If you go down to the woods today……..
I Play
Some of the pre school children noted visiting Primaty 1 yesterday to participate in iplay. We had a great time learning with the Primary ones and meeting up again with some old friends.
Mearns Masters Block 2 – Coders
We have now started block 2 of Mearns Masters and for Nursery we are on the Coders Pathway.
In the Nursery Playroom we always have the ipads handy to explore and use, but for Mearns Masters we have also been using Marty the Robot and the Indi Spheros.
We need to remember to give the robots the correct instructions so they know where to go. We use the coloured mats for Indi. That means we need to remember what each colour stands for.
Green means go, red means stop! Purple is our favourite as it makes Indi do a dance.
Library visit
We enjoyed a wee visit to the school library. The children enjoyed looking and choosing books to read and share. We even found some fascinating books about how our body works and animal facts, which we borrowed to share with all the nursery children.
Measure
When we were out in the woods today we compared the size and length of sticks and leaves that we found on our adventure. We also looked at the height of the trees “some go all the way to the sky!”
On our way to Mearns Woods we visited The Spark Park. We spotted some new signs that we hadn’t seen before.
We all had a great time!
A Plea
Good afternoon everyone! Mrs James here! I have just popped on to kindly make a little request – a plea!
Could you all please have a wee chat with your child about looking after the resources, toys and areas within the nursery.
We are so lucky to have the resources that we currently have to enjoy and to use to help us learn but sadly resources are being broken or lost.
Our Nursery team spend a huge amount of time creating a beautiful environment for us all to learn and work in. They even spend their weekends looking for resources and toys that will enhance the learning experiences provided for the children and it is very disheartening to see their good work being undone.
I am a mum of four and I have to have this conversation with my own children about looking after their belongings often, so I hope you understand the message that I am trying to send 🙂
Spooky Hand painting # Starcatchers
We had great fun tonight with glow in the dark hand paint and using the backlight torches to make them glow!
Parent Group Availability
Hi all,
Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.
As discussed at our recent induction meeting, I would like to create a parent group meeting so that parents have a direct link with the nursery team. This group will be in place to:
- Support parent wellbeing
- Create a home-link between nursery and home
- Offer a space to ask questions
- Discuss upcoming events and plans for the setting
If you would like to join, please click this link and let me know what you would like to discuss!
We are hoping to start this group next week.
Please be aware that on the 18th of November we plan on having our meeting at 9AM if you are all available.
Thank you,
Miss Ravey
Pitch Play
This morning we had a great time playing listening games on the pitch. We sang songs and rhymes as we travelled and completed part of the “Daily Mile”!
Our cheeks were rosy and Mrs James enjoyed hearing all the giggles and chatter!
On our way back to the nursery we played number games and looked at how the trees have changed colour!
If you go down to the woods today…….
The yellow and green groups had a great visit to the woods this afternoon. We found sticks of all shapes and sizes, we used our imagination to make the sticks into cars, fire engines and unicorns. We also found the ‘Gruffalo’, can you spot it in the pictures!
