Nancy’s family has been enjoying our photos.
“Nancy loves dressing up & role-playing. She has so much fun & has a great imagination 😁 x “
“Well done both award winners 😊 . Nancy was so pleased that she got a certificate. She was so proud showing it off & telling everyone. Well done Nancy we are all proud of you 😊 xx”
It’s lovely to hear that Nancy was showing her certificate to everyone and that she was proud of it. We are very proud of all our award winners too.
Snack outdoors, whether it is by the fire or not, is always popular. The children love to help prepare their own food and there seems to be nothing tastier than a snack that you help to prepare yourself. Chopping, spreading and learning to stay safe near a fire are just some of the skills being developed and, as you can see, the children are always keen to join in.
We would like to remind you that, following on from the posters and leaflets that we developed with parents last year, we will hold a taster session of “Rhyme and Storytime” tomorrow, Tuesday 18th September at 9.00 and 12.15. This will be led by Eileen Johnstone, our Family Learning Co-ordinator and we look forward to seeing you there.
Our posters are displayed in the Nursery so we hope that you can take the time to have a look at them as these key five messages are central to developing your child’s literacy.
Huge congratulations to our recent award winners. We are all very proud of your great start to our new year.
As we work on implementing the rules in Nursery as part of our Health and Wellbeing development, the “Word of the Week” this week will be ‘share’ as we help the children to understand what it means when we say that it is important to share.
Our younger children in the Sunshine Room have settled well into their new Nursery year and are experiencing a wide range of activities both indoors and outdoors. We love them joining the older children in the outdoor area where their confidence has grown considerably, their visits to the Rainbow Room are a great opportunity to interact with a wide circle of children and they are becoming increasingly independent in their own area of the Nursery. We hope that you enjoy this little gallery of our increasingly confident little children from the Sunshine Room.
One of Dumfries and Galloway’s RAiSE (Raising Aspirations in STEM Education) team has been looking at our post about Maths Week Scotland.
“Maths really is everywhere! Love your idea of creating a display of all the shapes and numbers you can find. Please don’t keep it to yourselves – share it on the Full STEM Ahead Yammer group and let other teachers see the great work you’re doing.
Keep up the great maths learning,
Regards
Mrs C Moyes
D&G RAiSE Teacher”
We are hoping that the children are still looking for numbers and shapes in our community as we would love examples for our display.
The children have realised, through discussion, that rules are very important to keep everyone safe and happy. Here they are demonstrating our rules so that we can display them in Nursery as a reminder for everyone. I wonder who can remember the rules to tell their families at home?
Thank you to those families who have taken part in Maths Week Scotland by bringing in examples of numbers and shapes in their environment. It is lovely to see the children sharing their learning with us. We hope that lots of you are looking for numbers and shapes out in our community and will be bringing us pictures, cuttings, photos etc. to add to our display.
Over the first few weeks of term we have been talking to the children about what rules we should have in Nursery and why so thought we would share some of their ideas.
Alisha: don’t put stickers on your face.
Archie: be good. Don’t run, just walk.
Cody: no pushing ’cause someone could bang their head.
Jasmin: no kicking.
Emilia B: we need to tidy toys.
Leo: we might trip if there’s stuff on the floor.
Finlay: we need to tidy up if it’s a mess.
Jack: no running. You might trip.
Remy: no pushing ’cause it’s not nice.
Emily M.: no shouting ’cause we can’t hear you.
Jessica: no shouting.
Kendall: you’ve got to walk.
Emily B.: you might hurt yourself if you run.
Layla: no running.
Leah: no hitting. We are friends.
We think that the children have put their thinking brains into action with these ideas. Well done boys and girls.
