literacy and english – Page 21 – Hecklegirth Nursery

Bookbug Rhyme Time

This week some of the morning children were invited to a Bookbug Rhyme Time event, kindly arranged by Annan library staff, at Newington Sports Centre. Fortunately the weather was kind so our first walk out in the community was very pleasant and the children enjoyed lots of participation in rhyme activities. The Bookbug character joined in some of the songs and games with us which added to the fun for everyone and there was lots of opportunity to practise those all important rhymes. Thank you very much to those parents/carers who gave up their time to accompany us on Tuesday. We really appreciate your help.
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Who is your Friend?

As part of our recent Health and Wellbeing focus on friendship, we read the story “Fran’s Friend” and talked to the children about who their friends are and what shows them that they are a friend. We thought that we would share some of their comments.

Enid: Louie – we go in the story corner together.
Matthew: Granny – she plays with my toys.
Olivia H.: Emily’s my friend. She pretends to be me and I pretend to be Emily.
Bradley: my sister. Hayley plays with my toys with me.
Emily: my Lexie because she gives me her rabbit food. She’s nice and kind.
Joshua: Mum and Dad and my auntie. We go to the cinema and McDonald’s.
Ava: Safoora. I like her because we like drawing.
David: Peter, Mum and Dad. We play football.
Freddie: Olly and Mum. They share toys.
Eadie: my sister. She gives me her dolly.
Alexa: Lewis – he plays in the garden with me.
Wiktor: Mum. We go to the park.
Bethany: Conor because they have a dog called Bella and she’s nice. We play games and have parties.
Derry: Mum and Dad. We go swimming and we went to Blackpool.
Olivia B.: Imoen – she does lots of cool things.
Fraser: my friend is Vinnie because we both like Star Wars and he made me a Darth Vader.
Kobe: Mason is my friend – he plays with me.
Imoen: James – he reads a story.
Penny: Cali’s my friend. We play on the slide together.
Evan: Lewis is my friend. We play outside in the mud.
Annalise: Lily – we say funny jokes.
Kendall: Daddy.
Archie: Emily. We play Hide and Seek.
James: Halle. We play outside together in the mud kitchen.

Let’s Think About Some Rules

We have been talking to the children about what rules we should have in Nursery and why so thought we would share some of their ideas.

Jasmin: no running because you might trip.
Evan G.: no running – you might bump your head.
Leah: no throwing toys.
Amelia: you need to walk.
Brooke: don’t hit.
Cali: be careful on the climbing frame.
Fraser: don’t run. You might slip and bump into each other.
Frankie: don’t make a mess and help to tidy up.
Louie: walk in case you slip.
Bethany: no biting.
Penny: no throwing toys.
Emily: don’t paint on furniture.
Aoife: no shouting or fighting.
Mason: no running in school.
Ava: take care of the books.
Imoen: don’t run – just walk.

Good ideas boys and girls. You are all beginning to understand about rules and why we need them.

Final PEEP Activity

Last week saw the final PEEP session with Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, and the theme was using props to bring familiar stories to life. The story was “The Hungry Caterpillar” and, after reading the story and feeding the special caterpillar bag with the food the caterpillar ate during his/her week of eating, our families used food to show the lifecycle of a butterfly.
Eileen said, “This was our last PEEP session and I would like to thank all of the parents, grannies and children who have joined in over the six weeks”.
I’m sure that everyone who took part has enjoyed these sessions and we would like to thank Eileen for her hard work over the past weeks to make these fun activities for all those who took part.

Gruffalo Hunt

Before the weather took a turn for the worse, some of the children from the Rainbow Room joined the Sunshine Room children in some fun activities in the school nature area. As well as enjoying a picnic and investigating the area, they went on a Gruffalo hunt one day which was great fun as they worked together to find the different characters. As you can see, the children from the Sunshine Room have loved the story and enjoyed drawing the characters once back in Nursery.

Our Mums

As we talked last week with some of the children about Mother’s Day, we asked what their mummies do for them and we would like to share some of their thoughts.

