Some of the children have been on the blog for the first time, having started last week, and their families have left us comments to say that they have settled well:
“Isaac is loving nursery so far and looks forward to it every day.”
“Noah is really enjoying his nursery sessions, thank you!”
It’s good to hear that Isaac and Noah are happy. We hope that they continue to enjoy Nursery life. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.
Please remember that Eileen will be in the Family Learning room (opposite the school hall) tomorrow (Tuesday) to give out story, rhyme and number bags for your child to take home. Each story/rhyme bag has a book and a game or puppets connected to the story/rhyme. The number bags contain a game and all can be borrowed for one week.
If your child attends Nursery in the mornings, you can collect a bag at the end of the morning session and afternoon children can collect their bag at the start of the session at 12.15. We hope that lots of families will take the opportunity again this term to have fun with learning at home by borrowing these bags and we thank Eileen for organising it for us.
‘Every Day’s a Learning Day’ consists of two books produced by Education Scotland for parents and carers of children aged between birth and 3 years, and 3 to 6 years. The aim is to help parents support their child’s development in the crucial areas of health and wellbeing, literacy and numeracy.
This resource highlights the many excellent learning opportunities that exist within daily experiences such as washing the dishes, preparing a meal or doing the shopping.
I have added links to these documents on the right under “Useful Reading”. Just click to have a look for helpful tips and advice.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our Nursery pupils! From Mrs Alexander, Headteacher xx
We have had two more lovely comments from our families about our Christmas celebration.
Thom’s Mum said, “We absolutely loved the concert, everyone did so well, we were all so proud. Thank you!”
Finlay’s family also enjoyed the children’s performance: “What a great photo of Finlay. We were so proud of him on Friday, he had been practising his songs at home so it was lovely to see him performing them . All the children worked so hard learning the words and actions to their Christmas songs. A lot of hard work from the children and staff. Well done.”
The children were little stars. Thank you for taking the time to leave comments, especially such kind ones. We are delighted that you enjoyed their performance.
Dylan’s Mum has been looking at the photos of our Christmas celebration:
“We absolutely loved watching the children in their Christmas celebration, we are very proud of Dylan and all the other boys and girls as they done really well, standing up infront of a big audience singing their wee hearts out and all looked so cute. A big well done to all the staff cause all ur hard work really paid off, was truly a lovely celebration 🙂 xxx”
Thank you for your comment. We were certainly proud of every one of the children who showed great confidence in front of a big audience.
We hope that, like us, you were very proud of all the children as they behaved and sang so beautifully in front of a big audience at our Christmas celebration on Friday. Huge thanks go to Rev. McGougan, Mrs. Alexander and Mr. Palmer for joining us and to the many family members who helped to make this a special occasion for the children. Here are a few photos of the children as they prepared for their performance.
Kacey’s family has been looking at some of our photos and commented on how she enjoyed our recent Family Learning activity:
“Kacey enjoyed making her Christmas decorations ( so did I) we had a great time , sadly our rain deer nose didn’t last very long so we made him a non edible one!”
Kacey’s Mum also wanted to congratulate everyone on the fundraising efforts for the Carlisle flood victims and for the performance at Annan Day Care Centre.
“Well done guys! It’s so nice to hear there’s so many kind and thoughtful people around….x”
“A www so cute! Well done everyone…..Merry Christmas…x”
The children have certainly made us so proud in lots of ways over the last week or two so a huge ‘well done’ to all of you.
Mollie’s Mum left a comment to say how much she and Mollie enjoyed Eileen’s Family Learning activity:
“Mollie loved making the Christmas decorations, they are all sitting proudly on our tree, even Rudolph’s lollipop nose is still intact! Thank you once again Eileen!”
It seems amazing that these lollipops are not getting eaten. Well done Mollie! Eileen has sent me these photos of some of you with your finished decorations and you all look pleased with your efforts. There must be some lovely Christmas trees in the Annan area this year.
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Nursery now has a beautiful set of knitted characters from the nativity story thanks to Hannah and her family. The children have loved playing with them, which they can do without fear of breakages, and it has provided a great opportunity to talk about the Christmas story. Thank you so much to Hannah and her family for this kind gift which we feel sure will be popular in Nursery for many years to come.
