Recently, some of us visited the site of our new building. We learned all about site safety from Ivor and Honor Goodsite, the safety mascots.
We even had a go on one of the excavators.
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STEM curriculum evening
Thank you to all the parents who attended our recent STEM curriculum evening and to the whole staff team for showcasing our learning and making this evening a huge success. Our parents loved trying out some of the experiences on offer and feedback was very positive and encouraging.
Great to see all the stimulating and fun activities and nice to talk with staff and parents.
So lovely to see the amazing resources and have a chance to meet other staff members – really lovely group.
Thank you for all the staff’s knowledge and expertise!
The resources were fantastic, in particular the technology.
Loved the ideas for playing and learning at home and seeing what children do at nursery.
I wish I could provide constructive feedback, but nope! The evening and it’s content was perfect! So much effort made! Such a shame more parents didn’t come along.
If you didn’t manage along, see what you missed here STEM in Glenwood presentation
A foggy morning
Today as we came to nursery we were quite excited about the foggy morning.
Some of us read a story about fog.
When we went outdoors we easily spotted the spider webs because of the cold, foggy morning.
We went on a search for some more webs and discovered some spiders on the webs.
“Come and see the spider’s web I found.” Jacob
”I want to see the spiders too.” Azan
The spiders are orange or black.” Jacob
Remote control toys
We are learning about direction as we experiment with the remote control toys. We can make them move forwards and backwards and even round in circles.
Mashing and moving
We love to use mashers with play dough. Using mashers develops our gross motor skills as we make pivotal movements by pressing and pushing.
We extended this by using the sieves to press patterns in the play dough.
We discovered that the play dough stuck to the window and we used punching movements to knead the play dough on the window.
Mathematical learning through block play
As I build a structure, I select blocks which are the same size and I create a pattern. I have to place the blocks on carefully to balance them. My friends have made a slide and when I say ‘go’ they knock down my structure then I rebuild it exactly the same way!
Cycling
We created a cycle track by marking lines on the playground and using tyres to cycle around.
Designing our new nursery
We are very excited about the building work going on for our new nursery. We have been looking at the plans and created our own 3D model of our new centre.
Loose parts
As we explore loose parts we are developing curiosity, fine motor skills and mathematical skills.
preparing snack
We are developing fine motor skills as we chop, spread and peel snack.
How does your garden grow!
Our garden looks fantastic after a summer of sunshine and showers!
It’s good to be back!
We are loving being back and learning both indoors and out!
Road closure
Robslee Road is closed possibly until 20th September, due to essential Scottish Water works and this may affect your journey to Glenwood. See attached for full details.
Building works
In order to meet the needs of our families by 2020 when early learning and childcare entitlement for all children will almost double, a new much larger building is planned for Glenwood. The new site is adjacent to our current centre in Eastwood Park. Building work begins approximately 8th July. This is an exciting time for us and we look forward to working with the builders to involve the children as much as possible in the work. Their will be windows on the fencing around the site for us to view the progress.
Naturally there will be some disruption while this work is taking place. There will be construction traffic near our centre and a number of restricted areas. All construction vehicles will enter the site through Eastwood Park and will minimise entry during peak times. Parking at the allotments will be reduced as this area will be cordoned off.
In order to minimise the impact of this work for the coming year we suggest considering alternative ways to travel to nursery instead of the car where possible. There will be an number of identified safe pedestrian routes through the park and if you can consider walking or cycling to nursery or even part of the way, this will ease congestion. There are some alternatives to parking at the allotments including Eastwood Park, the pavilion, Woodfarm Road or even Rouken Glen Park and walking the fairly short distance from there.
Click here for a plan of the site.
Glenwood Contractor Site and Compound
Greenbank Gardens Wheelbarrow Competition
We have created a garden in a wheelbarrow as part of the Greenbank Gardens wheelbarrow competition. The theme was children’s books. Our children voted to select Rumble in the Jungle as the theme for our garden and they have been working all week to plant the garden. They added animals and wrote labels for the wheelbarrow. It looks fantastic!
Family Fun Bags
This week we have been using papier mâché and balloons to make models. We enjoyed it so much that we decided to do this for this week’s Family Fun Bags. Each bag contains the items needed to create papier mâché, a balloon, googly eyes and 3 colours of powder paint. Colours can be mixed to create different colours.
Sports Day
We had a really successful sports day on Friday. Kerry Comerford, active sports co-ordinator, and the primary 7 sports leaders from OLM primary organised the event.
Eid Mubarak
Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim families. We have been learning about Ramadan and Eid festivities and shared a story Aleena brought into nursery. Some of our children told us about how they celebrated Eid last Wednesday with their families.
“I went to the Mosque and I got presents. I got a microphone.” Ayla.
“It wasn’t a good Eid because it was raining. We had to watch for puddles when we were getting our photos taken.” Zara.
“I got my hands painted with Mendhi”. Zainab.
“So did I.” Azan.
Community Engagement
This year we have developed particularly strong community links with Asda, Newton Mearns. Leigh Hamilton regularly engages with us and supports our children’s learning through a range of experiences including baking, creative, planting and gardening.
ECO day
Last Saturday we had a very successful ECO day. Staff, families and friends all mucked in to ensure our garden looks its best. Bark and stones were spread in Toadstool Tales, a bottle top mosaic was produced, the sand pit filled, vegetable plots weeded, cable drums painted, flowers planted, strimming and power washing carried out and many more jobs. A huge thank you to everyone who helped. 
