Thanks to all who have been sending videos of singing sensations!
Keep them coming!
Month: May 2020
Hello!
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.
This week’s theme is ROBOTS
as well as SINGING and DANCING!!!!!
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?
Delicious robots you can EAT!!!!!
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!
Time for Miss Musiej’s COOK SCHOOL
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.
Party Hedgehogs: Fruit and vegetable kebabs
SINGING AND DANCING TIME!
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!
I am a Robot Song and Dance
Do you like singing and dancing?
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!!!!!!!
Remember at nursery you used boxes to make robots as well as for lots of other things? Boxes are great fun.
Finally, here is a story about a cat called Ginger and a special box!.
Benny the Busy Puppy
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!
Parents, some latest news from the Scottish Government for you about school and nursery re-opening: Please click on the links below:
parent club.scot advice on reopening of schools
parent club.scot questions and answers
The given date for school’s opening is August 11th.
See you all ‘virtually’ next week!
Welcome to Moving on Monday Club
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.
Can you RECOGNISE numbers?
Learning to recognise numbers is a practical skill that lasts a lifetime. It’s good if your child can show an interest in numbers, such as ‘my age and my door number’.
Games and play are the best ways to learn numbers.
Numbers are all around us. Look around your house-you will see lots of numbers on clocks, phones, recipes, magazines. Where else do you see numbers?
OUTSIDE your house there are lots of numbers too.
Here is a wee quiz. Look at these numbers around Beattock.
Can you spot them?
It’s great that your child can count and recognise some numbers. These are super skills. Even more important though is that your child learns something called 1:1 correspondence. This is when you use your finger to touch objects as you count. It’s like slow motion counting!
Here is a video for parents.
Some of you will have children who can count really well. Here is another skill that we learn at nursery and Primary. It’s called SUBITIZE! Pronounced Soobitize! Here’s a catchy song. A great way to learn to subitize is to play games with a dice.
Bye! See you for next week’s blog!
Moving on Monday Club for Parents!
Welcome to Moving on Monday Club
Today’s blog is especially for PARENTS as you get ready to look out, order and buy things for your child going to school.Â
You still have plenty of time!! As things stand at the moment, children start P1 in August so there are still 14 weeks to go until Thursday August 20th!
But it’s good to be organised and I know that some of you are ordering uniforms and planning what you’ll need.
SCHOOL UNIFORMS, SHOES AND BAGS
The basic school uniform at Beattock Primary school is WHITE POLO SHIRT, DARK TROUSERS OR SKIRT. As you can see from the photo, cardigans, jumpers, white shirts, pinafores and shorts are all part of the uniform.
What else will my child need?
- Comfortable easy to fasten school shoes
- Indoor shoes your child will change into when in class (these should be like plimsolls, easy to fasten and comfortable)
- clothes for P.E.-tee shirt and shorts/leggings/joggers (indoor shoes can be used for PE but you can also provide trainers)
- Wet weather clothes (such as wellies, outdoor overalls, waterproof jacket),
- School bag
- Pencil case – this is optional but is a nice thing to have for doing homework. The school will provide all essential equipment for learning.
- Water bottle
- Gym bag for PE clothes
The main thing to remember is that your child will be in uniform all day-a uniform should be COMFORTABLE and EASY to get on and off.
Every one else will be in uniform too and cardigans, jumpers and even trousers get lost and mixed up-you’ll need to LABEL everything.
You can also get help to buy a school uniform. Check out the links below:
D&G School Clothing Grant
Scottish Government Best Start Grants
Here is a letter form Mrs Miller with more info about P1:
Primary 1 Information Sheet
Finally!
Moving on Monday Club
Welcome to Moving on Monday Club
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.
How good are you at COUNTING?
What’s the biggest number you can count up to? No way! That’s a VERY big number! Let your family hear you COUNT. I bet you make them smile! Some of you can count up to 20!!!!!!
Listen to this song, we sing it at nursery.
Listen to Liam singing the song:
Well done Liam! Why don’t you sing this song and record it on your mum’s phone like Liam? I know that you are all lovely singers!
Learning number skills like COUNTING are very important life skills. Think about it, you count every day! Include your child in counting-as you put the shopping away or as you load the washing machine!
Here is a great counting game that we really LOVE at nursery. What’s the Time Mr Wolf. Count out as you step closer and closer to the wolf! Don’t get eaten!!!!!
Great counting everyone.
See you next week for more learning.
Hello again!
 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.
This week’s theme is BABIES!
When I was little I played a lot with my pram and I loved my new baby brother. I know you LOVE babies too!
When I phoned you last week, lots of you were playing babies. I wish I could have seen your babies. Which one is the tiniest? Which one is the sleepiest? Which one is the naughtiest? Which one goes in the pram all the time?
Have you ever carried your baby on your back? Do you remember doing that at nursery with Mrs Paterson? Â You could even carry your baby to the park! Will you put them on your back or front? I hope your baby’s not too heavy!
Here are some things you could play with your babies.
This week on the 21st of May it will be Outdoor Learning Day. Maybe you could try one of these activities outside on Thursday.
I think you know babies like milk!
Do you know why we need milk? Â That’s right, you remembered it has calcium in it to make our teeth and bones strong.
Thank you farmers for looking after the cows that give us milk and for growing the plants to give us plant-based milk!
Snack Time!
 Why not try these milk and plant-based milk snacks! See if they make you stronger-can you do more press-ups now?
