Thoughts Of Kindness

We are delighted that the children in the Raindrop Room have been bringing in their hearts from home to tell us about their acts of kindness so thank you for your support with this. To help the children understand what kindness is, we also talked about their thoughts in Nursery and would like to share some of them with you.

Kyla: I help Mummy clean the toys.
Sophie E.: I take care of Toby. He’s my boyfriend and the same age as me. I do lots of things with him and then he’s happy.
Tilly: I share toys with Marnie. I help Daddy with jobs and wash the car.
Barclay: I help Mum and Dad with the washing and I tidy up toys.
Fern: I find dog poo for Daddy to pick up.
Summer: I clean up with Mummy.
William: I tidy up the toys and come downstairs nicely for breakfast. – Mum and Dad look after us.
Isaac W.: I share and I help Mummy do the washing.
Paisley S.: I help Mummy clean up and do the washing and tidy.
Mason: I draw something nice for Mummy.
Lola: I play with Rixon with dinosaurs.
Elise: I help my Daddy wash up.
Luca: I press the button on the toaster to help Mummy. I kiss Mummy.
Kara: I help Mummy and Daddy clean up.
Skye B.: I help Auntie Ang put the pegs in the basket.
Skye D.: I give Belle treats and she gives me paws.
Joely: I help Mummy pick up toys.
Noah: I help with the washing.
Marnie: I let my friends play with my toys and I play with my baby sister at home.
Margo: I share toys with the boys and girls at Eastriggs.
Alfie L.: I do baking with my Mum.

What a lot of kind children we have!

Word Of The Week

In the past our Nursery and school staff have taken part in Word Aware training which is a structured whole school approach to develop the vocabulary of children.
It is estimated that the average child learns 2000 – 3000 words per year every year throughout their schooling which equates to six to eight words a day on average. Children with good vocabulary go on to become good readers and vocabulary has a major impact on all areas of learning.
As part of our work to support the development of the children’s vocabulary, we include a “Word of the Week” in our planning and focus on the appropriate use of that word in the Nursery environment. Sometimes the selected word may arise from a child led discussion and at other times it may be linked to our learning focus. We will share this word on the Nursery blog so that you can share in the fun with words at home.
Our “Word of the Week” next week in the Rainbow Room will be “tidy” while the Raindrop Room will focus on the word “kindness”.

Raindrop Gallery

The children in the Raindrop Room have been busy painting, drawing and writing in their first few days in Nursery. Lots of children now have work displayed on the wall so it would be great if you could find the time to have a look. Here is a small selection of their work but there is lots more to see in Nursery.

Click then click again on photos to get a close up view of the children’s work.             

Sunshine Stretching

The children love to play on the school field and we took advantage of the lovely weather towards the end of term to spend time there most days. Here you can see the children showing good listening skills as they followed instructions through various stretches to prepare for some running, jumping, skipping and galloping.

Pre-Writing Skills

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.

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