𝐼𝓃𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇𝓈

Week commencing 08.12.25 🎅

All children enjoyed various activities linked to Christmas both indoors and outdoors. Indoors the children explored our elf wrapping station where they were challenged to cut, tape and wrap gift boxes of all sizes. This supports fine motor skills and problem solving skills as well as discussing the importance of using tools safety.

In the creative area the children have been exploring patters using a variety of Christmas shapes and creating their own wrapping paper. The children have also been building upon their scissor control too within creative area. This week in the ECC the children have been exploring pattern further, creating their own patterns on Christmas cards which we will deliver out in the community to local businesses. The children have also been creating their own Christmas baubles and tea light decorations.

Ｃｈｒｉｓｔｍａｓ🎅🎄

✨Teri’s last week in the ECC

We would like to take a moment to thank Teri for all her support during her time at Mauchline ECC 🥰  We have loved having Teri here to help us grow and support our learning. We will miss her very much 😊

Week commencing 18.11.24

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Indoors this week, children have been exploring our sensory tray which includes shaving foam, sand and various construction resources. The children have been exploring problem solving skills and experimenting how sand and foam can stick bricks together. They also enjoyed building and designing different models whilst creating various marks in the foam. Some children used their senses to explore the materials and discussed how they felt to touch.  🧱✨ In the creative area this week, children have been exploring the effects of paint using tin foil. The children painted directly onto the foil and explored the effect created when the two materials were used together. We have also been continuing to create crafts to be sold at our Christmas fayre on Friday 29th November – 5.30pm till 7.30pm. The fayre will be held within the school gym hall. Thanks in advance for your continuing support ❤️

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Outdoors this week, we have been continuing to explore how water can change from one form to another. Some children experimented with ice and enjoyed painting different sized pieces of ice to create various shapes. Due to the recent change in weather, some children created their own experiment and left multiple cups of water outdoors to see what would happen during the night. The following day the children investigated their experiment and discovered the changes that had taken place. They used descriptive language to describe what they could see and feel using their senses. We continued with discussion surrounding scientific concepts including absorption, solids and liquids and discussed reversible change, temperature, and properties of water.

We hope you have a lovely weekend and take care 😊

𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚊 🤎

Week commencing 11.11.24

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Indoors this week, children have been exploring large resources including boxes to design and create models. Children demonstrated team work as they worked together to construct models before sharing their final creations. Some of the creations included cars, a dragon, trains and more 🐉 🚂 🚗. This encouraged children’s imaginative skills and children demonstrated problem solving skills through exploration and discovery. They also discussed 3D shapes and the link between 2D shapes. Children extended their learning further by painting their models enhancing fine and large motor skills. In the creative area this week children have begun designing and creating Christmas crafts to be sold at our Christmas fayre. All proceeds will help towards resources and malleable materials within the ECC. Gentle reminder that the fayre is Friday the 29th November 5.30-7.30 so please pop along with your family/friends and share some Christmas spirit 🧑‍🎄

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Outdoors this week, we have been continuing to explore how water can change from one form to another. We revisited how to create ice before exploring how to melt it. Children added salt to the ice and used descriptive language to describe what they could hear, see and feel using their senses. The ice contained natural resources including wooden objects, acorns and leaves 🍃The children used the IPad to explore what causes the salt to melt the ice and some children asked relevant questions throughout. We explored scientific concepts such as absorption, solids and liquids and discussed reversible change, temperature, and properties of water. Some children have also been enjoying our revamped music reel and have been creating sounds using various musical instruments. 🎶 🎵

We hope you have a lovely weekend and take care 😊

𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚊 ✨

ꫝꪖꪶꪶꪮ᭙ꫀꫀꪀ ᒿᦲᒿᔰ

This week we have had so much fun exploring Halloween 🕸🍭 The children enjoyed multiple sensory experiences including gloop, pasta, coloured rice and spooky spider water 🕷🎃  Sensory play encourages learning through exploration, curiosity, problem solving and creativity. On Thursday children had the opportunity to dress up for our Halloween party. Well done to all children for their fantastic costumes and what a great time we had 🕺 We enjoyed some dancing, games, dooking for apples and also had a special snack that was kindly donated by the parent council.

