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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.

Active Lifestyle

As part of our ongoing work on SHANARRI, we looked recently at how the children feel that they are active as part of a healthy lifestyle. It seems like there are lots of different ways for Nursery children to be active. Here are some of their thoughts.

Isobella: take my dollies for a walk.
Eli: do Highland dancing.
Priya: go on my balance bike.
Kenzie: do push-ups in my bedroom or the living room.
Tom: go on my black bike.
Neve: running, jumping and going on the scooter.
James: I like digging.
Enid: skipping.
Peter: I do swimming. I ride my horse and feed him and muck him out.
Meris: swimming with Dad.
Halle: I go to gymnastics. I do cartwheels.
Joshua W.: Tiger Cubs – Taekwando
Callum: I go to swimming. Mummy takes me. I listen to my teacher.
Reuben: I go to rugby. It’s outside at Violetbank.
Olivia: I go in my pretend car. You need to push your feet along.
Theo: I go swimming with my Dad.
Isaac: I run with my big brother Dylan.
Summer: I go running with Mummy, Daddy and Cara.
Joshua M.: I go to football. It’s at the swimming pool hall.
Maxwell: I go swimming with Mummy.
Danielle: I go to football.
It seems that most boys and girls in Nursery are very active with their families. This is just a selection of activities that they told us about so they must be keeping very fit and active.

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.

What Type of Stories Do You Like?

With World Book Day in a couple of days time, we have been talking to the children about the type of books that they enjoy.

Chloe: I like Peppa. Mummy and Daddy read to me.
Leah P: my Nana reads to me. I like pirate books.
James: I like Peppa Pig.
George: I like dinosaur books.
Summer: my favourite books are princess ones. Daddy reads to me.
Tom: I like the Batman one.
Harris: I like books about water. My Mummy and Daddy buy me books.
Edward: I like Lightning McQueen books. He’s a racing car and he has eyes on. Mummy reads with me every day.
Danielle: I like Cinderella. Daddy reads to me.
Ava: I like unicorn books.
Alyssa: I like “Hungry Caterpillar”. Mummy reads to me.
Eli: Mummy and Daddy read to me. I like comic books like Batman.
Mason: I like Superman stories.
Sally: I like the caterpillar one.
Crue: I like monster books.

It sounds like those mummies and daddies are very busy telling stories and it’s great to hear about all the different types of books that the children like. I wonder what stories we will hear on our visit to the library on Thursday?

Jack Frost

Before reading a story, with the afternoon children, called “Jack Frost” we talked about what Jack Frost might look like. The children found it tricky to think about something that they had never seen but they did well to come up with these ideas.

Joshua H: he’s black and white and green. At night time the dark frost comes leaking and he sees it then he gets back to bed.
Ethan: he’s got a hat. He’s red.
Vinnie: he’s got a top. I guess it’s blue.
Owen: he frosts everything. He looks like icy. He’s small ‘cause you can’t see him. He eats ice.
Harvey M: he puts frost on people’s cars
Neve: he’s white. He’s like a snowman.
Eli: it’s white. He’s big and he has arms and has a carrot and some stones. He looks like a snowman.
Kobi: he’s got a big, fat snow.
Enid: he’s big and black.
Meris: he’s black. He frosts all the ice. He eats sausage.
Bethany: he’s white and he’s frosty.
Halle: he puts Jack Frost on the windows. He’s a man. He’s yellow.
Charlie: he’s white and he’s small.

“It’s Slime, Slime, Slime!”

We all had great fun recently with a lovely present from Lily’s Mum who brought in a big tray of green gloop. As you can see from the photos below, the children absolutely loved this messy experience and, as well as the photos, we have captured some of their comments on how it felt.

Harvey L.: it’s wobbly.
Leah P.: it’s squidgy.
Danielle: it’s cold.
Leah M.: it feels yukky. It’s like glue and sugar. It’s sliding off my fingers.
Quinn: it’s so gooey.
Lily: it’s slime, slime, slime.
Owen: it’s like glue.
Finlay: it’s all slime.
Francesca: it feels like sticky soap.
Chloe: it feels weird. I can’t get it off my hands.
Harris N.: it’s gooey. It’s not dry but it’s kind of dry. It smells like porridge.
Callum: it feels like sparkles.
Isobella: it’s getting very hard.

Nursery Rules

We have been talking to the children about rules in Nursery and why we need them. Already it seems that lots of children are beginning to understand our rules and the reason for them. Here are a few of their ideas.

Lucie: don’t run in Nursery. You might slip over something.
Owen: you have to be quiet.
Kenzie: you don’t hit in Nursery and you don’t push and you definitely don’t kick.
Enid: we don’t rip books.
Sally: no fighting.
Noah: you walk so you don’t trip.
Callum: we need to be friends.
Summer: have a little voice or your ears might get sore.
Reuben: you’re not allowed to hit.
Chloe: we need to tidy.
Riley: you don’t hit.
Harper: take turns.
Ava: no shouting.
Lily: you shouldn’t run away. We have to be nice.
Eli: no hitting.
Harvey L: don’t push.

Well done boys and girls. It sounds like you are thinking about what we can do to stay safe and happy in Nursery.

Butterfly Thoughts

The Sunshine Room children have also had discussions about where our butterflies might have gone when we left them on the flowers. We would like to share their thoughts.

Lexi: to a nest.

Neve: to some sandcastles.

Wareeshah: to a flower for food.

Lucy: they might go to a shop – it might be a perfume shop.

Henley: they’ll go to get fruit from Tesco.

Mollie: if it rains a leaf roof would shelter them.

Gabriel: they go to a butterfly house made of flowers.

Harper: to butterfly world.

Tom: somewhere warm. Maybe in a hole in a tree.

Hannah: to a flower garden.

Courtney: in a shed.

Erica: to the beach.

Ellie: to a house.

Aoife: in a tree.

What lovely ideas the Sunshine children had. We hope that our butterflies are safe and happy.

Where Have Our Butterflies Gone?

As we waved our butterflies off to the wider world, we talked about where they might go. Here are some of the ideas from the children in the Rainbow Room.

Summer: Edinburgh.
Leah P: to a garden.
George: to Australia.
Isaac: by the river.
Dylan: to the zoo to see other animals.
Joshua M: they’re going to Gretna and will fly every day.
Ben W.: to the meadows.
Grace: to Gran Canaria to get warm.
James: to another flower to get some nectar.
Sian: they will fly everywhere.
Rahat: to Africa.
Daisy: fly away outside.
Orla: to Ibiza.
Emma: to London.
Owen: to his Granny’s house.
Chloe: to Blackpool.
Noah: over the swimming pool.
Brogan: up in the sky to his house.
Paulina: to her home.

Please let us know if you think you see them anywhere boys and girls.