families – Hecklegirth Nursery

Health Information And Taster Session

Yvonne and Louise from the Health Improvement Team visited us last week for an informal information and taster session. It was lovely to have so many adults from our families joining the children and staff to learn about healthy snack options and it was great to see children and adults alike trying some foods for the first time. Some of the recipes sound delicious and we plan to try them out in Nursery with the children. The healthy banana ice-cream was particularly popular and we think that a few homes in Annan may be trying that idea out soon.
Thank you to the adults for taking the time to give us some feedback on this visit as it helps us evaluate and plan for the future. Comments included:
“Very informative and colourful”
“Very informative session and lovely to spend time with my child encouraging her to eat healthy. We all love the banana ice-cream and the Sharon fruit. Thank you”.
“Very helpful information, well presented”.

Here are some of the children and adults enjoying the session in the Rainbow Room.

Maths Week Scotland

Thank you to those families who have taken part in Maths Week Scotland by bringing in examples of numbers and shapes in their environment. It is lovely to see the children sharing their learning with us. We hope that lots of you are looking for numbers and shapes out in our community and will be bringing us pictures, cuttings, photos etc. to add to our display.

Settling In

Roman’s family has been looking at our recent photos:

“Glad Roman has settled in really well so pleased”

It’s great to hear that the children are happy which makes for happy families too. Thank you so much for visiting our blog and taking the time to leave us a comment. We look forward to hearing from more of our families soon.

Harvest

Rev. McGougan is looking forward to joining us for our Harvest celebration on Friday at 11.30 for the morning children and at 2.30 in the afternoon. This is an informal gathering in the Nursery and all family members are welcome. Please remember to return the slip to let us know how many adults will attend. Any donations of dried food stuffs can be donated on or before Friday and will be handed in to Annan Food Bank – thank you to those families who have already kindly donated to this worthy cause. As you can see, the children have been learning two new songs and are looking forward to performing them to their families. We look forward to seeing lots of you there.

Comments From Our Families

We are pleased to say that several of our parents have recently left us comments. Like us, Ben’s Mum was delighted with his certificate:

“Well done Ben! We are so proud of you”.

Owen and Finlay featured in our recent outdoor pirate photos which their families enjoyed:

“Owen tells me he was using sellotape to help make the flags and had a great time!”

“Finlay had great fun helping to create the pirate ship. He certainly looks very busy in the photos!”

The children have shown great enthusiasm about pirates this week and have worked so well together. We’ve all been impressed with their great teamwork.