On Wednesday our first group of children visited the woods for Woodland Wednesday🍃 We discussed the importance of keeping ourselves safe when in the community and explored potential hazards that we may come across when in the woods/outdoor environment. As this was our first visit to the woods our aim was to highlight the routine of the morning and all children were able to show an awareness of assessing risk. All children appeared to have a great morning and enjoyed their first adventure to the woods 🪵

Today (Friday 1st Nov) we explored a little about the festival of light “Diwali”. The word Diwali means ‘rows of lighted lamps’. Diwali is known as the ‘festival of lights’ because houses, shops and public places are decorated with small oil lamps called ‘diyas’. We watched on the promethean board how to make lanterns and what they represent and then practised our cutting skills by making our own. The children explored the light by shining a torch through it when displayed on the wall 🔦🔥

We hope you all have a lovely weekend and take care 💫 x

Week commencing 17.09.24

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Indoors this week, children have been exploring numbers through song and rhyme including five current buns and 1,2,3,4,5 🐠 They have also been exploring numbers through a matching game where the children were required to match the number of pegs to the number card 🔢 We are beginning to exploring shape and children have the opportunity to explore shape throughout the learning environment including the promethean board and games. Some children are beginning to demonstrate an interest in vehicles and have been exploring various methods of transport including fire engines and trucks 🛻

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Outdoors this week, children have been exploring turn taking and sharing through use of the bikes and scooters. We have also been developing our understanding of how to explore resources effectively and how take care of our property and materials. Through exploring the physical activities, children are beginning to discuss road safety and what we need do to keep ourselves safe when in the community including the use of traffic lights. Children are continuing to explore construction materials when outdoors and are enjoying expressing their imaginative skills through creativity in play. We have also been exploring pouring and filling in the water tray using various sizes and shapes of containers. 💧

ꜱᴇᴘᴛᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴇɴᴅ ☀️

We hope you all have a lovely September weekend and will see you back at the centre on Tuesday 24th of September.

Week commencing 09.09.24

𝐼𝓃𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇𝓈

This week we are continuing to explore dinosaurs within the ECC and have been using construction materials to design and create our own 🦕 We have been incorporating size and discussing big and small as well as investigating the various colours and body parts of multiple dinosaurs 🦕.  Some children have enjoyed creating collage dinosaurs when in the creative area. They used a variety of collage materials provided and enjoyed designing their own interpretation of a dinosaur. Children are continuing to explore collage materials during play and have open ended resources available including loose parts and different varieties of equipment.

𝒪𝓊𝓉𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇𝓈

Outdoors this week we have been exploring bugs further and have enjoyed using investigative equipment to look closely at insects in our garden. Children developed their ICT skills through use of the iPad to further investigate and research facts and information relevant to our findings 🐜 🐛 Some children expressed their creativity through designing and creating  their own bug houses using various construction materials and loose part resources  🏡

We also visited the gym for the first time this week 🏃‍♂️ As some children have never been to gym, we discussed the importance of keeping safe as well as the gym routine and expectations. We then enjoyed a warm up activity before taking part in some rings games incorporating turn taking and peer support before a cool down of some stretches. Our gym session will be every Tuesday if you can please provide gym shoes in your child’s bag 😃

We hope you have a lovely weekend and take care ✨

Lisa x

Week commencing 19.08.24

Welcome back to all new and returning children. We are delighted to welcome you to the centre and hope you had a lovely summer break ☀️  𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 to Cara who welcomed her baby girl in August 💗👶🏼 We currently have Christine in the centre who will be taking over Cara’s position until it is temporarily filled. We have also welcomed Rebecca to the team on a temporary basis who is a qualified practitioner 😊

In the coming weeks we are focusing on building relationships with our peers and settling into the environment. We are learning the routine of the day and are enjoying exploring the ECC 🎨

