Running, jumping and balancing are some of the skills we have been practising for our Fun Activity session on Friday. The children have enjoyed working together in teams to take part in a range of activities on the school field. We hope that lots of families will be able to encourage the children on Friday when they show you what they can do. Let’s just all hope that the weather is kind to us.
Further to a recent comment about Ollie’s allotment, his family have sent us a reply telling us what he grows there:
“We grow lots of things at our allotment, potatoes, onions, leeks, onions and lots more. Just let us know when you would like to visit. A Thursday and Friday are good for us.
On another note- it was very exciting to come home from work yesterday and hear all about safety with electric. Ollie totally understood all the reasons for being safe when around electric. Well done nursery staff- great work with little children as usual.”
Ollie’s allotment sounds like a brilliant place to visit especially with us having our own growing project in the Nursery garden. Hopefully we will be able to arrange a visit soon – our diary is at the ready and we will speak to Ollie’s Mum or Dad about it soon.
We’re glad that our learning about safety around electricity has also been successful. The children were very interested in this topic and we hope that this should show in their everyday lives.
Thank you to those of you who have been bringing in your courgette and pea plants which have grown from the seeds you planted with your families at the end of last term. You have obviously been looking after them well at home and they will be super additions to our garden growing area. Eileen is amazed at the size of some of your plants and will see you soon to find a space for them in our raised beds. Well done you fantastic gardeners. I wonder if anyone else has managed to make such a good job of looking after their plants?
Eileen’s left a comment for everyone who has been part of the growing project:
“I would also like to thank the parents who have volunteered to help with this project. It was good to see the sun yesterday but I was quite pleased to see the rain today – we didn’t water the seeds yesterday. If any of you have courgettes or peas from before the Easter holiday please bring them back to me as we will be planting them in the beds.”
Finlay’s Mum also commented on our seed planting photos:
“Finlay said he really enjoyed planting seeds with Eileen, Finlay is growing vegetables at home too and is very keen to water them and look after them, all the children look as though they are having fun!”
The children certainly seem excited about their seeds. Let’s hope that our planting lives up to expectations as some of them have already been talking about using their vegetables for part of snack.
The next stage of our growing project organised by Eileen Johnstone, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, is now underway and the sun came out in celebration as we planted seeds in our raised beds in the garden.
The children talked about the tiny seeds and what they would have to do to help them grow to look like the ones in Eileen’s pictures.They then very carefully prepared the compost and planted their seeds. Each Nursery room has a bed of their own to tend and our kind parent volunteers will take turns each week to help the children look after their vegetables. Today the Sunshine Room planted carrot seeds and the Rainbow Room planted beetroot. I wonder which bed will show signs of growth first?
Thank you very much to Eileen and to those parents who have offered to be part of our work. This project provides opportunities to develop several areas of the curriculum and is a fantastic learning experience. The children are excited about it and we look forward to watching progress in the garden for the rest of this term.
To help us learn about Spring, we have been talking about our previous learning about the seasons. We talked about what happens in each season and what sort of clothes we wear. Some of the children gave some good answers in these discussions and we thought you’d like us to share some of them with you.
Mischa: Autumn’s the windy one. Kailey: the leaves fall off in Autumn.
Grace: you get conkers in Autumn. Kyle: when it’s windy you need a coat.
Nate: we wear water suits when it’s rainy and things are wet and muddy.
Emily: you need warm clothes, hats, scarves, gloves and boots in Winter.
Liam: Santa comes in Winter Ava: you need a warm coat to keep cosy.
Imogen: you need your wellies in Winter and scarves, hats and gloves.
Shay: we see snow in Winter. Katie: the icicles come.
Ollie: you get your paddling pool out in Summer.
Adam J.: you wear T-shirts and hats when it’s hot.
Mischa: you wear dresses in Summer and you can get your goggles out.
Ava: you need swimming wear.
AND WHAT ABOUT SPRING?
Malachi: trees grow. Isaac: flowers pop out.
Joseph: all the bulbs grow and the leaves go back on the branches.
Grace: the baby sheep are born and blossom trees grow.
Scott: baby lambs come out of the mummy’s tummy.
Rohan: trees grow and I planted one at my Dad’s.
Summer: you get Easter eggs.
Neve: baby chicks are born and blossom comes on trees.
Hannah: the trees get leaves.
Dawid H.: the flowers grow.
What an exciting time Spring is!
It won’t be long now until we are back in Nursery after our holiday. Let’s hope we get some warmer weather to enjoy outdoors. We thought that you might like to look back on a few memories from last term in the Nursery garden. As you can see, the children are so inventive with the materials we provide and outdoor play seems to really promote teamwork and those problem-solving skills that we try to encourage. Let’s hope that we get some sunshine to enjoy outdoors next term.
“Wear red and white to make a difference” was the message on the last day of term in Nursery to support the fundraising efforts of Team 15 at Dumfries and Galloway College. They had organised several events to raise money for their chosen charities, "The Parksafe Campaign" and "Robin House", and we were delighted to support them. As you can see, there was a mass of red and white on the day so thank you to everyone who supported this good cause. Your donations raised £54.91 which was very gratefully received by Team 15. We hope that the rest of their fundraising events were a great success.
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Eggs that had been transformed into bees, policemen, trains, rabbits … glittery eggs and painted eggs … the variety was amazing in our Easter egg display. Here’s a taster of some of the ideas brought in to Nursery. Well done to everyone who made such a fantastic effort – we loved them all.
