Spreading Christmas Cheer! – 19.12.24

Over the last week we have been out and about in the community spreading some Christmas cheer.  Two small groups visited Skills Station and Tesco to sing their concert songs to shoppers and members.  Then yesterday all the children walked to Millburn Court to perform for the residents.  It is safe to say the children have put a lot of smiles on peoples faces this week.

It was also a great opportunity to use our brand new high vis vests which will help keep us safe when out and about in the community.

Nursery Christmas Party – 16.12.24

The children thoroughly enjoyed their Christmas Party on Monday afternoon.  They took part in pass the parcel, Christmas corners, musical bumps and the best dancer competitions. Towards the end of the party a very special visitor arrived all the way from the North Pole.  He chatted to the children about how busy he and the elves were before giving the children gifts before leaving to the sound of the children singing Jingle Bells.

Please checkout the Children’s Learning Journeys and the Big Books in the foyer for more photos.

Christmas so far in Nursery – 12.12.24

The children have been enjoying some Christmas traditions in Nursery over the past few weeks.  We kicked off December by decorating the Nursery.  Yesterday the children all enjoyed entertaining their families at the Christmas Sing a Long.  Today some of the children enjoyed Christmas Dinner with all the trimmings for lunch.

Family Fun Friday 29/11/24

Today was our final Family Fun Friday of this block which of course we thought had to be a Christmas theme!  Today the families enjoyed learning about Gingerbread Fred who had made a big mess and had to tidy up before he became Santa’s snack.  The families then enjoyed making their own gingerbread men and made a snack they could give to Santa instead of Fred.

Thank you to all who have joined us over the last few weeks where we explored numeracy, literacy, language and making the most of routines.  Please look out for dates for our next block in the New Year.

Advent Calendars – 27/11/24

Today we had a visit from Frazer Hare and his team who were delivering advent calendars to all the children in Nursery.  This was very kind of them and we thank them very much.  We hope all the children enjoy looking for the numbers on the little doors as they count down to Christmas.

Childsmile Visit – 19/11/24

Today we welcomed Megan from Childsmile into Nursery to chat to children and families at pick up time.  Megan was on hand to answer any questions around dental health and handed out some dental supplies and leaflets.

We have more leaflets and toothbrush packs which can be found in the foyer.  Please help yourself as and when required.

Children In Need – 15/11/24

Today the children supported Children In Need by coming in to Nursery dressed ‘mixed up’ for a donation.  They enjoyed having their faces painted, creating Pudsey cakes, making Pudsey ears, creating a giant Pudsey and a very messy sensory walk!  An amazing total of £558.19 was raised by Sheuchan primary and nursery, thank you for all your support.

Remembrance Day Community Walk – 11/11/24

Today a small group of children went a walk into the town centre to look at the Poppy displays.  The children had a discussion before they left around Remembrance Day and why we see  people wear and display the poppy.  The children asked a lot of really good questions and listened well to instructions and discussion when out and about.  They were able to come back to Nursery and share what they had experience with others.

Please check out our Big Books for more.

Fun Family Fridays – 08/11/24

Today was week one of our new block of Family Fun Fridays.  The topic today was using Numeracy in everyday play.  After the adults enjoyed a cuppa the children arrived to sing some simple numeracy songs, read the story Goldilocks and the 3 bears followed by some stations.  Thank you to all who were able to join us this week, Fun Fridays will continue for 3 more weeks please join us if you are able.

Fireworks Day – 05/11/24

After the children shared stories from their weekend and  a discussion around the celebrations held on the 5th of November we decided to create our own bonfire in the Nursery Garden.  The children gathered leaves to create their bonfire shape  before making a large circle around it with chairs.  They then enjoyed hot chocolate and chocolate sparklers that they had previously made that morning from bread sticks for snack.

OWL Outdoor Numeracy Event – 04/11/24

Today we had a visit from the DG Outdoor and Woodland Learning team who led family sessions outdoors.  The sessions focused on Numeracy and ways in which you can encourage it outdoors through play.  The Nursery and families engaged in butterfly symmetry using natural materials, stick measuring, leaf jigsaws and touch counting object collections.  It was so nice to have so many families join us and everyone seemed to really enjoy it.  All the children were gifted a box of materials they can use themselves at home outdoors full of great ideas to continue to promote numeracy outdoors.

