As part of our outdoor work with the children, we have begun preparations for a fairy garden. Obviously every little fairy needs a home and we think that they would be very happy in our garden if we made them feel welcome so the children have been cleaning logs and slabs of wood as a starting point. More work will need to be done to prepare for our fairies but we think that the children made a super start with these logs.
We have a comment from the parents of one of last week’s award winners:
“Lovely award, now proudly displayed on our sideboard 😊”
What a great idea to display your certificate at home. We hope that lots of your family see it when they visit. Well done!
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.
Here are our first two award winners of the new year. Very well done to you both on your super start. So many boys and girls did really well in their first full week in Nursery that we feel sure that there are lots more certificates to come later in the term. Keep an eye on our blog for news of more award winners as the term progresses.
After following the progress of our caterpillars which grew and formed their cocoons, we finally saw our beautiful butterflies emerging in their nets last week. After feeding them on sugary water and slices of oranges, it seemed that they were ready to fly off and on Thursday we found a quiet spot to release them near the nature area at the front of the school. Although they did not seem keen to leave us, Miss Kerr gave them a helping hand to settle on the flowers which gave everyone a chance to have a close look at our little butterflies before we waved them goodbye.
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We have had another lovely comment about our P6 buddies from Aoife’s family:
“Aoife has loved visiting the playground with her buddy Lauren and she also gets to see her big sister Freya when she’s out. Thank you so much to Lauren for looking after her, it lets us parents know they’re being well looked after.”
It’s great to hear that Aoife has been enjoying her visits. Well done Lauren. I know that Aoife looks forward to your visits.
One of the parents of our buddies has been looking at the photos of the older children helping our children in the playground:
“Best foot forward lovely to see and her wee buddy”
We think that some good relationships are being formed to support our children’s transition to Primary 1. Primary 6 are really showing themselves to be responsible citizens.
Mollie’s family is delighted that she has Lois as her buddy:
“Thank you Lois for looking after Mollie so well! 😊”
All those buddies are really doing a super job. I’m sure Lois will be delighted with your comment.
There have been some excited Nursery children in the school playground over the past couple of weeks when the children moving to Hecklegirth P1 in August went out to play.
After visiting the playground when no other children were there, they then joined the rest of the school for a visit at break and lunch times. Despite it being a very busy time, the buddies ensured that all the children were confident and happy to try out the different areas of the playground, the field and the timber trails. It was wonderful to see how much the children had grown in confidence to visit different areas of the school thanks to some super support from Primary 6. Just look at all those happy faces! Hopefully we will manage another visit to the playground soon. Well done P6 buddies! You are doing a super job!
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