Apologies, I know that it is January but these pictures are too nice not to share…
Category Archives: Nursery
Our Bodies
We have been learning about our bodies in nursery over the last few weeks. We all knew lots about the parts of the body we could see and could name many of these parts. Our questions,and what we really wanted to find out more about, were all related to what happened inside our body, so that has been our focus. We borrowed a skeleton from the primary and then asked the Science Department if they had something which showed our insides. The secondary teachers were worried the model was a bit gruesome for us – but we have found it fascinating and have remembered so much of what we have been talking about. We have looked at the skeleton, the internal organs, muscles and blood and completed various activities in relation to these.
Dalbeattie Nursery Boat Naming Ceremony
The sun shone on a very special boat naming ceremony at the new Dalbeattie Learning Campus on November 9th. The children in Dalbeattie Primary’s Nursery were thrilled to see their new play item officially named ‘Everest Skye,’ a name they had picked themselves, based on a popular TV programme. Sir Malcolm Ross, Lord Lieutenant for the Stewartry performed the ceremony, watched on by excited children and invited guests who included Lady Ross, members of Solway Yacht Club and representatives from Grahams Design Team and D&G Schools For The Future together with the school’s management team.
In order to install a play feature designed by the landscape architect, Project Manager Andy Little was tasked with finding a boat. He made contact with Solway Yacht Club who gladly came to the rescue. The club has donated a laser dinghy which they have lovingly restored and painted with the boat’s name and yacht club emblem. Commodore of the club, Ian Purkis, also presented the school with a pennant from Solway Yacht Club and made a speech about how much the club wants to encourage more young sailors from Dalbeattie to get involved at the club at Kippford. Sir Malcolm and Lady Ross also presented the school with the Stewartry Flag so that the school can fly it from their flagpole once it is installed. The party of invited guests then had a tour of our wonderful new campus.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Last week we held a coffee morning in nursery to raise money for Macmillan. Family and friends came to play and then we all had cake. We raised a fantastic total of £68.40. Thanks to everyone who came along. We look forward to inviting you in again when we have moved.
Nursery Forest Walk
The forest was a busy place on Friday as the nursery were up having a walk too. We were looking out for patterns in the world around us and had our snack there as well.
Pets and Vets
This week we have been talking about our pets and thinking about their needs. We have set the role play area up as a vets and have had a lot of fun helping the animals to get better.
Sea Life!
We have continued along an underwater theme, which was started by the story of The Rainbow Fish last week. Some of the activities have been more factual and we have learned about a range of creatures which live in the seas and oceans. We have made a lovely Rainbow Fish display which developed our scissor skills as we each cut out and decorated a shiny scale. We also painted our clay fish and explored colours on the light box. We have been counting to 8, based around the tentacles of an octopus and exploring how to mix paint to create lighter shades of a colour to paint our own fish.
The Rainbow Fish
This week we have focused some of our activities around ‘The Rainbow Fish’ by Marcus Pfister. It is a great story to develop the themes of sharing and friendship with the children. We have been using different media to create our own Rainbow fish and have made a beach themed tray to play in – which we decided to add pirates to! Our playdough has been decorated with sparkles and we have been changing the words to popular tunes to make them fish related as well. We have also been fishing for magnetic letters in the water and retelling the story in our own words. We are still very interested in the book so next week may well be fish themed too!
Walk to the Woods
The morning children requested a final walk to the woods before the summer. Luckily Monday morning was dry so we got a chance for one final exploration!
Teddy Bears’ Picnic
If you had been down at the park yesterday, you’d have been sure of a big surprise…
The afternoon children were there with their teddies for a picnic. We had some time to play at the park then we did a treasure hunt to find the hidden teddies. We had races with our bears and then sat in the bandstand for our picnic. Afterwards we enjoyed playing on the big pitch with the balls. What a fun afternoon!