Halloween in Nursery – 31/10/24

Things got creepy today in Nursery as we celebrated with a full day of traditions.  The children arrived in their costumes and spent the morning carving pumpkins, exploring slime, crafts and other very messy activities.  In the afternoon the children bobbed for apples, played the donut on a string game and finished off with some spooky dancing!

Community walk to Skills Station 29/10/24

Today we were kindly invited along to visit the older adults at Stranraer Skills Station.  The team there had laid on some Halloween games for the children and the residents to play together.  The children thoroughly enjoyed their visit and chatted with great confidence to the adults.

Trip to the Shows

Thank you to all the parents and family who joined us this morning to visit the Shows.  We are extremely lucky and grateful to have been invited along to by Dawn to enjoy all the have on offer.  Another big thanks to Margaret Anne who kindly gifted all the children candyfloss or dummy’s as they left.

As you can see by the pictures the children had a ball.  Please check out the children’s learning journeys and the Big Book for more.

Family Bag – Playdough

The children will have came home today with a bag complete with a method and ingredients to create their own playdough.  Please be sure to share your photos through the whatsapp or our closed Facebook page.

A big thank you to the Young Farmers who have donated all the ingredients for our first family bag of the year.

Stranraer Oyster Festival

On Friday the 13th of September all the children went a walk along the front to the site of the oyster Festival.  There we were met by Allana who took us a tour of the tents explaining what would happen in each over the weekend.  The children were particularly excited to hear what would be happening in the children’s tent and all had a little boogie on the stage to check it was ready for the entertainers.

We then met Tristen who had just arrived in the harbour with a fresh catch of Oysters and other sea creatures.  The children thoroughly enjoyed exploring the catch, watching them shuck the Oysters and asked lots of great questions.  No one was keen to try any, so they persuaded Miss Jordan and Miss Douglas to have a taste!  There were lots of giggles when they pulled some funny faces.

We hope anyone who went down to the festival over the weekend had a fantastic time, it has been lovely to hear all the stories of their experiences from the children this week.

Bookbug Session

Thank you to all the parents who joined us this morning for a very busy Bookbug session.  Our families enjoyed stories, games and rhymes.

Community Walk – Harbour, Agnew park and local shop.

Today (04.09.24) a second small group went on a community walk down the harbour and around the park.  We continued to talk about staying safe out and about in the local community and had a good discussion around staying safe near water.

On the way back we visited Dunns shop as the children have been very busy in Nursery discussing money and playing shops.  The children really enjoyed writing a list, talking about different ways in which we can pay and carrying this out in a real life situation.

Community walk – Agnew park and the Harbour area.

Today (28.08.24) a small group of children went out on the first community walk of the term.  We headed down to Agnew Park and area as there had been great chat around parks during the children’s discussions of their summer break.  We were also focusing on how best to stay safe out and about in the community.

On our walk we threw stones in the lake creating bubbles on the water, visited the boat yard where we noticed all the boats had names and numbers on them and then headed up the pier to see the boats on the water.  On the way back to the park we were very kindly invited into the coastguard shed where the children were shown the equipment used to help someone in trouble at sea or around the coast.  The children asked a lot of fantastic questions in the shed and we even noticed that the coastguard also wore High Vis to keep them safe and seen.

Settling In to Nursery

The children have had a fabulous first week in Nursery and are all very settled.  They have enjoyed being back in amongst their friends and making new friends with our new starts.  They children have made the most of this indoor and outdoor environment, exploring all it has to offer.  We even had a little visitor which hopped out from behind the bikes in the shed!!

Graduation

The children moving on to Primary 1 after the summer break enjoyed their Graduation ceremony on Tuesday afternoon.  The children performed two songs before individually going on to stage to graduate.  After the ceremony our families joined us for a cuppa and cake to celebrate.

Well Done to all the children who put on a fabulous performance, I am sure you will all agree they were all like ‘Dynamite’.

