Monday 30th March

Today in the nursery it was full of excitement as it is coming up for Easter , children were busy both indoors and outdoors enjoying the sunshine. In the art area a variety of materials were introduced for children to explore to create their own Easter egg in a size of their choice. Some painted , some used feathers and jewels then some used the coloured pens with lots of different designs. Some children were in the home corner using the medical bag to ‘check if they were ill’ showing our caring side through role play.
A few children were choosing quiet time by reading stories among themselves or asking the ladies to read.
Before lunch there was story time with all the children together and some songs.

Outside the children were exploring the water in the tuff tray , using the hula hoop to create a massive bubble , then soap was added for more effect. Some children used the water to wash the dinosaurs. The bikes were out where children showed off their skills , also a lot of climbing on the cubes and risk assessing if we can jump off without support

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Tuesday 31st March.

Today some children took a walk to the beach in the sunshine , we had a new friend with us , at base camp we went over the safety rules to help her to ensure she was safe. We noticed the rock pools had some water in them so there was splashing going on and testing how deep it was by measuring it to our wellies. Some children were throwing stones into the water , there was a choice of big or small ones and we tested how big our splashes were. There was amazing colours of stones that we saw.
The few that were back at the nursery were all outdoors enjoying the sunshine , climbing , running and playing hide and seek.

There a lot of songs and stories throughout the day. Some children were exploring the different icons on the iPad to take photos or record voices.
In the afternoon the children were at the games table to create patterns with the small blocks , or matching up the coloured bears in sizes and colours.

We have started to take an interest in bugs , nature , and cycles. Some books were put on display to spark ideas.

Wednesday 1st of April.

Today Mrs P had kindly brought in some tadpoles for us to look at and the cycle as they grow. We used the binoculars and magnifying glasses to look into the tank. Some were out in the garden spotting bees or wasps , a bee even came into the nursery and we set it free! We hid a lot of ‘eggs’ in the garden with a number line for all the children to take part in , it was a fun way to practice our counting and mark making as we had to tick off how many we found , at the end there was a prize chick! This went on all day for some children as they kept hiding the eggs themselves in different places.

Some children were checking on our plants in the garden and giving them a little water.

Some children enjoyed being indoors drawing , writing , building with the blocks.

Thursday 2nd April.

This morning we spent it in the gym hall at the school burning off our energy , Miss H had done a small Easter Kodaly session. We ‘hatched’ out of an egg as we warmed up , we played ‘egg egg hatch’ in stead of duck duck goose , we picked up the rules very quickly , learned to wait our turn , run round in circles , and got everyone involved. Miss H put out coloured eggs in the corners of the room and again followed instructions , involving someone shouting a colour and running to that colour!

Back at nursery there was arts and crafts going on , some children were making kites , butterflies & insects! It was a struggle trying to fly the kites with no wind but it was fun running around to see how how high they could fly.

To end the day , we enjoyed a lovely picnic in the garden with some fruit & milk!
What a fun filled term 3!
Happy Easter everyone! 🐝🎉

Monday

Children are showing lots of interest in outdoors at the moment, especially nature/bees. We have had a few bees 🐝 ‘visiting’ the nursery both inside and out! We have also been noticing the new bulbs/plants growing in the garden. Some children have been exploring pattern making using the polydron by designing and creating a variety structures and some children were inventing their own games also using the polydron encouraging the sharing of ideas and turn taking skills.

Tuesday

Today we used some real flowers as inspiration for our painting. This created lots of discussion about colour shape and size.
Some children enjoyed exploring shaving foam outdoors  exploring mark making and using a variety of descriptive language to explain the feeling of the shaving foam. Some children then added some of the dinosaurs to the shaving foam engaging in a variety of role/imaginative play.  .
Group 1 enjoyed a very windy visit to the beach today.  A few children were mesmerised by the waves watching them crash to the shore. This also created discussion about the size of the waves and the speed they were crashing to the shore.

