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Family Pride

Emma and Ben’s families were both delighted with their certificates and left us comments to say how proud they are:

“Well done Emma. Very proud mummy, daddy and wee sister. Have enjoyed hearing all about Autumn. You’ve certainly learned a lot.”

“Ben was so excited to FaceTime his Nannie and Poppie in Edinburgh when he came home from nursery with his first certificate. We’re all so very proud of him. Well done Ben. X”

Ben’s family also liked the photo of him measuring Captain Furrybeard:

“Good measuring Ben, wonder if Captain Furrybeard was the same height as you!!”

We did talk a lot about who was biggest and smallest. It was certainly tricky getting Captain Furrybeard’s ship the right size but the children made a good job of it.

Danielle and the Pirate Ship

Danielle’s family enjoyed the photos of the children making their pirate ship:

“lovely flag danielle we are so proud of you xx”

“danielle you look so good with your friends nice pirate ship”

The children did work very well together on this activity. It’s amazing what fantastic play can develop from a wooden box.

Benji, the PlayTalkRead bus, will be at Hecklegirth tomorrow, Tuesday 22nd September. This is a great, free early years initiative which is open to parents, carers and children in the area to come along and enjoy some free activities. All local families are welcome between 10.00-1.00 and 2.00-4.00. The bus will be hosting free storytelling and rhythm sessions and a range of play and activity sessions for children and their parents, to promote and raise awareness of the benefits of positive parental engagement with simple free activities which parents can take home, with the aim that they build upon the ideas and activities sessions at home with their children.

Day Of The Region

As well as having her super picture on display, Kacey’s family has been telling us about her taking part in other activities on Day of the Region in Annan:

“Kacey enjoyed all the day of the region activities she was dancing on Friday and Saturday and released a balloon with her name on…x”

Sounds like you’ve had a great time Kacey. Well done with your dancing! It certainly was a good day for all involved.

We Love Annan

We hope that lots of you enjoyed the fun activities in gorgeous sunshine at Annan’s Day of the Region today. It really was lovely to see so many families and community groups taking part with such enthusiasm. The super pictures that you made of your favourite places and activities in Annan were displayed on the Nursery windows, along with others from Hecklegirth and other local schools and we thought that they looked wonderful. If you didn’t get a chance to see them all today, here is a selection of your ideas and drawings.
Click then click again to make the photos bigger and read some of the ideas you told your families.

Keep Up The Good Work

Thom’s family was pleased to see his certificate photo on the blog:

“We are so proud of Thom, we hope he keeps up the good work!
He’s been showing his certificate to everyone, he’s just as proud as us!”

We are proud of you too Thom. Very well done!

Kenzie Beats The Street

What a super photo of Kenzie out and about in Annan on “Beat the Street”. She’s been going out on her bike with her Mum to get healthy while having lots of fun and earning points. Well done Kenzie – keep up the good work. Thank you to Kenzie’s Mum for her action photo. I wonder if anyone else has been taking part with their families?

Rhyme Fun

Two of our families have commented on how much they enjoyed the Family Learning activity.

“Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be involved with some family learning fun, myself and Dylan really enjoyed making the rhyme bags and props :-), he has been having great fun using the props and singing the rhymes to his little sister. Xx”

“We had a lovely time at Eileen’s session, Thom has been showing everyone his “Incy wincy Spider. Looking forward to the next one!”

It looked like everyone was enjoying themselves. Great to hear that the children have been using their rhyme props at home.

Family Rhyme Time

Friday saw our first Family Learning event of the year and we are delighted that a good number of children and their families chose to take part. Nursery rhymes was the theme and everyone seemed to have good fun with scissors, glue and singing lots of different rhymes. Thank you to Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, for organising this great activity – everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Here are some of the children busy with their families.

Good News Tree

Thank you to all those families who have been helping the children share news for our good news trees. The leaves are beginning to fill the tree in each room and it’s great to hear all your news from home. If you still have your leaf at home please bring it in to Nursery and we will add it to the others. Here are some of the achievements already on display.

Ben W. swam a short distance without armbands during his swimming lesson.
Keegan can ride his bike without stabilisers.
James said that his baby sister laughs when he tickles her.
Dylan can pedal his bike properly now.
Thom has learned to swim without his armbands and just needs a snorkel now.
Max L. can swim in his Nana’s pool with no armbands on.
Joshua had a big boy’s haircut with the clippers and didn’t cry.
Orla can ride her bike without stabilisers.
Peter can sing the alphabet song.
Kacper is learning to ride a bike on two wheels.
Mollie can get dressed by herself.
Nadia is looking forward to her grandmother coming to visit from Poland.

What a lot of wonderful good news! Keep sharing your news with us boys and girls – we love to hear about what is happening in your lives.

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