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What Job Will You Do?

Doctors, nurses and patients have been filling the hospital in the Rainbow Room this week. At one point Mrs. Alexander paid a little visit for a check-up and we are pleased to say that the children sent her off fit and healthy. We feel sure that we have some future doctors and nurses in our Nursery as they have been looking after their patients so well.
To help the children learn more about the world of medicine, we also had a surprise visit one morning from Armana and Harper’s Papa who works as a paramedic. The children enjoyed learning all about the equipment he uses in his job and were excited to see inside the ambulance which he kindly brought to Nursery. Our visiting paramedic hopes to be able to call in another day to talk to the afternoon children so we should see him again soon.

More Burns Fun

As promised, we wanted to share some photos from our afternoon Burns celebration. As you can see, the children looked great wearing tartan and most were keen to sample the shortbread, oatcakes, cheese and Irn Bru. Despite low numbers on Monday afternoon, most of the children showed themselves to be confident performers and families and friends looked suitably proud of their performance. Well done boys and girls!
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Burns Celebration

Today we celebrated Burns Day with shortbread, oatcakes and cheese and, of course, Irn Bru. We appreciate everyone making a super effort to provide the children with ‘a touch o’ tartan’ as it added to the occasion. Thank you also to all the family and friends who came to hear the children sing their Scottish songs. It’s so important for them to have an appreciative audience and you certainly helped to make it a memorable occasion for them. Here you can see some of the morning children enjoying their celebration. Afternoon photos will follow soon.
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Scottish Celebration

We would like to remind everyone that we will be holding a small Burns celebration in Nursery tomorrow, 26th January. It would add to the occasion if the children could wear a little ‘touch o’ tartan’ if possible to help us to celebrate in style but the main thing is simply to come and enjoy the day.
The children have done well this week learning their Scottish songs and are looking forward to performing them tomorrow to their families at the end of the Nursery sessions (11.45 and 2.50).

Winter Weather

What better way is there to learn about the signs of winter than to be outdoors on a frosty morning? The effects of last night’s frost brought excitement and great opportunities for the children to learn about the effects of winter weather.
Big lumps of ice became precious treasure and the children had lots of discussion about how it felt and what would happen to it if they took it inside. Great amusement was caused by lots of spades and jugs which were stuck together by ice. Some experimented in the water tray which had crystals of ice across the bottom and others learned how difficult it is to dig the garden when the ground’s frozen. The children decided to make a drill with a range of equipment to break the surface of the digging area and, when this didn’t work, they wondered if breathing on it might help.
A few flickers of snow brought lots of excitement as they planned where their snowman would be but the snow did not materialise so that will have to be for another day. Well done all you super thinkers who were outdoors this morning – you helped each other to learn about the effects of winter.

What Do We Know About Winter?

Our learning at the start of this term has been about winter and how it affects our lives. Our initial discussions focussed on what we know about this time of year and we would like to share some of the ideas that the children gave us.

Theo: when I was on the motorway I saw a flood. I saw signs that said Hexham and Newcastle and it was a flood with lots of water.
 Zander: there’s no leaves on the trees. They grow in Spring.
 Sophie M: Jack Frost comes out. He frosties everything. He flies with a stick.
 Jade S.: there’s snow in Winter and in Poland there’s lots and lots of snow.
 Ben: you need a coat and wellie boots and gloves.
Keira M: when it snows it’s fluffy on the grass.
Suzie: everything goes white like glass.
Kacey: you need hats, scarves and gloves.
Max L.: you sometimes see the moon at daytime.
Mikey: the sun shines but it’s cold.
Lucas: you’ve got to have a coat on.
Isaac: you can build a snowman.
Lexie: you get snow days.
Effy: socks make your feet warm. It’s like night time when you have your tea.
Armana: the animals go away to hide.
Ewan: if you wear shorts you’ll freeze.
Lewis: the frost makes everything white.

Camera Skills

The cameras have been very busy outdoors over the past week or two as the children have searched for signs of Autumn in the garden. It was a bit tricky initially to find leaves which were turning colour but, as the days passed, more and more have appeared. As you can see, the children are now confident to use the cameras and enjoyed sharing their findings with their friends.

Autumn Treasure

As you have no doubt noticed, we now have a great collection of leaves, chestnuts, pinecones etc. that the children have brought from home to help us learn about Autumn. Thank you to everyone who went walks in the woods or searched their gardens for signs of Autumn – it’s been lovely to talk to you about what you have gathered. Some have even been creative with their finds and turned them into pictures. Here is a selection of photos of the children with their Autumn treasure as some have called it.

Police Station

As promised, we have some photos of the afternoon children when they recently visited the police station. They were just as well behaved as the morning children and made us very proud of them. Thank you again to all the parents who came with us – we really appreciate your help.

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