Our first activity on Monday in the whole school Health Week was actually led by Aoife’s Daddy. Who better to learn football skills from than a professional footballer and it’s even better if it’s one of our parents? As you can see, the children had great fun and tried their penalty shooting skills against a “real” goalkeeper. Thank you to Aoife’s Daddy – everyone thoroughly enjoyed their time with you.
Click then click again on the photos to get a better view of the goal scorers.
This week Mr. Palmer has arranged different activities as part of a whole school Health Week so fingers crossed for some sunny days so that we can enjoy most of them outdoors.
As the rest of the school was on an outing on Friday afternoon, Nursery decided to take the opportunity to let everyone to explore the school field. The children had fun on the timber trail and climbing frames, played football, chatted under the shelter and even found some little ladybirds to investigate. What a great afternoon we all had!
Very well done to our recent award winners. We hope that you are very proud of your certificates.
We were delighted to have so many parents joining us for our pre-writing workshop on Monday and hope that you all enjoyed the activities provided. We would like to thank Shona McGeorge and her team of Occupational Therapists, our Primary 1 teacher Miss Campbell and Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, for taking the time to provide an insight into the skills we are all trying to develop in the children to prepare them for writing. Shona kindly left a guide for pre-writing skills which everyone should now have in their trays. We hope that you find it helpful.
Huge congratulations go these recent award winners. Very well done! We are proud of you all.
Since the children in the Rainbow Room saw the arrival of the new pipe in their outdoor area they have grown in confidence to play on and in it. Some have found clever ways to climb on top of it and have developed their balancing skills once they reach the top. Others enjoy climbing inside it and experimenting with the sounds they can make. There are just so many ways that the children can have fun while developing their gross motor skills and imagination.
Don’t miss out. Come and join your child in Nursery on Monday 3rd June 2.15 -3.00. Shona McGeorge (Occupational Therapy) and Miss Campbell (P1 Teacher) will be here to share activities/give information about learning to write and what you can do to help your child.
A recent focus in the Rainbow Room was on expressing our emotions, what our faces look like when we are experiencing different emotions and how we feel. We would like to share some of the children’s ideas about their feelings.
Tom: I feel happy because I love my Daddy. I feel sad because my dog died.
Alex G.: I’m happy because Lewis is here today.
Safoora: I feel happy because the sun came and Mum said I can eat ice-cream when I get home.
Danielle: Mummy and Daddy make me happy.
Jessica: I’m happy because it’s so sunny at my Nanny’s house.
Lewis: I’m happy because I went to school with my friend Evan.
Nancy: I feel tired because I woke up too early. My Mummy woke me up too early to go to school.
Zack: I felt sad when Daddy went to work.
Aoife: I feel sleepy. I woke up early to get Dad’s phone to watch Youtube.
Alexa: I’m happy because I like having sweeties.
Tiana-Rose: I feel happy because I’m going on holiday tomorrow.
Jackson: I feel sleepy because I need more sleep.
Evan W.: I feel happy because I’ve had a lovely morning in Nursery.
The snack area in Nursery helps the children to develop their social skills and learn about healthy eating as well as good hygiene procedures through hand washing and tooth brushing. They can independently prepare snack and here we see some of the children in the Raindrop Room developing their fine motor skills as they chop and prepare fruit kebabs which went down very well indeed.
