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Who Do You Love?

We talked recently about who we love and why. There were so many lovely answers that we thought we would share some with you.

Max L: I love my Mummy because she lets me bring my bike to school.
Cara: my Daddy because he says I’m the bestest girl ever.
Erica: I love my cats.
Finlay: I love my Mummy because she gives me lots of cuddles and kisses.
Nadia: I love my brother, my Mummy and my Daddy.
James: I love my Grandad. He gives me lollipops on a hot day in the Landrover.
Harris: I love my Mam because she is my best friend.
Adam: I love my Mummy and Daddy.
Georgia: I love my Mummy. I got lots of dresses off her.
Emma: I love my Mummy. She helps me to make gingerbread men.
Keegan: I love Mummy. She lets me watch movies.
Noah: I love Mummy and Bethany – they’re good at playing.
Owen: I love Liam. He plays with me at his house.
Finn: I love my Mummy and Daddy.
Ewan: I love Effie. She’s in another school.
Hannah: I love my rabbit. She is so soft.
Aoife: I love my whole family.
Jenson: I love Tom. He’s my friend.

Healthy Hecklegirth

Further to our recent work on SHANARRI, the children talked to us about being healthy and showed a good understanding of what this means. Here are some of their ideas.

Ben W.: drink lots of water
Kacey: you brush your teeth.
Caidy: you do exercise to keep fit.
James P.: wash your hands before eating.
Ben W.: you wash your hands to get away the germs from the toilet.
Cormac: we do “Sticky Kids” to stay healthy.
Finbarr: we eat carrots and other vegetables to stay healthy.
Peter: go to bed.
Orla: have a bath.
Keegan: wash your hands after the toilet.
Olivia: wash your hands before you eat to get rid of germs.
Mollie: if you brush your teeth, you keep your teeth healthy.
Jay: go to sleep.
Henley: wash your body in the bath.
Finn: you have to put soap on and rub your hands.
Lucy: you wash your hands after you’ve been outside to play.

If you want to read more about SHANARRI, click on “Girfec leaflet” on the right under “Useful Reading“.

Ice Investigators

There is no better way to learn about the signs of winter than to be outdoors on a frosty day which is exactly what the weather brought us this week. The effects of a frosty night brought excitement and great opportunities for the children to learn about winter weather. Hard, frozen ground and puddles of ice became exciting resources to experiment with and the children had lots of discussion about how it felt and what would happen if they took it inside. Cayne said, “If you stamp it, it crunches but it goes to water inside”.
We had a super team of investigators trying to work out why the digging area had become so hard and various tools were used to try to break it up. Ben said, “If you drag ice, it breaks a bit” and there was a lot of discussion about whether the digging area would stay like this forever because the sun was out but the ice was not melting.
Instead of our mud kitchen, the children decided that they would have an ice kitchen and they set about making soup and ‘hot stuff’ because they thought it would warm us up. There was certainly a lot of cooking going on and we had helpers in all corners of the garden searching for pieces of ice to break up for ingredients. James said, “You can saw ice off a puddle to make it better”.
We counted how many pieces of ice we had in a pan and discussed the different sizes and shapes of them – some children noticed that we couldn’t find a circular piece of ice which caused some great discussion. We even found a few frozen numbers and tried to find others. Well done all you super thinkers who were outdoors this week – you helped each other to learn about the effects of winter.

SHANARRI – Staying Safe

As part of the Nursery Improvement Plan we will be working with Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, later this term to share the SHANARRI ethos with parents and carers. There is a link on the right under “Useful Reading” called “Girfec leaflet” which explains this. Last term we also began talking to the children about these wellbeing indicators to gauge their understanding initially of what being safe means for them.

We thought we would share some of the ideas that the children came up with.

Wareeshah: we don’t run away.
Mollie: don’t go on the road.
Ben F.: holding a grown-up’s hand.
Finn: don’t bang heads.
Henley: don’t run.
Jayden: stay away from water.
Grant: I don’t go too fast when I’m on my bike.
Euan: stay away from fire.
Ellie: stay away from under the sink. There’s stuff there that hurts you.
Jenson: sit on your seat properly.
Ewan: don’t jump off the edge of a cliff.
Aoife: Mummy and Daddy keep you safe.
Erica: don’t touch knives or you’ll get cut.
Kenzie: walking is safe. Follow the Nursery rules.
Hannah: stay away from the edge of the harbour. If you fell off you couldn’t get out.
Rory: stay with your Mummy near the river.
Finbarr: don’t run and don’t jump down mountains.
Orla: stay on the paths.
Sian: don’t go next to fireworks.
Luca: you need to safe in a house – safe from black ice.
Chloe: it means you don’t get runned over.
Joshua: you stay safe in the line ’cause people hold hands.
Dylan: stay inside so cars can’t get you.
Ben W.: stay in the house ’cause you might get hurt if you’re not with your Mum and Dad.

We were very impressed with all the different ideas that the children produced about staying safe. We will be looking at more indicators with them next term and look forward to hearing their thoughts.

Flying With The Snowman

At the end of term we read the story of “The Snowman” and listened to the music from the film. We talked about where we would like to fly if we were James in the story. Here are some of the ideas from the Rainbow Room children.

Finlay: I would go to Australia to see a duck.
Cara: go to see Santa.
Leah: go to the park to go on the slide.
Max A.: I would go to the North Pole to see Santa.
Jacob: go to Africa.
Luca: go to America and go to the toy shop.
Sian: go to Spain.
Owen: I’d fly to the cafe to get chips and sausage and tattie scone.
Ben W.: I would go to Dundee.
Dylan: I would go to Dumfries to get a new computer.
Summer: to America.
Caidy: fly to the shops for sweets.
Thom: I would go to London to see some pictures.
Kacey: I would get an ice-cream with the snowman.

