Welcome to our April and May blog.

The children have really enjoyed making their easter nest cakes.  They listened well to the instructions and took turns of spooning the mixture into the paper cases.  They enjoyed chatting about their plans for spring break and were excited about the Easter bunny Visiting!

We have welcomed a new friend into the blue group this term!

We have had lots of fun moving and dancing expressively to music with ribbons.

The children have been enjoying lots of problem solving activities.  They have been developing their observation skills while making mosaic and wooden shape art.  They have also  enjoyed building and sequencing using the calculation sticks and caterpillar cubes.  We  have been exploring measure with the measuring snakes and have also enjoyed being creative with the cactus peg game and rainbow tile circle game.

The children have been learning about how things grow.  Some of the children planted cress seeds which grew very quickly.  We made some cress and cucumber sandwiches.  We have also enjoyed the story Jasper’s Beanstalk.  We planted our own runner beans and have been looking after them by giving them drinks of water and making sure they have plenty of sunlight.  They are taking a little bit longer to grow but are finally sprouting and we are enjoying watching them grow!

Our achievements from this month and last month from the blue group. Well Done!

During the month of March the children on a Friday have been enjoying experiencing Mini Kickers through East Renfrewshire Active Learning.  This provided the children with a chance to develop their gross motor skills with a focus on controlling a ball. The children showed great listening to the coaches instructions and were able to keep themselves safe when manoeuvring about the hall, showing really good spatial awareness.

Muddy March…even although it has been a wet month the children have been enjoying all the muddy puddles this has created in the garden.

We celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as our favourite characters and reading some of our favourite stories. The children then went on a scavenger hunt around the nursery to find characters from the stories. At nurture time we all got a book to take home to celebrate World Book Day. The book fair came to nursery and we welcomed our parents in for stay and play to have a look at the books and take part in some literacy activities.

At nurture time we have been developing our Numeracy skills using the number bean bags. We have been subsidising, touch counting and recognising numerals.

In the home corner there has been a shop set up and the children have shown an interest in money through playing with coins in context. Following the children’s interest of running a shop they made smoothies which they then sold to each other. We have then  continued this interest at nurture time and have been exploring coins in more depth discussing their colour, name and value.

Our awards this month go to…

Well done!

See you back here next month 🙂

Welcome to our February blog.  This month the children have been learning about and celebrating Chinese New Year.  They have enjoyed the traditional story about the animal race, trying prawn crackers for snack and experimenting with Chinese calligraphy to write numbers.

We welcomed our families to stay and play. We had so much fun sharing all our learning experiences with them.

 

We have been learning about healthy food and discussing our likes and dislikes. The children have enjoyed playing food bingo and have followed instructions and taken turns well. We have been sorting fruits and vegetables,  discussing where they grow and doing surveys to find out peoples favourite fruits and vegetables.

In the construction area the children have been exploring forces and creating ramps for the cars to go up and down. They have enjoyed creating elaborate models and working together to bring their ideas to life.

Our awards this month go to…

Well done 🙂

See you back here next month.

We hope that everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. We wish our children and families all the best for 2026.

In December we had an amazing time celebrating all things Christmas. We enjoyed welcoming all our families in for the Christmas Markets…

 

We welcomed 2 of Santa’s reindeers into the school car park and we got to feed them carrots.

We also had a special visit from Santa and because we had all been so good this year he gave us all a gift.

This term our nurture time is located beside the toothbrushing sink, this is giving the children the opportunity to learn more about toothbrush hygiene and giving them the chance to rinse their toothbrush on their own.

 

In the art area the children have been instired by the artist Jackson Pollock. They have had lots of fun creating their own ‘action’ and ‘drip’ paintings.

The children also created images on the interactive board using Jackson Pollock images as inspiration.

 

The children have been exploring pouring and filling in the water tray. They have been learning words related to capacity, discussing full and empty. They have been using various resources in the water tray

We welcomed some new friends to the blue group in January

Our award winners for January and February are…

We hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween. 🎃 In nursery we are now preparing for our Christmas markets. 🎅  🎄  We are learning Christmas songs to sing for you all and are busy making Christmas crafts to sell for our fundraising.

