In the outdoor area the children have been exploring the language of measurement in the water tray they have been pouring, measuring and filling. They have also been exploring imaginative play/ role play through recollection of stories. They have shown an interest in Supertato the story and this has transcended into the outdoor area into our garden.

Numeracy/Expressive arts/ HWB

This week in the Main playroom the children have been exploring nursery rhymes and creating firework patterns.

Literacy/Technology

In the Art area  the children have been fireworks using cardboard tubes and paint, crayons and black paint to scrape the firework shapes.  The children have also been creating poppies to commemorate Remembrance Day .

RME/ Literacy/Social

Just a wee reminder to ensure your child has their name on their jumpers and if you can check at home to make sure you have the right jumper.

Have a lovely weekend 😊

Alyson

                                 November 2022                 

When we are exploring outdoors as an adult, do we really use our senses to fully experience its wonder!!!!!!!!!!!!

Children are much better than us at taking time to fully appreciate our environment.

So over the month of November I would like you to try take time to stand still with your child outdoors and use your senses:

 Look

Listen

 Smell

 Touch (if appropriate)

 Taste (if appropriate)

Your task is to note one thing for each sense that you notice and one thing for each sense that your child notices.

E.g.          I saw a bird

                I heard a siren.

               I smelt fireworks

               I touched leaves.

               I tasted ice-cream

You will be surprised at what differences you may find. Please upload your findings to your child’s learning journals or send email to:

lynnette.cook@eastayrshire.org.uk

Hope you have fun!

Lynnette (Outdoor Champion)

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This week the children have been enjoying some new loose parts materials in the home corner 🪵🪨🧱 They have been inventing recipes using the resources available, helping to develop creative skills by encouraging use of imagination and experimenting freely.

Some of the children also enjoyed creating ‘puffy’ paint monsters 😈

How do you make puffy paint? 🎨  Please find below a link with an example of how to make puffy paint at home ✨

https://onelittleproject.com/how-to-make-puffy-paint/

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(𝕊cience, 𝕋echnology, 𝔼ngineering, 𝕄athematics)

All children were provided with the opportunity to participate in two STEM experiments this week 🧪 We discussed the autumnal changes that is currently taking place, including the changes in leaves as well as the changes in weather. The children explored a wind tunnel experiment and a rain cloud experiment and enjoyed the process 🔬

We have also been exploring ICT this week and using the iPad to explore online activities beneficial to children’s learning 💻

Links to the curriculum;

Science, Technology, Expressive Arts

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Outdoors this week the children have been discussing the changes between day and night ☀️ 🌚 As the clocks changed last week, we have been discussing the time sequences that take place throughout the day and events that we link to our wider world 🌎

Some children have been exploring our outdoor water tray where they have been measuring using funnels to create Dragons brew 🐉 This encourages development of imaginative skills through story telling and role play.

Links to the curriculum;

Expressive arts, Science, Maths and Numeracy

Have a lovely weekend and if you are celebrating bonfire night please stay safe 🔥

ℕ𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕥𝕚𝕡 🗯

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As it is the 1st of November, it’s time to introduce our rhyme of the month. This month our rhyme is ‘Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear’ 🧸

Can you please practice the rhyme at home 🏡

We would love for you to send us a video of you practicing with the actions 🕺Why not include your favourite teddy bear ☺️🧸 🕺

Please ask a grown up to video your rhyme and email it to: lisa.mathieson@eastayrshire.org.uk

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Well done to everyone that took part in last month’s challenge and created a rain shaker ☔️ They we’re all fantastic 👏

This week has been super busy with celebrating Halloween 🎃👻 We have continued to explore the autumnal changes by incorporating our treasure hunt findings into our ECC learning experiences. Thank you to everyone that took part, we hope it was an enjoyable experience and we have enjoyed seeing everyone’s pictures and exploring what was found🍂🍁 We also had our Halloween stay and play this week which was lots of fun, we loved showing our families what learning takes place in the ECC. Playing in the slime was a favourite this week⭐️