Wednesday

Today some children used a variety of mark making materials✍️🖍️✏️ at the drawing/writing table today to share/express their ideas and thoughts. Our three bears🧸🧸🧸 were being used well in nursery to retell the Goldilocks story by some children. A few children have been exploring the woodwork bench , experimenting with different sized/shaped pieces of wood to create models. They were using a variety of mathematical language whilst creating their models and using the different tools. A few children found different kinds of bees🐝 in the garden creating lots of discussion about size and colour.

Thursday

All children participated well during our gym session today, exploring a variety of different gym equipment, whilst developing our gross motor skills and hand/eye coordination . A few children demonstrated their sorting skills using the paint game. All the children celebrated one of our children’s 4th Birthday by sharing some yummy cup cakes and singing Happy Birthday.
We are checking the  beans we planted everyday to check if they are growing yet and to see if they need watered!

Friday

Today was our “Celebration of Success’ 🎉 session at PEEP.  All the children and parent/carers who have attended this block of PEEP sessions received a certificate whilst chatting over coffee and cakes☕️🧁.
Some children planted some more beans outdoors discussing what they need to help them grow 🌞💦🫘. A few children asked to make playdough following the recipe and measuring the ingredients⚖️. This created good use of  some mathematical, and descriptive language. Some children,whilst developing their gross motor and turn taking skills, explored different ways of getting on and off the climbing cubes whilst others experimented how fast the different bikes and scooters went discussing which was the fates and which was the slowest! 🚲🛴.

Monday

It has been a busy start to the week with most of the children being very busy exploring in the garden. There was lots of imagination and role playing with the dinosaurs 🦖, with baths and exploring their habitats. Some children have spotted signs of spring in our garden, our snowdrop’s & daffodils beginning to show. Some children were able to share with their peers that we must not pick the flowers as they are for everyone to enjoy.

Tuesday

It was group 2 turn to explore at the beach this week, they explored the rocks & threw stones in the water as well as enjoying snack in the fresh air. Back at nursery the art area has been busy with some beautiful art being produced using pallet paint. We all had a chat today to learn about Ramadan where we learned about different traditions.

Wednesday

We are still developing our learning wall where we have been looking & listening to all different types of stories. We chatted about our favourite stories, listened to stories and watched a traditional fairytale on the smart board. Some of the children completed the Goldilocks & the three bear’s jigsaw which sparked role play, we will be making porridge for our children to taste.

Thursday

We went to the school today for gym, the children practiced their balance jumping & coordination skills. The gym offers lots of different challenge opportunities developing gross motor skills. Back at nursery the interest in climbing continued in the garden using our cubes.

Friday

With lots of team work & cooperation some of the children used the blocks to build a wall for a castle. This sparked role play & imagination whilst extending their own play.  In the garden climbing & jumping has been popular as well as lots of bike riding. The writing table has been busy with practicing letters & attempting to write their own name.

Monday 02/02/2026.

Today there was a variety of different play in the nursery we have took a lot of interest in holidays and safety , some of the children were role playing with the suitcase we found at the charity shop last week , they talked about what clothes they would need for the sunshine and packing the case.
Some children began to mix ‘potions’ with the paints and water , exploring different colours to see what they made.
At circle time we were singing variety of songs , our favourite was, head shoulders knees and toes.

Outdoors the children were getting rid of all their energy,  by running around different parts of the garden , managing our own risk with the different steps and heights around the garden. Some of children were creating habitats for the dinosaurs with sticks and leaves.

Tuesday 03/02/2026

Continuing on from yesterday we talked about how we can communicate from ‘holiday’ we read a book called ‘Teddy goes on Holiday’ which sparked some children to write them out with different messages and pictures, we then out in the community to post our cards and learn the process of them getting delivered. Also at the post box , we saw the big red van with the postman who was collecting parcels from the shop then all of our post cards. Back at nursery the few children left were doing some drawing , painting and doing jigsaws. Some children enjoyed the blocks where they were stepping on a variety of sizes to manage their balance.

At the end of the day we tried learning new games and songs , one was ‘I sent a letter to my love’ which children really enjoyed and took turns

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Wednesday 04/02/2026.

