As part of their discussions about tartan and Highland dress, this group of children created their own tartan sashes when playing outdoors. They were all quite proud of their efforts and delighted that they had produced something they could actually wear.
Our Burns celebrations last week were a great success and this little group did a super job of helping with the preparations as they made shortbread for our Scottish snack. The children showed good counting and measuring skills as they prepared the ingredients and were involved in lots of discussion about what was happening as they were mixed and then put in the oven. Super work from these independent little learners!
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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No celebration of Burns Day is complete without the sound of the bagpipes so we were delighted when two of our senior pupils visited Nursery for a performance. Thank you very much to both these pupils for helping the children to have first hand experience of what bagpipes sound like.
Tilly’s family has been looking at our activities based around Burns Day:
“Tilly had a fantastic Burn’s Week in nursery, she has never stopped talking about it and tasting the ‘Spanish’ food apparently!!! She has been showing us and her nana and papa her highland dancing skills!!”
It’s great to hear that Tilly has been talking about her learning at home. Well done with the dancing Tilly!
The children in the Raindrop Room enjoyed a great taste of Scotland for their Burns Day snack – haggis, tatties, neeps, oatcakes, shortbread and, of course, Irn Bru were on the menu for snack. It was great to see some children trying foods for the first time and even surprising themselves when they liked them.
With much of their recent learning having focussed on Scotland and Scottish traditions, the children in the Rainbow Room participated in a little celebration for Burns Day. The haggis was piped in (courtesy of Youtube) as the children marched behind it and we listened to a little of the “Address to the Haggis” as we sat down to enjoy our special Burns snack at tables covered with tartan made by the children. We all raised our glasses of Irn Bru in a toast to wish Robert Burns a ‘Happy Birthday’ and enjoyed a taste of haggis, tatties, neeps, tattie scones, oatcakes and cheese. Everyone seemed to enjoy the occasion and even those who were a little unsure to try new foods had smiles on their faces at our little gathering.
As part of our learning about Scotland, we had a visit from Gordon who works at local shop, Glendinnings. He arrived in his full Highland attire and talked to the children about the various aspects of his outfit. Gordon showed us three big books of tartan samples and we were able to search for tartans belonging to some of our families which was exciting for the children as several of them could be found. Thank you very much to Gordon for his time and patience in helping the children learn about tartan.
The Rainbow Room children having been looking at tartan and creating their own in the art area and on the Promethean board, just like those in the Raindrop Room.
With Burns Day approaching, the children have been learning about Scotland and Scottish traditions. In the Raindrop Room they have been trying on kilts, creating tartan using various media and enjoying the stories of Hairy Maclary. Some have even made their own stories about Hairy Maclary and his friends. Have a look at our display in the corridor to get a feel for what the children have been doing.
We would like to share a selection of their work. Click then click again on photos to see the detail of their stories and artwork.
