Callum’s family left a comment about the children using the cameras:
“Loving Callum’s and all the boys and girl’s camera skills. Callum has asked for a camera of Santa. Happy snapping all.”
The cameras are certainly very popular so maybe Santa will have to get a stock in just in case he gets a few requests.
The cameras have been very busy outdoors over the past week or two as the children have searched for signs of Autumn in the garden. It was a bit tricky initially to find leaves which were turning colour but, as the days passed, more and more have appeared. As you can see, the children are now confident to use the cameras and enjoyed sharing their findings with their friends.
As part of our learning about Autumn we have looked at some of the work of the artist Arcimboldo. We looked closely at his “Autumn” portrait to see how he used food to depict the seasons as faces then used food to make our own portraits. As you can see, some of the children have been inspired learning about this artist and have produced some super work.
Click then click again to get a bigger photo and see the artist’s name.
Kacey’s Mum has been enjoying the recent posts about our home activity and the Harvest celebration.
“Kacey loved looking for chestnuts and hazel nuts with her big brother.”
“Unfortunately I was unable to come to the harvest celebration but Kacey told me all about it and sang me some songs at home her nana and sister said it was lovely to see all the children singing together!”
Thank you for helping Kacey to collect items for our Autumn display. The children showed great confidence in the Harvest performance and we were all very proud of them.
As you have no doubt noticed, we now have a great collection of leaves, chestnuts, pinecones etc. that the children have brought from home to help us learn about Autumn. Thank you to everyone who went walks in the woods or searched their gardens for signs of Autumn – it’s been lovely to talk to you about what you have gathered. Some have even been creative with their finds and turned them into pictures. Here is a selection of photos of the children with their Autumn treasure as some have called it.
Thank you to all those who have returned the slip about our updated values. It is important that as many people as possible give their opinion on what best sums up our school community values. If you have not yet completed a slip, please ask Nursery staff for a copy as we would appreciate your ideas. All results will be collated and shared along with the updated vision, values and aims.
We hope that the children have enjoyed sharing their “special books” with their families. We would like to remind you that we would appreciate it if they are returned to Nursery tomorrow (6th October), if possible, along with the comment sheet.
However, your child’s book is available to you in Nursery in the book area so please look at it with your child whenever you wish and feel free to add your comments or observations. We greatly value your input.
Thank you to Rev. McGougan and to all afternoon family and friends who attended our little Harvest celebration today. Those well deserved cheers and smiles meant a lot to the children who performed so well to a large audience. They certainly showed themselves to be those ‘confident individuals’ and ‘effective contributors’ that we want them to become.We are sure that you felt as proud of them as we did. Thank you also for your generous donations which will be much appreciated by local charities.
Eileen Johnstone, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, has left a message:
“I want to thank everyone who helped me to check the games and books for the activity bags – it usually takes me weeks to do it all. I am really pleased that the bags are ready to go out after the October holiday. I will send a letter out next week with information about borrowing and returning bags.”
Today’s upgrading of the system caused all posts since September 19th to disappear from our blog. Hopefully I have now managed to reinstate most of them although unfortunately comments you have made since that date are now lost. Apologies if any posts have been missed (I have done my best) but new ones will now continue to appear as previously so your child may make an appearance again soon. The comments facility is now working again so we look forward to hearing from you soon.
