We can’t quite believe our super summer term is about to come to an end! It’s been action packed with lots of fun and laughter!  Here’s a quick round up of the fabulous experiences we’ve had over the past few weeks.

As some of us were showing an interest in Wimbledon, we decided to host our very own Cart Mill tennis tournament!


Putting our problem solving skills to the test, we created our own tennis court where we practised our hand eye coordination by “hitting the ball over the net” and trying to hit it back! Playing tennis is such hard work and we enjoyed a well deserved snack afterwards. Of course we had to have strawberries just like they do at Wimbledon!
Physical activity is always a firm favourite here at Cart Mill, along with a game of football!  Having come up with the idea of creating our very own football team, our “sports activity co-ordinator” Cheryl rose to the challenge and stepped into the managers role! It was decided that our team would be called “The Red Ducks” and Cheryl soon put everyone through their paces during training sessions, with assistant manager Gail providing support as goalkeeper and ensuring we had half time refreshments.

Safety always comes at Cart Mill so we always take SIMOA on our trips to remind us how to keep ourselves safe.

Having completed regular training it was time to head to the “pitches” for a “match”.  Huge thanks to our SFA qualified referee Stuart who gave up his own time to ensure we played fairly and “followed the rules”. Thanks to our families who supported us by very kindly donating equipment and much needed new balls!

Arts and crafts are another favourite activity.  Gail’s sister Lynne very kindly visited and spent time teaching us how to create our very own fabulous dolls using wool!  We had a lovely time with Lynne and so appreciate her giving up precious time to visit us.

Being very curious and loving construction (and deconstruction!) Gail very kindly bought us some bikes and an old typewriter to explore! Demonstrating we can use real tools safely, it was lots of fun to investigate how to take the bikes apart and then work as a team to put them back together again!

Being outdoors is one of our favourite activities and we are so lucky to have our very own vegetable patch! Luckily our peas were ready to harvest so we decided to pick, wash them and then try some at snacktime! They were “so sweet and yummy!”

We hope you’ve enjoyed a wee look at just some of the fun we have had over the last few weeks.  As we prepare for our new term we would like to wish our children lots of luck as they move on to primary one or new nurseries. So many lovely friendships and memories have been made.   We will miss you all very much, please come back to visit us! We are so excited to meet lots of new friends over the coming weeks.