Welcome back everyone hope you all had a good October break.

Welcome to Teri our new senior lead who joins us covering Cara’s post. Christine has now returned to her own place of work and we thank her for her support during this transitional time.

INDOORS
During the recent inservice day Staff looked at the ECC environment and have changed a few things to further develop our learning.

Our focus this week has been continuing to explore nursery rhymes and incorporate technology into our play.

CfE Literacy, HWB, Technology

OUTDOORS
Children have been exploring  filling and emptying using rice crispies and shaving foam. They were extending and using mathematical language.

Children were talking a lot about the weather and the environmental changes.

CfE Literacy, Numeracy, HWB, Science

NEXT WEEK

We invite the children to dress up for Halloween on Thursday 31st October, we have a fun day planned with messy activities in the afternoon so please bring normal clothes to change into before lunch to allow costumes to remain clean.

Friday 1st November we will be celebrating DIWALI information will be on learning journals.

Please note woodland Wednesday starts on Wednesday 30th October, information on learning journals. Any queries see Beth our outdoor champion.

Have a good weekend, Lynnette x

We have had a very busy week this week leading up to the OCTOBER break.

Thank you to all the parent/careers who made it to our first STAY/PLAY  of this academic year. We have more planned throughout the year so keep and eye on the newsletter and blog for details.

INDOORS

This  week we have been exploring words that rhyme. Demonstrating positive listening skills which indicated good concentration skills for a period of time. Some were able to identify words that rhymed with little support, evidencing awareness and knowledge of rhyme. We have been using the Promethean board to further develop our knowledge of nursery rhymes where we have had to select the nursery rhyme of  choice and select the correct order of words.

*LITERACY

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As part of our health and well-being, we explored the nhs germ buster video and discussed the importance of hand washing. We then washed our hands following handy Andy’s 👋 hand washing routine, before returning to play.  We encourage you  to wash your hands before and after play, after the toilet, before snack and lunch and whenever you sneeze or cough and also if you ever touch animals. This helps protect you and your peers!

𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙 𝕕𝕒𝕪 2024

Thursday, we explored world mental health day and discussed as a group various emotions and feelings they may experience throughout the day. Within the ECC they have the opportunity to explore emotions through the colour monster story daily and are able to identify and match feelings with colours.
As part of world mental health day, you have been provided with a challenge to complete at home of creating your own colour monster. Instructions are attached and if possible can it be returned when completed alongside the children’s evaluation on the front page 😃

*HEALTH & WELLBEING

OUTDOORS

We continued exploring concept of filling and empty using sand/water extending our vocabulary by using some mathematical terminology.
We explored our creativeness through foam using hand eye coordination and fine motor skills.

Children explore the changes in the environment collecting leaves and learning more about the season AUTUMN.

*NUMERACY, STEM, EXPRESSIVE

REMINDER ECC CLOSED FOR OCTOBER BREAK FOLLOWED BY INSERVICE DAY SO CHILDREN RETURN ON

TUESDAY 22ND OCTOBER.

Have a great holiday,

Lynnette x