We would like to say thank you to all those parents who donated books to the library that we hope to set up in Nursery for our families. Thank you also to those who have added their names to the list of volunteers. We would be delighted if more parents/carers could help as it would be great to have a rota of helpers working together. Please speak to staff if you would like to be involved. Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, will organise and label our books soon but we are happy to continue to take any donations as this will provide greater choice for the children. Thank you so much for your support.
Category: 2019 – 2020
Hall Time
The pre-school children have had their first visits to the hall to enjoy fun activities with Mrs. Foster, our P.E. teacher. They learned that listening skills are very important and had lots of practice at stopping and starting various movements as well as learning how to develop their throwing and catching skills. There is lots to learn and it’s so much fun.
Happy Children And Parents
Sophie E,’s family has been looking at the photos of the children cutting out their love hearts:
“Great to see Sophie learning new skills. She’s loving her new nursery.”
Isaac W.’s family likes the photos of Isaac playing outdoors:
“Isaac loves hide and seek. Pleased he is settling in well and making friends. xx”
They have also been looking at the children’s comments on how they show kindness:
“Isaac loves helping Mummy out at home (long may this continue). xx”
It’s lovely to hear that both Sophie and Isaac are enjoying their time in Nursery and settling in well.
Thoughts Of Kindness
We are delighted that the children in the Raindrop Room have been bringing in their hearts from home to tell us about their acts of kindness so thank you for your support with this. To help the children understand what kindness is, we also talked about their thoughts in Nursery and would like to share some of them with you.
Kyla: I help Mummy clean the toys.
Sophie E.: I take care of Toby. He’s my boyfriend and the same age as me. I do lots of things with him and then he’s happy.
Tilly: I share toys with Marnie. I help Daddy with jobs and wash the car.
Barclay: I help Mum and Dad with the washing and I tidy up toys.
Fern: I find dog poo for Daddy to pick up.
Summer: I clean up with Mummy.
William: I tidy up the toys and come downstairs nicely for breakfast. – Mum and Dad look after us.
Isaac W.: I share and I help Mummy do the washing.
Paisley S.: I help Mummy clean up and do the washing and tidy.
Mason: I draw something nice for Mummy.
Lola: I play with Rixon with dinosaurs.
Elise: I help my Daddy wash up.
Luca: I press the button on the toaster to help Mummy. I kiss Mummy.
Kara: I help Mummy and Daddy clean up.
Skye B.: I help Auntie Ang put the pegs in the basket.
Skye D.: I give Belle treats and she gives me paws.
Joely: I help Mummy pick up toys.
Noah: I help with the washing.
Marnie: I let my friends play with my toys and I play with my baby sister at home.
Margo: I share toys with the boys and girls at Eastriggs.
Alfie L.: I do baking with my Mum.
What a lot of kind children we have!
Settling In
Skye B.’s family have been looking at our first few posts from this year:
“Skye has settled in well at nursery and can’t wait to come back every morning very happy parents enjoying seeing what she gets up to x”
Isaac M’s family has been looking at the photos of the children making playdough:
“clever boy daddies laddie”
Thank you for leaving us a comment. It’s great to hear from you.
Exploring Outdoors
Most of the children have taken the opportunity to explore the outdoor area in the first two weeks of term so they are learning to change their shoes and put on outdoor suits when they are needed. Some are developing their confidence on the big climbing frame, others have been drawing or exploring our big tubes and tepee. The outdoor area is certainly a very popular place to play.
Branch Of Kindness
Part of the current learning in the Raindrop Room is about kindness as the children have been talking about exactly what kindness is and what it looks like in their lives. As we are keen to nurture our children’s emotional literacy and wellbeing we have hung a “Branch of Kindness” in Nursery. We hope that this will be a creative and heart-warming way to encourage and acknowledge acts of kindness and help to foster positive relationships.
No doubt your child will by now have brought home a heart that he/she has cut out to record at home any acts of kindness he/she has demonstrated. As each heart is returned and hung on our branch we will watch it come to life and bloom with kindness. Please feel free to collect more hearts to write on as you need them.
Here you can see the children busy developing their fine motor skills as they cut out their hearts to take home.
Word Of The Week
In the past our Nursery and school staff have taken 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 include a “Word of the Week” in our planning and 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 in the Rainbow Room will be “tidy” while the Raindrop Room will focus on the word “kindness”.
Proud Family
Robin’s family is delighted with his certificate:
“We are so proud of Robin. He’s so excited to make lots of new friends!”
We are very proud of him too. It’s lovely to see the children beginning to form new friendships. Well done Robin!
Congratulations
Huge congratulations to our first award winners of the new Nursery year for showing kindness towards our new children in their first few days. We think that you both thoroughly deserved your certificates and feel sure that your families will be very proud of you.
