Monday 25/11/2024.
A few children were being creative in the block area , lots of loose parts and imagination being used. They had created a ‘big house with a swimming pool’ . Through discussion they safely ‘jumped in the water’ with some adult intervention we talked about who helps us when in the water.
We were introduced to some clay modelling , exploring the different textures and using a variety materials to decorate.

Tuesday 26/11/2024.
Some children took an interest in the Kodaly bells, they were excited to explore different sounds, we had a child delegating when and who would ring the bells to create their own music,  we had loud, fast, slow and quiet.

Outside in the garden we created our very own obstacle course which included a lot of racing, jumping and balancing. We used some cones, bricks, logs, pipes and hula hoops. We gave ourselves challenges by trying bigger steps and faster running.

Wednesday 27/11/2024.
Today was beach day,  it was a chilly one so we all got wrapped up to take a nice walk down to the waterfront. The tide was in quite a bit, we managed to risk assess and ensure we were safe around the water. We even managed to enjoy some fruit by the water before coming back to nursery. We collected stones and shells to take back.

Thursday 28/11/2024.
First thing in the morning we went along to the gym hall at the school, we got lots of practice with our body control as we were on a variety of different equipment, by following instruction we learned to take turns, and wait until it is safe to go on. For our cool down we played a small ring game. Later in the morning we had a small discussion about Thanksgiving and began to learn Christmas songs.

Friday 29/11/2024.
As it is St Andrews day tomorrow we had a little discussion about Scotland. We put on some Scottish country music to dance too , all of us took part, it was fun learning the different steps and dance names. Some free play later in the morning , the floor is lava, creative building and outdoor play.

 

Monday

“Book Week Scotland”📖. This week we will enjoy a variety of activities related to “Book Week Scotland” starting today with a discussion. Children were invited to bring their favourite books to nursery to share with others.📚  Today we had lots of discussion about the weather “It’s freezing!” “It’s frosty!” “Why is it all white?” Developing use of language and questioning. We left some water in a variety of different sized/shaped containers to see what happens to the water over night! 🥶- developing our experimental/investigation skills as to how water can change from one form to another❄️

Tuesday

Today some children were experimenting in the water tray by adding different coloured paint🎨 to see what happens when the paints mix together. Good use of mathematical language whilst pouring/filling/mixing.  The children were exited to find yesterdays containers with water in had frozen🧊 causing lots of excitement and discussion “What’s happened?” “It’s like glass!” “We can smash it!” “It’s so cold!”.

Wednesday

Today all our children engaged in a ‘Meet The Author’ session on the smart board . They listened to a song and story by the author Tom Fletcher. The title of the story was called “There’s A Monster In Your Book!” . During our visit to the beach today we had discussions about the weather after finding patches of snow  “It’s all white!, “ The grass is hard!” “It sounds crunchy when we walk on it! ❄️The children commented that the tide was quite far out creating questions as to whether the tide was coming in or going out!🌊 Developing our awareness of our local environment.

Thursday

Today in gym we developed our shape, colour recognition🔺🔵🟨, listening skills👂and following instructions whilst joining in with  a variety of games. All children then explored a variety of different gym equipment developing turn taking skills, gross and fine motor skills as well as hand/eye coordination🏃‍♀️🤸‍♀️. As part of our Book Week 📚Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿activities all children then joined the Primary One class to listen to a story read by the Primary One teacher who used props to tell the story of ‘The Gingerbread Man’.

Friday

Today whilst exploring the musical instruments the children created their our own nursery band 🪇🥁including a band leader. We listened to the different sounds and experimented by playing them fast, slow, quietly and loudly. The band then marched around the nursery singing and playing their instruments. The art/craft area was very popular with several children displaying their creativity and representing their ideas using a variety of media/resources. “Look at my hat” “This is Mamas house” “It’s a present for my Mum!”

 

 

Monday

The children got off  to a busy start in the block area creating an elaborate car garage which later became an airport, there was lots of teamwork & negotiating going as they figured out how best to build the construction.  All the children took part in watching a short clip about Remembrance Day & why we were poppy’s, some of the children visited the war memorial to pay our respect & placed a cross in the garden.

 

Tuesday

The garden has been a popular choice today with lots of role play in the garden.  They used pipes & other resources for their play at fire fighters, some children were being rescued from the building. The play continued to the hospital role playing doctors, nurses and even a chef who prepared meals for the patients.

Wednesday

This week is national anti bullying week, we had a group discussion about being kind & have introduced our kindness tree back in nursery. This is where we place a leaf on the tree to celebrate & recognise when one of our children has  been kind. The art area has been busy with some beautiful art work being produced.

Thursday

Today we went to gym where all the children took part in Kodaly, learning about rhythmic patterns this is a fun way to develop rhythm skills as well as many other benefits. Back in nursery the hoola hoops were popular with the children giving each other challenges.  Some children were interested to watch videos on the iPad of themselves revisiting what they’ve been doing in nursery.

 

Monday

A couple of children had created a “babies bed” Using different stages of block play. Carrying and complex stacking to create their design transporting items from the home corner to decorate. Lots of sharing of ideas and working cooperatively.

Tuesday

Some of us have been exploring technology and how it works using torches. Some were able to identify the battery life left on their torch by recognising the symbol. Using the torches 🔦 “It’s dark in here!” “Look it’s shining up there!” “Let’s shine it down there!” “We can jump on the light!” Discovering how technology works through play,

Wednesday

Today during our visit to the beach we explored the rock pools finding some different sized sea snails, sea weed, shells and pebbles creating lots of discussion using a wide and varied range of vocabulary. This afternoon a few families joined us for our weekly PEEP session which this week was about ‘Numbers, Numbers Everywhere’ where we designed, and created our own number books using a variety of materials,  sang number related songs/rhymes before enjoying a number themed story.

Thursday

During gym today all children participated well exploring a variety of different apparatus developing gross motor, turn taking and sharing skills. Some children were pretending to be teachers assigning ‘work’ to their pupils and reading stories – developing knowledge of the world of work whilst sharing/ representing their ideas through role/imaginative play.

Friday

Today some children were building dams in the sand -experimenting and discussing how to stop the water from going over/through the dam – developing problem solving skills. The musical instruments were popular with the majority of children. We discussed the names of the instruments and listened to the different sounds each instrument made. We discussed how we could play the instruments loudly, quietly, fast, slow- developing our use of mathematical language.