Well, it’s amazing to think that this is the last week of nursery for our incredible, beautiful and wonderful pupils. You are all very special to us in the nursery-you brightened up EVERY single day for us.
We love you very much and hope you love Primary 1!
Today would have been our Graduation Garden Party. We would have been singing this song to everyone.
Fasten your seatbelts cos we’re flying in an aeroplane to PARIS to see Disneyland! We’ve got to fly right across sea.
Look at these planes taking off and landing. Look at the views out of the window.
I know lots of you love planes and can spot them flying in the sky.
Imagine one day you actually flew in the sky!
Look at this wee boy! His dream came true to fly a plane! I can imagine some of you learning to use these controls.
Why don’t you line up some chairs and pretend it’s your aeroplane. Get your family or toys to sit on your plane. You could even make all the buttons and controls?
I can’t wait to see Disneyland, can you? What do you think we’ll see? What do you want to do first?
Come on, let’s go on the boat to see It’s a Small World!
Now that we are in Disneyland Paris, let’s eat some French food!
Do you know any French food? Of course you do! We even made garlic bread at nursery and grew our own garlic. It’s very easy to do-just plant a clove of garlic. Look after it and watch it grow!
Are you ready to eat some croissants and crepes and garlic bread!!!! Ooooh la la!
Would you ever eat garlic snails??????
How about learning some French whilst we’re in Paris?
Do you know a famous building in Paris? Some of you have models of it in your house.
Yes! The Eiffel Tower. Why not see if you can make a very high tower. What will you use? Jenga bricks? Lego? Boxes? How tall did you make it? What? As tall as the couch!
Imagine climbing all those steps! Maybe you will visit Paris when you are older. What an ambition to have.
Now it’s time to relax! Do you want to watch a Disney movie? Pop on the popcorn, sit yourself down and chill!!
Here’s one of my favourite Disney songs. I wish I could be dancing in the crowd for this film!
Dinosaurs lived a long time ago. Long before Grandmas and Grandpas were born. People have found dinosaur bones and footprints.
Why don’t you make your own footprints and tracks? Where will your tracks go?
Did you know that dinosaurs hatch from eggs? Just like a chick! Here are some chicks that hatched in Beattock a few weeks ago. They look soft and fluffy. Do you remember when we hatched chicks and ducklings at nursery?
Here’s a video of Andy on an adventure. He sees a baby Diplodocus dinosaur hatch from an egg.
Would you like to make your own nest for a dinosaur egg? What will you use to keep the eggs safe and warm? Look at this warm nest made by Tim.
Here are some of your nursery friends making and painting nest boxes at home.
Time for snack after all that stomping like a dinosaur and making nests. Look at these fun dinosaur snacks. Which one do you like?
This week Miss Musiej has made some very tasty tomato soup. Have a look! Click on the title below to see the recipe and to see Miss Musiej making the soup.
Find a toy dinosaur or any wee toy. Put it in a plastic tub, like an ice cream tub. Fill the tub with water. Put it in the freezer. You’ll have to wait ONE DAY before you can try to melt the ice age dinosaurs. How will you melt them?
Yes, that’s right. The sun will melt it. So will warm water. So will salt. I’m glad you remembered.
Why not try these other ice experiments? Or make your own ice lollies!
Some dinosaurs eat meat. They are called carnivores. Some dinosaurs eat plants. They are the herbivores. Go out to your garden and pick some leaves to make a salad for your herbivore dinosaur!
Look at this wee girl. She is picking leaves with her sister to make a salad. She has been learning the names of leaves and flowers.
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Benny liked hearing about dinosaurs today. He’s going to dress up like a Palaeontologist and look for dinosaur fossils! He found hats and shoes and a bag for all the bones and fossils he might find. (Not sure if Palaeontologists wear ties??? But Benny thought they were very smart so he wanted to look smart!)
Benny remembers seeing you when you came to nursery dressed up. You wanted to be an Engineer and an Art Doctor. Hope you have fun dressing up today. Wonder what you’ll be?
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookbug/bookbug-app
Welcome to Moving on Monday Club! It’s good to see you here!
I am sure you have all loved Miss Murray’s stories every week. She’s the best!
Reading with your child is also one of the BEST things you can do.
As well as being a lovely shared time, children who have been read to have better academic achievement! It doesn’t cost anything, just time! So sitting together with a book or a story you know by heart is a great way to help your child learn.
Boys and girls, why not pretend you are Miss Murray telling a story!!! Grab your favourite book or puppet and retell the story. Do you think mummy or daddy could film you? Send your video to Miss Murray and give her the best surprise ever!
Here is a family reading the Owl Babies. This is from the Scottish Book Trust who give out the Book Bags that your children receive. They have an app with lots of stories and rhymes. (Search App Store for Scottish Book Trust).
Here’s Fairy Sarah reading a bedtime story. Her videos on You Tube are fun.
Well, next week will be a very special Moving on Monday Club!
We will be coming to see you all with a special present.
Ooohhhh we can’t wait to see you!
Hello and welcome to the nursery’s Health Week. There is one activity for every day this week. We also hope you’ll be able to take part in the school’s Health Week too. Have fun trying out the activities and please post us any pictures you take.
Our Health Week Grid is on the school’s Facebook page and copies can be picked up from Sunny the Snake just outside school.
Health Week June 15th-19th 2020
Get a-movin and a-groovin’ to the Boogie Beebies or to your favourite music.
Cut some shapes to some of our favourite Boogie Beebies.
Which one is your favourite? The Barnyard Boogie or the Rainbow Dance?
What will you pedal today? A scooter? A balance bike? A bike? Or even a skateboard?
How far will you get? Down the path? Over to the park? Who will run alongside?
