Catrine Early Childhood Centre
An East Ayrshire Council site
Week 4
Measurement and Capacity.
In your home how many spoons can you find?
Can you order them correctly?
What one is the longest/ shortest?
What one is the heaviest/lightest?
Can you draw your spoons?
I can compare by size and attempt to use the correct vocabulary ie, big, bigger, biggest.
I can use measuring resources such as scales, rulers and measuring sticks to record size.
I can use non standard items for measure such as hands, feet and blocks etc.
To link in with our national book week as the Literacy Champion, I am going to be introducing ‘the big bedtime read’. This is to support and emphasise the importance of reading books with your child daily, as this benefits their learning and development significantly. Today, your child will come home with their Reader Sheet. We ask that you note down the story you read together each night and return your completed reader on Monday 29th November to receive a certificate of participation.
If you would like to borrow a book from ourselves to enjoy reading a variety of books during this initiative, there will be ones available each day at pick up. If you are borrowing a book, please be mindful and bring it back once finished.
If you would like to read further information regarding the big bedtime read, please follow the link below:
https://www.gettingreadytolearn.co.uk/themes/bigbedtimeread/
Hi everyone, this week in the ECC some of the children have been talking about families and comparing the heights of their friends to see who is the tallest and smallest.
Therefore this weeks challenge card is to try and find out who is the tallest and smallest in your family?
You could draw a picture to show us who is the tallest and smallest.
Please send your pictures to easherrie.devlin@glow.sch.uk
Good afternoon everyone. Firstly, I would just like to start by apologising on the delay of the Concept Cat initiative, we have been very busy within the ECC. I was planning on carrying out the last two sessions within the ECC, however due to the current situation and being in two bubbles I thought it would be best to make it a home link.
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Remember to send in all your hard work to my email leoni.gilmour@eastayrshire.org.uk. I will be entering this into our Literacy Floorbook.
Good morning everyone, I can’t believe we are on our last day and then it is our summer holidays!
I felt that today instead of doing a daily task I could provide you all with a summer checklist – you can use some of my ideas or make your own and do new things and challenge yourself!
All I ask is when you do some new, fun and exciting things if you can send them to my email so I can see all your summer adventures!- ealeoni.gilmour@glow.sch.uk
Remember you do not need to do these, they are just ideas for you and your family for over the summer – you can do your own things too! Just remember to send them over to my email 🙂
I just want to wish you all the best over the summer holidays – good luck to our children going into primary 1. I am sure you will all love it! Also, to our returners, I cannot wait to see you all again in August to hear all of your fabulous stories! – Leoni x
Transient Art
As part of our drive to promote and develop our children’s communication skills we have decided to set a few outdoor activities that you and your child can do together.
We hope you have fun with these ideas, spend time together and simply chat. Please be mindful of social distancing and be aware of others around you at this time.
We would love to see or hear how your child got on with the challenge either through discussions whilst attending the ECC or through uploading picture / photos to our email. alana.speirs@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
What can you find in the garden or when you’re out on a walk?
Gather up some leaves, stones, cones, small sticks – if you can’t go a walk look within your own garden or house. Use a tray to make your picture upon or a cut out shape – be creative.
Remember if you have older / younger siblings within your family then they can be involved too.
We look forward to seeing all of your pictures.
Remember to send them to :-
alana.speirs@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Good morning boys and girls, I hope you have been having a fantastic week!
Today, I have planned a fun and exciting activity for you to do at home with your family. This is a follow on from Marion’s lovely story about the gingerbread man. I know that the gingerbread man is a favourite within the nursery so I thought, why don’t we make our own gingerbread boy/girl and houses for them?!
Don’t worry, you do not need to go out and buy the packs if you do not wish – below are links to make your own from scratch!
Gingerbread man: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gingerbread_men_99096/amp
Gingerbread house: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/simple-gingerbread-house%3famp
Enjoy making your gingerbread and remember to be careful and get an adults help!
Remember to send your pictures and/or videos to my email – ealeoni.gilmour@glow.sch.uk
Have a great weekend everyone, we will see you all again on Monday for more exciting activities! x
Tuesday 2nd June2020
Health Week Challenge (Balance)
As part of our drive to promote and develop our children’s communication skills we have decided to set a few HEALTH challenge activities that you and your child can do together.
