As a home learning activity children were encouraged to make a ‘Thinking Cap’ to evidence their learning, the caps displayed the children’s understanding of maths, such as the numbers they know or the shapes they recognise. During the nursery sessions children were overheard sharing their cap with one another explaining all of the numbers, patterns and shapes on it.

Throughout the course of Maths Week the nursery children have been visiting Netherlee Primary School to go on a shape/number hunt. This was to reinforce that maths is everywhere and we use it in everyday life. During their visits some children were invited into classroom, some even saw a juggling mathematician and others became judges in a hat making competition!

We had a very exciting visit this week. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service brought a fire engine to the nursery. The children got to use the hose, try on the uniforms and go in the fire engine.

This week the children created an entry into the Greenbank Garden Wheelbarrow Competition. Each building came up with an idea around this years theme: history, heritage and archaeology.

Saplings

In the Saplings building the children decided to design their wheelbarrow around dinosaurs linking it to history. Their design included a volcano and greenery to create a 3D world for our plastic dinosaurs. Before including it in the design the children got to see the volcano erupt.

Acorns

In the Acorns building the children created their idea around archaeology. In the wheelbarrow Lego figures are excavating, uncovering the bones of dinosaurs. The children got to excavate some bones this week in the sand.

On Wednesday 24th we had our annual sports day.  During the races the children carried out a range of actions such as running, jumping, stretching, and balancing with coordination and demonstrated basic control of equipment.

This experience allowed the children to co-operate with others in sharing space and equipment, develop their gross motor control and join in simple competitive games.

Thank you to everyone who came to cheer on all of the boys and girls.

After the recent holidays we return to nursery to find some people hand vandalised our playground. The planters had been emptied, the Acorns mud kitchen was broken and the Saplings cable drum was snapped. The children were shocked by the sight but were quick to offer to help put it back to normal.

We are proud of the nursery children for being Responsible Citizens and urge you to do the same, if you see anyone vandalising the nursery or school please contact the Community Wardens on 0800 013 0076.

Recently the children have been learning about how to look after plants. Some of the discussion has been about the benefits of keeping plants in a greenhouse. The children aske to have a greenhouse for the nursery so this week the children built a mini greenhouse for the playroom and have been busy filling it with various plants.

This week was Eco Week at Netherlee Nursery Class.

The children extended their understanding of reducing, reusing and recycling. They took on the responsibility of looking after our nursery environment while being paper monitors.

On Wednesday we encouraged everyone to walk part or the full way to nursery. The children then carried out questionnaires to find out how many children walked to nursery recording the results using tally marks.

The children planted sunflower seeds in newspaper pots. These were sent home for the children to observe and measure over the break. We can’t wait to hear how much they have grown!

The week ended with our Eco Bonnet Parade. The children were invited to make an Easter bonnet at home using recycled materials.

As it was Local Smile Month the children have been talking a lot about healthy foods. After reading the book “Oliver’s Vegetables” the children decided they would like to make soup.

Some children commented that when they eat soup they like to dip a roll in it. So they made rolls too. While making the rolls some of the children’s comments were: “It looks like play dough.” “It’s squidgy.” “It feels like a flower”.

This week we invited parent/carers into the nursery to enjoy a Bookbug session with their children. During these sessions the children and their parent/carer enjoyed a story together, they sang nursery rhymes and they played some games. We received wonderful feedback and would like to thank Mrs Greig and Mrs Flower. We look forward to the next ones!