We would like to share a gallery of our first couple of days back in Nursery. Everyone is enjoying meeting up with their friends and joining in with a range of activities.
It was lovely to see so many familiar faces today and to begin to get to know our ten new children and their families.
We are able to share photos here of some of the children on their first day in Nursery. Once we have blog permission slips returned from all our new children, we will able to share more photos and examples of their work here. We hope that you will find this a valuable insight into the life of our Nursery and that you can use the blog to add comments about your child’s experience.
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Here are more of our bakers busy making gingerbread just before Christmas. The children are becoming increasingly confident to be involved in food technology as their knowledge and understanding of the processes and health and hygiene rules develop.
Having visited the Music Department at Annan Academy several times and had exciting visits in Nursery from a Science teacher and STEM Ambassadors, we were delighted to be able to arrange a visit by some of the Raindrop Room to the Technical Department at Annan Academy towards the end of last term. This was a fantastic opportunity for our children to experience model making at a whole new level and to learn how to safely use tools that we do not normally provide in Nursery.
Mr. Paul Johnston, Principal Teacher of Technical Education, and several of his senior pupils modelled how to use a range of tools then showed great patience to help our children make spinning tops. Each child used a ruler to mark the centre of their wood and donned safety goggles as the senior pupils made a hole in it for them. Mr. Johnston and his pupils showed great patience to teach our children how to hold the wood safely and supported them to use the electric sander. We were so proud of our children who showed super listening skills and concentration to be able to use the sander safely.
Once the spinning tops were complete, the children enjoyed using the coloured pencils to decorate their tops and some were even supported to sharpen the pencils with Mr. Johnston’s tools.
This was a fantastic opportunity for our children, experiencing learning in Numeracy and Mathematics, Technologies and Health and Wellbeing and we greatly appreciate the kindness and patience of Mr. Johnston and his pupils on this visit. Thank you also for the off cuts of wood which are being put to good use in Nursery. We have loved our visits to Annan Academy and hope that we can continue to learn from you in the future.
Towards the end of last term the children in the Raindrop Room spent time talking about their emotions and learned how to take ‘selfies’ on the I-Pad as they tried to convey different emotions through facial expression. We would like to share some of their thoughts and their super skills with technology.
Anthony: I’m happy ’cause I just like Nursery and playing with everything. I hide from spiders, I feel scared. You have a sad face if someone sits on you.
Freya: I’m happy when I’m drawing Dad. I cry when I’m sad.
Joely: monsters make me sad.
Barclay: I’m sad when I’ve got no friends. When I play I’m happy.
Mason: I’m happy when I’m being good. I’m angry when people are being very very naughty to me.
Kyla: jigsaws make me happy. I get angry if my big brother annoys me.
Fern: I was sad when Daddy left (Nursery) today.
Sophie E.: I’m happy when my dinner comes. I like chips. When Mummy and Daddy make cupcakes then I feel in love.
Ella: I’m happy when I have a chocolate spread sandwich for breakfast. I’m excited when I play with my friends. If I’m feeling sad, I cuddle in to my Mum and she helps me feel better.
Marnie: I’m jealous when Alice has a pencil that I haven’t got and I want it. I feel happy when Kara plays with me.
Skye D.: I’m sad when someone doesn’t be my friend. I’m happy when Lola plays with me.
Kara: I’m angry if somebody a little bit pushes me. I’m happy when someone hugs me. I’m nervous if something really scares me.
Isaac W.: I like riding horses. It makes me happy. I’m only scared of bats ’cause they fly about in your face.
I wonder if you can work out how the children are feeling in their ‘selfies’?
Baking is always a very popular activity and these children did a great job of practising their chopping, measuring, counting and mixing skills to make an apple cake. The smell was wonderful and everyone who tried it said that it tasted delicious too. As you can see, some of the children further developed their skills in Technologies by taking photos of their work. Great effort everyone!
After experiencing a post office in the role play area, the children extended their learning by visiting our local post office to buy stamps and post letters and parcels. It was great for them to get this first hand experience and to begin to use services in their local community.
As we had the opportunity to use the school hall for a weekly session last term, we used the time to access some of the gymnastics equipment which provided a super challenge to the children. As well as building their confidence in the wider school environment, they learned how to safely use a range of equipment that they would not normally have access to. Most children grew in confidence during these sessions and were able to demonstrate learning over the weeks. This is an example of a group working on balance skills.
Having already spread a little Christmas happiness with their singing at the Old Parish Friendship Club, some children also made a visit to Lydiafield towards the end of term to sing a few Christmas songs and chat to the residents. We were made to feel so welcome and the smiles and tapping feet told us that the children had a great impact on the residents. We felt very proud of their behaviour and confidence in a new situation. Thank you so much to everyone at Lydiafield for a delicious snack and a warm welcome. We hope that you all have a good Christmas.
We hope that, like us, you were very proud of all the children as they behaved and sang so beautifully in front of a big audience at our Christmas celebration on Monday. Huge thanks go to Mr. Higton and the United Reform Church for inviting us to their church and to the many family members who helped to make this a special occasion for the children who certainly proved to be ‘confident individuals’ in their performance.
We would also like to thank all those who donated to our super hampers and bought squares for them. A grand sum of £194 was raised which will be used for our children. There is a list of prize winners in Nursery and prizes can be collected today. Thank you so much for your support.
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