The children always make it clear when they have particularly enjoyed a book and wish to further explore characters and themes.
Recent favourites have been Supertato, When Darkness Slipped In and books about animals, both fiction and non-fiction.
We really liked it when P6 came to read to us during Book Week Scotland.
Every day the children are offered a range of experiences, indoors and out, and are supported to make choices about their play.
Using programmable toys has allowed us to explore and learn skills in several areas.
We have learned to use positional and directional language; basic coding giving instructions using ‘first, next, then’ etc.; perseverance; turn-taking and how to look after equipment.
It was really exciting to see the toys move after telling them where to go. We liked making challenges for each other.
Lots of us asked to learn more about numbers. We use them in our play, when preparing snack and in stories and rhymes.
THAT NUMBER COMES NEXT.
WE NEED ONE MORE.
THIS IS LESS.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1… BLAST OFF!
We enjoy playing and learning together.
We help each other to keep safe, have fun and solve problems.
To support the STV Children’s Appeal and have fun we got our dancing shoes on!
We followed instructions but also got creative and made our own moves!
When playing in the secret garden we…
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I NEED SOME WATER FOR TEA. HERE YOU GO.
WE’RE MAKING HOT CHOCOLATE.
IT FEELS ROUGH.
THE MONSTER IS COMING! QUICK!
THERE’S A SECRET PLACE TO HIDE.
Lots of us were excited by fireworks we saw in the sky. We made our own fireworks using art and drama skills and we used great descriptive language to describe how they look and sound.
BANG!
CRACKLE!
WHOOSH!
It was all different colours.
It exploded like a big ball in the sky.
They were like stars.
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We enjoyed dressing up as and sharing our favourite characters and creatures. Spooky songs, stories, crafts and play have filled the nursery this week.