Transition Trip – Sandhead Beach

On Friday the 21st of June we finished our transition programme by joining the current Primary 1 on a trip to Sandhead Beach.  The weather was a little changeable but it did not put us off!  We started with a scavenger hunt and play on the beach before the rain started and we retreated to the hall.  There we had lunch and enjoyed parachute games sending Mrs Fergusson’s parrot flying.  The rain then stopped and we managed a play in the park before jumping back on the bus.  This has been a great opportunity for the Nursery children to play together with the P1’s forming friendships ready for their move into Sheuchan Primary.

Thank you to our helpers Ana and Nicola, we hope you enjoyed your day as much as we did.

Sports Day

Today the children took to the school field for sports day.  They enjoyed four races of a sprint, egg and spoon, bean bag race and the ever popular shopping race.  Thank you to all the families who came to watch cheering the children on, and our brave parents who got up to join the parents races!

Thank you to the Primary Sports committee and Primary 6 for all your help, you were all fantastic help!

Ernespie Farm Park – Summer Trip

The children had a fabulous time on Tuesday for their summer trip.  The all travelled together by bus to Ernespie Farm Park enjoying some singing and spotting of animals along the way.  When they arrived they split into 3 groups and enjoyed a tractor and trailer tour, petting shed, combine shed and some soft play.  The baby goats were a big favourite as they entertained everyone with some dancing which was met by squeals of excitement and giggles from the children.  They all enjoyed a packed lunch before some more play time till it was time to head home.  The bus was certainly a lot quieter on the journey home with a lot of sleeping beauties!! Here are a few pictures however we have many many more in our big books and the children’s PLJ’s so please have a look when your in the Nursery.

Thank you once again to all who sponsored the children’s Grand Prix making this trip possible.

Engineers in the Making

Miss Jordan’s engineer group have been celebrating their success today in Nursery.  They were recently tasked with the question ‘If you were an engineer what would you do?’ and spent a few weeks making plans and discussing their ideas.  They even were able to discuss what they liked and disliked about each others ideas.  Miss Jordan then put all their work into a presentation and sent it off to the engineers awards panel.

On Friday the 10th of May Angus and Scarlett travelled to Prestwick Airport with their families to attend the Engineers in the Making Awards Ceremony.  Angus won with his trampoline that creates electricity and Scarlett was highly commended for her machine that makes cheese when the grass grows.  This is a fantastic achievement for Angus and Scarlett who were up against 10’s of thousands of entrants. We are very proud of all our budding engineers, very well done!

Please take a look at their work which is displayed in their Engineer Big Book which is located in the Nursery foyer.

Fun Family Fridays

Today was our final Fun Family Friday of this block.  It kicked off with some games around the importance of a child’s name which included a silly story and a bubble game.  We finished our session making slime much to the families delight!

Thank you to all who joined us over the last four weeks, it was great to get to know everyone a little better and have lots of laughs along the way.

Miss McKie and Miss Douglas

Fun Family Fridays

Thank you to all who joined us this morning for this weeks session, it has been lovely to see so many families over the last few weeks.  Today after our cuppa and chat we read The Bear Hunt sensory story where the families enjoyed being splashed by water and blew away in the swishy shashy grass.  We then headed outside to complete a scavenger hunt and look for Big Ted who was hiding in the bushes!

We look forward to welcoming anyone who would like to join us next week for our final session of this block.  We will have the kettle on!

Grand Prix

What a fantastic morning for our annual Grand Prix!  The children thoroughly enjoyed zooming round the track to raise funds for summer outings and treats.  It was lovely to see so many family and friends cheering the children on, thank you.  We hope to have any sponsor money yet to be handed in by Friday when we will update you all with a total.  Thank you to all who have donated it is very much appreciated.

A really big Thank you must also go to Miss Beggs and her fabulous group of Primary 7’s who helped set up our track and helped all the children on the day. What a responsible, helpful and caring bunch, we really appreciated your help.

Fun Family Fridays

This morning was our second Fun Family Friday.  This week the families enjoyed  a Spring themed session as we are very hopeful the change in the weather is beginning.  After a story we all made a super spring collage.

Thank you to all who attended we look forward to welcoming anyone who wishes to join again next week.

