As the season changes and we begin to learn about Autumn, our “Word of the Week” this week is indeed Autumn. This may be a new word to the children so we will be using it a lot in Nursery and explaining what it means. Hopefully the conversations you have with your child will help to reinforce this learning in Nursery.
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Well Done Fern
Fern’s family has been looking at the photo of her receiving her recent certificate:
“Fern was delighted to share her achievement with her family and was very proud of herself. Her confidence at nursery has grown enormously since starting and we now hear lots of stories about nursery and all her friends.”
It’s always lovely to hear that the children appreciate their achievements in Nursery and we are delighted that Fern felt rightly proud of herself. Very well done Fern! We are all impressed with the way you have grown in confidence.
Happy Families
Two of our parents have been enjoying photos of different recent activities in Nursery.
Evelyn’s family said, “looks like Evelyn is doing well in nursery. I love seeing pictures of her and that’s she’s safe near the fire. 🙂 xx “
We are pleased that you like our little snapshots of Nursery life. The children are certainly learning the rules of staying safe near fire and are becoming confident near fire.
Leo’s Mummy was one of those parents who participated in this week’s “Rhyme and Storytime” taster session:
“Leo and mummy had lots of fun at the rhyme session. Look forward to the next one 😊”
It certainly looked like good fun with Eileen. She is checking the times that suited people most and we are hoping that lots of our families will join in with our sessions.
Thank you both for visiting the blog and taking the time to leave us a comment.
Rhyme And Storytime
Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, has shared these photos and detail of what happened at her taster session today.
“We had fun at our Rhyme and Storytime taster session this morning. We read a story about Incy Wincy and found out that he managed to get up the water spout. We learned some other rhymes about spiders, then we bounced our spiders up to the ceiling.”
This sounds like great fun. Eileen will be collating the results from her questionnaire about preferred sessions and will contact everyone to let them know when she plans to run more sessions.
Well Done
Nancy’s family has been enjoying our photos.
“Nancy loves dressing up & role-playing. She has so much fun & has a great imagination 😁 x “
“Well done both award winners 😊 . Nancy was so pleased that she got a certificate. She was so proud showing it off & telling everyone. Well done Nancy we are all proud of you 😊 xx”
It’s lovely to hear that Nancy was showing her certificate to everyone and that she was proud of it. We are very proud of all our award winners too.
Rhyme And Storytime
We would like to remind you that, following on from the posters and leaflets that we developed with parents last year, we will hold a taster session of “Rhyme and Storytime” tomorrow, Tuesday 18th September at 9.00 and 12.15. This will be led by Eileen Johnstone, our Family Learning Co-ordinator and we look forward to seeing you there.
Our posters are displayed in the Nursery so we hope that you can take the time to have a look at them as these key five messages are central to developing your child’s literacy.
Maths Is Everywhere
One of Dumfries and Galloway’s RAiSE (Raising Aspirations in STEM Education) team has been looking at our post about Maths Week Scotland.
“Maths really is everywhere! Love your idea of creating a display of all the shapes and numbers you can find. Please don’t keep it to yourselves – share it on the Full STEM Ahead Yammer group and let other teachers see the great work you’re doing.
Keep up the great maths learning,
Regards
Mrs C Moyes
D&G RAiSE Teacher”
We are hoping that the children are still looking for numbers and shapes in our community as we would love examples for our display.
Clever Gardener
After planting beans with Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, last term the children involved took home their beans to look after them. They talked about what they would have to do to help them grow and one clever little gardener brought in the results of his hard work to show us this week. Very well done! We think that you have done a fantastic job looking after your beans. Thank you for bringing it in to show us.
Muddy Chocolate Cake
Alisha’s family has been looking at the photos of the children playing in the mud kitchen:
“Alisha told me she was making chocolate cake for all her friends. She loves getting all muddy .”
The chldren certainly make a lot of cake in that kitchen and love being creative outdoors. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a comment.
Family Learning
Last week’s Family Learning activities were the first of the year and Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, enjoyed meeting new parents with their children as well as some that she got to know last year.
With her “Rhyme Time” activities, Eileen was matching the Nursery’s planning as she sent everyone a little home activity whether or not they attended her sessions. Here is a snapshot of some of our families joining in with the Family Learning sessions. We hope that everyone who took part enjoyed the sessions and look forward to more activities soon. Thank you very much to Eileen for organising a fun activity for all.