We hope you have fun with these ideas, spend time together and simply chat. Please be mindful of social distancing and be aware of others around you at this time.
We would love to see or hear how your child got on with the challenge through uploading picture / photos to my email.
eajan.wardrop@glow.sch.uk
Remember if you have older / younger siblings within your family then they can be involved too.
We look forward to seeing all of your pictures
What is Balance?
Test out your balancing skills using this story:- Get a grownup
to read it to you………………………
Giraffe : stand on your tippy toes
Flamingo : stand on one leg
Monkey : sit with your bottom toughing the floor
There once was a Rainbow unit that visited the zoo. They were excited to see all the animals. One girl’s favourite animal was the giraffe because he had a really long neck. (get the children to stand on their tiptoes, for 5 / 10 seconds.) One girl loved the pink flamingos’. They looked funny standing on one leg. (Can you all stand on one leg too.) Some of the other girls and boys loved the monkeys. They were a little cheeky! (Can you all sit with your bums only on the ground / floor.) They wondered if the Giraffe, Flamingo and the Monkeys would like to join their Rainbow unit. So they wrote a really long letter to the giraffe, a letter to the flamingos on pink paper and wrote a funny joke for the monkey, in the hope that they’d like to join the Rainbow group too.
You could even make your own beanbag to use, I used a shopping bag, you could make one out of a sock and fill it up with some rice, make sure the end is securely tied. I wonder what kind of beanbags you will have?????? superman, my little pony, peppa pig, fox socks, remember to send a photo in please.
Here’s a game you can also play:-
Click on the link below for the last part of the Balance activity.
Balancing-Home-Learning-Challenge-Sheet
Hope you all have had some fun with this today, please send us in any pictures or art work that you have created after taking part in the challenge.
Hello everyone, I hope you are all well 🙂
This week we are going to be celebrating health week and I have made a fun challenge for us all to participate in! Below I have attached the poster of the task/challenge and also a miles tracker if you wish to use it (printable and editable on word)
However, this is just a guide, you do not need to use it. If it is easier for you, just write on a bit of paper, or even screenshot pictures from your tracker apps and send it in.
We will be doing this task over the week, so please keep a note or screenshots of your progress and send them in.
Send your tracked/completed miles to ealeoni.gilmour@glow.sch.uk
Remember stay safe, stay alert and follow road safety guidance when you are out.
Jan’s Green Group Achievements
W/K 25th May 2020
Achieving Andy wants to know what you have achieved :-
parents and children – we love to hear how everyone is getting on,
Let’s celebrate together……………….
A massive well done to Emily Connell 👍
Keep remembering to send your photos and achievements in to:-
eajan.wardrop@glow.sch.uk
2020 Making memories together.
We hope you have fun with these ideas, spend time together and simply chat. Please be mindful of social distancing and be aware of others around you at this time.
We would love to see or hear how your child got on with the challenge through uploading picture / photos to our email. alana.speirs@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Remember if you have older / younger siblings within your family then they can be involved too.
We look forward to seeing all of your pictures
What could you make to remember these very special times, when the the world needed everyone to stay apart.
Who stayed in your house, can you make a keepsake of this.
2020 Lockdown
You can use Salt dough and make a plate, get a grown up to help you measure out the ingredients, take turns creating your salt dough.
As I am aware it is not always easy to get flour, you could create a picture instead, by using painted / cut out handprints , you may also wish to include you pet paw print too. Here is a few ideas:-
Remember to send us your pictures of your finished art work too:-
alana.speirs@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Can’t wait to see who you all spent time with in your houses 2020
Ashton has been enjoying getting messy and baking over the weekend! Along with adult supervision and support, Ashton was able to put in and mix ingredients to make a yummy chocolate cake!!
’Well done Ashton, you are a mini master chef in the making’- Achieving Andy.
“well done Logan for using apple seeds to create your own apple tree, we are all so proud of you” – Achieving Andy
Good morning everyone, I hope you are all keeping safe and well!
Today’s task is very fun and exciting, and I am looking forward to you joining in with it!
TASK- With a grown up’s help, let’s bake! You can bake any kind of cake, fairy cakes, cupcakes, chocolate cakes. Anything you like!