Visit to Stranraer College

Today some of our children were back out in the community, this time at Stranraer college who very kindly invited us along.  We took a bus along to the college where the children were met by the childcare team and students who had laid on various activities for the children.  They engaged in science experiments, numeracy games, scavenger hunts and STEM activities to name a few.  The children particularly enjoyed a visit to the Woodwork area.  The children were there able to see the tools they use in Nursery being used to make every day objects such as doors and cupboards.

We would like to Thank everyone at Stranraer College for arranging such a fantastic event and look forward to spending more time together in the future.

Fun Family Fridays

This morning we had our first Fun Family Friday session where parent’s joined us for breakfast and some fun learning activities.  Today we enjoyed a sensory story, songs and a craft activity.  The sensory story was a huge hit, the children enjoyed the silly noises, being spayed by water and tickled with the dusters!!

Please feel free to join us next week where the plan is to make and try our very own ‘silly sandwiches’ and enjoy some parachute games.

Red Nose Day

Today the children dressed up colourfully and had some silly fun for Red Nose Day.  The children enjoyed face painting, Pie Face game, a red nose hunt and made their own red nose biscuits.  Some of the children helped count the donations and a total of £39.30 was raised.  Thank you to all who donated and took part.

Police Visit

After the children expressed an interest in the Police we invited PC Walker in to talk to children.  During the visit the children were able to chat to PC Walker about her various equipment and try it on.  They asked her lots of questions around her role such as “Do you work through the night” and “Do you work with police dogs?”.  The children then got an opportunity to explore the Police van where they looked at the cell in the back and turned on the sirens.

PC Walker left the children with a small reflector each to add to their bike, scooter or jacket so they can be seen easily in the dark.  She also encouraged the children to say hello when they met her or other officers out and about.

World Book Day

Today we celebrated World Book Day in Nursery by having a bedtime stories theme.  The children all came dressed in their Jammys with their favourite book.  The children were invited to talk about their stories at group time and share their likes and dislikes.  The day was filled with lots and lots of story telling and finished with milk, cookies and a bedtime story!

Signs of Spring

Today some of the children went a walk around the school grounds looking for signs of Spring arriving.  The children were lucky and arrived at the wooded area just intime to see a baby rabbit hop past.  They then noticed daffodils beginning to bloom and other flowers opening up on the trees and bushes.  One child commented “WOW, it really is spring” when spotting them.  We also noticed how blue the sky was and hoe nice it was to feel the sun on our faces.  Exploring is hungry and thirsty work so we stopped off for a little drink and a rice cake by the tyres.

Childsmile

Burns Day

Today the children celebrated Robert Burns Day. The children recited their Burns poems they have been learning to their groups, enjoyed a Burns supper at lunch time and had a visit from a piper.  The children really enjoyed listening to the pipes and were able to get a good look at the bagpipes afterwards.

Thank you very much to Harry for coming in to play.

Christmas time in Nursery

The children have thoroughly enjoyed participating in all our Christmas events and celebrations this month.  This last week has been particularly busy with a trip out to Millburn Court to sing to the residents, our sing along, Christmas dinner and our party.  We even had a very special visitor join us yesterday all the way from the North Pole.  Please have a look at our Big Book and the children’s learning journeys for more photos.

Papa Rab’s

After making pizza’s for snack the children began discussing their favourite takeaways.  One child mentioned they love Pizza from Papa Rab’s.  So today Papa Rab very kindly invited a group of children along to his restaurant to make their own pizzas.  The children travelled by bus to the restaurant where they created their  pizza’s from scratch.

We want to say a big Thank you to Rab and Zara for having us today as well as inviting another group back in the new year.

Children In Need

Today the Nursery has been full of giggles at some of the CRAZY outfits in aid of Children In Need.  The children have enjoyed having their faces painted,  baking cakes and they even managed to create their own life sized CRAZY dressed Pudsey Bear.

Thank you to all who donated.

Family Cooking Session

Poppy Walk

Sheuchan Toddlers

It was lovely to see so many parents and children enjoying the first Sheuchan Toddlers session.  These sessions will continue every Thursday 9.30am to 11am, everyone welcome.

