As we continue to learn about our community, Neve decided to design her own street which we’re sure you’ll agree is fantastic. As well as producing a wonderful drawing, she has taken her time to carefully write the names of her buildings. Miss Wilson was as impressed as us and decided that Neve’s work should be displayed on the school achievement board. Well done, Neve! We hope you are as proud of your work as we are.
If you click on the photo you’ll get a better view of Neve’s super street.
Tag: literacy and english
What Do We Know About China?
As we moved from learning about Scotland to China, with Chinese New Year celebrations approaching, we discussed what we think China and Chinese people might be like. Here are some of the children’s ideas.
Hannah: they like dragons.
Scott: they build their houses of hay and sticks.
Ericka: they dress up in Chinese costumes.
Leah: they use chopsticks for eating noodles.
Rohan: I know how they make dragon costumes. They use sticks. The scales are made of paper.
Paige: they look different from us.
Neve: they eat with chopsticks and they eat stuff with carrots in. They like fireworks.
Mark: they make vegetables.
Jessica: they wear dresses and a cardigan on top.
Matthew: they look different. They’ve got different faces.
Joseph: the houses are red and green.
Calise: they eat chicken.
Hayden: they eat chicken and fried rice.
Joao: it’s a hot country.
What Does Winter Look Like?
Our learning at the start of this term has focussed on the signs of Winter and how it affects our lives. The ice cave in each room has been very busy: furry rugs and sleeping bags, maps, hot water bottles and flasks have produced lots of imaginative role play. We have talked about Jack Frost and discussed what he looks like, where he lives and what he eats which has produced some interesting ideas. In the art and craft area we have created a range of Winter pictures using a range of materials.
We hope that you like our Winter displays. I wonder who can find their picture below? Click on a photo then double click to make it bigger.
Mischa Impresses Miss Wilson and Mrs. Johnston
Mischa showed herself to be a ‘confident individual’ when she talked to Miss Wilson about her drawing, earning herself a Head Teacher’s sticker and her work being displayed on the Achievement Board in the dinner hall. She then spoke with great confidence to Mrs. Johnston who was so impressed that she took Mischa to Primary 6 to borrow some interesting books about icy lands and penguins. Thank you very much Mrs. Johnston for the books which Mischa shared with her group. We hope that you enjoyed Mischa’s guided tour of our ice cave and that you will come back and visit us soon.
Very well done Mischa for some fantastic work. You certainly deserved that Head Teacher’s sticker.
Shay’s Rhymes
Shay’s obviously doing a super job with his rhyming activity.
His Dad says, “Shay is really enjoying finding lots of words that rhyme and thought up all the items that rhyme that he brought into nursery on his own. Well done Shay.”
Thanks for bringing in your rhymes, Shay and well done for thinking of them yourself.
Rhyme Time
Our recent focus on rhyme, as part of our literacy development, has encouraged the children to listen carefully for rhymes in words. To support their learning in Nursery, we suggested a home activity to bring in items that rhyme to show their group. This has been good fun as the children have begun to think about and hear rhyming sounds. Well done to those who brought in examples for our display. We hope you enjoyed this activity and that your ears are now becoming tuned to those special sounds.
Food Glorious Food
We have been talking about our favourite foods in Nursery as part of learning to be good talkers and listeners. Here are some of our ideas.
Julia: yoghurt
Sara: sweeties
Shay: haggis and chicken
Kyle: little packets of chocolate
Ava: sweeties – pink ones and Peppa ones.
Patryk: chocolate and sweeties from Mummy and Daddy
Danny: pizza
Adam: white ice-cream with sprinkles on
Ollie: mint ice-cream with cake and sprinkles
Imogen: sausages and chips
Nathan: mince and tatties
Kailey: vanilla ice-cream – I don’t like sprinkles, only sauce
Katie: bolognaise – Mummy makes it and sometimes it gets on your face
Keira: ice-cream – the chocolate button one you get at Tesco
Nate: peanut butter sandwich
Liam: ham sandwich and some crisps
Lewis: pasta in cheese sauce
What have you enjoyed in Nursery?
As we come to the end of another fantastic year in our Nursery, we asked the children what they have enjoyed. Although they find it difficult to reflect back to experiences that seem long ago to them, most children were able to talk about what they have liked best. As you can see from the range of ideas, everyone takes something different from their time in Nursery but each child has developed in their own individual way.
Thank you again to all our families for their wonderful support this year. We have all been overwhelmed by the very kind and touching sentiments that have been expressed to us over the past week and feel very lucky to have worked and played with your children this year.
Have a great holiday and do please keep in touch with us through our blog if your child is moving on to a new school. We love to hear about their progress.
What did you enjoy in Nursery?
Rohan: I liked the butterflies when we let them go.
Jack V.: outside, running around and having a good time.
Finlay: having the graduation concert.
Mischa: I liked playing in the beach and having snack.
Jordy: I liked letting the butterflies out and I liked Trotter’s and I liked everything in Nursery and I’ll miss it.
Ryan: playing with the trains.
Mya: the whiteboard’s really good.
Courtney: playing in the beach.
Layton: I liked when we were learning about Loch Ness and Chinese New Year.
Iona: I liked playing on the big board.
Sam L.: I’ll miss it all.
Jaylin: I like everything. It’s just good.
Paige: playing on the whiteboard
Eleanor: the big whiteboard.
Jack T.: playing on the bikes outside.
Natan: drawing.
Katie: reading a story.
Leah: the house corner. The café was the best.
Liam: the beach is the best.
Reece: jig-saws.
What do you think of our wall?
Now that the children’s ideas have been so fantastically transformed by Rory’s Mum and Dad into a piece of art on our garden wall, we asked them what they thought of it. We hope that you all enjoy their comments. The story of this design from beginning to end is in a book in the story corner for everyone to look at.
Layton: I like the Earth. It’s where we live and it’s got a bit of jig-saw attached.
Grace: I like the princess – she’s going to her castle.
Rohan: I like all of it. That lady’s called a mermaid ‘cause she comes out of the water and looks for a dinosaur and goes back underwater to hide.
Theo: I like the Loch Ness monster.
Neve: I like the princess’ dress.
Hannah A.: I like the planet. I think everyone dances on it.
Lee: I like the puzzle ‘cause it’s got a spider’s web.
Liam: the green lizard’s good.
Emily D.: the rocket flying past the moon.
Haydn: I like the Loch Ness monster that’s in the water.
Finlay: I like the butterfly and Stan the Star and the planet – I think it’s Mars.
Caleb: I like the spider in the web. It’s stuck.
Courtney: I like the princess. I like her dress best.
Lexie: the sunflowers are the best bit.
Thoughts on a Healthy Lifestyle
At the start of our “Healthy and Happy Week” we talked about what we can do to stay healthy. We thought we would share some of the children’s thoughts. More of their ideas can be enjoyed in the “Thinking Books” in the book area.
What makes us healthy?
Neve: sleep helps you grow.
Courtney: brush your teeth before you go to bed.
Evan: vegetables. I like bananas too.
Zak:if you don’t eat healthy food you get fillings.
Finlay: if all your teeth fall out, you only get rubber teeth and you have to put them in a glass of water at night.
Hannah A.: carrots
Rohan: if you play on a trampoline it makes you healthy.
Layton: sweets make you fat and they can make you hyper. I learned that from my Mum. If you go hyper you go out of yourself and be naughty.
Theo: vegetables.
Paige: have breakfast.
Jack V.: eat fruit.
Miley: you can’t have sweets all the time.
Ryan: you need lots of sleep. You get rested through the night.
