The Scottish theme continues as we share with you some of the tartan the children have been designing over the past week or two.
Terrific Tartan
We Like Your Comments
Thanks to Corey and Danny’s families for their recent comments.
Corey’s Mum commented on the recent performance of our Scottish songs:
“Absolutely brilliant singing Corey and all your friends you were so clear you all must have practiced so hard good boy for wearing your plaid you all looked brilliant in your tartan”.
Danny liked the photo of him with the fiddle:
“i love my photo i enjoyed the fiddle”.
We’ve certainly had some great times lately learning about Scotland.
Burn’s Day
On Thursday we enjoyed a great celebration for Burn’s Day with shortbread, oatcakes and cheese and, of course, our toast with Irn Bru. We appreciate everyone making a super effort to provide the children with ‘a touch o’ tartan’: it certainly added to the occasion and they all looked wonderful.
Thank you to everyone who came to hear us singing with Primary 1. It’s so important for the children to have an appreciative audience for their performance and you certainly helped to make it a great occasion for them. Hopefully these photos reflect how much the children seemed to enjoy themselves.
Thank you, as always, for everyone’s support and lovely comments.
Fun with the Fiddle
As part of our learning about Scottish culture, Primary 2 joined us last week in two visits and we all learned about the fiddle. Mrs. Roberts told us about the different parts of it and how the sound comes out. She played us several Scottish tunes which we all enjoyed clapping along to and then we had a little sing-song when she played a few familiar tunes.
Mrs. Roberts even helped some children hold the little fiddle and they were able to make some sounds with it. Maybe one day they will be able to play like Mrs. Roberts.
Thank you so much to Mrs. Roberts and Primary 2 for sharing this experience with us. We all learned lots and had great fun.
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Burns Celebration
We would like to remind you that we will be holding our Nursery Burns celebrations tomorrow. Once the children have enjoyed their “Burns Supper”, we will sing the Scottish songs that we’ve been learning to finish off our celebrations. Please remember that you are invited to come in to hear the children sing at the end of the Nursery session at either 11.20 or 2.50. We look forward to seeing lots of parents to give the children an audience.
Scottish Celebrations
As we started our week of Scottish celebrations, on Monday morning both the Rainbow and Sunshine rooms joined the rest of the school to enjoy entertainment by a band playing Scottish music. We learned about different types of music and soon we were clapping and tapping our feet in time to reels and strathspeys with everyone else. Thank you very much to Mrs. Lewis and her band for taking time to come to our school – we really enjoyed your visit. We are looking forward to a visit later in the week to Nursery from Mrs. Roberts, a band member who works at Hecklegirth, to learn more about Scottish music and in particular the fiddle.
Our New Children Settle In
We are nearly at the end of our second week of the term already and our new children are settling in well in each room. As you can see, they are beginning to find out where everything is and are enjoying a range of activities. Thank you to all the other boys and girls for making them feel welcome. We hope that our new families enjoy using our blog to get a feel for life in Hecklegirth Nursery.
Corey and his Mum enjoy our blog at home
Corey and his Mum have been looking at our blog and have left us some comments.
“Brilliant picture Corey it looks great on mummy’s cupboard with all the rest”.
“I like seeing my photos of me at nursery at home it’s cool and all my friends too my favourite thing is playing hide an seek with everyone”.
I’m glad you like looking at our photos at home Corey and that you like seeing everyone from Nursery. I’ve noticed that you enjoy hide and seek both indoors and out in the garden. I hope that you keep having fun every day.
What Does Winter Look Like?
Our learning at the start of this term has focussed on the signs of Winter and how it affects our lives. The ice cave in each room has been very busy: furry rugs and sleeping bags, maps, hot water bottles and flasks have produced lots of imaginative role play. We have talked about Jack Frost and discussed what he looks like, where he lives and what he eats which has produced some interesting ideas. In the art and craft area we have created a range of Winter pictures using a range of materials.
We hope that you like our Winter displays. I wonder who can find their picture below? Click on a photo then double click to make it bigger.
Star Award Winner
Well done to last week’s Star Award winner in Nursery for giving good answers when we were discussing healthy foods and why some foods should just be for treats. Here he is getting his certificate from Miss Wilson.