Today Miss Higgins took charge of a Kodaly session , where children choose freely to come in and out. We read ‘ziggys sunny holiday’ which talked about travel safety , car seat safety and crossing the road safely , there was a lot of understanding and some were able to talk freely about how they travel to nursery and what they use to keep safe , there was walking , cycling , in the car and on the bus.
Following on from the story , Miss Higgins had different coloured cards , red = stop , amber = get ready and green = go , to encourage children’s listening and observation skills i was holding up the cards while children followed the colour.
Afterwards the cards got put into different sections of the room , colour was called then they had to make it to that section , most children took turns at calling out the colours.

In the afternoon we had special visitors , the policemen came to talk to us about their job and how they keep everyone safe, there a lot of questions about where they ‘live’ and what they do to help us.

Thursday 05/02/2026.

This morning we did a wake up shake up from Danny go where there was a lot of body movement and stretching , it was interesting to watch the children follow all the moves confidently and do a great job balancing also! A few children were using the tools at the woodwork bench to create a model. In the sand children were discussing how to make homes for the dinosaurs , they used their imagination to figure out what works best to build it. There was a lot of dressing up in the home corner using the patterned scarves involving skirts , dresses and capes! Later on some children talked about wands and brooms which then continued on to learning how to make them , there a variety of sizes and colours , then role playing princess’ and witches. Some children tried using the pens to mark make.

Friday 06/02/2026.

Today there was a mixture of different free play and exploring all areas of the nursery. In the home corner some children were role playing teachers , which sparked learning to practice writing in the diary’s. A couple children had some quiet time with games on the computer and iPad , practicing our numbers and mark making using technology. There was different painting going on involving the colours on bigger paper at the easel. We are starting to learn to put our names on our art work , a name board was created.

Outside there was messy play in the mud pit exploring the texture of wet and dry. Along with some physical play on the bikes.

Monday

Today some children demonstrated their creativity by using a variety of materials to represent their ideas. Before opening the outdoors we completed our daily risk assessment checking the garden was safe to pay in. We then enjoyed some energetic play exploring the bikes, scooters, balls etc – developing our gross motor skills and descriptive language “I’m going fast !” “It’s hard to push this!”.

Tuesday

Some children joined in a ‘Wake Up Shake Up’  exercise video developing our listening skills and following instructions. We started our new Learning Wall about ‘Books’. We created mind maps noting what we already knew about books and what we want to find out about books! We chose a book from our story corner and after we’d listened to the story we used our thumbs to show if we liked, didn’t like or thought the story was ok.

Wednesday

Today as part of our Burns Day celebrations we listened to some Scottish music before trying some Highland dancing. We also marched to the music counting as marched . Some of the children anttempted to  identify some of the instruments we could hear e,g, bagpipes, drums etc. Some children experimented with scissors developing our cutting, hand/eye coordination and fine motor skills.

Thursday

Today we practised our turn taking skills whilst playing a dominoes game – developing our counting skills and number awareness.  During this activity some children demonstrated their ability to subitise.  Lots of creativity with the playdough sharing ideas and dough tools creating lots of different structures, models e Most of the children enjoyed a Burns supper for lunch today as part of our Burns Day celebrations.

Friday

Today some children were planning, designing and building various structures in the brick area today. The playdough was popular again today with ‘Birthdays’ being the popular interest and lots of different shaped, sized Birthday cakes being created. The majority of children took turns to  perform our Scottish poem, for Burns Day, in front of the other children and staff. They each then received a certificate to celebrate their success.

Monday

Today we have been busy rehearsing our Christmas songs in preparation for our performance for parents/carers at our Christmas party on Friday. We have been developing our counting, turn taking  and leadership skills whilst playing hide and seek in the garden.

Tuesday

Today whilst being creative with the playdough some children used their creations/characters to make up and tell their own stories . “This is a bear, he’s tired! We need a bed, let’s make a bed now”………..🧸🛏️. We had fun practising a variety of party games in readiness for our Christmas party. Outdoors we were developing our gross motor, turn taking, sharing skills whilst exploring the bikes and scooters. “This one’s hard to pedal!” “I can go fast on this one!” “I like this bike the best!”

