During December we were very busy getting ready for our Christmas markets. It was so much fun having our grown ups visit us and we enjoyed exploring the markets together.

We had some very special visitors to our nursery, two of Santa’s reindeer Blitzen and Vixon!

We have been busy exploring numbers within 10 by developing our numeral recognition and counting amounts.

 

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. It’s been lovely hearing about all the amazing experiences the children had.

We have some new friends who have joined the green group…welcome, we hope you have a fantastic time with us at Cross Arthurlie.

The children have settled back into their nursery routine and have been very busy exploring a range of experiences.

Our January and February achievement winners are…

 

See you next  month for another update,

Love Mrs McKie and Mrs Sloan

 

It’s been a busy month at Cross Arthurlie, and we’ve been sharing our firework experiences with our friends. “I saw the fireworks with my family”, “the fireworks were very loud”.

We have also been developing an awareness of Remembrance Day and what it means. We made our own poppies to represent the poppies that grew in the fields.

 

Lately we have been having lots of discussions and learning about the people who help us.

We were really lucky to have a visit from the Fire Service this month. The children got the chance to sit inside the Fire Engine and have a go using the hose. Thank you to the Firemen for their kindness and patience with the children!

On Friday the 14th of November we celebrated Children in Need. We dressed up in our pyjamas and played lots of fun games in the gym hall.

The children have been inspired by the artist Jackson Pollock and have been creating their own artwork using a splatter technique.

Our achievements this month go to…

See you back here next month!

Autumn has now officially arrived…and the weather is definitely a bit more chilly!

We have welcomed some new friends to the green group, and we hope to have lots of fun together at Cross Arthurlie.

It’s been business as usual at Cross Arthurlie and we have been very busy exploring the different areas of our nursery environment.

When exploring the outdoors the children assess their own risk when using the large play equipment.

They have also been exploring cause and effect when pouring and filling with the water, and using the waterfall to see how the water moves. “We’ve made a river!”

As a nursery we celebrate Halloween for the full week, with lots of different experiences on offer. We love to see all the amazing costumes throughout the week.

 

At Nurture we have been exploring symmetry, finishing the Halloween pictures. We used the mirrors to see the symmetrical reflection of each picture.

During our gym hall sessions we have been lucky to have some helpers from the High School. They have been teaching us some new games to help us keep fit!

 

here are our award winners for October. Well Done!!

 

 

The trees are starting to change colour and the weather is becoming colder, it must be September. Some of the green groups parents/carers came to our first stay and play session of the year. We hope you had a wonderful time visiting the nursery. Keep an eye on the notice board for future days to visit.

 

   

   

We have welcomed more new friends to the green group. We hope you have lots of fun at Cross Arthurlie Nursery.

We continue to celebrate success in Cross Arthurlie Nursery…well done everyone…what a fantastic achievement.

It’s Maths Week this week! We have been exploring  number, size and pattern.

We have continued with our gym sessions and we are looking at how to keep ourselves safe when moving around the school and using different spaces within the school.

*Grown ups…ask us some of the rules we follow when using the gym hall*

Thanks for a fun filled September Groovy Green group.

Mrs McKie & Mrs Sloan xx

 

 

 

 

 

It has been so lovely to see everyone again back at nursery. It sounds like all our friends had a great time over the summer holidays.

We have some new friends at Cross Arthurlie and we know we’re going to have lots of fun learning together.

Here is a snap shot of the first few weeks back…

 

 

 

 

TRAVELLING TALES

The Green Group children have their travelling tales day on a Friday. This is when they are able to explore and choose a book from our nursery library to take home to enjoy for the week with their families.  Any children not in on a Friday will attend the nursery library on an alternate day that they attend. please ensure the book and bag are return each week to the drop box in the foyer Thank you!

 

 

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 no 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.
• Please pack 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 please apply sun cream  prior to attending nursery and a labelled bottle of sun cream is provided for the staff to then top up in the afternoon.