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Getting excited about Primary 1

It’s amazing how quickly the term is disappearing and we are already at that point where Primary 1 teachers are visiting us in Nursery to get to know the children who will be in their class next year. It’s so exciting for everyone to meet their teacher and it helps to build the children’s confidence for the next big step in their lives. We are very lucky to have had visits from several teachers who have kindly taken the time to visit us at such a busy time and we look forward to more visits soon. We managed to take a snapshot of Miss Houston this week, meeting the pupils who will go to Elmvale Primary in August.

We showed Miss Houston our special books.

Miss Houston showed us her special book about Elmvale.

Staying Safe

PC Leggat paid us a visit this week to talk about staying safe on the roads and “stranger danger”. Everyone already knew him from our visit to the police station so the children were very confident to talk about their ideas. We had a very interesting discussion about what a stranger is and how we know if someone is a stranger. The children demonstrated super thinking skills and most had good strategies of what to do if they got separated from their parents or a stranger approached them. Thank you, as always, to PC Leggat who has helped the children feel that police officers are friendly and helpful.

Looking after ourselves

We all love visitors in Nursery and this week we had two visitors who talked to us about looking after ourselves. The school nurse and the oral health officer were very impressed with the children’s knowledge and we had great fun trying to clean a monkey’s teeth. It can be tricky getting in to the corners with that big brush but the monkey seemed quite pleased with our efforts.

Make sure you do the back teeth. — Make sure you clean the back teeth.

Milly and Timmy Come to Play

We hope you like the latest visitors to our Nursery. The children loved meeting Milly and Timmy who were very patient and allowed us to stroke and feed them. We hope you enjoy some of our comments and photos of our latest visitors.

Sarah They’re really cute. They’re littler than a tiny star and they’re not pretend.

Nairn I’m going to take my bike and work on the farm and when it’s dark and the lambs run away, I’m going to bring them back to the farm.

Poppy They were both looking right at me. They’re so cute.

Ellie One had a sore knee. I hope it gets better.

Summer We fed the little lambs and one tried to go to sleep.

Niamh I liked patting them. They felt soft.

Out and About in the Community

As we have been learning about our community and the people who work in it, we recently paid visits to our local sorting office and police station.

On Red Nose Day local fire officers visited Nursery and we had great fun trying out the hose on the fire appliance, as well as learning how to stay safe. The firefighters joined in the fun, borrowing silly hats for Red Nose Day.

The children enjoyed this taster of the world of work and several hope to be postal workers, firefighters or police officers in the future although our discussions have revealed that many also have dreams of becoming a princess or a pirate.

Thank You

We would like to say a huge thank you to all the children and their families for raising the magnificent sum of £359 for Marie Curie. We greatly appreciate your sponsorship of the care of daffodil bulbs the children had planted. A nurse from Marie Curie visited us in Nursery yesterday to talk to the children about how the money will be used and she was very grateful for our efforts. Well done to all the children who looked after their bulbs. You really are growing up to be responsible citizens and effective contributors.

Nursery Welcomes Some Special Visitors

On our return to Nursery this week, we all enjoyed a very exciting, “hands-on” visit by Zoolab.

A cockroach called Larry, Maurice the millipede and best friends, Oscar and Daisy the snails were among our visitors. We learned some amazing facts about the lifestyles of these animals and the children were particularly impressed by the fact that snails have more teeth than sharks and Larry the cockroach will actually eat smelly socks.

Many of the children also enjoyed the opportunity to stroke and hold these animals, which was a memorable experience. We have captured some of their impressions in photos and comments below. Click on the photos to get a closer view.

Zak: “The spider was good ‘cause it nearly chased that bug”.

Poppy: “Oscar’s kiss feels cold”. (snail)

Jannat: “He’s tickly”. (cockroach)

Remo: “Oh! Oh! it feels really really slimy”.(snail)

Aidan: “I liked the snake ‘cause it’s slinky”.

Dylan: “It’s a bit scribbly”. (cockroach on his hand)

Sarah: “What number’s his legs? It looks like a lot.” (the millipede)

Phoebe: “I loved the snake. It felt soft”.