Out on your walk play I-Spy a Rainbow! Can you see something Red? Orange? Yellow? Green? Blue? Purple? Pink?
Cook with your family today. Help to make a fruit smoothie.
1.Wash favourite fruits 2. Chop them. 3. Put in a blender with milk 4. Add ice cream if you want or ice cubes. 5. Blend.
Follow Miss Musiej’s recipe below. Just click on the word smoothies.
If you don’t have a blender mash fruit, add milk and ice cream.
19th FRIENDLIES FRIDAYPlay some friendlies with your family.
How about a Friendly game of Football or Rugby?
You scored how many goals!!!!! You should be playing for Scotland!
Join the Royal Highland Education Trust for Food and Farming Fun online
https://eatfarmnow.com/category/lockdown-learning/
Join their elevensies
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ElevensesWithRHET
Please send us your pictures-to Facebook. We’d love to see how you get on.
Welcome to our weekly nursery blog! It won’t be the same as seeing you in the nursery, but we hope it cheers up your week with some ideas of things you can try at home.
Make tickets or draw posters for your circus. Practice your Circus skills. Mrs Leigh is practicing juggling, Miss Murray is training her dog, Jock, to do some tricks and Miss Musiej and Mrs Paterson are going to pretend they have ponies and do jumps with them!!
What will you practice?
Check out these delicious clowns and lions! They look like one of Miss Murray’s snacks don’t they!
This week Miss Musiej has made some yummy Blueberry and Strawberry Fruit Smoothies. Drink one and it will give you the energy to join in the Greatest Show!
Click on the title Smoothies to open the link to see the recipe.
After all that dancing why don’t you make your own Circus Big Top Den so that you can have a wee nap in it! Do you remember making this den at nursery? You could even make a den under the chairs!
Finally, here is a story about a dog called Spot who went to the Circus.Here’s the creator of Spot reading the first Spot book. I can imagine Miss Murray reading this one!!!!!
Benny likes the Spot books and he likes hiding too.
Can you see where he is hiding? Why don’t you play Hide and Seek too!
I know this doesn’t happen very often, but if you get some time to yourself here is a great online course for mums, dads, parents-to-be, grandparents and carers. 
It has been designed by NHS and a charity called Solihull Approach and is free for parents in Scotland. The modules range from Understanding pregnancy, your baby, your child and your teenager’s brain!
Each module is divided into smaller sections that take about 2-5 minutes to complete. You can dip in and out of them. I am doing one just now and finding it very helpful. Click on the link above to find out more. The free access code is TARTAN.
especially for nursery children moving on to Primary 1.
We’ll be here every Monday to share activities, ideas and challenges to help you get ready for P1.
Today, you’ll be learning about the people you will see at school as well as finding out how you’ll all stay safe at school.
These are some of the people you will see at school.
You are going to see LOTS of smiley faces at Beattock Primary!
Here is Mrs McConnachie with her baby Cooper! She is the Deputy Headteacher. She will be so HAPPY to see you.
You will also see Mrs Boa. She will cook your lunch time meal. Yum Yum.
When you are at school you will wash your hands like you do at nursery.
Why not practice washing your hands for 20 seconds after you’ve been to the toilet and before you have lunch today. Here’s a song to help you remember what to do:
See you next week!
especially for nursery children moving on to Primary 1.
We’ll be here every Monday to share activities, ideas and challenges to help you get ready for P1.
At school your child will be in many situations that call for concentration. Teachers are skilled at planning and preparing appropriate activities and will support your child to grow in concentration.
Parents often worry before school starts that their child will find it hard to concentrate for so long because sometimes it seems like their child can only concentrate for one second!!!
But if you watch your child doing something they’ve chosen to do and something they enjoy, you’ll see that they can concentrate for ages.
Have a look at these pictures from nursery and you’ll see the enjoyment and the sense of achievement that comes alongside concentration:
So today, find something your child likes doing, watch their concentration and PRAISE or THANK them for what they can do! (Even if they’ve only managed something for one second!!!). And tomorrow, when they do the same thing, praise them some more!
Here are some things you might like to do with your child to watch them grow in concentration.
Playing games together is a really good way of developing concentration. Here are some old favourites:
Why not join in with the Sports activities on the school’s Facebook page this week? Have fun!
Thanks to all who have been sending videos of singing sensations!
Keep them coming!
Welcome to our weekly nursery blog! It won’t be the same as seeing you in the nursery, but we hope it cheers up your week with some ideas of things you can try at home. There is a special Parents’ section at the end with the latest news on nursery reopening.
Have you ever pretended you were a robot? It’s fun moving and talking like a robot. There are real robots that help build things and help NHS doctors and nurses to get people better. Isn’t that amazing!
Engineers and scientists program and make real robots.
If you were an engineer what would your robot look like and what would it do to help people?
After being such a helpful robot you deserve a robot snack! Miss Murray and Miss Musiej say these snacks are not made of metal!!!! Phew!
If you’ve just had a birthday or have a birthday coming up very soon, Miss Musiej has made a special birthday hedgehog! Click on the title below to see this yummy party recipe. You could help to chop the fruit and veg-you were all so good at making snack at nursery.
I hope you like this funny song. It’s my all time favourite! Just click on the title to hear and see it. I love the robot dancers!
Why don’t you learn a new song to sing and record yourself singing and dancing? Here are some of your nursery friends and Miss Murray singing the songs they’ve been learning. ENJOY!!!!!!!
Benny is really interested in robots because they are silver, metal and shiny. He has made a collection of all the silver and shiny and metal things he could find in the house. Why don’t you?
Check out Benny’s funky robot dance!
The given date for school’s opening is August 11th.
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