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What have you enjoyed in Nursery?

As many of our children prepared to leave us for Primary 1, we talked about what they had enjoyed most in Nursery. Here is a sample of their thoughts below.

Olivia: I liked playing the piggy game on the computer ‘cause it was funny.

Mason: the red bike outside was good – it’s like a motorbike.

Cerys: the house corner – the castle was the best ever.

Dylan: I liked playing doggies.

Poppy: running and playing with everyone outside.

Becky: the Three Bears Cottage.

Jack: lots of painting for the Mummies.

Liam: the Chinese restaurant was good with all the food.

Aidan: the computer game with clowns.

Finlay: playing on the bikes and going in the pink castle.

Ruby: I liked having snack and puzzles. I liked the castle and the Three Bears Cottage. I just liked all of it.

Corey: I liked drawing and cooking in the house.

Aedan: playing scooters.

Maisie: drawing pictures with Ruby was the best.

Ola: playing with Zuzanna.

Jack: going on the big slide.

Singing, smiles and certificates

We are off to Australia and to Edinburgh to live but we will still be friends.

Singing, smiles and certificates filled our graduation day at Hecklegirth Nursery. The children were so excited to perform for their family and friends and they certainly did us all proud. Happiness seemed to beam from almost every face as they showed what wonderful little stars they are. A slightly nervous practice for some at our school assembly the day previously seemed to build their confidence and both the morning and afternoon children “saved the best for last” to impress their families. The singing and dancing was fantastic! Miss Wilson was also very impressed with the grown-up and confident manner in which each individual child walked onto the stage to shake hands and receive their certificate.

All the staff were touched when we were presented with surprise gifts which were most generous, particularly after the recent secret fundraising event. We would like to thank all the children and their parents for making this year a most enjoyable one. The children have been an absolute delight and their parents so supportive of us. We could not have asked for more.

Click on the photos above for a closer look.

Fun Activity Day

Our Fun Activity Day started with a huge surprise when we were presented with a very generous cheque, as well as a beautiful bench and weather vane for the Nursery garden. We would like to extend huge thanks to everyone who organised, contributed to or took part in the secret sponsored walk to raise this amazing amount of money for our Nursery. We feel quite overwhelmed by this generosity and are considering carefully how to spend your donation wisely.

Despite a mixture of sunshine and showers, the children continued happily round the fun activities and seemed pleased to show off their skills to family and friends. They worked well together in teams and showed good support for each other. Primary 6 did a great job of encouraging and praising the children and Callum, Active Schools Co-ordinator, helped us enormously by managing everyone’s movement round the field.

None of this would have been possible without the enthusiastic participation of the Nursery children who, as always, made us very proud of their excellent behaviour on an exciting day. Well done boys and girls!

P6 buddies give a helping hand

P6 were kind and helpful buddies this week when they helped us make cards for our families. Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, arranged for P6 to help children who are moving to P1 make lovely cards for their families. P6 were fantastic buddies, explaining what the task was and just giving the right amount of guidance and support to those who found it a little tricky cutting out stars to decorate their cards. We hope parents are happy with the finished product as a fond memento of their child’s move to Primary 1. The sentiments of the little poem seem to sum up how they are all feeling about the next stage in their lives.

P1 here I come.

I know I’ll have lots of fun,

Lots of things to make and do,

Reading, writing, counting too.

P1 here I come!

I know I’ll have lots of fun.

Hecklegirth’s Happy Hairdressers

Our much visited flower shop has now become a hairdresser’s salon and it’s a very busy little place. Miss Boyd and Mrs. Kirkpatrick have both had “the full works” this week and came out of the experience with wonderful hairstyles, crafted by our budding young stylists. Parents and family members are welcome to come in for a visit to join in the fun: just put your name on the “Come and Play” grid in the cloakroom, as always. We can guarantee you will leave “Hecklegirth Hairdresser’s” feeling like a million dollars as the children will continually tell you how fantastic you look.

Have a look at some styles while your hair dries.

Browse through a magazine while you wait.

Look carefully at the style book before you choose.

It’s important to dry the hair thoroughly.

Chat about the products in the waiting area.

Staying Safe

PC Leggat paid us a visit this week to talk about staying safe on the roads and “stranger danger”. Everyone already knew him from our visit to the police station so the children were very confident to talk about their ideas. We had a very interesting discussion about what a stranger is and how we know if someone is a stranger. The children demonstrated super thinking skills and most had good strategies of what to do if they got separated from their parents or a stranger approached them. Thank you, as always, to PC Leggat who has helped the children feel that police officers are friendly and helpful.

Pictures from home

Thank you to all those parents who worked with their children to make beautiful pictures as a home activity. It’s wonderful to see all the different ideas that can be used to transform a bare tree in to a Spring picture. The discussions that these pictures generated in Nursery are as valuable as the creative use of materials so thanks go to the children and their families for contributing to such a valuable learning activity. We hope you enjoy a selection of the pictures below.

Please click on a photo for a closer look at the detail that the children have put into these wonderful pictures.

What size is your egg?

We talked about Easter celebrations this week and got excited talking about our favourite Easter eggs. We all shared ideas to work out which Easter eggs were the smallest and the biggest in the magic bag. The children holding the eggs were nearly dizzy moving about to get our Easter egg line in the right order. In the end, everyone agreed that we had managed to get them in order from the smallest to the biggest. Good teamwork Nursery children!

Easter egg sizes — We like learning with Easter eggs.

Springtime Fun

It’s been lovely to see everyone back in Nursery this week after our holidays and what a great week we’ve had. With the gorgeous weather, we have been spending lots of time outdoors. We had some new bubble makers to try out and we were learning how to do good throwing.

Growing Families

Growing Families is a joint Family Learning and Nursery project about vegetables and how to grow them. To get started we are going to be reading “Oliver’s Vegetables”, making food mats and growing cress. All parents/carers are invited to come and listen to the story with their child, help him/her to make a placemat and decorate a pot to grow cress on Wednesday 16^th March.

Please add your name to the list on the Family Learning notice board to join in the fun. We look forward to as many families as possible taking part. Thanks go, as always, to Eileen Johnstone, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, for organising this activity.