Thank you to the children from Ace playgroup who came to visit us today as part of their transition to Nursery. It was lovely to meet you all and we are looking forward to you coming to us next year. There was a surprise for some of our children when a little brother unexpectedly appeared for a visit but they looked after him very well, showing him round all the different areas of Nursery. Thank you to the staff from Ace for bringing everyone over. We look forward to meeting the rest of the children soon.
Sticky Kids
We would like to remind everyone that tomorrow, 9th June, is our outing to see the “Sticky Kids” show. Children should arrive in Nursery at normal times and we will travel by bus. We are taking a snack so the children will not need anything with them apart from their singing voices. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered to accompany us. We are delighted that we have space for all the volunteers.
We’re Going On A Minibeast Hunt
The children have become very engaged in their learning about minibeasts over the last few weeks and have become engrossed in searching for them in the Nursery garden. As you can see, they have had the magnifying glasses and bug tubs in action and they worked well together as good detectives. The children quickly learned that underneath the alphabet stepping stones was one of the favourite homes of all sorts of minibeasts.
Colouring Competition
Carmen’s Mum commented on her competition success:
“Carmen would just like to say thank you for the lovely comment. She really enjoyed colouring in her yeti. She took her time and produced the best colouring in she had ever done. I was very impressed with her. It’s lovely to see your child growing in confidence in all areas.”
Well done everyone else who entered too. You all did very well.
Congratulations
When we visited Annan library for World Book Day at the end of last term, we were given a colouring competition for the children to complete. These were done at home and returned to the library staff who judged the winner for our Nursery. Here you can see the proud winner with her prize. Congratulations – there were a lot of super entries so you did very well.
Police Station Visit
Liam’s Mum has commented on our visit to the police station:
“Great morning. All the children were fab. Thanks for letting me come. Liam had a great time. So did I.”
We always find it an interesting visit too. We’re glad you enjoyed it.
A Duckling Hatches In Nursery
There was great excitement in Nursery yesterday as the children were able to see the little duckling that had hatched in our incubator at the week-end. Unfortunately our photos are not very clear but hopefully most children were able to see the duckling before it went to Simon’s home to be looked after. As well as more ducklings, we hope that we may have some chicks soon. I wonder when they will arrive? Remember to keep an eye on the incubator in the Rainbow cloakroom.
Police Station
As promised, we have some photos of the afternoon children when they recently visited the police station. They were just as well behaved as the morning children and made us very proud of them. Thank you again to all the parents who came with us – we really appreciate your help.
Coin Rubbing
The Financial Education Officer who visited us recently has been visiting our blog:
“I was really impressed with the childrens coin rubbings when I visited. I hope everyone at home enjoyed looking at them! Well done to all the Nursery children! Bev :-)”
Thanks again for your visit Bev and for commenting on our blog. We look forward to seeing you again next year.
Police Station Visit
Recently we were able to take the children to see what the inside of a police station is like and to learn about a police officer’s job. Many of the children tried out the cells and enjoyed using the controls of the CCTV cameras. We also saw the rooms where interviews take place and fingerprints and DNA are taken. The police van, of course, was particularly popular, especially when the children were able to try out the blue light and the siren.
Thank you to all the parents who came with us on our visit and to the police officers for taking time to show us round. We are delighted that they commented on everyone’s super behaviour. Several children thought they would like to be police officers in the future so perhaps we will see them patrolling the streets of Annan in years to come.
Here you can see some of the morning children in action on their visit. We will post photos of the afternoon children soon.