Great ideas boys and girls! All those journeys sound super.

Move Up Fun

Move Up afternoon seems to have been a great success for those Nursery children moving to Primary 1 at Hecklegirth. If you click on the link to the school website on the right you will be able to see some super photos of the children in their new classrooms. Simply click on the Primary 1 and Primary 2/1 links once on the school blog.
The children were keen to tell us all about their exciting afternoon – here are some of their comments.

Theo: I liked playing with the garage mat and cars with the girls.
Joe: I liked the stories Miss Campbell was reading.
Zander: I liked everything. Painting was the best.
Suzie: it was brilliant. Miss Campbell is very kind.
Conan: One of the girls was reading loads of books to me and Mrs. Lindsay was helping everybody.
Jessica: I liked the play dough.
Niamh: I liked Miss Campbell. She was helping me with drawing.
Charlie: I liked the beanbags – you needed to find a letter on them.
Mikey: it was good for drawing.
Isaac: I played on the Wii.
Keira M.: I liked best of all playing with the hospital and the train set.
Callum: we read a book about a woman that swallowed a fly. Mrs. Lindsay’s good.
Fay: it was fun. I liked all the new things.

Vincent Van Gogh

We have been learning a little about Vincent Van Gogh and have looked at two of his paintings to talk about which we prefer. Here are some of the children’s thoughts.

Darcy: “The Starry Night” is best. I like the moon.
Jacob: I like the “Sunflowers” – it’s pretty.
Fearne: the “Sunflowers” is nice – they’ve got nice petals.
Caidy: I like the pot on the “Sunflowers” one.
Max A.: I like “The Starry Night”. I like the stars.
Callum: I like the “Sunflowers” ’cause they’re so shiny.
Wareeshah: I like “Sunflowers”. I’ve got it at home.
Brooke: I like “Sunflowers” ’cause it’s like summer.
Aoife: I like “Starry Night” ’cause it’s a bit dark.
Finlay T.: I like the yellow bits on “Starry Night”.
Jade G.: I like the circle bits on “Starry Night”.
Jayden: I like “Starry Night”. I like the stars and the big thing.

What Would You Do If A Dragon Came To Stay?

As part of our work on Chinese New Year, a little dragon came to visit us in Nursery which prompted a discussion about what we would do if we got a pet dragon for our birthday. This was an exciting idea for most children and they thought carefully about how they would look after a pet like that.

Sophie S: I’d keep it in my bed. I’ve got a big, big bed for dragons. You could take it up to the park on the swings.
Hollie: it would sleep on the couch ’cause my bed’s only little. It would eat stones.
Fay: I’d give it oranges to eat because they’re so sweet.
Jade S: he would sleep next to me and keep me warmer than my hot water bottle. He would have chicken breast, peas and broccoli for tea. Me and the dragon would have a feast every night.
Aoife: I’d take it to my house and on a walk. Dragons eat apples.
Sophie M: I’d take him down the river to get some fish. He could roast it himself by breathing fire.
Sian: it would sleep under my bed and eat sausages and peas.
Oliver: I’d keep it where it would be safe – in a cage so it wouldn’t run away.
Effy: if I had a dragon, I’d keep it in a tent inside. You’d need a big tent. I’d feed it leaves.
Conan: I’d keep it in a cage but inside to keep it warm. I’d give it chicken and peas.
Willow: I’d keep it in my tree house. My Mummy said it’s for your teddies and your dragon.
Torrin: I’d keep it in a basket made out of metal with a metal lid and a lock so it can’t get out. I’d give it something to eat after it had a sleep. It might run away to a knight’s home.
Ewan: I’d keep my dragon in my wardrobe so it wouldn’t fly away.
Zander: he would sleep under my bed to keep my feet warm. I’d give him macaroni.
Dylan: I’d keep him under the bed and give him spaghetti.
Theo: I’d keep it in the living room on the couch. I’d give it cereal – I think it would like Cheerios.
Ben: it would sleep in my cat’s room and eat pizza with pepperoni.

What a lot of super ideas and there were many more. So now we have plenty suggestions of what to do if a dragon ever comes to stay.

Who Do You Love?

With the approach of Valentine’s Day, we have been talking about who we love. As a home activity, the children drew someone they love and told us why they love them. The children’s work is displayed in the corridor and it has certainly put a smile on our faces so please take the time to have a look at them all. We thought that we would share a selection with you.

Isaac: I love Mummy and Granny. Mummy because she gives me lots of cuddles and Granny buys me cakes.
Emma: Grandma and Grandad because we bake cakes together.
Fearne: my Nana Lorna because she gives me good cuddles.
Orla: Mollie, Mrs. Kirkpatrick and Emma because they are all my friends.
Darcy: Daddy and Mummy because they are my best family.
Ewan: Mummy because she always plays with me.
Willow: Summer and Devon because they are nice to me.
Sophie M.: Nana, Papa, Daddy, Mummy, Neve and Jarvis because they are my favourite. They are my family.
Zander: Sophie and my family. Sophie as she has nice hair, Daddy because he’s fun to play, Mummy – best cuddles, Katie – best sister and Hector – best dog.
Joe H.: my Daddy because he takes me on adventures, plays football with me and we visit the horses.
Finlay G.: my Mummy because she’s my best friend.
Kacey: Mummy, Daddy, Niamh, Hayden and Jasper and Milo, my pet cats, because they are my favourite people ever.
Lucas: Mummy and Daddy – they are the best in the world.
Paulina: my Mum and Dad because they love me and buy me a lot of toys.
Julia: all my family because family is the most important.