We made “silly soup” following on from our soup making last week – but this week, our silly soup only had ingredients which rhymed!! Working on identifying rhyme, some of our ingredients included a shell and a bell, a sock and a clock and a bee and a tree. The children agreed it wasn’t as yummy as the lentil last week…

Shoebox appeal activity – We opened a light discussion about poverty and people less fortunate than us, and spoke with the children about kindness, caring and giving. The children then helped to pick items out of a bag & pack the shoeboxes, one for a little girl and one for a little boy. We discussed why we were putting each item in, and the boys and girls wanted to make their own pictures, cards and drawings to include in the boxes. We were so proud of the children’s response and attitude towards the activity, your children really are so kind and caring. Superstars, as always!! Here are some snippets of lovely comments we heard;

AM –

“I put hair clips in cos we’ve all got lovely clips, some for the little girl” – S

“Giving makes them happy. They don’t have Lego. I put jammies in for them” – H

“I gave the girl an egg to play with (toy). We could draw them a picture!” – O

“A toothbrush, to brush their teeth” – A

“Some fluffy jammies, to keep them nice and warm. I’m going to make a picture with my name on it for them” – Ta

“This brush is for brushing the girls hair” – B

“A bobble so they can put their hair up like I do” – L

“Pencils for drawing and colouring” – Cona

“Give them A sponge to wash. I’m going to make a picture for them too! They’ll like it” – R

“A sponge to clean” – Tr

“I put a car in, cos they don’t have any toys. And some lovely cuddly toys. I want to draw them a picture” – Es

“They don’t have lots of things like us. They even have dirty water in places like Africa. That’s sad, we should help. We gave a toothbrush so they can brush their teeth” – Er

“I gave them a book to read” – Cono

PM –

“I think the boys and girls are going to be happy. They’re going to love doing some drawing with the paper and pencils. We could send them a card too. I think the little boy would like to play with this car” – R

“We put the things in the box for the little boy and the little girl cos they don’t have any toys. I gave them a duck for scrubbing in the bath make them nice and clean” (sponge) – Har

“I put a toy in – she’s gonna be so happy she’s gonna think the toy is fabulous. Books and jammies for them to sleep with” – Ap

“We could make them a present” – Alf

“A toothbrush so they can brush their teeth” – O

“We could get them some toys, make them happy” – Han

“A book for drawing” – D

“We could give them some nice food or some jammies for sleeping with” – Z

“A reading book, a mummy or daddy could read it to them” – Ale

“They don’t have money to buy toys. We get them some toys. Some pens, to draw with them” – W

The green and silver group have been carrying out some science activities this week for science day (other groups will be doing this next week too) This science activity consisted of wrapping eggs in different materials and dropping them whilst predicting whether it would break or stay whole. The children have also been making, exploring and acting out there own stories this week!

Today the green and silver group had lots of pudsey fun celebrating children in need! They did lots of all things yellow with water and play dough. The children also focused on colour mixing and finding out how to make different colours!

How fabulous do the red and blue groups new areas look?

we have an initial sound wall, loose parts area and role play area in the ladybird room! These look amazing girls well done!

Evening everyone

Please remember Thursday is the final day for entires to our pumpkin carving competition. This is your chance to win a hamper of autumnal goodies and help us raise money for the ECC!

This costs £2 entry fee to be handed to the door staff member and please send all virtual nominations and carvings to Leanne.strathearn@eastayrshire.org.uk

we will announce the winner next week! Good luck!

Just a note to all ECC parents regarding outdoor provision/cohort weeks.

As part of our return plan for August 2020 and in line with government covid recommendations to use outdoor areas as much as possible, our ECC children are continuing to be outdoors for the week as part of the cohort rotation.

To confirm we are still using our indoor base as part of this provision for extremely bad weather for such as yellow weather warnings and severe weather.
We are currently in the process of having a more sheltered nook built outside so children have an undercover area for writing, drawing and snacking this is not as a replacement for our indoor base and will be used in line with using the rest of the garden and again to reiterate we will be using our indoor base within the school as a temporary measure for when the weather is severe.
Children have been loving the wet weather these last couple of days and have stated to staff they do not want to go indoors which is amazing to see and hear!
So can I please ask a polite gentle reminder to all parents to pop on the appropriate clothing for their child to suit wetter and colder days and if anyone has anything they wish to ask or chat about pop me a telephone call or email.
Leanne S

I also hope the following information helps and supports you all and if anyone needs anything else please don’t hesitate to email myself

Needing some meditation and calming breathing  during these tough covid times … try and follow these breathing techniques to help support anxiety and stress.

Welcome to our new emotion of the month wheel (week for each cohort), this is where each month we will focus on one emotion and every cohort will add to it and you at home can help add to it by emailing pictures of each emotion and quotes for us to put up

This is the new cohorts for October to December starting after the October holidays.
To clarify incase any parent has missed this information, that throughout the year unless things change and guidelines loosen for us, our children will be kept in cohorts and these cohorts will change every holiday period. This is to ensure that children will make new ECC friendships throughout different groups which is always beneficial for children and will be particularly beneficial for children going to school as this expands the friendships and support children will have.

kind regard Leanne S