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ECC Learning Week Commencing 19.6.23-23.3.23

This week in the main playroom we have been continuing our focus on the modes of transport. We have been exploring the Sea aspect. The children have been using books and the iPad to research  information on this mode of transport. We have been also made a water tray to explore the concept of floating and sinking.

Literacy/technology

This week in the art area we have been exploring free flow art experiences. We have been making transport pictures for our wall display.  We have also been keen to use the Lego and magnets to create different types of transport in the small word area.

Expressive/technology

Outdoors

This week on outdoors the children have been dramatising the bear hunt, incorporating positional language.

Numeracy

A little reminder that we have our PEEP session next Tuesday morning if you would like to pop along.

Have a lovely weekend everyone, Alyson.

Week Beginning 12/06/23

We have had a very busy week at Mauchline ECC.⭐️

P1 bump up day was on Tuesday where the children got to meet their new classmates and have some time with their teacher. We also got to meet some of the boys and girls starting with us in August! An exciting day for all🥰 Graduation took place on Thursday with our families celebrating our achievement.👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓

Outdoors this week we have been continuing to explore positional language, creating our own houses for animals to live in, beside, on top of etc. We have also been enjoying the sunshine in which the sand and water play has been a favourite.

Curricular Areas – Numeracy, Health and Well-being


Indoors we are looking at the four modes of transport; road, air, sea and rail. This week we have focussed on road transport and began creating tally and bar charts to find out how the children travel to the ECC. Some children created their own stories after expressing interest in books. We will continue to develop this in exploring initial sounds and letter formation.

Curricular Areas – Numeracy, Health and Well-being, Literacy


We are so proud of our children, they all did fantastic during graduation and we are so excited for their P1 journey.⭐️

 


Have a lovely weekend everyone and make sure to stay safe in the sun!

Beth⭐️

ECC learning Week beginning 5th June 2023

Indoor Learning 🌸🌻

Indoors the children have continued to explore planting and growing.  They have made colourful labels for the sunflower pots that will be delivered in  the local community.  The children have also been enjoying painting flowers and studying the art work of Vincent Van Gogh 🌻.

Curriculum links: Expressive Arts, Health and Well-being, Social Studies.

🥰 PEEP SESSION 🥰

The first of our PEEP sessions took place this week and was enjoyed by both parents and the children.  This opportunity is open to all our families and is a great opportunity to spend quality time with your child in a fun and supportive environment.  If you’d like to join in next week just let a member of staff know.  They will run on Tuesday mornings from 10 til 11am.  Next week is a teddy bears picnic theme so bring along your favourite teddy to join in the fun 🧸.

Outdoor Learning ☀️💦🪣
This week the children have been building on their challenges set last week of positional language.  They’ve been exploring volume and capacity through water and sand and been pouring and filling using different sized containers.

Curriculum links:  Maths, Science.

Hope you all have a fun weekend and long may the glorious weather continue ☀️🕶
Jen 🙂

 

ECC Learning Week Commencing 31.5.23-2.6.23

𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕤

This week in the ECC the children have been learning about the different types of flowers you may find in your garden and what flowers and plants need to grow 🌸 🪴 The children were also planting community sunflowers which are almost ready to go out to be delivered to residents within the local community 🌻

Links to the Curriculum; Science, Health and Well-being, Literacy & Numeracy.

𝕆𝕦𝕥𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕤
This week outdoors, the children have been focusing on positional language through play and have been completing daily challenges. They have also had the opportunity to use technology throughout their play outdoors ☀️

Links to the Curriculum; Numeracy, Health and Well-being, Technology.
𝕆𝕦𝕥𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣  𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪

The children also had the opportunity to utilise facilities in the community- extending outdoor learning into the community. The had a picnic and enjoyed a story in the sunshine ☀️ 🕶
Links to the Curriculum; Health and Well-being, Literacy.

ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇʟʏ ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴇɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ, ᴄᴀʀᴀ.

 

Week ending 26th may 2023

Health week

Busy week within the ECC this week celebrating health week.

Indoors we explored healthy foods and have a veg shop set up for imaginative play, this also led to exploring money and the value of coins.

 

Children created their own eat well plates in the creative area sharing their knowledge and interpretation of what they think is healthy foods. Also children used mirrors to talk about their feelings and were able to make self portrait.

 

Outdoors, Jan our HWB champion led the children in a variety of activities daily to support exercise and well-being.

We also had a few visitors through the week PC McPike, active schools and children took part in “potted sports”  with help from p6 buddies.

 

 

Remember ECC is closed Friday 26th, Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th. We will reopen Wednesday 31st May.

Have a fab weekend

Lynnette x

Week beginning 15.05.23

Indoors

Indoors this week the children have been developing and exploring our shop 🏬  This provides children with the opportunity to develop their imaginative skills through drama whilst applying real life experiences in play 🛒  The children enjoyed exploring the role of the shopkeeper and we have been exploring and discussing money and it’s purpose 💳🪙  Some children designed and created signs for the shop including price labels and information signs 🪧

Throughout the nursery we have also been discussing various food groups required in order to maintain a healthy balanced diet 🍎 We will be continuing to explore this next week in line with health week 🏃‍♂️ This week Beth carried out a focused activity linking to our daily tooth brushing routine and reinforced the importance of keeping our teeth clean and healthy 🦷
curricular areas: literacy, numeracy, health & well-being, expressive arts, social studies
Outdoors
Outdoors this week the children have been exploring colour mixing using paint, tissue paper and spray bottles 🎨 The children discussed the effect of mixing different colours of paint with water and the changes that took place during the process.
The children also explored colour mixing in the water tray using different paints.

Some children have been developing their problem solving skills by creating dens using a variety of materials. The children worked together to build, attach and form dens before enjoying their creations in play ⛺️

curricular areas: science, technology,  numeracy, literacy

𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 💙
𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚊
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