Mr Guetta has been in the nursery this week teaching the boys and girls some French. This week he focused on the vocabulary used when meeting someone.  Here are the phrases we learned if you would like to keep practising at home.

Au revoir!

The Construction Area is always a popular choice with the children. They can lay the planks and blocks out and practise  their balancing skills as they walk along.  They often work as a team to get the layout they would like.

The children have access to hammers, saws and screwdrivers and can use them to help improve their fine motor skills.

They enjoy looking at a selection of famous landmarks and trying to recreate them using the big selection of bricks.  They are so proud of their creations!

Welcome to the first Nursery Blog for the session 2017-2018! Please check in each week to get an idea of some of the things we have been learning and to see some photos of our learning experiences.

We have had a great start to the year and are welcoming new children on a daily basis. We have spent the first few weeks getting settled in to the amazing new building and all getting to know each other.

We have really enjoyed exploring the outdoor space – in the sunshine and in the rain!

Balance Bikes

We have a large selection of Balance Bikes for the children to develop their cycling skills on.

Stepping Stones  

We can practise our balancing skills on the Stepping Stones.

Water Pump/Mud Kitchen

The outdoor tap isn’t quite working yet, so some of the boys had the idea of collecting rain water from the drainpipe. The bowl filled up in seconds! It was a great idea 😊

We had a great day on Tuesday dressing up for Halloween.  We played games, dooked for apples, had our faces painted, danced a little and had yummy snacks to celebrate! Here are some photos of our day.

We had an amazing time on our trip to Amazonia. We learned lots of amazing facts about different creatures and we even had the opportunity to meet some very friendly ones during our handling session.

Some of us were super brave and held Amber the snake! She was very friendly.

We also met a lovely tortoise. We had to be careful not to touch his head so he wouldn’t get scared.

Could all parents/carers for next year’s Primary 1 children please ensure that they have  ordered lunch for themselves and children for Primary 1 Taster Day 2 which is on Thursday 8th of June.

The order form should be completed and returned to nursery and given to a member of nursery staff. The deadline for ordering the lunch is Friday the 2nd of June.

Thank you

This term we have been  exploring how to grow plants and learn how to care for them. We created our own nursery mini gardens. The children planned a theme for each of our gardens. You can see what fun we had creating these below!