The Rainbow Room children were learning recently about their bodies and thought about what is inside them. We looked at images of skeletons in books and added some X-rays to the hospital role play area to stimulate discussion about our bodies. This resulted in some super art work based on skeletons which we would like to share.
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After visits to the Technology and Music departments at Annan Academy in the past, our next invitation came from Miss Nixon, the school librarian. As you can see, this little group was very relaxed and happy in the Academy library and thoroughly enjoyed Miss Nixon’s story telling.
Miss Nixon has kindly invited us to visit her on a regular basis for the rest of term so lots of children will have the opportunity to enjoy this super experience. Thank you to the staff at Annan Academy for continuing to make us feel so welcome and, of course, to the children who made us very proud of their behaviour and interaction with the story telling.
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The Rainbow Room has chosen ‘rhyme’ as their “Word of the Week” while the Raindrop Room will focus on ‘fossil’.
The children love it when an adult from one of our families comes in to play and it was no exception when Skye’s Mummy stayed to help us bake scones. She gave the children lots of tips, as she often makes scones at home, so some delicious scones were produced in our kitchen that day.
We would love it if lots of grown-ups from our families stayed to play. You don’t have to provide an activity, simply join in the play and have fun to experience what a typical session is like for your child in Nursery. Why not just stay for an hour or so when you drop your child off or just pop in for a quick visit when you have a little free time? The children and staff would love you to stay and play any day.
Friday gymnastics continues this term and the children are now showing increasing confidence in their skills. This group was working on balancing which can be challenging for some but all the children showed themselves to be confident individuals by ‘having a go’ under the guidance of adults. It’s great to see the children confident in the wider school environment too as some can find this initially daunting.
Creativity and imagination are important attributes that we aspire to for our children and these children certainly impressed us with their efforts in the craft area. Having decided that they wanted to play with guitars, they simply investigated the materials available in the craft area and created their own super guitars which provided endless play opportunities.
This is just a reminder to all parents and carers that the Nursery library is open weekly. The Rainbow Room can access the library every Wednesday 9.00 – 9.15 and the Raindrop Room on a Thursday at the same times. If your child is not in Nursery at these times, please speak to staff and we can arrange books to be changed at a different time.
We hope that all children who borrow books are enjoying reading stories to their adopted teddy bears. We still have lots of bears who would love a new home full of lots of cuddles and stories. We look forward to seeing you all at the library this week.
Just like the Raindrop Room, a group of children in the Rainbow Room recently developed their skills by making a Swiss roll. They showed great listening, concentration and fine motor skills, as well as developing their learning in Sciences and Technologies, producing a super cake for their efforts.
In the Rainbow Room our “Word of the Week” focus will be on ‘healthy’ while the Raindrop Room will be looking at ‘history’.
Ella’s Mummy very kindly shared her talents with us recently when she brought in her fiddle and accordion. The children talked about what the instruments were made of and listened carefully for loud/quiet and slow/fast music. Great fun was then had by all as they clapped, danced and marched to a range of tunes including personal requests such as “Twinkle Twinkle” and “Humpty Dumpty” as well as Scottish music. Thank you so much to Ella’s Mummy for entertaining us and providing the children with a close-up look at these instruments which most had not seen previously.
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