Thank you for your messages for Miss Kerr. I’m sure they will make her feel better.
“To miss kerr get well soon love jaylin x x x”
“Am glad your feeling better miss kerr and miss you lots in nursery see you soon
Big hugs and kisses luv danny boy xxxx”
We’re glad to hear that Bethany’s Mum likes her Burn’s Day photo. Well done Granny Thomson with the tartan – Bethany looked great.
“What a super photo! Thanks must go to Granny Thomson for sewing the tartan onto Bethany’s top! We really enjoyed the singing and Granny was glad she got to hear it too.”
Your kind messages and pictures have helped to make Miss Kerr feel a lot better so well done everyone. She has sent you this lovely message and hopefully she will see you all again soon.
Hello boys and girls , Miss Kerr is feeling a lot better after hearing from you all. Mrs Kirkpatrick brought all the pictures you kindly made for me and I have put them in a special place, and show them off to my visitors I am missing you all very much and looking forward to coming back soon . Lots of love Miss Kerr xx
The Loch Ness Monster was part of our discussions when learning about Scotland and, as a home activity, the children were set the challenge of inventing a Hecklegirth Monster. It’s great to see that so many of you have been talking about this at home and you have produced some super ideas.
Some of the children have chosen to make a Nessie look-a-like and others are quite different. We have drawings and models, some done together with families and some done by the children on their own. We think that they are all wonderful. The children are always so pleased to share what they have done with their families and it helps to make those important links between Nursery and home.
We hope you enjoy our little gallery showing some of the Hecklegirth Monsters. All the monsters can be seen displayed in the corridor and both Nursery rooms.
Click and then double click to get a bigger view of the photos.
Everyone was so proud of the children at their Burn’s celebrations. As well as singing beautifully, they all looked fantastic in their ‘touch o’ tartan’. Thank you to those who have left comments on their photos. We really appreciate it.
Ollie’s Dad said:
“What a great photo. Was so excited to hear Ollie introduce his songs to all the mums and dads, a changed boy as he wouldn’t have done that when he first started nursery. Keep up the good work- you are all helping make Ollie the lovely little boy he is. Thanks.”
Ollie did so well and we were all proud of him too. It’s not easy to speak in front of 50 Nursery morning children but to do it for their families too is a real achievement. What’s more, he went on to introduce our songs the next day to the whole school so well done Ollie.
Corey’s Mum commented on two photos:
“Lovely photo of you Corey with some of your friends but next time say cheese looking at the camera lol”
“Gorgeous photo Corey you look good in your plaid”
It is lovely to see them all looking so grown-up in their tartan. Corey seemed to enjoy taking part in our celebrations and did well.
Thanks to Corey and Danny’s families for their recent comments.
Corey’s Mum commented on the recent performance of our Scottish songs:
“Absolutely brilliant singing Corey and all your friends you were so clear you all must have practiced so hard good boy for wearing your plaid you all looked brilliant in your tartan”.
Danny liked the photo of him with the fiddle:
“i love my photo i enjoyed the fiddle”.
We’ve certainly had some great times lately learning about Scotland.
On Thursday we enjoyed a great celebration for Burn’s Day with shortbread, oatcakes and cheese and, of course, our toast with Irn Bru. We appreciate everyone making a super effort to provide the children with ‘a touch o’ tartan’: it certainly added to the occasion and they all looked wonderful.
Thank you to everyone who came to hear us singing with Primary 1. It’s so important for the children to have an appreciative audience for their performance and you certainly helped to make it a great occasion for them. Hopefully these photos reflect how much the children seemed to enjoy themselves.
Thank you, as always, for everyone’s support and lovely comments.
We would like to remind you that we will be holding our Nursery Burns celebrations tomorrow. Once the children have enjoyed their “Burns Supper”, we will sing the Scottish songs that we’ve been learning to finish off our celebrations. Please remember that you are invited to come in to hear the children sing at the end of the Nursery session at either 11.20 or 2.50. We look forward to seeing lots of parents to give the children an audience.
As we started our week of Scottish celebrations, on Monday morning both the Rainbow and Sunshine rooms joined the rest of the school to enjoy entertainment by a band playing Scottish music. We learned about different types of music and soon we were clapping and tapping our feet in time to reels and strathspeys with everyone else. Thank you very much to Mrs. Lewis and her band for taking time to come to our school – we really enjoyed your visit. We are looking forward to a visit later in the week to Nursery from Mrs. Roberts, a band member who works at Hecklegirth, to learn more about Scottish music and in particular the fiddle.
Last week we took delivery of a huge pile of wood, thanks to Mr. Raymond Kerr of Kerr’s Sawmill. The children loved being in charge of these new building materials and helped to organise them in the Nursery garden. Almost immediately, several children showed great imagination and started to build their own dens, leading the way in the play and guiding others in good teamwork.
We would like to thank Mr. Kerr for his generous donation and look forward to many happy hours of problem-solving, construction and den building in the Nursery garden.
