health and wellbeing – Page 9 – Hecklegirth Nursery

Visit Our Planter

As you may have noticed in the local paper, we have taken over responsibility for one of the planters on the High Street. Small groups of children have been visiting it and we have made a start in looking after it, recently adding a selection of plants. A new plaque was also added, just prior to our unexpected closure, so we have the Hecklegirth logo in place to help everyone find our planter.
Perhaps some of you could go a walk to find it one day (opposite The Blue Bell Inn) and let us know if the plants are still looking healthy?

Great Work

Mrs. Maxwell has left a message to say that she thinks the photos of Peep activities at home are “great work!”.

She has also been listening to the “Baby Shark” song to encourage handwashing and staying healthy: “Love this idea Mrs Carruthers. I am now going to be singing this all day though “.

It is a very catchy song, so apologies to our families if you get a little fed up of hearing it once the children learn it, but it is spreading a good message. Keep singing and washing hands everyone to stay safe!

Award Winner

Very well done to our most recent award winner who received his certificate on the last day Nursery was open. We are very proud of you and hope that you are keeping up the good work at home.

Happy Mother’s Day

The children in the Rainbow Room were talking about their mothers and grandmothers towards the end of last week as they started to think about Mother’s Day. We would like to share a few examples which we hope will make you smile.

Isaac M.: I love Mummy because she gives me chips.
Berrie: I love Mummy because she always gives me big hugs.
Primrose: my Mummy takes me to the swings.
Skye C.: Mummy gives me food.
Arthur: I love Mummy because she gives me hugs.
Euan: my Mummy takes me out on my bike. We all go together with the dog.
Danielle: my Mummy makes me noodles.
Teddie: my Mummy plays outside with me and my toys.
Alex: she makes me my pasta. She gets me toys I didn’t have.
Leigha: my Mummy gives me lots of yoghurt and she lets me bring toys downstairs.
Poppy: my Mummy gives me big hugs.

We hope that you will all be especially kind to your Mums and grandmothers today.

Safe And Healthy

Friday was a sad day in Nursery as we closed, until further notice, in line with all other schools and nurseries in Scotland. Unfortunately many were not with us on Friday so we would like to wish all our children and their families good health over the weeks and months ahead.
Undoubtedly the children will continue to learn and develop in so many ways as they play with their families. We will share a few suggestions here of activities you may wish to try at home and will continue to post here when appropriate so please keep an eye on our blog.
We also still have photos of the children over the past few weeks to share and we will post them here over the coming weeks so that the children can talk to their families about them and see pictures of their friends.
We sincerely hope that Friday was not the last day in Nursery for some of our children and that we will all be back together in the not too distant future but, in the meantime, we hope that you all stay safe and healthy.

Award Winners

Huge congratulations to our most recent award winners who look rightly proud of their achievements. Very well done all of you.

Heart Rate

Energetic play has an important role to play in the children’s Health and Wellbeing development and most are more than happy to enjoy this, particularly outdoors. This little group of Rainbow Room children was learning about what happens to their bodies when they take exercise and they loved using technology to find out what was happening to their heart rate after spending time running as fast as they could.

Updated Procedures

Updated procedures in line with the current COVID-19 outbreak

As per government advice we ask that everyone follows the strict guidance regarding coronavirus symptoms. No person with a temperature of 37.8 degrees or higher and/or a persistent cough should attend nursery for at least 7 days. Please inform us if your child or anyone in your family has the above symptoms.

The following precautions will take place from Tuesday 17th March:
• For the immediate future we ask that parents/carers drop their children at the entrance doors to the nursery and outside the main office door and do not enter the building. You will be met by a member of staff. If you enter via the school office please ensure you arrive at your child’s allocated start and finish times to avoid waiting for a long period as staff will only be able to meet you every 30 minutes.
• All pupils and staff will follow hand washing procedures as per NHS Scotland advice poster.
• We will stop tooth brushing to limit our use of paper towels.
• We will stop self-service for children at snack and lunch.

Thank you for your co-operation and continued support. We aim to keep you up to date with any changes as we continue to follow guidance from the Scottish Government.
If you have any concerns please phone 01461 202629 or email gw08officehecklegirt@ea.dumgal.sch.uk

Certificate Winners

Huge congratulations to these recent award winners. We hope that you are very proud of your certificates.

Pampering

Tilly’s family has been looking at the photos of our pampering:

“Tilly absolutely loved the pamper corner, this is right up her street! She came home and gave her whole family a wonderful hand massage!!”

Well done Tilly for being so kind to your family.

Miss Fleming enjoyed her time being pampered too:

“I thoroughly enjoyed spending time in the pamper corner. The children were all so gentle when giving hand massages. It was very calming and relaxing.”

It was lovely that the children were being thoughtful towards other children and adults alike. Sounds like we may have to set the pamper corner up again.