Links to the curriculum; Technology, Social Studies, Expressive Arts, Health and Well-being

In the creative area we have been exploring Halloween and using different paints and collage materials to create ghosts, spiders, pumpkins etc.🎨🧑‍🎨

Links to the curriculum; Expressive Arts

Outdoors this week we have been making potions in the water tray and tuft spot, we have been mixing messy materials together and discussing the different textures, colours and smells. We have also been enjoying ‘what’s the time Mr Wolf’ where we  have to use our listening skills, counting and jumping skills.🐺⏰

Links to the curriculum; Numeracy, Science, Health and Well-being

To everyone celebrating Halloween tonight and over the weekend/Monday, stay safe and have lots of fun🎃👻

Beth

Link attached to complete the questionnaire, thank you.

This week we have been exploring autumn animals and their habitats and how to care for them. We were also exploring nocturnal animals and different types of nocturnal animals. The children made their very own habitat for a hedgehog 🦔.

Links to the Curriculum;

Science, Technology, Expressive Arts.

In the creative area we have been exploring autumn and using different objects to create leaf people, using their imagination and creativity to create recognisable features of a person. 🍁 🍂

Links to the Curriculum;

Science, Expressive Arts, Health & Wellbeing.

Outdoors this week we have been exploring the autumnal change in the weather; collecting leaves, discussing patterns, shapes and colours in the leaves. We were also working collaboratively to construct different designs, exploring in our sandpit, ordering numbers in the hopscotch.

Links to the Curriculum;

Science, Numeracy, Health & Well-being, Literacy.

STEM home link if you haven’t already done so you can take part in this over the holidays, enjoy!

Have a lovely October break everyone, Cara.

Summer is well and truly over in relation to weather!

Within the playroom we have been exploring the change in the season. Children have been investigating nocturnal animals such as squirrels and finding out some facts using natural materials and the promethean board.

curricular area TECHNOLOGY, HWB, LITERACY.

Within the creative area children investigated sunflower heads that one of the returning children brought in. They had grown from the seeds children planted before the summer. We used them as a prop to be creative.

Curricular area SOCIAL STUDIES

An autumn tree was created too exploring the colours of autumn and range of creative materials.

curricular area EXPRESSIVE & AESTHETIC, SCIENCE.

OUTDOOR

The weather wasn’t the kindest to us this week but children being children still enjoyed going out. They continued to build knowledge of number doing hop scotch and using wooden number blocks.

Lots of encouragement was given this week to dressing and undressing for outdoors and self selecting their own suits.

curricular area NUMERACY, HEALTH & WELLBEING.

Gentle reminder we close on FRIDAY 14th for October holidays, normal pick up time 2.45pm.

Have good weekend, Lynnette x

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Indoors this week, the children have been super busy learning all about farm animals 🐱🐹🐰🐴🐖🐓🐑 They have enjoyed exploring our wooden farm resources & animals and discussed their favourite animals throughout 🤎

We have also been using books and the promethean board to investigate where milk comes from as well as fruit and vegetables 🥗🥕🌽

All children have been provided with multiple opportunities to explore shapes and numbers throughout the play room and have been developing their imaginations through small world play  🔵🟥

*Our library also started back up this week 📚 Please return all books on a Wednesday to allow us rotation on a weekly basis 📖

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Outdoors this week the children have been following a new photo stick system 📸 The system allows the children to find their picture stick and take it outdoors, helping to keep themselves safe. This allows staff to monitor which children are indoors and outdoors, which is valuable in the event of an emergency.

Most children have also been exploring our new sand pit 👏 This has been a great success and all children have loved being creative with the sand and it’s resources. Some children have also helped to revamp our outdoor surroundings as we are continually trying to better our resources and the area 🌿🍂

Have a great weekend 🤩