The Rainbow Room has chosen ‘hygiene’ as their “Word of the Week” while the Raindrop Room is learning to use the word ‘graduation’.
Tag: Successful Learners
Bye Bye Butterflies
After caring for their little butterflies, the children in the Rainbow Room finally released them after observing them so closely from being little caterpillars. Although they did not seem keen to leave us, Miss Kerr gave them a helping hand to settle on our plants in the outdoor area which gave everyone a chance to have a close look at our little butterflies before we waved them goodbye.
Butterfly Symmetry
Just like the children in the Rainbow Room, those in the Raindrop Room have been focussing on symmetry and they have made some beautiful, symmetrical butterflies to display in their room. We would like to share a selection here but have a look in the Nursery to see lots more.
Pre-Writing Skills
We were delighted to have so many parents joining us for our pre-writing workshop on Monday and hope that you all enjoyed the activities provided. We would like to thank Shona McGeorge and her team of Occupational Therapists, our Primary 1 teacher Miss Campbell and Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, for taking the time to provide an insight into the skills we are all trying to develop in the children to prepare them for writing. Shona kindly left a guide for pre-writing skills which everyone should now have in their trays. We hope that you find it helpful.
Word Of The Week
The Rainbow Room has ‘insect’ as their “Word of the Week” and the Raindrop Room is working on the word ‘manners’.
Pre-Writing Workshop
Don’t miss out. Come and join your child in Nursery on Monday 3rd June 2.15 -3.00. Shona McGeorge (Occupational Therapy) and Miss Campbell (P1 Teacher) will be here to share activities/give information about learning to write and what you can do to help your child.
Lots Of Learning At Snack
The snack area in Nursery helps the children to develop their social skills and learn about healthy eating as well as good hygiene procedures through hand washing and tooth brushing. They can independently prepare snack and here we see some of the children in the Raindrop Room developing their fine motor skills as they chop and prepare fruit kebabs which went down very well indeed.
Word Of The Week
“Word of the Week” in the Rainbow Room will be ‘floating/sinking’ and the Raindrop Room will be using the term ‘symmetry’.
What Can You See?
The children in the Rainbow Room have been looking very closely at their faces in the mirror as they talk about what they can see and try to draw their own faces. As part of their close observation, the children decided what colour their eyes were and added a tally mark on the chart to record their findings. They found that, in their room, blue was the most common eye colour. As well as producing great drawings of their faces, we loved some of the children’s comments so would like to share them with you too.
Tiana-Rose: I have two eyes, eyes blink. Our eyes are to see. I have a tongue and teeth inside my mouth. I’ve got baby teeth. You blow noses.
Jackson: I see two eyes, a nose, a mouth, a finger, two eyebrows. I see with my eyes.
Lewis: my eyes are blue on the inside. I’ve added yellow around my eyes as it looks like skin. You close your eyes to sleep. I have two nostrils. Some people have different coloured eyes.
Euan: I eat with my mouth. My tongue is in my mouth. I see with my eyes. I listen with my ears. Look at my big enormous head.
Jake: I’ve got a big head now, a huge head. My eyes are big, mouth, teeth big, my hair’s big … big blue eyes.
Emily M: I’m making a big smiley face. I’ve got brown eyes and another colour in my eyes.
Filip: I’m bigger now … brown eyes … one, two eyes. I’m not sad, I’m happy.
Sunflower Planting
After their cress planting, the children in the Rainbow Room moved on to planting sunflower seeds. They talked about how to look after their seeds to help them grow so we hope that they are now thriving at home with the children. We would love to hear about their progress or see photos to show us how much they have grown.
