Congratulations to last week’s well deserved award winner. We hope that you’re proud of your certificate because you gave some good answers when we were talking about looking after our pet dragon.
Family Breakfast
We have had two comments about our recent Family Breakfast. Eileen, Family Learning Co-ordinator, liked the tattie scones that Mollie made:
“The heart tattie scones look lovely. Thanks for the photo.”
Kacey’s Mum enjoyed our breakfast:
“It was lovely to see lots of adults at the nursery breakfast KACEY enjoyed trying all the different things ,her favourite was the raisins.”
We were delighted to see so many families join us on those days too. It was great to have the chance to spend more time with everyone.
Who Do You Love?
With the approach of Valentine’s Day, we have been talking about who we love. As a home activity, the children drew someone they love and told us why they love them. The children’s work is displayed in the corridor and it has certainly put a smile on our faces so please take the time to have a look at them all. We thought that we would share a selection with you.
Isaac: I love Mummy and Granny. Mummy because she gives me lots of cuddles and Granny buys me cakes.
Emma: Grandma and Grandad because we bake cakes together.
Fearne: my Nana Lorna because she gives me good cuddles.
Orla: Mollie, Mrs. Kirkpatrick and Emma because they are all my friends.
Darcy: Daddy and Mummy because they are my best family.
Ewan: Mummy because she always plays with me.
Willow: Summer and Devon because they are nice to me.
Sophie M.: Nana, Papa, Daddy, Mummy, Neve and Jarvis because they are my favourite. They are my family.
Zander: Sophie and my family. Sophie as she has nice hair, Daddy because he’s fun to play, Mummy – best cuddles, Katie – best sister and Hector – best dog.
Joe H.: my Daddy because he takes me on adventures, plays football with me and we visit the horses.
Finlay G.: my Mummy because she’s my best friend.
Kacey: Mummy, Daddy, Niamh, Hayden and Jasper and Milo, my pet cats, because they are my favourite people ever.
Lucas: Mummy and Daddy – they are the best in the world.
Paulina: my Mum and Dad because they love me and buy me a lot of toys.
Julia: all my family because family is the most important.
Proud Award Winner
Well done to last week’s award winner who earned his certificate for listening carefully at group time and sharing some super ideas with all the boys and girls. Keep up the good work! It’s great to share your ideas because we can all learn from them.
Parent Comments
Two of our families have left recent comments on our photos. Sophie S’s Mum enjoyed our Family Breakfast event:
“sophie and neve her little sister had a fantastic time at the nursery breakfast neve enjoyed it so much she didn’t want to leave.”
It was lovely that some little brothers and sisters were able to join us and we’re glad that you all had a good time.
Julia’s Mum has been looking back at some of the photos with the Primary 6 buddies:
“What a lovely picture of Julia reading with one of the Primary 6’s. She often talks about the “Big girls” coming to Nursery and is already wondering who her buddy will be!”
Primary 6 children are doing a great job and are building good relationships with the Nursery children so thank you very much to them for some super work.
Family Breakfast With The Rainbow Room
As promised, we have a selection of photos from the Family Breakfast event with the children and their families from the Rainbow Room. Judging by the evaluation slips you were kind enough to complete, everyone enjoyed this opportunity and some commented that their children had tried different foods for the first time which is great to hear. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us over the two days and thank you to Eileen for organising another lovely family event.
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Sunshine Breakfasts
Our Family Breakfast event last week was very well attended on both days. This was a new venture organised with Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, as a celebration of our learning about Scotland and it seemed to be a popular addition to our family activities.
Thank you to all the adults who joined in the spirit of the occasion by singing along with the children and encouraging them to try the breakfast on offer. Cereal, various fruits, tattie scones and oatcakes provided a range of foods and most children enjoyed a good breakfast. We were delighted that some were encouraged to taste something they had not had before and found out that they actually liked it.
We hope that some of you have tried the recipes on the back of our menus with the children at home and look forward to hearing about it from them in Nursery.
Here are some photos of the Sunshine families having breakfast on Thursday. We will post the Rainbow Room photos soon.
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Terrific Tattie Scones
After our recent Family Breakfast event, you were invited to take home the breakfast menus which included recipes for tattie scones and oatcakes. Mollie and her Mum followed the tattie scone recipe to make some heart shaped scones in preparation for Valentine’s Day and have sent us a photo of their finished product. What a good job you’ve done – your scones look too good to eat. If anyone else has photos to share with us, we would love to see them.
Photos of our Family Breakfast will be posted here soon.
We Love The Hecklegirth Monsters
More of our families have been enjoying our gallery of Hecklegirth monsters.
“Kacey had fun making her monster, she said she was going to call him Robbie after Robbie Burns!” Good name choice Kacey.
“All the Hecklegirth Monsters are brilliant. Great work by everyone. I especially like Sparkle she is lovely.”
We love your monster too Orla and agree that all the monsters are super. Thanks to all those families who helped their children make the monsters at home.
Scottish Art
Chalk, pens, paint and glue have all been in action in the art and craft area to produce a range of work based on our learning about Scotland. As you can see, the children used different ways to design tartan and to make their own Scottish flags. We were impressed with all their work and have put up a display in the dinner hall to share with the rest of the school.
