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Musical Fun

Ella’s Mummy very kindly shared her talents with us recently when she brought in her fiddle and accordion. The children talked about what the instruments were made of and listened carefully for loud/quiet and slow/fast music. Great fun was then had by all as they clapped, danced and marched to a range of tunes including personal requests such as “Twinkle Twinkle” and “Humpty Dumpty” as well as Scottish music. Thank you so much to Ella’s Mummy for entertaining us and providing the children with a close-up look at these instruments which most had not seen previously.

Little Drummer Boy

Alex’s family has been looking at the photos of the children in their Chinese dragon parade:

“Alex loved banging the drum and being the leader!”

Alex was a super leader of our band and showed great confidence to lead the parade in school. Well done Alex!

Music At Our Fingertips

We are delighted to say that, thanks to great fundraising efforts at Christmas when so many of our families contributed to the hamper raffle, we have been able to purchase a Wonderboom portable Bluetooth speaker for each room in Nursery. This will allow us to have music anywhere we like both indoors and out. The children have already been enjoying the benefits of this outdoors recently when staff have kindly lent us their equipment but now that each room has one you may hear all kinds of music floating from our gardens – nursery rhymes, bagpipes, Chinese dragon dance music … we have the world of music to choose from.
Thank you very much to all those who kindly contributed to this fundraising event. We feel sure that this purchase will benefit all our children.

Kitchen Play

Lily B.’s family likes the photo of her busy in the Chinese restaurant:

“Lily loves playing with kitchens and pretending to cook for everyone.”

This has certainly been a popular place to play recently and we have had some lovely meals made for us.

Drumming Daddy

As well as visitors playing bagpipes, we had a drummer in from a local pipe band to help us learn about Scottish culture. Summer’s Dad told us that he started playing the drums when he was just a little boy and that it takes a lot of practice to become good enough to join a pipe band. He was kind enough to allow the children to try out their skills on his drum which many enjoyed. I wonder if we might have some future pipe band members in our Nursery?

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PEEP

Our PEEP sessions got underway last week with children and their families making playdough. As you can see, younger siblings had fun joining in too so we look forward to seeing you again later this week. Thank you to Eileen, our Lifelong Learning Co-ordinator, for arranging these sessions for our families.

Outdoors

James’ family enjoyed the photos of the children making their own bus in the garden:

“James just loves buses and being outdoors.”

This little group certainly all had great fun.

Tom’s Shells

We would like to thank Tom’s family for bringing in lots of beautiful shells for the children to decorate. Many of the children in the Rainbow Room have had great fun designing their shells which we hope to display in the outdoor area. Thank you for your kind gift. We hope that you are pleased with the children’s efforts.

PEEP

We would like to remind you that Eileen, our Lifelong learning Co-ordinator, will be starting her PEEP sessions tomorrow, 16th January, between 9.00 and 10.00. She looks forward to seeing you then. Younger siblings are welcome.

Great Time

James’ family has been looking at our photos of the children settling in to the new term:

“James said he had a great time and he loves playing on the keyboard.”

It’s good to hear that James is settling in happily. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a comment.