We are glad to hear from Carmen’s Mum that she enjoyed the ambulance visit:
“Just want to say that Carmen thoroughly enjoyed having a look in the ambulance. She couldn’t wait to tell me what they saw and did. She said it was awesome!!!! And it was very loud.”
Carmen is right. The siren was extremely loud and the children had to have their hands over their ears.
Continuing with our learning about the different jobs we can do in our community, Jayden’s Mum came in to talk to the children about her role as a nurse. They were interested to find out about the various types of equipment she might use and had a close look at things like a thermometer and blood pressure machine. She talked about where she worked and what she has to do as part of her job, giving the children an insight into the world of work.
We really appreciate Jayden’s Mum helping us to teach the children about the world of work. They always love a visitor and it’s even more exciting if it’s a parent. Remember we would love it if more parents or grandparents came in to talk to the children – just have a word with any member of staff and we would be delighted to arrange a suitable time.
Unfortunately we were unable to have our visit to the property centre today due to adverse weather conditions. We felt that it would have put the children at risk with such strong winds at the time.
Coincidentally, we also got word at the end of the day that tomorrow’s visit to the police station would have to be postponed. Hopefully everyone should have received a text from us informing you of this change.
We apologise to all those parents who had kindly offered to accompany us on our visits and we hope that the children are not too disappointed but both situations were unavoidable. We plan to rearrange these visits soon at a time that is convenient to everyone.
An exciting visitor came to talk to us about his job this week. Armana’s Papa not only showed us the equipment he uses as a paramedic but he was able to let the children see inside an ambulance. They learned what happens when you go to hospital and what a paramedic uses the different equipment for. The children showed particular interest in everything inside the ambulance and enjoyed trying out the bed – a bed with seatbelts not something most had seen before. Of course no visit by an ambulance is complete without seeing the flashing blue lights and hearing the siren. As you can see from the photos, the siren made an impressive noise as the children covered their ears when it came on.
We would all like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to Armana’s Papa for spending so much time in Nursery helping the children to learn about his job. We think a few are now having a change of mind over their future careers.
Please remember that tomorrow and Thursday (19th and 20th March) are enrolment days for Nursery. If your child is already in Nursery and returning next year you should have your form. If your child is hoping to start Nursery in the next academic year please come to the school office to complete the enrolment form. We look forward to seeing you there.
The Rainbow Room voted recently to have a vet’s surgery in their role play area and it has seen lots of imaginative play in the past week. There was great excitement on Friday afternoon when, instead of our fluffy dogs, cats and hamsters, a real lamb visited us in Nursery.
Simon and his family have been looking after little Polly the lamb at home and his Mum kindly brought her in to see us. Although just six days old, Polly was not shy and seemed to enjoy all the attention in the Nursery garden. Everyone was able to stroke her and some even fed her from her bottle which was very exciting. Thank you to Simon’s Mum and Polly the lamb from all the afternoon boys and girls.
The afternoon children enjoyed the same experience as the morning children on their visit to see Rev. McGougan in his church. As you can see, they explored all the areas of the church and learned a little about Rev. McGougan’s job.
Again we would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents who accompanied us as, without you, it would not be possible to go on visits outside Nursery. We are looking forward to more visits next week to help us find out about our local community.
Rebecca from Primary 6 has been looking at our blog and commented on playing with the Nursery children:
“It is such great fun playing with all the nursery kids i cant wait to find out who my buddy is”.
“It is so much fun and its great to meet new friends”
You are all doing a super job Rebecca. Thank you for visiting our blog and leaving a comment.
Two of our families have commented on our recent learning about our local community.
Sophie’s Mum said, “Sophie seemed really impressed with the Firefighter visit, she’s been telling us important fire safety so she was obviously listening well!”
It was a very good visit for the children. Ian provided ‘hands on’ activities that helped them remember the important points. Well done Sophie for listening well.
Carmen’s Mum also commented: “Carmen said she enjoyed the visit to the church. I asked her what they saw. She said they went into a room it was a secret room mum?! Sounds exciting!!”
I wonder if that might have been the vestry that Carmen was thinking about? Rev. McGougan was very kind, showing the children all the different areas of the church.
Thank you for posting comments on our blog. It’s good to hear how the children talk about their experiences at home.
Our visits to various places in our community continued this week with a visit to a local church. It was very kind of Rev. McGougan to invite us in to his place of work and he was able to explain to the children what he did in his job apart from visit us in Nursery at special times. They were also able to explore the building, upstairs and down, and learn about what happens there.
We hope that enjoy the photos of the morning children on their visit. Thank you to Rev. McGougan for making us feel so welcome and to all the parents who came with us on our visit. Photos of the visit by the afternoon boys and girls will be posted soon.
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