 

 

In the construction area the children have been busy building houses of all shapes and sizes. We have been discussing the different types of homes we live in and the differences between them. During nurture time we used Google maps to find our house and see where it is in relation to the nursery.

We have also enjoyed exploring the Lego to make smaller scale builds.

There has been discussions about people who help us in our community. We were so lucky that the local Fire Brigade were free to visit us and explain their role in how they help us. We all got the chance to fire the hose and the choice to sit in the fire engine.

For Children in Need we wore our pyjamas to nursery to raise money for the great cause. The P7s set up activities in the gym hall for all of us to participate in which was great fun.

Our achievement winners this month are..

 

Love,

Mrs Reynolds and Miss Ramsay

The blue group have started brushing their teeth at nurture time. Along with learning to brush their teeth the children have been learning good hygiene and how to identify their toothbrush by the symbol on it.

Problem Solving Jigsaw Style..

The children have been concentrating really hard to complete various sizes of jigsaws. They have been learning the importance of looking at the jigsaw picture on the box and learning what the different types of pieces are e.g. corner, straight edge in order to help them do their jigsaw.

Hallowe’en is coming…

The children have had lots of fun in the mud kitchen making pumpkin potions and witches spells! We have explored capacity, colour mixing and floating and sinking.

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This month we celebrated 2 more achievements within the blue group…

We would like to remind everyone that Monday is our day to visit the library in the family room to pick a new travelling tales book.  Once your child has finished exploring their book at home please return the book inside the blue bag to the box in the foyer area. We ask that it is returned by the following Monday so that they have the opportunity to pick another book. If your child does not attend nursery on a Monday they will have the opportunity to select a book on a different day.

See you back here next month for another blog update,

Mrs Reynolds  & Miss Ramsay

 

 

 

The trees are starting to change colour and the weather is becoming colder which means it must be September.  This month the nursery had its first stay and play session, where parents/carers were invited in to learn through play that was led by their child.  The blue group had lots of fun showing you all their favourite areas that they enjoy learning in.

In preparation for Christmas we have been drawing our Christmas card designs which we are all super excited for you to see. You will soon have the opportunity to buy the children’s designs if you wish as Christmas cards, present tags, mugs etc.

We have really been enjoying Miss Ramsay’s weekly music session. We have been exploring sounds and rhythm with musical instruments.

Well done to the children in the blue group who received an award this month! The awards are given following the school and nursery values of kindness, confidence and respect.

Rights Respecting Committee

This academic year the children in the blue group will be part of the Rights Respecting Committee. This month we talked about the UN Convention for the Rights of the Child and what some of those rights mean. We selected 6 rights from the charter and the group voted for what 3 they felt were the most important to them.

The children use SIMOA the elephant to help risk assess and learn about the ways to stay safe. SIMOA had great fun visiting the gym hall and joining in with our activities.

See you back here soon,

Miss Ramsay and Mrs Reynolds

Welcome back to all our existing families and a big hello to our new families joining us this session. We hope you all had an amazing summer.

The children are all super excited to start their nursery journey for the new session and have been settling into nursery life. We have  been playing outside, getting familiar with snack time and lunch time routines, visiting the gym hall for our weekly session and getting to know everyone’s names at nurture time.

We welcomed some new friends to the blue group

 

Just a gentle reminder of some important nursery information –

• Can you please make sure your child has indoor shoes to change into when they arrive at nursery (preferably not crocs).
• A Monday is our main day for access to the gym hall, please ensure appropriate footwear is worn on this day and earrings are removed.
• The Blue Groups Travelling Tales day is a Monday, please remember to bring your bag and book back each week and place it in the drop box in the foyer. Any children not in on a Monday will have an opportunity to pick a book another day.
• If children can please have spare clothes in bags in case of accidents and/or wet and muddy play.
• If possible please provide a pair of wellies for outdoor play.
• During the warm weather could we please ask that sun cream is applied prior to attending nursery and a labelled bottle of sun cream is provided for the staff to then top up in the afternoon.