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More Visits in our Community

Our recent visit to the police station was another fantastic learning experience for the children. PC Leggat and PC McGoldrick gave us the opportunity to learn about what being a police officer entails and many tried out the uniform which they found surprisingly heavy. They also showed us round the cells and the various areas of the police station used for interviews, CCTV and fingerprinting. Some of the children were brave and closed the door on the cell but most agreed that it would not be very comfy to stay there for long. The police van, on the other hand, had great appeal and we could have stayed there for hours trying out the siren and sitting in the back of the van.

Thank you to everyone at the police station, especially PC Leggat and PC McGoldrick, for making us feel so welcome. As well as learning about your jobs, it is so important that the children see police officers as people who can help them and we feel sure that you will be getting a few waves whenever the children see you out and about in the town from now on.

Fire Fighters of the Future

Our visits out and about in our community continued this week with a visit to the fire station. Fortunately the weather was very kind and we enjoyed a lovely walk there in the sunshine.

The story about staying safe near fire held everyone’s attention particularly when we got to make funny faces and fly around with our newly grown wings. After some fun games, lots of us tried out the fire fighter’s uniform and agreed that it was very heavy although several children still thought they might like to be fire fighters when they grow up. Of course, no visit to the fire station is complete without getting an opportunity to sit in the fire engine and try out the big hose.

Thanks go to the fire fighters who looked after us all and made our visit such fun. The children learned a lot about their job and showed a good understanding of the dangers of fire.

Our Community

Last week we visited the sorting office as part of learning about our community and the jobs people do. Colin talked to us about his job and we enjoyed finding out about some of the equipment. We were even able to see where the letters go in the sorting office before they go to our houses.

More Fiddle Fun

As promised, Mrs. Roberts came back to talk to the morning children about the fiddle.  Like the afternoon children, they enjoyed singing along while Mrs. Roberts played and as you can see from the photos, some of them enjoyed the opportunity to try out the little fiddle.

If you click on the link below and turn up your volume, you can hear the children enjoying a good old singalong.

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The Storytelling Daddy

Rory’s Daddy came in to tell us the stories he had written using Scottish dialect. We heard about a little girl called Rosa who wanted to be a barber and enjoyed the story of a ‘moose’ who went to the moon. Rory’s Mummy was also able to explain the story in Polish to some of the children.

As a thank you we sang them the Scottish songs we have been learning which they seemed to enjoy. We would like to thank Rory’s family for a wonderful storytelling visit.

Fiddle Fun

As part of our learning about Scottish culture, the afternoon children were invited to Primary 2/1’s classroom last week to learn about the fiddle. Mrs. Roberts told us about the different parts of it and how the sound comes out of it. She played us several Scottish tunes and then gave us a big surprise when she played a tune that we know. We all joined in with “Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff a Bus” then we managed to record it and listen back on to our singing on the computer which was great fun. If you turn up your volume and click on the link below you can hear the children singing along to Mrs. Roberts playing the fiddle.

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Mrs. Roberts even helped some children hold the little fiddle and they were able to make some sounds with it. Maybe one day they will be able to play like Mrs. Roberts.

Thank you so much to Mrs. Roberts as well as Miss Cameron and Primary 2/1. We really enjoyed our visit to your classroom. Hopefully the morning children will be able to enjoy this experience with Primary 1 later in the week.

Money Magic

Two recent visits by Pam Fraser, the Financial Education Officer, have encouraged the children to think about money and what we need it for. They learned about all the different coins and enjoyed a story called “Mrs. Pirate”.

Some interesting conversations developed about what the children would buy if they had money to spend. Those of simple tastes dreamt of lots of sweets while others thought carefully and planned a quad bike, a paddling pool or a Lego castle. After Pam had gone, the helpful children even came up with suggestions for Mrs. Carruthers to spend her birthday money on. The idea of “more stickers for Nursery” and “a new scooter for our garden” did not seem so appealing for her birthday but she liked the suggestions of a “cosy scarf to keep you warm in winter”, “big earrings like you like” and “a very beautiful dress”.

As you can see from the photos below, the children thoroughly enjoyed the coin rubbing activity and were amazed when they produced pictures of the different coins as if by magic. Thank you Pam for helping us learn in a fun way.

Annan Museum Visit

There was glitter and glue everywhere but the children certainly seemed to have great fun when we visited Annan Museum for their Christmas craft workshop. The children always enjoy visits out in our local community and the museum staff make us feel so welcome. As always, they provided us with lots of lovely materials to make Christmas cards, paper chains, decorations and masks. It seemed to add the excitement of the day that so many parents were able to come with us to help the children so thanks go to you all. Here is a snapshot of our visit below.

Busy Elves

If Santa gets stuck for helpers at this hectic time of year, we feel sure that our children would make very good little elves as they have been working so hard over the last week or two. With two enterprise activities running at the same time, Nursery has been a busy and exciting place.

Thank you to all those families who have ordered calendars to help fundraise for our Christmas party. Some children have shown great patience to make the large numbers ordered and we hope that you will be proud of their end product. Most calendars are now ready to pick up: you will get a note soon reminding you of the cost, if you have not yet paid, and they can be collected whenever you wish.

With the Christmas Fayre on Wednesday 7th December, we have also had lots of children keen to make pot pourri bags for the HFA event: we had quite a little production line going at times. We hope that some Nursery families will be able to attend the fayre to support the hard work carried out by all the children and parents of our school. As you will have seen from the letter home, there will be a wide range of activities to enjoy and we have heard a rumour that Santa might be available for photo opportunities.

Marie Curie Bulbs

This week the children took part in Marie Curie Cancer Care’s “Mini Pots of Care” fundraising activity. Throughout this activity children learn about science and nature, while developing a sense of responsibility and raising money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Each child was given his/her own pot and daffodil bulb to plant in Nursery and, hopefully, the children will be sponsored to care for it until it blossoms in spring. You can watch their progress with your child as the pots are now in the Nursery garden. We will celebrate their daffodils on Mini Pots of Care Day in February, by painting pot wrappers. We hope that the children have fun taking part and would be delighted if you chose to sponsor them in this activity.

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