health and wellbeing – Page 57 – Hecklegirth Nursery

Fun in the Sun

It seemed too good to be true that the sun decided to shine on our Fun Activity Day, after a rather wet start to Health Week, but we were very grateful for the lucky weather. Thank you so much to all family and friends who took the time to cheer on the children today, as well as the buddies of Primary 6 who were great helpers and supporters of the children both morning and afternoon.
We are sure that, like us, you felt very proud of them all as they confidently showed off their skills and great teamwork. We managed to capture photos of some of the children with those well deserved medals and an ice lolly finished off our day nicely. We hope that you enjoyed the day as much as we did. Well done boys and girls – you really showed yourselves to be ‘confident individuals’.

Fun Activity Day

The children have been practising their running and jumping skills to prepare for our Fun Activity Day tomorrow (Wednesday). They have grown in confidence, shown good teamwork and had great fun. We are looking forward to lots of families and friends cheering the children on as they show you what they can do. We hope to bring them on to the field around 9.30 and 2.00 when they will start moving round their activities.
It is quite tricky to get photos of the children practising their activities as they move so quickly but here is a taster of what they will be doing on our Fun Activity Day. We hope that the children remember how to do their activities as they have not had the opportunity to practise since Thursday due to inclement weather. Fingers crossed that the sun decides to shine tomorrow.

Great Fun

Isaac’s family has been looking at the photos of the morning children taking part in the Ankle Biters activity:

“Isaac had a great time “doing sporty things” in the hall today.”

We’re glad that you had fun Isaac. All the children seemed to enjoy themselves yesterday and we had more activities today. We are going to be so fit and healthy by the end of the week.

Ankle Biters

The start of Health Week did not exactly bring great weather for outdoor activities but, not to be outdone by a bit of rain, our session with Ankle Biters went ahead this morning in the dining hall. As you can see, the children still had great fun learning basic rugby skills so thank you to the ladies who organised the activities. More fun learning will be happening as the week progresses.
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Hecklegirth Health Week

We would like to remind everyone that this week, 15th to 19th May, is Health Week at Hecklegirth so the children will be taking part in several exciting activities that have been arranged for us. As some of these events will be outdoors, please ensure that your child has suitable footwear and clothes with them for whatever the weather brings to be able to fully enjoy what is on offer. We are unsure whether this will mean suncream and hats or warm jumpers but we want to make sure that everyone has great fun learning about a healthy lifestyle.

Spring Walk To School Week

Next week is “Spring Walk to School Week” running from Monday 15th to Friday 19th May. The underlying intention of the initiative is to encourage pupils to walk to school or actively travel by bike, scooter etc. where it is safe to do so.
Junior Road Safety Officers in our school will be collecting numbers of those walking or travelling actively. Dumfries and Galloway Council is keen to promote this activity throughout the region and we hope that lots of Nursery children take part next week, particularly as it will be a whole school and Nursery Health Week.

Super Effort

Very well done to last week’s award winners who both received certificates for displaying super effort when practising races for our Fun Activity Day.

The Grand Opening

When we arrived back in Nursery on Monday our super new climbing frame had been constructed and secured in the ground but the children had to resist temptation for one more day to ensure that everything was complete. This was no easy task for some because that climbing frame just looked so inviting.
However the grand opening arrived today with a huge cheer and rush of excitement as the children explored our fantastic new outdoor resource and, as you can see, it was very popular.
We would like to say huge thanks to Davie Bell and Liam Mitchell who worked so hard to install the climbing frame – we really appreciate all your help.
Massive thanks also go to the ‘Hecklegirth Fundraisers’ group who gave us a very large donation towards the purchase of this wonderful resource. We appreciate all the effort and organisation that goes in to the fundraising events that make this kind of donation possible and are very grateful for your support. We hope that Nursery families continue to support the ‘Hecklegirth Fundraisers’ events, such as the upcoming barbecue, as they do such good work for the school and Nursery community.
All we need to do now is sit back and enjoy the joyful little faces having fun. One little voice was heard saying today, “This is the best climbing frame I’ve ever been on in my whole life” so we think it’s passed the test.

“Hecklegirth Nice Place”

Last week a group of the morning children worked very well together to plan and make a super den. They were creative in the way that they used materials round about them and were delighted with their efforts when it was finished. The final touch had to be a banner so a few of them worked hard to make a sign and they decided that their den would be called “Hecklegirth Nice Place”. It was such a lovely surprise for the afternoon children to arrive at Nursery to find such a wonderful den to play in. Well done boys and girls! You showed great imagination, perseverance and teamwork.

Well Done!

Enid’s family is very proud of her recent award:

“A little later than intended catching up with the blog, but Enid’s ‘increased confidence ‘ was a very welcome surprise, and she was very proud to show us. Enid can be very shy so this certificate gives us some reassurance that she is building her confidence.”

Very well done Enid! You thoroughly deserved your certificate and we are very proud of you too.