Well done to this little group of children who attended school assembly on Friday. They sat beautifully throughout assembly and Mrs. Alexander was so impressed with their behaviour that she rewarded them with a medal for the week.
Tag: school visits
Learning About Poppy Day
This term some of the children have had the opportunity to attend a whole school assembly which has helped them to grow in confidence in the wider school environment. When this little group went to assembly last week they were learning about Poppy Day and why we have it. At the end of assembly they were delighted to get a poppy each from Mrs. Alexander.
Lunch Time
We have an increasing number of children who enjoy back-to-back sessions in Nursery. Each day a little group lunches together in the school dinner hall with staff and they have developed a lovely little social group, discussing their morning and developing confidence in the wider school environment. As you can see, the children enjoy this time of day when they can relax and rest while enjoying their tasty lunches.
Wednesday Morning Wake Up
The morning children have had their first visit to the hall to enjoy fun activities with Mrs. Foster, our P.E. teacher. They learned that listening skills are very important and had lots of practice at stopping and starting various movements. Running, jumping, hopping, balancing on one leg … there was so much to practise and learn about. Here are the yellow and green groups thoroughly enjoying their first P.E. lesson.
This week it was the turn of the red and blue groups so we hope that they had great fun too. It certainly provides a waken up for our bodies at nine o’clock on a Wednesday morning. Next term the afternoon children will get to know Mrs. Foster on a Wednesday afternoon.
Special Visitors
Hecklegirth had some exciting visitors on Monday when the Riding of the Marches principals arrived to see everyone. Here are a few of the children waiting with the rest of the school to see the principals who brought their horses with them this year. We hope that the weather stays fine and that you all have a lovely family day out if participating tomorrow.
School Lunch
Last week Hecklegirth families joined their children to sample a school lunch in preparation for the move to Primary 1 in August. Pizza and chips or delicious sandwiches were on offer and I spotted some tasty looking chocolate cake, grapes and yoghurts for dessert which seemed to go down well with most children. Hopefully everyone is now looking forward to their school lunches when they come to Primary 1 in August.
Nature Area Display
As a final activity in our Multicultural Week we visited the nature area to add our beautifully decorated stones to the whole school display. It was lovely to see the designs that everyone else had created and the children discussed which ones they liked best. We hope you agree that this makes a super display to represent our school community.
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A Journey To Australia
Today it was the turn of the morning children to go on their travels with their passport as part of Multicultural Week. Australia was our destination up in Primary 3/4 where we were entertained by a cartoon of the story of Waltzing Matilda. We learned lots of new words and joined in the song with P3/4.
We were very proud of our Nursery children who behaved beautifully on their travels and showed that they had listened well to the story. Thanks go to Primary 3/4 for being such welcoming hosts. We enjoyed our visit.
Travelling The World
Armed with our passport, the afternoon children headed off to Italy yesterday. It was situated in the Primary 3 classroom for our Multicultural Week and the children of P3 entertained us with a wonderful number song in Italian and some interesting facts about Italy. They then kindly helped our children to design their own pizza from craft materials which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you to Primary 3 for inviting us to Italy and for stamping our passport.
We had to make a speedy return journey to Nursery (also known as India for this week’s activities) as Primary 2 were travelling our way. Just like the Nursery children, they seemed to enjoy our experiences of India as they designed mehndi hands, tasted different Indian foods and dressed up in authentic Indian clothes to perform a traditional dance. Thank you Primary 2 for taking part so enthusiastically in our activities. We loved having you to visit and hope that your short stay in India was a good one.
Buddy Time
Noah’s family likes the photo of him playing on the school field with his buddy:
“What a lovely photo! Noah loves spending time with his buddy!”
The children are getting to know their buddies well now and it’s lovely to see the relationships blossom as the children grow in confidence in the wider school environment.
