Thank you to those families who have taken part in Maths Week Scotland by bringing in examples of numbers and shapes in their environment. It is lovely to see the children sharing their learning with us. We hope that lots of you are looking for numbers and shapes out in our community and will be bringing us pictures, cuttings, photos etc. to add to our display.
After planting beans with Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, last term the children involved took home their beans to look after them. They talked about what they would have to do to help them grow and one clever little gardener brought in the results of his hard work to show us this week. Very well done! We think that you have done a fantastic job looking after your beans. Thank you for bringing it in to show us.
Last year, as a school staff, we took part in Word Aware training, which is a structured whole school approach to develop the vocabulary of children.
It is estimated that the average child learns 2000 – 3000 words per year every year throughout their schooling which equates to six to eight words a day on average. Children with good vocabulary go on to become good readers and vocabulary has a major impact on all areas of learning.
As part of our work to support the development of the children’s vocabulary, we will be including a “Word of the Week” in our planning and will focus on the appropriate use of that word in the Nursery environment. Sometimes the selected word may arise from a child led discussion and at other times it may be linked to our learning focus. We will share this word on the Nursery blog so that you can share in the fun with words at home.
Our “Word of the Week” next week will be “friend” as we begin to form relationships and build friendships in a new environment.
Just like the morning children, all of those in the afternoon have been taking the opportunity to enjoy investigating our outdoor area. They experienced their first fire last week when we tried out our new fire pit, which complements our well used fire area, and have particularly enjoyed the climbing frame and mud kitchen area of the garden. Here is a snapshot of some of the afternoon children busy in their play.
Most of the children have taken the opportunity to explore the outdoor area in the first two weeks of term so they are learning to change their shoes and put on outdoor suits when they are needed. Some are developing their confidence on the big climbing frame, others have been drawing or making delicious meals in the mud kitchen. The outdoor area is certainly a very popular place to play.
We would like to say huge thanks to Vicky and Jason Keir, former parents in our Nursery, who kindly donated their double buggy to the Sunshine Room so that they can go out on visits to our community. We are so delighted to now have this opportunity and wasted no time in getting the buggy into action the very next day.
What a great adventure these children had on their initial trip out. First port of call was Tesco to buy a little thank you gift for Vicky and Jason which the children then delivered to them. Along the way they spotted lots of letters and numbers and checked the trees for signs of Autumn which does not appear to be evident just yet in our area. Final stop was at the park where the children enjoyed their snack and some time on the equipment.
Thank you so much to Vicky and Jason for providing the children with this great learning opportunity. We really appreciate your kind generosity.
Our younger children from the Sunshine Room love outdoor play and have grown so much in confidence when socialising with some of the older children. Each day brings a new adventure and this week brought an exciting find when they saw a big spider in the garden. We wondered if it may have been sleeping in our bug hotel but it certainly provided a great interest and point of discussion. We just love seeing the wonder on the faces of these young children when they find something new.
An important aspect of learning in Nursery happens in the snack area where children develop a wide range of skills. They develop self-help and social skills as well as fine motor control and independence when helping to prepare their own snack. Literacy and Numeracy are also part of the experience through talking and listening or, for example, counting the number of pieces of fruit on their plates. We hope that you enjoy these first photos of some of the children enjoying their learning in the snack area.
It was lovely to hear from one of our families in the holidays. They have been looking at our photos of the children making bug hotels.
“The kids look like they have had loads of fun making mini beast homes. Letti, Oscar and Harli made ‘bug boxes’ last week with Dad for our back garden.”
This sounds like great fun to do at home. I wonder how many minibeasts will come to live in your boxes? We are looking forward to seeing what has happened to our bug hotel when we return to Nursery.
As we have enjoyed the summer sunshine so much over the last few weeks, we read a book in Nursery called “Staying Safe in the Sun” and discussed what we know about looking after ourselves in the hot weather. Here is a selection of their ideas.
Cali: you wear a hat to keep safe. You have to drink lots of water.
Fraser: wear white clothes to keep cooler.
Imoen: I put suncream on to protect me from getting sunburned.
Kyle: go in the shade.
Matthew: you need to put suncream on your arms.
Archie: you can wear sunglasses.
Olivia: you need suncream.
Remy: put suncream on so your body doesn’t get burnt.
Mason: a big hat keeps your head cool.
Annalise: your skin goes red if it gets burned in the sun.
Louie: you put on sunglasses to keep your eyes safe.
Enid: put a sunhat on to keep your head safe.
Evan: put some more suncream on when you come out of the swimming pool.
Kai: you get burnt if you don’t put suncream on.
It sounds like the children have a good understanding of staying safe in the sun from these ideas. All they need to do now is enjoy the sunshine.
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