There is no doubt that this has been a very unusual end to our year in Nursery and it has been disappointing that we have not been able to see all the children before their holiday.
However, we would like to share our video again of those who are moving to Primary 1 in August and wish all our children and their families a lovely summer holiday with lots of sunshine, fun and laughter. We hope that you all stay safe and happy. Thank you for sharing your wonderful children with us.
Isaac W’s family has been looking at the photo of him with his certificate:
“Thank you Hecklegirth Nursery this is a precious keepsake I really did not want to miss. Isaac was chuffed with his visit from Mrs Irving. Isaac is going to miss his fun days at nursery. XxXxx”
It is sad that the children were not able to have their graduation but nice to hear that Isaac will still treasure his certificate. We are glad you had fun days in Nursery Isaac. Have a great holiday.
It seems such a long time since we sat around a fire and made toast for snack but we thought that you would like to see these photos as a memory for some of the children. We hope that they enjoy seeing some of their friends here, looking very safe and confident around a fire as they make their own toast.
Messy play is a lovely sensory experience for children and really encourages them to explore, discover and be creative. Squishy bags are great way to enjoy mess-free messy play! Although glitter and shiny stars make eye catching squishy bags, the use of natural items such as flowers and leaves can spark children’s creativity even more and children will enjoy choosing things to go into their squishy bag.
What do I need?
• Sealable transparent food bags or transparent food bags and tape
• Some kind of liquid such as hair gel, shower gel, baby oil, washing up liquid, cooking oil, shaving foam ….or just water.
• Paint or food colouring (not essential)
• A variety of different items such as flowers, leaves, grass, buttons, foam shapes, coins, glitter – in fact, anything that’s small enough, interesting and won’t burst the bag.
What do we do?
• Find a bag with your child, explaining that it needs to be leak proof. (Wonder together what that means?)
• Encourage your child to find some items to go into the bag.
• Help your child to put a little gel, oil, foam or water into the bag then add the items they have collected.
• Remember to squeeze out all the air before sealing the bag. The bag can be sealed more securely with tape when you’re sure the quantities are right.
• Now for the best part! Your child will enjoy using their hands and finger to squish, squash and move the items around the bag. Perhaps they would like to try using their feet or other parts of their body?
• Comment on what your child is doing and what is happening in the bag. Ask them how it feels.
• Once they have made one squishy bag, they will probably want to make another….and another! Encourage them to be creative and to choose different contents each time. You could try making a bag with a theme, such as one where all the items are the same colour.
We hope that you have fun together creating your squishy bags which, as well as encouraging creativity and developing fine motor skills, should be great stress relievers.
We have messages to share from some of the Nursery staff who have been looking at the certificate photos.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick said,
“Aw this is delightful seeing the happy faces, well done everyone and good luck in P1. Mrs Kirkpatrick xxx”
She also wanted to pass on her congratulations to the bike art prize winners,
“Well done Freya and Jasmine x”
Mrs. Maxwell also left a message,
“Good luck to all the boys and girls going to p.1. It was lovely being able to visit some of you x”
Miss Fleming too wants to send you her best wishes,
“It is lovely to see all those smiling faces. Congratulations everyone on your Nursery Graduation. You will all be missed in Nursery. The very best of luck in Primary 1. You will all do amazing! ⭐”
We will certainly miss them all and send them our very best wishes.
As mentioned previously, it with sadness that we have not been able to have a graduation ceremony this year but we hope that many of you have enjoyed our video in a previous post, showing all the children who will be leaving our Nursery.
Key workers were also delighted to visit our children this week to deliver their certificates and a little shell memento to decorate and keep as reminder of this year. Fortunately they managed to capture lots of their happy faces which we would like to share here.
Isaac’s family has been looking at the graduation video:
“Wow. Excellent video had me smiling and crying all at the same time. We had wonderful visits from Mrs Irving and Mrs Kirkpatrick yesterday which was a lovely surprise. Isaac has had so much fun, made friends and grown in so many ways at nursery. It’s been a pleasure to watch him turn into the little person he is becoming today. HUGE thank you to all in the raindrop room keep up the excellent work Hecklegirth Nursery. Xxx”
Thank you so much for such very kind comments. We all appreciate them enormously. We have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know all the children and their families too. Thank you,
After her visit yesterday from Mrs. Stott and Miss McVicar, Sophie asked if we could share this photo and video. Her family said,
“She’s so excited after visit from Mrs Stott and Miss Mcvicar! It’s really helped her look forward to starting p 1 as she was quite worried about it so it really was wonderful to see them. Thank you!”
Thank you so much Sophie for thinking of sending us your video and photo. We are delighted to hear that you are excited about Primary 1 and know that you will have a great time there.
Sophie’s family has sent in a lovely activity suggestion that they are taking part in and would like to share with other families.
” There’s a wildlife census we can all fill in online from 1st July recording any sightings of these birds and creatures in our gardens in June. – Sophie and max are loving watching out for them all and learning lots about them different species and which ones come out at night for example they can now identify starlings, magpies, blackbirds, blue tits and are really excited to tick them off the list. “
This looks very interesting and certainly something that other families may enjoy. Thank you very much for sharing it. Happy bird watching everyone!
As we approach the end of our year in Nursery, it is disappointing that we will be unable to hold our graduation ceremony, due to the current situation. For children, parents and staff this is a great miss as we would have liked to mark the transition of our eldest children to Primary 1.
As a record of the time you have spent in Hecklegirth Nursery, we would like to share this video which includes all those moving to Primary 1 in various schools. We wish you and your families good health and lots of happiness in the future and know that you will all have great fun in Primary 1. “Reach for the Stars” all of you!