Now, here’s a FIZZY Science EXPERIMENT using MILK.
Maybe one day you will be a Scientist and help find cures to make people better!
Can you remember when you were a baby?
Look at your baby photos, or even mummy and daddy’s baby photos.
How have you changed? You are now much taller and I hear that some of you are nearly as tall as your big brother and that one of you has new Nike shoes that make you bigger!
Why not measure how tall you are and keep a growth chart?
Baby Animals
Play a baby animals game with your family. Ask them if they know the names of baby animals then get them to ask you. Here is a chart to get you started.
Finally, time for the loveliest story about babies. I like when Bill, the smallest one, says “I want my mummy!’
And how could we resit this song! Get dancing!
Benny the busy Puppy!
Benny has a sore paw!
 He wants to play hospitals with his babies and toys.
If you are passing the school this Thursday on your walk, look out for a little present that Benny has painted for each of you. It will be on the wall outside the school and if you live far from Beattock, Benny will try to deliver it to your home.
See you all next week
Hello!
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.Â
This week’s theme is TRANSPORT!
If you walk around Beattock you’ll see and hear lots of different transport. How many different types of transport can you hear and see? Count how many you find. Which one is your favourite?
I know who likes playing with train sets best and I know who likes jets the best! If you could jump on a jet where would you fly to? Why not look at a map of the world and choose a cool place to go!
What other things could you do today?
You could even play at BUSES!
Here’s a cut and stick skill to learn!
One of our favourite things to do at nursery is to make vehicle stickers. We find pictures of vehicles in newspapers, magazines and online. Then we cut out the pictures of racing cars and aeroplanes or whatever vehicle we like and then we stick them on our jumpers using sellotape.
Delicious Vehicles You Can EAT!!!!!!
Check out these delicious vehicles! They look like one of Miss Murray’s snacks don’t they!
Time for Miss Musiej’s COOK SCHOOL!
Try out a new healthy recipe every week with Miss Musiej. This week it’s time to make Carrot Muffins. These are to celebrate VE Day! Just click on the title below to see the link to Miss Musiej’s recipe and banana dance!
CARROT MUFFINS
Do you know this song? You always sing it so well at nursery. We’ve even sung it on the bus when we go to Moffat. Join in!
Well done to all you guys who are learning to ride your bikes. YOU DID IT!!!!!!!
Finally, here is a story about Pippin. She has a real adventure on a bus! She can even skateboard!
Benny the busy Puppy
What is he up to this week?
Take care everyone! See you next week!
Moving on Monday Club
Welcome to Moving on Monday Club
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.
Are you ready to get your body moving???? Are you ready to build an Assault Course???
This looks fun! I like the Magic Carpet ride!
Make your own Assault Course outside with chalk! This looks a lot of fun, especially jumping over the volcano!
Learning to move your body is a really important skill. It builds up core strength and coordination as well as concentration. These are skills you need before you learn to write. They help when you do P.E. and when you go to after-school clubs too.
Check out these other gross motor skills (that’s a posh name for skills to help your body move) that you could try with your family!
These skills will be great when you play in the big playground with your buddies and friends.
See you next week to learn and practice more skills!
Moving on Monday Club
Welcome to Moving on Monday Club
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.
Are you ready for the first challenge? I think all of you will find it pretty easy!
Challenge # 1Â Can you put your coat on in 30 seconds?
I wonder if any of you did it quicker than that?
Challenge # 2 Take off your coat without the sleeves going inside out!!!!
That’s a tricky one. What will you do if your sleeves go inside out? Do you know how to fix it? Well done!
Learning to be independent is very important. It gives you a good feeling when you can do things for yourself.Â
Putting on and taking off your coat by yourself is a great skill to have before you start school. Lots of you even know how to hang up your coats. Look for the little hoop and hang it on the hook! And you even know how to zip and button.
Mrs Miller will be so pleased that you can do this all by yourself!
See you next week!
Hello!
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.
This week’s theme is GARDENS!
I’m sure you’ve been out in your garden a lot recently. It doesn’t matter how big or how small your garden is, it’s a wonderful place where plants and even little animals live! Maybe you’ll go on a bug-hunt or water the plants or plant seeds in your garden this week. Do you remember the nursery garden and when we visited Peter Pan’s garden at Moat Brae?
If you want to plant seeds, do you know where you might find them? Yes-inside fruit! If you like apples, keep the seeds and plant them.
Here is an apple seed experiment
All these apples are making me hungry!
These snacks look just like the snacks Miss Murray and Miss Musiej make! Yum yum.
Time for Miss Musiej’s COOK SCHOOL!
Try out a new healthy recipe every week with Miss Musiej. You’ll love it, especially of you’ve been missing going down the road to McDonalds!
Just click on the title Chicken Nuggets below to see what she’s made.
CHICKEN NUGGETS
Here’s a great wee garden rhyme!
When I was little I loved doing this wee rhyme. It was very tickly!
Finally, a fabulous story about a very clever ladybird. I know lots of the nursery LOVE ladybirds and they LOVE this story too!
Benny the busy Puppy!
Benny likes sticks. He has used them to make a garden bedroom for bugs! Would you like to see it? Why not make one for your garden too?
Let Benny know if any insects visit your bug bedroom. On the day Benny made his one, a beautiful stag beetle popped in to say hello. Look at it’s purple coat.
Parents, a little something for you!
See you all next week!