Wednesday

Or Christmas stories very popular today with some children using the pictures in the book to retell the story whilst others were asking various stories to be read to them. We then discussed our favourites/not so favourites and why!
The dinosaurs were popular outdoors today with lots of children representing their ideas using role/imaginative play . “Roar! I’m hungry, I need food!” Creating opportunities to ask questions about what different dinosaurs eat, where they live etc. We then used a variety of resources to source this information.

Thursday

Today we made some reindeer dust to take home for Christmas Eve. We used teaspoons to measure out the ingredients into a bag before giving the bag a shake to mix the ingredients.
We have enjoyed exploring/using the cameras outdoors today capturing various photos of the environment. The children were curious and asking about the different buttons/functions on the camera.

Friday

Today we had our Christmas Party 🎅🎄🎉. We enjoyed some party food. We played a variety of party games, showed off our Christmas dance moves, listened to a Christmas story before performing our Christmas songs for our parents, grandparents, carers etc. We finished off the party with a visit from the man himself -Santa who gifted all children a present.

Week Commencing Monday the 1st December 2025

It’s been a busy start to the week with lots of exploring in the garden, digging in the mud kitchen. Some children created a dinosaurs cafe adding ingredients that were found around the garden.  We found a caterpillar 🐛 whilst exploring thankfully it was saved from the Dino cafe. The block corner was popular where some children made a car wash, they added the small world dolls to extend the play.

Tuesday 2nd December

We put up our Christmas decorations today with all children being evolved, there was fantastic team work as they all helped put the decorations on the tree.  Some children helped to change our horse to a reindeer making antler’s & a sleigh full of presents to deliver. This sparked lots of imagination with them engaging in role play.

Wednesday the 3rd

We have been developing our writing skills by writing our letters to Santa & posting them in our special Santa post box. We have also been singing Christmas songs everyday which you will hear at our party day. In the garden the bikes have been popular, they chalked directions for others to follow.

Thursday 4th

Today we went to the school to watch the school nativity our nursery boys and girls watched & sang along if they knew the words. Back at the nursery water play has busy with lots of floating & sinking activities. The learning wall is still on going with light & dark being explored. At our dark box station shapes & shadows are explored.

Friday 5th

We have been developing our fine motor skills by building lego sculptures, some built buses & cars to take the penguins back to the zoo. In the house they have been role playing chefs where some soup & cakes have been baked. We are still practicing our songs everyday which you.

Monday

Today sees the start of Book Week Scotland. Today, from the choice of 3 books, all our children had the opportunity to vote for their favourite book which was then read at story time. All children were then encouraged to share their thoughts on the story 👍👎🤔.  Climbing and jumping activities both indoors and outdoors were popular with several children today. Some children demonstrating awareness of safety by risk assessing the bricks before climbing/jumping off them. Some children also demonstrating good turn taking skills. Samoa the elephant joined some children in the brick corner to make sure they were staying safe. 🐘

Tuesday

Today some of our children enjoyed exploring the mud kitchen. Some explored the different utensils experimenting with them by tapping to hear the different sounds they made. Others created ‘lunch’ using various pots, plates etc  to mix and pour.  Monetary themed games have been popular today developing children’s monetary awareness and creating lots of discussion/language around different coins etc.

Wednesday

Today some children asked if they could have some music on to dance to. They selected a cd before operating the cd player successfully- developing our use of technology. We had a visit from Janice, from the Community Gardens, to establish a willow den in our nursery garden. The children will be able to help weave the willow to create the finished den once the willow is growing and established. Some children created a dinosaur land in the tuff tray in the garden developing their role/imaginative play whilst also developing turn taking/sharing and language skills.

Thursday

Today the majority of our children enjoyed helping to create, experiment with, and explore a ‘light box’ using torches and coloured cellophane. Some children then used the box to represent, and share their ideas through role/imaginative play.  Having read/explored the storybook Dig Dig Dinosaurs some children joined in a dinsaur hunt/dig in our nursery garden. We found some dinosaur eggs which we then had to think about/ experiment with on how to reveal the dinosaur fossils/skeletons inside.

