This week we took part in Science week where the focus was how things change and adapt over time. We explored different concepts such as how places change and adapt over time, how our bodies and looks change as we grow, how insects change through the story of the hungry caterpillar and how technology has changed. The children enjoyed learning some history of Mauchline, exploring what spaces used to look like via the internet and how our schooling has changed by exploring our school archives. We also had some vintage items brought in for us to explore and recognise what we use today compared to them.

Outdoors we have continued to explore traditional stories as well as developing our listening and attention skills through team games, ring games and working together to build and take turns when climbing.

During Woodland Wednesday, the children explored different areas of their environment, building upon road safety skills and developing curiosity about what we seen, heard and touched,  the children really enjoyed looking for their own stones and sticks to create stick man. The children experienced different terrain such as stone, mud and grass and had opportunities to climb. The children developed their confidence with exploring and staying safe, following instructions well throughout the experience.

have a lovely weekend everyone
beth x

This week we have continued to explore “under the sea” using the promethean board to search for sea monsters. Some of the children were able to identify the bloop, the megladon and different sharks.

An under the sea den was made to support children to role play with the different kinds of fish and begin to learn about their roles within the sea, ie sharks eat smaller fish.

We have also been looking at what lives above the sea and experimented with fish magnets to collect number ducks enhancing number recognition.

Parents/carers were invited to a bookbug session to celebrate world book day. They heard the story of THE COW WHO FELL TO EARTH, and sang nursery rhymes as well as use the shiny cover to jump bookbug to the moon.

On Thursday we went on a book hunt around the school to see the decorated doors of the classrooms. We concluded that our door of THE SHARK IN THE PARK was the best.

This week outdoors we have been exploring traditional stories through role play. In the mud kitchen we made some porridge, we used our imagination with loose parts to add the ingredients together, we did well in sharing our ingredients and turn taking.

The children also explored their construction and problem solving skills by creating a bridge from the three Billy goats gruff, they discussed how safe the bridge was and changed the bricks to make it less wobbly.

Have a lovely weekend everyone

Beth

In preparation for book week next week we made a display for our door of our author of the month NICK SHARRAT who wrote The Shark In The Park.

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE NEWSLETTER ON LEARNING JOURNALS AND DISPLAY AT FRONT DOOR FOR BOOK WEEK ACTIVITIES NEXT WEEK.

Have a good weekend

Lynnette x

We welcomed our special visitors from the HMie team who spent the week exploring our ECC and spending time with the children. Information from our visit will be published in due course.

INDOORS

Continuing to explore buildings using problem solving skills with a new resource of sand mixed with shaving foam, allowed children to be creative and extend the knowledge they have been building on.

Children have shown an interest through not only buildings but the construction of boats and using technology to explore further showing what lives in the sea. Next week we will continue to explore boats and the creatures of the sea.

In creative the children have been using different materials to build with junk, experimenting and investigating what sticks best. This has involved using scissors, glue sticks, pva glue, masking tape, sellotape etc.

CfE – EA, science, technology, literacy, numeracy

OUTDOORS

Lots of experimenting and marking has happened outdoors. Paint and paper was used for children to explore pattern and print using their feet, looking at the different wellington boot markings. Children started using  the sand+shaving foam outside before transferring the skills inside making impressive buildings. They continued to develop large motor skills using bikes and learning more about how the body moves. Children took part in ring games such as duck duck goose. New car number plates have been introduced which has created a lot of talk about recognising familiar numbers to themselves as in their age.

CfE – science, literacy, numeracy, HWB

Events to look out for are based around WORLD BOOK WEEK see learning journals and displays for further information.

Have a good weekend

Lynnette x

This week was a short week after the holiday Monday and in-service day on the Tuesday for staff.

Today we explored Valentines Day by creating cards and experimenting with pens and love heart shapes in the water tray showing the love.

Indoors

Children have continued to explore buildings and deepen their learning through use of construction resources.
They used different forms of media to research buildings and further develop their understanding of architecture and how to construct buildings.

Some children explored rockets and this lead to children using junk modelling to create their own helmets. These are currently being used for imaginative play.

CfE expressive arts, technology, social, numeracy, literacy

Outdoors

Children have been experimenting with new spray bottles which has enhanced fine motor skills. This encouraged them to run about and learn the importance of how to keep warm due to cold weather. Some children have shown an interest in planting and a exploration planting area has been created near the mud kitchen until spring time when we can plant seeds and plants.

CfE science, health and well-being, social

We would like to welcome back Jordan who is with us till June as our support practitioner. Jordan works every day from 9.30-1.30.

Have a good weekend

Lynnette x

What a busy week we have had in Mauchline ECC. We welcomed parents/carers in for play and stay all week at different time slots through each day which excited the children involved. We hope everyone who managed along had a fun time and discovered a bit more about what experiences and learning happens for their child.

Staff supported CHILD MENTAL HEALTH  week with a variety of activities from stories leading to painting emotion stones, yoga then deciding on affirmations that are important to us. These will be displayed to allow children to visit whenever they want. Further stories and conversations encouraging talk about feelings and how we are all different making each one of us unique. We are further developing our COLOUR MONSTER check in station to deepen our emotional learning support by PATHS strategy which is a whole school approach.

INDOORS

Children have been continuing to explore the literacy area looking at letters familiar to them and using them to create words. Investigating promethean board using Google maps to source houses and places familiar to themselves. Continuing to explore numbers that represent meaning to themselves, age, house number to name a few. This supports our FRESH AIR Friday walks in the community exploring numbers on doors, cars etc.

CfE literacy, health and well-being, numeracy, ICT

OUTDOORS

Continuing from last week construction was popular where a group repeated the design they had built previous and strengthened the building to allow more children to enjoy it. Due to dry weather the bikes were out encouraging sharing, taking turns and to allow them to explore the chance to do the right thing without too much adult intervention. Lots of opportunities were available for cause and effect activities from skittles, tubes and balls to wobble boards  and hoppers.
CfE  literacy, health and well-being, social.

Remember MONDAY 10th is a school holiday and TUESDAY 11th is inservice for staff.

Children return on WEDNESDAY 12th.

Have a fun, mindful holiday weekend.