Skye’s Mum has left a comment at the end of her time in Nursery:
“Thank you to all the teachers at Hecklegirth Nursery for all your work with Skye. She has enjoyed her time with you all and is now looking forward to starting Primary 1 at Hecklegirth xx”
We hope that Skye enjoys Primary 1 and we look forward to hearing about her progress.
Neve and Finlay’s families have left lovely comments for us as their children leave Nursery ready for the next step to Primary 1.
“Can’t believe it was Neve’s final day at nursery today. The last two years have flown by and I just wanted to thank all the amazing staff in nursery, for all the great work they do with the children. During the last two years Neve has learnt so much and is now ready for her next step into Primary 1. Hope all the staff have a lovely summer and a well deserved rest. Thank you again. Neve’s Mummy. X”
“I would just like to say a big thank you to all the lovely and amazing nursery staff who has taught Finlay for the last year, You all do a brilliant job with the children and I know Finlay will certainly miss you all, Finlay said he will come and visit when he is in Primary 1 so there is no escaping him. We hope you all have a lovely summer holiday. Love from Finlay’s Mummy and Daddy.X”
Thank you so much for everyone’s kind comments and thoughts in the past few days. We have had a wonderful year with you all, children and parents alike, and will miss you. We hope that you all have a lovely holiday with your families.
Finlay’s family would like to pass on their congratulations to you all on your performance at our recent graduation:
“A big well done to all the boys and girls on their graduation, you all sang and danced beautifully. Good luck to the boys and girls who will be going into P1 after the summer.”
We wish good luck to those moving on to P1 too. We’re sure you’ll have great fun and will continue to be fantastic learners.
After lots of busy days with graduation and whole school celebrations as well, of course, as the visit from the Cornet and Cornet’s Lass, we eventually found time on the very last day of the year to return to Ollie’s allotment to check on the potatoes we had planted. It may officially be summer but we still needed wellies and suits in the rain for our little adventure.
As you can see, the children were delighted to find that their potatoes had grown. Hopefully, each of the children who chose to go to the allotment took a potato home to show their families. Thank you so much to Ollie’s family for providing us with this opportunity. It’s been great fun and a good learning experience. Sorry if your supply of potatoes will be depleted this summer.
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In the last few days we have been able to harvest some of the vegetables in our raised beds. Some of the children tasted rocket for the first time and seemed surprised that they actually liked it. Well done boys and girls for looking after your vegetables well.
Thank you very much to Skye’s Mum for sending us her photos of graduation. Here you can see some of the staff posing – we felt a bit like film stars after graduation with so many people wanting our photo.
How proud we all were of the children at our graduation ceremony on Friday as they sang and danced to celebrate the end of their year in Nursery. Sometimes the children can become a little shy when faced with an audience but the 100 plus family members who came to watch them, in both the morning and afternoon, were entertained by confident, happy little performers. We hope that you were also impressed with the confident manner in which the children walked on stage to shake hands and receive their certificates. The children had been so excited to perform for their families and they certainly did not disappoint.
Thank you so much to everyone who came to our little ceremony and for all your support throughout the year.
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Finlay’s Mum liked the photo of him trying on the lifejacket when the coastguard came to talk to us:
“Finlay said he had great fun when the coastguard came to visit, Finlay came home singing a song about the sea, I asked him who taught him that!, he said “The Coastguard, he told us to keep safe”. Finlay Certainly looks as though he had fun when trying on the lifejacket.”
The children were very interested in the coastguard’s advice and, as you can see from their comments, they had some good ideas about staying safe near water.
We hope that everyone is looking forward to ‘Move Up Day’ at Hecklegirth tomorrow (27th June). As well as all the children moving to their new class for a visit, our new children are invited to come and play in Nursery. Please check your letter for details of times. We look forward to seeing lots of our new children tomorrow and hope that those visiting Primary 1 have a great time.
As the weather warms up and we approach holiday time, the coastguard came to talk to the children about staying safe near water. The children were very enthusiastic to talk about their experiences and contributed lots of ideas to the discussions. We thought we would share some of their comments with you.
Nathan: there’s sinky sand at Powfoot.
Ericka: when the tide comes in, it washes away sandcastles.
Ollie: if you get stuck in the quicksand you could tie yourself to a tree and pull yourself out.
Nate: my Dad had to pull me out of my wellies in the sand.
Jaylin: if you’re on a rock and the tide comes in, it will pull you under the sea.
Rohan: if you get a jellyfish sting you put vinegar and brown paper on it.
Finlay: when the tide comes in you might get washed away.
Mark: sometimes whales go under water and they go on the sand and get stuck.
Nate: if you go to Powfoot beach you have to look at your watch to check the times.
Rory: when a storm comes there are very big waves.
Malachi: shells could hurt your feet.
Jessica: you don’t help someone who’s stuck or you could get stuck in the sand too.
Shay: the river goes to the Solway.
Emily: lifejackets keep you safe in the river.
Logan: call 999 if you need help.
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