Harper: she lets me watch T.V.
Riley: she goes to the shop and buys me nice things.
Lily: Mummy helps me get dressed.
George: she makes me lunch.
Tom: she gets me Lego.
Quinn: she watches telly with me.
Charlie: she puts the computer on for me.
James: she reads me stories at bedtime.
Isaac: she makes me laugh.
Alyssa: she helps me make pancakes.
Danielle: she reads to me.
Priya: she hugs me.
Callum: she helps me get sweets out of the cupboard.
Vinnie: she gives me a gummy sweet every day.
Eli: she helps me wash dishes and now I know how to do it.
Bethany: she takes me to the park.
Olivia: she makes cakes with me.

What a lot of lovely examples of how kind and helpful Mums can be.

Top Tips for Buddies

Primary 6 pupils have been visiting Nursery for some time now and good relationships are being built which will help to support those children moving to Primary 1 at Hecklegirth in August. You may have noticed some of the photos of the P6 buddies and Nursery children playing together on our transition board. We thought we would share some of the thoughtful comments of P6 as they were asked to write about top tips in their role as buddies.

First you need to get to know them. You can get to know them by playing a game or two.
Be kind. If you use unkind words they might copy.
Be patient. Little ones take longer to make a decision.
Be loyal. Don’t abandon them, they wouldn’t like that.
Don’t just play, help them play.
You need to be friendly. Have you tried making them laugh? You should as it helps with bonding.
Be responsible and sensible. You have to have a good attitude and good behaviour.
Don’t let them get away with everything. If you do so they might misbehave.
Nursery kids are a lot more sensitive than you or me so always pay attention to what they’re up to.
Always listen to their opinions and decide together what to do.
If you see your buddy by themselves or upset, go over and cheer them up.
Have fun but make sure to still help and teach them a thing or two about going to Primary 1.
“Sugar coat” – sometimes you have to tell a little white lie to protect their feelings.
Be kind. If they make something like a drawing, say something nice.
Every Nursery kid loves a good story but one problem, they can’t read so read it to them.
You must help your buddy to learn or, when they get older, they’ll struggle.
Tell them a bit about you. Tell them your name, age and many more things.
Be kind to them because if you’re bad or mean, they’ll grow up to be bad or mean.

As you can see, the older children have thought carefully about their buddy role and take it seriously. We look forward to more fun times ahead with the buddies.

Who Helps You?

After recently hearing about who helps the morning children, here are some of the comments from the afternoon children.

Frankie N: Daddy helps me get the food and drinks and cups because I can’t reach them.
Peter: I’d ask Dad when I’m stuck on the building.
Meris: Daddy helps me to tidy up and hoover.
Harvey M.: Daddy helps me to make hot chocolate.
Kenzie: if I was trying to speak Spanish, I’d ask my auntie for help ’cause she speaks Spanish.
Leon: if I got stuck in the car Daddy would help.
Amelia: Mummy helps me tidy the Lego.
Kyle: my Mummy helps me to make cake.
Bethany: I’d ask Mummy for help if I hurt my finger.
Neve: if I was stuck on a train track I’d need help. I’d ask Mummy.
Ethan: my Mummy helps me get out from underground and she wobbles me from side to side.
Noah: Mummy helps me get my blanket from under the bed.
Evan: my Daddy helps me reach my cup.
Joshua H.: I’d ask Mummy if I was stuck in a tree and I bumped.

Well done boys and girls for coming up with your own ideas.

Who Helps You?

Recently we were talking to the children about who helps them and how they help them. Here are some of their comments.

Kenzie: Mum helped me do push ups.

Joshua M: Mummy and Daddy help me set up my trains.

Logan: Mummy helps me tidy my room.

Callum: Uncle Stewart helps me open the door of the tractor.

Isobella: Nana helps me dress my dollies.

Quinn: Mummy and Daddy help me to get my teddies off the shelf.

George: Daddy helps me set up my animals.

Harper: my Mum helps me get a drink.

Alyssa: my Mummy and Daddy help me on my bike.

Priya: Dad helps with my painting.

Eli: my Daddy helps me get dressed and get my hot Weetabix out of the microwave.

Lily: Mummy helps me write birthday cards.

Danielle: Daddy helps me get ready for bed.

James: Daddy helps me fix things like my tractor.

Reuben: Mummy helps me clean and do jobs in the kitchen.

Summer: Grandpa helps me with hard jigsaws.