From this task, you can use so many of your skills that you know and learn new skills- with adult support when required:
This task gives you the opportunity to have fun, get a little messy and learn new things! I really look forward to seeing your cake creations, remember to send photos to either – alana.speirs@east-ayrshire.gov.uk or ealeoni.gilmour@glow.sch.uk
Have great fun doing this task, have a wonderful week and remember stay home and stay safe 🙂 !
Jan’s Green Group
Achieving Andy wants to know what you have achieved :-
parents and children – we love to hear how everyone is getting on, lets celebrate together……………….
Cole has been working really hard on his writing skills during lockdown. We are all very proud of your achievements, keep up the fantastic work, Cole.
Ashton from Rena’s Blue group sent me a selection of pictures as he has been looking after the birds in his garden. Well done, Ashton.
Good morning boys and girls, Teddy has a quick message for you all which leads on to todays literacy challenge.
Teddy had great fun making this letter collage for you! Now, you can make a lovely collage of your own!
Cut and stick logos from magazines, food packaging etc. Create what you like with these, whether this be a poster like teddies or a lovely rainbow using the variety of colours from the logo, its all down to your own creativity!
Whilst cutting… Do you recognise any of the logos? Can you spot any letters from your name?
Tuesday 12th May Daily Task.
Bird Feeders & Binoculars
We hope you have fun with these ideas, spend time together and simply chat. Please be mindful of social distancing and be aware of others around you at this time.
We would love to see or hear how your child got on with the challenge, either through discussions whilst attending the ECC or through uploading picture / photos to our email. alana.speirs@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Remember if you have older / younger siblings within your family then they can be involved too.
Can you make a bird feeder with some breakfast cereal or bird seed if you have any ?
What you need, cereal e.g. cheerios and some wire, a used Kitchen roll, or a stick that you have found while out on your daily walk and some string, cover with some lard or peanut butter in order for the cereal or seeds to stick to it. Hang up in the garden and watch the birds feeding on it.
Remember to put your bird feeder somewhere that you can see it. You could now make some binoculars with an empty kitchen roll, cut in half, attach the two pieces together and decorate. Get a grown up to help make a small hole at one end and attach a piece of string / wool / lace to it. Now you can decorate it what ever way you wish.
Rainbow Binoculars …….. it’s entirely up to you.
Now can you find a quiet spot in the garden or within the house, looking out the window ……. what birds can you see?
Here is one of the birds that comes into my garden, looking at themselves in the car mirror. Can you manage to capture any birds feeding from your bird feeder? Remember to send the pictures into Alana. We all love seeing what you have been creating. I wonder what your binoculars look like ? Have fun everyone.
Hello everyone! Today we are going to be celebrating VE day and mark the 75th anniversary 🙂
Here is a link to a short video which will lay out what VE day is, so gather round everyone and watch this before being creative and getting into the activities provided! –
Now we know why we celebrate VE day, I have attached a few ideas of various fun activities that we can do to celebrate the people who kept us safe all those many years ago! – remember to send all your fun to Alana so we can see you celebrate VE day your way! alana.speirs@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
Enjoy celebrating VE day and I hope you all enjoy the bank holiday and we will see you all again next week :-)!
Good morning boys and girls 🙂
Today, I have a super fun challenge for you all!
We are going to play hide and seek with our favourite teddy/toy!
Firstly adults, let’s role model for the kids to understand how this goes. Choose a large teddy/toy together to hide around the house/garden. Practice counting to 10 (if they are confident with their counting up to 10, practice counting backwards from 10) and use positional language clues such as “teddy is under/next to/behind etc…” to help your child find it, and then switch roles! This is a great activity to build on their communication and language as well as their mathematical development!
Before you start, can you find my pink bunny pug? Clue: it is inside a bucket!
Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you are all having a lovely Friday 🙂 Today, we are going to be making our very homemade pizza’s! Don’t worry if you have not got pizza bases, unfortunately the Gilmour household could not get any so we used pitta breads as an alternate!
Let’s be creative and have some family fun! You can pick whatever you like to put on your pizza and make funny faces or as colourful and creative as you like. Why don’t you even help your adults prepare the food to go onto it by giving them a helping hand to grate or chop things.
I have attached a picture of the recipe if you need one and some pictures of when my family and I made some homemade pizzas on Wednesday.
Remember have fun and use this as a time to spend some quality family time together! Also, don’t forget to send in your master pieces to Alana so we can all see them to alana.speirs@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