Can I please remind parents/carers to provide gym shoes or trainers on a Tuesday as this is our gym day. If you have not already done so, can you please provide wellington boots to remain within the centre so children can access outdoors in all weathers. If you have any concerns please speak to a member of our team who will be happy to help 😊 ☔️ ☀️ ❄️

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If you have changed address or telephone number during the summer holidays can I ask you please inform the school office as soon as possible as this is important information required indefinitely. 😊

We look forward to the year ahead and can’t wait to get to know our children and families 🤗Please find attached some photos from our first few days in the centre. Have a wonderful weekend and take care,

𝐿𝒾𝓈𝒶

x

𝕃𝕀𝕋/𝕊𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖/ℍ𝕎𝔹

𝕎𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝟚𝟟.𝟘𝟝.𝟚𝟜

Due to the long weekend and unexpected closure, it has been a quiet week at Mauchline ECC ✨

We are continuing to explore space and the solar system. We have extended our learning and are continuing to create resources using various materials 🚀 Children are enjoying the opportunity to participate in imaginative play and are demonstrating sharing and turn taking skills through building opportunities.

In the creative area we have been using paper mache to create planets. This supports with language development and use of adjectives.🪐 Children enjoyed discussing the textures and textiles throughout and we discussed the benefits of creative reuse. This also supports with fine motor skill development as well as providing opportunities to be creative 🎨 🎈

Outdoors we are continuing to develop our problem solving and thinking skills. We have been building on our resilience and perseverance through team building activities including use of large construction materials and various shaped bricks, we have also been practicing a lot of ring games, encouraging listening, attention and turn taking. 🕺

Unfortunately due to the ECC closure, Beth’s outdoor learning (fire lighting) was cancelled. There are spaces left within the remaining dates so please feel free to sign up for one of these days. Thank-you for your understanding and continuous support.

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 – 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 🔢 31.05.24

Thank you to those able to make todays session where we explored some of the activities that we have been doing during our numeracy focus time.Exploring ordering numbers, matching with the number name and counting out. Investigating 2D shape with 3D. Playing with 100 number square, exploring what comes before or after. And using pegs to make patterns. – 𝐿𝓎𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒

Have a great weekend and see you all on Monday 😊

Week commencing 22.04.24

𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕤

Indoors this week, the children continued to explore different forms of transport and extended their knowledge through research. We added new resources to play including small world vehicles and figures. The children explored direction through use of bee bots 🐝 and discussed mathematical language effectively. This supported the children to engage, interact and communicate with each other whilst exploring sequences and computational thinking. 🚘 🚐 🚛🚂

𝕄ℕ𝕌/ 𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕟𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕪/ 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕪/ 𝕊𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖

The children enjoyed exploring planting through mailable materials. Some children selected mint and lavender leaves from our garden to add to the dough to give it a lovely scent. They used small pots, dough and artificial flowers to create their own planting experience. 🪴 This helps to develop fine motor skills and encourages creativity. 🌱🍃 🍂

𝕊𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖/𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕪/𝕄ℕ𝕌

𝕆𝕦𝕥𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕤

Outdoors this week we have been continuing to explore houses and the various structures of our homes. Children have been using materials to create their own homes including construction blocks,  magnetic shapes and large lego. We discussed the essentials required to make a house including the use of electricity and water. Some children could identify some of the roles involved in this process including an electrician and plumber. We also discussed the importance of knowing our address in the event of an emergency 🚨 👮‍♀️

ℍ𝕎𝔹/𝕄ℕ𝕌

Ｒｏａｄ Ｓａｆｅｔｙ 🚘 🚦🚏🖐🏼

Outdoors this week we have been discussing the importance of road safety and keeping ourselves safe when in the community. This includes riding a bike, walking or in a car. We discussed the purpose of traffic lights and pedestrian crossings and what we need to do to ensure we are kept safe and free from harm. We created our  own road using chalk and included some traffic lights in our play.

“STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN” – quote by Jax

Some children also created a car wash station where they cleaned their scooters and bikes 🚘 😊