Effective Contributors – Hecklegirth Nursery

Outdoor Projects

Construction is always popular both inside and outdoors and the children like nothing better than to become involved in a little project together that they will then be able to use in their play. This gallery demonstrates examples of this as you can see children making their own roads, investigation panel and music display. Regardless of weather, the children are happy to busy themselves with important tasks to create resources that they then love to use. What great satisfaction it brings when you can play with something you have made yourself!

Build A Dinosaur

Just look at the super teamwork happening here with some of the children from the Raindrop Room last term as they decided to create their own dinosaur. They had lots of discussion about what their dinosaur would look like and used a range of resources to create it. It was lovely to see them working so well together and they all had a sense of achievement once they had completed their work. Well done everyone involved.

Communication Champion

We would like to share a post from the Facebook page of Dumfries and Galloway’s NHS Speech and Language Therapy team who lead the training for Communication Champions.

Huge congratulations to Mrs. J. Carruthers who, we are delighted to say, will continue her great work in Nursery next year.

Kyla’s Super Work

Kyla has been very busy at home doing lots and lots of arts and crafts which she is thoroughly enjoying. She has loved creating her own designs to decorate these stones which we think are beautiful. Watch out for these special stones if you’re out with your family as Kyla is planning to hide them when she goes out a walk.
Thank you so much Kyla for sharing a photo of your super work which we love and for being so kind in leaving your stones for other girls and boys to find. We hope that everyone has fun looking for your beautiful stones.

Magic Science

Here is a little group of super scientists carrying out an experiment last term. With red paint in one beaker and green in the other, they put a length of kitchen roll between them to see what would happen. The children showed great perseverance and concentration to observe the paint diffusing up the paper and eventually they saw a colour change when the colours met at the top.
As you can imagine, this was like magic to the children and they simply had to try it again with different colours to compare what would happen. What super scientists using prediction and showing good observational skills to develop their learning.

Welcome Visitors

Our Primary 6 buddies are always welcome visitors to Nursery and have been doing a super job of building relationships with our children. We have a few photos to share of their recent visits and hope that it’s not too long before the Nursery children and buddies can all meet again.

Visit Our Planter

As you may have noticed in the local paper, we have taken over responsibility for one of the planters on the High Street. Small groups of children have been visiting it and we have made a start in looking after it, recently adding a selection of plants. A new plaque was also added, just prior to our unexpected closure, so we have the Hecklegirth logo in place to help everyone find our planter.
Perhaps some of you could go a walk to find it one day (opposite The Blue Bell Inn) and let us know if the plants are still looking healthy?

Rainbow Cheer

On our last day, until further notice, those children who were in Nursery helped to make large rainbows to display in our windows. Maybe you could go a walk with someone from your family to see them, provided you are not in a large group of course? I wonder if you can find rainbows on display anywhere else in our community? We hope that the children’s wonderful bright rainbows provide a little cheer for those passing by.

A Little Cheer

As we have been unable to continue with our visits to Lydiafield due to the current COVID-19 virus situation, the children have created a selection of artwork to send to the ladies and gentlemen in the hope that they may provide a little cheer at a time when they are not seeing any visitors. We would like to share a little gallery of their Spring flowers and hope that the residents of Lydiafield enjoy the children’s work.