Hecklegirth Nursery

Outdoor Snack

Come rain, wind or sun everyone loves a fire in the Nursery garden and it is even better when we have a little snack to cook. One chilly day towards the end of last term a few children suggested that we could warm up outdoors by setting a camp fire so that is exactly what we did.
We all had to think about the wind direction that day as it was quite blowy but the children soon worked out the best seats to avoid smoke in their faces and to stay safe. This little group was well rewarded with some delicious toast cooked on the fire. Great teamwork all of you, working out how to stay safe and helping each other to make your toast and spread it.

Lots Of Fun

Here is a group of Primary 6 children helping the afternoon children with their bunny designs at the end of term. If you would like to see all the bunnies together, have a look on the Nursery wall after the holiday. We think that they make a great display to reflect yet another super time together. Thank you Primary 6 for all your help.

Bunnies And Buddies

Our Primary 6 buddies continued their super work in the Nursery in the last week of term, enjoying an art activity with our children. Marshmallows, toothbrushes and glitter were the tools used to decorate their bunnies and the older pupils chatted to our children as they made their choices about colour and design. This gallery shows the morning children all busy at work. We will post some photos of the afternoon children working with Primary 6 soon.

PEEP Sessions

A few of our families have begun PEEP (Parents Early Education Programme) sessions with Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, in the last few weeks. One of the recent activities was making playdough and adding a variety of different scents which sounds like good fun. Here are some of our families looking very busy. I wonder if they made dough at home?

Proud Family

Bethany’s family is delighted with her success in the egg decorating competition:

“Well done Bethany. We are so proud of you. X”

She certainly did very well as there were lots of eggs from Nursery and Primary 1. Enjoy your prize Bethany.

Well Done Bethany

Thank you to everyone who entered the decorated egg competition this week. Here is the happy winner of the Nursery and Primary 1 section. Well done Bethany! There were a lot of eggs in the competition so you did very well to be chosen as the winner and we hope that you enjoy your prize. Congratulations to all the entrants who produced some super decorated eggs.

Happy Holidays

We hope that everyone is looking forward to a lovely Spring holiday with their family. Nursery is now closed until Monday 16th April but we still have some memories to share from last term so keep an eye on our blog for a few updates over the holidays. We hope that the sun shines over the next two weeks and that you all have a great break.

Eggcellent Eggs

What a lot of fantastic eggs appeared from our Nursery children this week for the decorated boiled egg competition! It was great to see that children and their families have worked together at home on this fun Easter activity and the Nursery/Primary 1 tables are full of lots of creative ideas. Well done to everyone who took the time to enter the competition. We are not sure yet who the winner is but we think that all your eggs are wonderful!

Well Done

Well done to two recent award winners who thoroughly deserved their certificates. Congratulations to both of you.

Balancing

As the term draws to a close, the morning children have been enjoying their last few lessons with Mrs. Foster, our P.E. teacher. They have had some fun learning experiences and have grown in confidence as the term has progressed.
Here is one group learning how to move in different ways along a bench, showing good balancing skills and body awareness as they move forwards and backwards using different parts of their bodies. Thank you Mrs. Foster for this term’s activities. The afternoon children are looking forward to spending time with you next term.