Halloween at Nursery

On Tuesday the children had a fabulous spooky day in Nursery.  They arrived in their Halloween costumes and enjoyed carving pumpkins, dooking for apples, eating donuts and dancing to spooky music.

As always we have lots more photographs and comments from the children which can be found in their Big Book located in the hall.  Please feel free to have a look at any time.

A Spooky walk to the Castle of St John

Today some of the children went on a Spooky Halloween walk to the Castle of St John.  On the way they looked for Halloween displays in the local shops.  As we passed the museum the clock began to chime, so the children started counting the chimes and were able to work out that they meant it was 10 o’clock.  Inside the Castle they explored all the various rooms which were decorated for Halloween.  Whilst in the Castle the children were able to listen to instruction and carefully navigate the steep stairs.  They even made it to the top where they could see the “whole town”!

For more pictures please have a look in our community walk big book located in the Nursery foyer.

The Shows

This morning we were very lucky to be invited along to have fun at the Shows.  The children and their families enjoyed going on many of the rides including the Ferris Wheel, Merry go round, Swings and many more.  There was loads of giggles and smiling faces as everyone enjoyed themselves and even a few screams from the adults! We have lots more fantastic photos, please check out our big books and the children’s PLJ’s for more.

We would like to say a big Thank you to all the team at the Shows for putting on this fantastic morning for us, we are very grateful.

Bookbug

Thank you to all the families who joined Miss McKie for her first Bookbug session of the school year.  During which our families enjoyed singing together to rhymes and listening to a story whilst having fun along the way.

Our next session will be on Friday at 9.15 if you would like to join.  Please feel free to stay after for a cuppa and a cake and join the McMillan Coffee Morning hosted by Primary 7.

Oyster Festival

Today all the children in Nursery walked along to the site of the Oyster festival.  On arrival we were met by Alana who took the children around all the tents explaining all the wonderful activities that would go on inside each this weekend.  The children then enjoyed snack in the entertainment marquee.  Just as we finished snack Tristen arrived with some freshly caught oysters .  The children were able to handle the oysters, ask questions and were even offered if they would like to taste them, which they all declined!

Visiting the Beach

Some children in Nursery have been talking about trips they had over the summer and during recent good weather to the beach.  This inspired our first walk out and about in the community today.  The children walked down to the park whilst discussing and practising road safety.  We then made our way to the beach where we threw stones in the water, created marks in the sand, looked for shells and stones and found some other interesting objects.  We finished off with enjoying some water and a biscuit.

It was then time to return to Nursery to share our adventure with all our friends!

Settling in to Nursery – August 2023

The children have had a fabulous first week in Nursery.  They have thoroughly enjoyed exploring their new environment indoors and outside.  We look forward to a fun filled year with all our new and returning children.

Graduation

The children moving on to Primary 1 after the summer break enjoyed their Graduation ceremony last night.  The children performed two songs before individually going on to stage to graduate.  After the ceremony our families joined us for a cuppa and cake to celebrate.

Well Done to all the children who put on a fabulous performance, I am sure you will all agree they were all like ‘Dynamite’.

RNLI Visit

On this weeks community walk some of the children had a fantastic time visiting the local lifeboat station. They were warmly welcomed by Val and Wullie who shared with them what the volunteers on the lifeboat do and what happens during a rescue.   They then went on to discuss how important it is to stay safe near the water. During the visit the children were very keen to try on the uniforms, as well as getting to help open the main door that the lifeboat can leave through should it be sent out to a rescue. Val and Wullie were very kind and showed the children upstairs where they looked over the Loch and had some yummy treats.   The children were very good at listening throughout, asking great questions and were very excited as you can see to get to sit  in the lifeboat at the end.  They even left with some RNLI goodies to take home.

On return to Nursery the children very confidently shared their experience with all the others at group time – Well Done everyone!

Nursery Sports Day

Sheuchan Nursery held there sports day on the 25^th of May 2023.  It was great to see so many families come to support and cheer on the children. The children participated in four races, running race, bean bag balancing, shopping race and egg and spoon. Well done to everyone who took part.  And Well Done to all the parents who joined us for a race,  you were all very competitive!!