Thanks to Miss Nixon, our children have been enjoying some cosy story times in Annan Academy library. We hope that in time all the children will have the opportunity to enjoy this wonderful experience and would like to thank Miss Nixon for her time and for making us feel so welcome.
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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As part of our learning about Scotland, we had a visit from Gordon who works at local shop, Glendinnings. He arrived in his full Highland attire and talked to the children about the various aspects of his outfit. Gordon showed us three big books of tartan samples and we were able to search for tartans belonging to some of our families which was exciting for the children as several of them could be found. Thank you very much to Gordon for his time and patience in helping the children learn about tartan.
Having visited the Music Department at Annan Academy several times and had exciting visits in Nursery from a Science teacher and STEM Ambassadors, we were delighted to be able to arrange a visit by some of the Raindrop Room to the Technical Department at Annan Academy towards the end of last term. This was a fantastic opportunity for our children to experience model making at a whole new level and to learn how to safely use tools that we do not normally provide in Nursery.
Mr. Paul Johnston, Principal Teacher of Technical Education, and several of his senior pupils modelled how to use a range of tools then showed great patience to help our children make spinning tops. Each child used a ruler to mark the centre of their wood and donned safety goggles as the senior pupils made a hole in it for them. Mr. Johnston and his pupils showed great patience to teach our children how to hold the wood safely and supported them to use the electric sander. We were so proud of our children who showed super listening skills and concentration to be able to use the sander safely.
Once the spinning tops were complete, the children enjoyed using the coloured pencils to decorate their tops and some were even supported to sharpen the pencils with Mr. Johnston’s tools.
This was a fantastic opportunity for our children, experiencing learning in Numeracy and Mathematics, Technologies and Health and Wellbeing and we greatly appreciate the kindness and patience of Mr. Johnston and his pupils on this visit. Thank you also for the off cuts of wood which are being put to good use in Nursery. We have loved our visits to Annan Academy and hope that we can continue to learn from you in the future.
Despite chilly weather, all our children walked to the war memorial today for Remembrance Day. They behaved beautifully and we were very proud of them standing quietly for the little service and the silence. Each room had made two wreaths which were laid at the foot of the war memorial so you may see them if you are on the High Street. Thank you to all our children for making us feel so proud of you.
The Old Parish Church hall was the venue on Monday of a visit by a group of our children to entertain the ladies and gentlemen of the Friendship Club. The children showed great maturity and confidence in an unfamiliar situation, individually introducing themselves on stage and performing a few favourite songs to a delighted audience. It was lovely to see our children chatting to everyone after their performance and to see two generations together. Thank you to everyone at the Friendship Club for your warm welcome, your kind applause and, of course, for the delicious snack of ice-cream and strawberries which was a lovely treat. This was a great opportunity for the children to perform to an audience and we appreciate your kind invitation. We hope to see you again in the future.
Enid’s family has been looking at our photos from Farmer’s Den:
“How lovely to capture a picture of these 3 on their last nursery trip together.”
It will hopefully be a lovely memento of time together in Nursery for three happy little friends.
As promised, here is a selection of photos of the afternoon children enjoying all the different activities on our recent visit to Farmer’s Den. Click then click again for a closer look.
We would like to say a huge thank you to the Hecklegirth Fundraisers for paying for all the children to have a session at Farmer’s Den to celebrate our year in Nursery. Not only did the children run, jump and climb with boundless energy but they took some time out to draw or play with the bricks when they needed a little rest. Even Stan the Star made an appearance to join in the fun of what was a busy and very happy day.
Thank you to all those who have contributed to the fundraising activities this year as you helped the Nursery children have a super session at Farmer’s Den. These photos show the morning children having fun. Photos of the afternoon session will be posted soon.
Joshua and Nancy’s family has been looking through our recent posts and kindly left us several lovely comments.
“Nancy & Joshua loved the visit to Tesco 😊 “
“Lovely photo of all the children in front of the fire 😊 “
“I think all the children enjoyed visiting the police station, especially getting to all have a turn at putting sirens on 😊. Nancy loved pressing the buttons Joshua loved sitting in the driving seat pressing the buttons for the lights & sirens 😁”
“Joshua said mummy I was waiting patiently for my turn to help water the plants 😀”
” Aw Nancy looks like she is concentrating very hard. She loves planting flowers & gardening 😊”
We are glad that the children seem to have thoroughly enjoyed our recent activities. Thank you for taking the time to leave us comments.
