: 2019 – 2020

Thank You Mrs. Kirkpatrick

I wonder if any of you have been checking up on the Nursery planter on the High Street when you have gone out for a walk? Mrs. Kirkpatrick has been very busy tidying it up and taking out all the weeds to keep it looking healthy and beautiful for anyone walking past. We think that she has done a super job and that the planter is looking lovely.

Thank you very much Mrs. Kirkpatrick from everyone for all your hard work. We hope that lots of Nursery children and their families enjoy having a look at our planter when out for a walk.

Learning About Our Community

As part of learning about our local community, some of the children from the Rainbow Room took their cameras to the High Street last term to record photos of a range of different buildings.
Discussing their personal experiences and the purpose of each building, they were then able to share their findings with their peers. Of course, while on the High Street they took the opportunity to look after our planter too.
We think that the children’s photos are super and that they showed great skills in using the cameras.
I wonder if any of the children can recognise the buildings from their photos and do they know what these buildings are used for?

Elmer Day

Saturday May 23rd is a very special day because Elmer the elephant will be celebrating his birthday. To celebrate Elmer Day lots of children from Hecklegirth will be doing some fun activities with their families so we thought it would be lovely for Elmer if we joined them too.

We would like to share this link to a package of activities which you may like to use to celebrate Elmer Day at home.

https://www.elmer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Elmer-Day-Activity-Pack-1.pdf

As we have all been talking about and seeing rainbows so much, what better story to read than “Elmer and the Rainbow”?

Click on the video below to hear the story.

Lovely Messages

Mrs. Irving likes Freya’s comment that she enjoys her musical clips,

“Aw, thank you Freya for your lovely message. I don’t think my wee dog, Lottie, is as keen on my accordion playing though as she howls loudly when I play 🙂”

Mrs. Irving is also looking forward to seeing what happens to Mrs. Mackays’ caterpillars:

“How exciting Mrs Mackay. I am looking forward to seeing what happens to your very hungry caterpillars.”

Maybe little Lottie is just joining in with the music?

I wonder if Mrs. Mackays’ caterpillars have grown yet?

Support For Parents And Carers

You may have heard Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, mention yesterday that the Solihull Online programme is available free to parents and carers to help them learn what their children may be going through at this time and to help develop nurturing and supportive relationships.

We would like to share a link to information on this below and would also draw your attention to some helpful links to Solihull Approach leaflets on the right of this page under “Useful Reading”.

https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/coping-with-being-a-parent#course

As it is Mental Health Awareness Week, we would also like to share these very useful posters which provide clear and simple advice to support families during these challenging times and hope that they help everyone to stay healthy.

Mrs. Mackay’s Visitors

Mrs. Mackay has recently welcomed some new arrivals to her house. A parcel arrived containing two little pots which she sent us a photo of. Can you see what is inside her pots? They are tiny (and very hungry) little caterpillars.


Mrs. Mackay and her family are going to look after their caterpillars at home and she will let us know if there are any changes to them. We are looking forward to hearing about Mrs. Mackay’s new little visitors over the next few weeks. I wonder if any of you can guess what might happen?

We know that so many children love the story of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” so click on the link below to hear the author, Eric Carle, reading it. Maybe that will help you think about what is going to happen to these little caterpillars?

Refresh our page to hear the story again.

Make Your Own Skittles

Some of you may have skittles at home but, if not, why not try to make your own? It’s a great game for strengthening your muscles, improving your control and developing your hand-eye co-ordination.

All you need are some empty bottles and small balls (or socks).

  • Add some water to each of the bottles to help them stand up.
  • Arrange your bottles on the floor.
  • Roll your socks into balls if you have no balls at home.
  • Roll the ball towards the skittles and see how many you can knock down.

Think about what would happen if you added more water to the bottles.

What would happen if you moved further away from the skittles?

Why not write some numbers on the bottles then see who can make the biggest number when you add up your scores?

Mental Health Awareness

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme this year is kindness which is something we always focus on in Nursery. In these difficult times, it’s never been more important to be kind to our family and friends but also to ourselves, both adults and children alike.

We would like to share this short video from the Mental Health Foundation to remind us all to look after ourselves and others.

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