Good morning,

I hope we are all doing well at home and enjoying some of the activities.  Please remember and email your child’s key worker or myself for check ins or specific activities to develop your child’s learning. As the hub provision is on in the ECC, staff are at some point working in the ECC so may not get back to you that day.

For today’s task is to play some board games. Playing board games are one of the best ways to encourage learning whilst having fun. Games have many benefits like developing critical thinking skills, emotional and social  development with learning about turn taking; cooperating and winning or losing a game playing with peers.

If you have a printer at home this is a template of a counting game you could perhaps print or draw out on paper if not.

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I also saw this week is Space Week on CBeebies. They will be exploring the planets, solar system, astronauts, rockets and robots at the National Space Centre. Learning about Space is always a topic the children love learning about in the ECC so may be worth allowing them to watch and record what information the children can tell you? Ask them some questions. The episodes are on at 4:50pm daily.

Monday – Rockets 🚀

Tuesday – Solar System 🌌

Wednesday – International Space Station 🛰

Thursday – Space Robots 🤖

Friday – Astronaut training 👩🏻‍🚀

These will also be available on IPlayer.

You can let us know how you get on?

Maria ❤️

maria.paterson@eastayrshire.org.uk

 

Good morning,

It is to be quite a lovely fresh day today so if you are out for a walk I have a an activity here for you.
Investigating signs and recognising them are very early reading skills.

Speak about the signs that you can see, do you know the numbers? or is there any you already know? This can include shop signs for example co-op, post office etc.
If heading out please remember to do so safely 😁

 

If you are not heading out today here is one you can do in the house.

Remember to let your child’s keyworkers know how they are getting on with these activities. Take some pictures.

Maria ❤️

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you all had a safe and healthy start to 2021. As we have yet again found ourselves in lockdown, I would like to assure all our children and families that we are here to support as best as we can until we can welcome all children back into the ECC.

Starting from Monday 11th January the staff will be posting some home learning ideas each day that will continue on your child’s learning and development.  Please follow this GLOW blog page daily to gain access to these posts.

During this time the staff will be reaching out to all children and families to check in and support. If you would like to email them in meantime email addresses are as follows;

Maria – maria.paterson@eastayrshire.org.uk

Amanda – amanda.hopkins@eastayrshire.org.uk

Tracey – tracey.beattie@eastayrshire.org.uk

Louise – louise.mccloskey@eastayrshire.org.uk

Debbie – deborah.fitzgerald@eastayrshire.org.uk

Moyra – moyra.paton@eastayrshire.org.uk

Jill – jillian.faulds@eastayrshire.org.uk 

Michelle – michelle.quinn@eastayrshire.org.uk 

If you have any questions please feel free to ask and I will try answer as best I can.

Maria

Hello everyone!!!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our families for your continuous understanding and support! Since we started the new session in August we have found ourselves working very differently, but as always the children are at the centre of our practice and we endeavour to make the best possible experiences for them.  Part of our journey this session that we have missed is being able to invite our families in to join in their child’s learning.

With that being said we have all been very busy this festive period making crafts and getting organised for our party! We have put together a special video for all the family!!

We hope you all have the very best Christmas and New Year and may if be filled with laughter, joy and some noisy toys!!!

Thank you again from all the staff here at Hurlford ECC..we hope you enjoy! (A special thank you to Louise for her video editing skills!)

Have a great festive holiday!

All the staff

The children have been working hard recently on a Christmas surprise for all the family to enjoy!!

Watch this space in the days to follow for more information!…

The children really enjoyed the story of “The Stick Man” They were then wanting to make their own stick men.

The children were also decorating our outdoor area and exploring.

 

Tracey, Jill/Moyra and Debbie.

 

 

The red and blue group have been busy this week…

They explored the nativity story!

Ask them if they can tell you the story of how baby Jesus was born.

Exploring sensory play and outdoors.

Amanda & Louise 🔴🔵

 

As we are unable to have Santa visit our school this year, Santa has agreed to come into the Community to wave to our children in our ECC and Primary.
On Thursday 17th December from 5pm to approx. 6pm, Santa will be driven along the following route to wave to our pupils. Staff will also come along too and join in the fun!
Why not come out into your garden or pavement and wave to Santa as he goes by? If Santa, is not visiting your street, please find a safe place to stand along the route and wave. Please note that Santa and staff will not be able to stop.
It is very important that everyone remembers social distancing and only stand in your family bubble.

The route is as follows:
SANTA ROUTE MAP

• Depart Hurlford Primary, Union Street at 5pm
• Turn left onto Riccarton Road
• Turn left on to Dewalden Road
• Then onto Morris Crescent.
• Turn left onto Blair Avenue
• Then right onto Mauchline Road
• Then along Kerrmuir Avenue
• Turn right up Drumleyhill Drive
• Then right onto Richardson Avenue
• Then right onto Kerrmuir Avenue
• Right onto Mauchline Road
• Left onto Academy Street
• Right onto Union Street
• Arrive Hurlford Primary.

This event has been carefully risk assessed and has been organised by the school, in discussion with East Ayrshire’s Events & Resilience Officer.
We hope that this event will bring some festive cheer to the community and that you will enjoy waving to Santa!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

 

We here at the ECC are very much missing singing and practicing our usual Christmas songs.

The children have still been singing these on their own but we are unable to teach them the songs in large groups this year due to COVID restrictions.

I have put together some Christmas songs if you wish to sing with the children at home.

When Santa got stuck up the chimney.

1. When Santa got stuck up the chimney,

He began to shout,

You girls and boys,

Won’t get any toys,

If you don’t pull me out.

There’s soot on my back,

And my beard is all black,

My nose is tickling too.

When Santa got stuck up the chimney,

Achoo, Achoo, Achoo.

 

Poor old Santa

Poor old Santa; Poor old Santa 

He got stuck; he got stuck,

Coming down the chimney

Coming down the chimney

What tough luck; what tough luck

 

Jingle Bells

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way

Oh what fun it is to ride,

In a one horse open sleigh oh!

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way

Hurrah for dear old Santa Claus

Hurrah for Christmas Day!

Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow

In a one-horse open sleigh

O’er the fields we go

Laughing all the way ha ha ha

Bells on bobtails ring

Making spirits bright

What fun it is to ride and sing

A sleighing song tonight

 

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Had a very shiny nose,

And if you ever saw it,

You would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names;

They never let poor Rudolph

Join in any reindeer games.

 

Then one foggy Christmas Eve,

Santa came to say,

Rudolph with your nose so bright,

Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?

 

Then how the reindeer loved him

As they shouted out with glee,

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,

You’ll go down in history.

 

 

The green, yellow and purple group have been learning about the circus. They were juggling balls, walking on stilts, spinning plates, walking on a tight rope and jumping through a hoop of fire.

All the boys and girls also put on a show for the red and blue group!!…what do you think of their circus skills?? 🎪 🤡