Friday

Today we were enjoying exploring different technologies and how they work/ how they can help us. Continuing with our focus on Book Week Scotland we had a visit from some Primary 7, children from Tayport Primary, to read us The Gruffalo and The Gruffalos Child story. We had a discussion as to which on e we liked/disliked and gave our reasons why!

Monday

Today there was lots of discussion, designing and building in the brick corner. “It’s a stage!” “We’re going to dance!” “I’m going to sing!” “I like jumping off!”. Children sharing and represent their ideas in different ways. 💃🏻🎤We had a lovely visit from Louise, from Childsmile Smile, who brought her friend Twinkle the unicorn to show us how to clean our teeth properly. We then all had the chance to clean Twinkles teeth. 🦷🪥.

Tuesday

Some children were engaging in role play in the water tray using a variety of  animals including frogs, star fish and crabs. Developing use of language to describe the different animals demonstrating their awareness/knowledge of different creatures and how they live. In preparation for our upcoming fire drill we listened to a social story on what to do in a fire drill. This created a lot of questions whilst developing our understanding of how to keep ourselves safe in the event of a fire.

Wednesday

Today the majority of our children chose to come for snack. Independently following hand washing and snack routines. We are enjoying being able to choose what we want for snack including a variety of healthy snacks. Some children were experimenting with a variety of large and small construction resources to build towers creating lots of discussion using mathematical language whilst developing our estimation, sharing, designing and building skills.

Thursday

Today some of children retold the story of The Three Little Pigs using  a variety of props e.g. the reading pod as the little pigs house, the pictures in the book to retell the story and the spoon puppets as the characters. The children also took on the roles of the different characters in the story choosing, and exploring how they can use their voices, movement and expression through role play and drama.  Whilst being creative with the playdough some our children explored a variety of counting, matching opportunities developing there maths and numeracy skills.

Friday

Today some of our children joined Mrs Wright and Miss Higgins for Book Bug at the school. We had stories (A Squash and a Squeeze) and songs before heading back to nursery for snack and fun.

Back in nursery we had some songs too, Humpty Dumpty, Wheels on the Bus and Wind the Bobbin up – hot favourites at the moment!

Later we were playing in the water tray. Lots of role play with the marine animals, which carried on to the table top games area and our safari animals. Building habitats and creating stories.

“Oh no! My giraffe has only one leg!”

“And you’ve lost your baby giraffe!”

” My fish doesn’t like to swim much!”

Another busy week finished at Ferryport Nursery!

N.B  Friday 14th November nursery is closed to children for in service training.

See you all next week,

The Nursery Team

Monday

All of the children have returned to nursery after our October holiday.  The learning wall is still of particular interest with the children, we have added some new resources  to prompt curiosity & prompt  conversations about food. There has been lots of role play in our house corner with the babies being fed some interesting combinations of food.

Tuesday

Today we have been exploring forces by using magnetics 🧲 some creative structures were created.  SIMO is very much embedded within the children & some of the have been revisiting our nursery charter. We have new resources at the play dough table helping them to keep developing their fine motor skills through play.

Wednesday

The children have been very creative using the Lego to build, some children role played firemen which they then extended out into the garden as the play became more energetic. The small building blocks were being used to develop patters & building towers. Sound has been explored using a variety of instruments whilst others chose to use scarfs to dance to the music being created

Thursday

Some of the children were dancing to music that was on the smart board, they decided to build a stage with blocks to showcase to their peers. The play changed to building the blocks higher to allow them to jump from. All of the children supported & encouraged each other when jumping. Great teamwork building, then tidying them away.

Friday

We have been celebrating Halloween in nursery today singing lots of songs & listening to spooky stories. We used the Lycra to stretch & bounce our colour monsters. We used the pumpkins to explore senses where the children had the opportunity to dig through the pumpkin. Some of the children didn’t like the smell or feel of it.