Thank you to all those families who have taken part in the national Maths Week by bringing in examples of numbers and shapes from their environment. It is lovely to see the children enthusiastic about maths and sharing their learning with us. Here are more photos from this special week. Well done everyone for producing a great display.
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The children have been bringing in a selection of numbers and shapes that they have found in their community to celebrate National Maths Week. We have calendars, clocks, phones, pages from catalogues as well as photos of birthday cakes, cards and road signs seen on the way to Nursery. The children’s display shows just how often numbers and shapes appear in our daily lives and is making them aware of Maths being all around us. Thank you to all those families who have been busy for Maths Week. We look forward to seeing more examples of what the children can find.
To make the area round the new bug hotel look more attractive, the children have been decorating pebbles to display in the soil. Everyone was enthusiastic to take part and the children used a wide range of colours and glitter to produce their own designs. Once the varnish has dried, we plan to put their beautiful pebbles out in the garden so you can ask the children to show you them on the way home from Nursery.
The afternoon children recently found some interesting visitors in a corner of the Nursery garden as a family of snails appeared on our mural. We had some discussions about where they live and how we could look after them which led to the children deciding to make a bug hotel for any passing minibeasts.
The children showed great teamwork and perseverance to help clear the area of weeds then they gathered together pieces of wood and found a basket in the garden to build their bug hotel which now looks very welcoming for all local bugs. This has become a great area of interest for the children who have been having regular checks to see if we have any visitors in their hotel. Well done boys and girls! You can see the difference in these photos that all your hard work has made.
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?
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.
Jasmin: no running because you might trip.
Evan G.: no running – you might bump your head.
Leah: no throwing toys.
Amelia: you need to walk.
Brooke: don’t hit.
Cali: be careful on the climbing frame.
Fraser: don’t run. You might slip and bump into each other.
Frankie: don’t make a mess and help to tidy up.
Louie: walk in case you slip.
Bethany: no biting.
Penny: no throwing toys.
Emily: don’t paint on furniture.
Aoife: no shouting or fighting.
Mason: no running in school.
Ava: take care of the books.
Imoen: don’t run – just walk.
Good ideas boys and girls. You are all beginning to understand about rules and why we need them.
Congratulations to our achievement award winners who were presented with their trophies at our recent graduation. Staff found it very difficult to make a final choice of who should be the morning and afternoon winners, as there were lots of potential candidates for this award, but we feel that these pupils are worthy recipients of this annual trophy. Very well done to you both and keep up the good work in Primary 1.
As a final activity in our Multicultural Week we visited the nature area to add our beautifully decorated stones to the whole school display. It was lovely to see the designs that everyone else had created and the children discussed which ones they liked best. We hope you agree that this makes a super display to represent our school community.
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Primary 6 buddies are making such a good job of building relationships with their new little friends that our children are growing in confidence every time they visit Primary 1 or the school playground.
The buddies very kindly took the time to write letters to their Nursery child’s family so that they know a little about them and they have recently introduced themselves to their parents/carers. We hope that this has eased any of the worries you may have had about your child moving to Primary 1 and that you enjoy sharing the letters with your children.
Thank you Primary 6 children for doing a super job. You certainly are responsible citizens and effective contributors!
The afternoon children can be seen here carrying out an important task to help look after our garden. They were recently in charge of spraying the willow tunnel with soapy water in the hope that this discourages the wasps from settling there. What super work you did boys and girls. Well done for looking after our Nursery environment.
