Ferryport News February 2026 

Ferryport Nursery applications 2026/2027 – Applications are now closed however you can still apply but will be treated as a late application. https://www.fife.gov.uk/services/form-pages/apply-for-a-fife-council-nursery-place
As well as the current 49 week model of 4 hr 40 mins AM or PM sessions Ferryport now offers 39 week 9.00am –
3.00pm term time model.

Primary 1 applications for August 2026 – These opened on Monday 5th January 2026 and will close at 9am on Monday 15th March 2026. More information can be found on Fife Council’s website.

Safer Internet Week – Week Beginning 9th February 2026. We will be exploring a variety of activities relating to staying safe whilst using the internet.

Science Week – 6th-15th March. The theme this year is ‘Curiosity’. We will be exploring a variety of activities relating
to ‘What are you curious about?’ – Our Brains, The Universe, Ancient People!

Inservice Day –  Wednesday 11th February 2026- Nursery will be closed to all children to allow staff to engage in training. Staff will be looking at the Nursery Improvement Plan as well as other training/development.

February Holidays – Nursery will be open as usual on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th February 2026 for our 49 week
children but closed to our term time children.

Library Visit – We are planning to visit the local library soon. Date and times to be confirmed.. We would welcome parent help to walk the children to and from the library.

Peep – We are in the process of finalising dates for an upcoming blocks of PEEP. More information will be sent home very soon!

World Book Day –  5th March 2025 – More details/information to follow nearer the time.

Sickness/Illness – A gentle reminder that if your child is unwell (e.g. Vomiting & Diarrhoea) the guidelines are 48 hours exclusion from nursery from the last bout of sickness/diarrhoea.

Lending Library – This continues to be housed in our front hall. The books are changed regularly providing new stories, fiction and non fiction books for you to explore. Please remember to sign books in and out. Thank you!

Parental Engagement – We value all our parents’ and carers’ thoughts, suggestions, and participation in our nursery life.
Please take a few moments to fill in our Parent/Carer Suggestion Book located in the front hall. You are also welcome to take some of our Learning at Home sheets to complete with your child—these are a lovely way to celebrate achievements and share special events with us. If you would like to get more involved, we have sign-up sheets available for our Parent Rota and our Beach Walk. We would be delighted to have any parents or carers join us.

Winter Weather – Could all parents please ensure their child is appropriately dressed for the weather and that all clothing is clearly named. Thank you!

Borrowed Clothes – Can parents please remember to return any clothes borrowed from nursery. Thank you.

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 role playing at the block area.  A house was made using a selection of different size blocks & some of the small world dolls. They spent time caring for the babies in the house feeding and caring for them. Outside the hoola hoops have been popular some of the children moved there bodies with them whilst others chose to roll them.

Tuesday

We have been excited by the colder  weather today & have been exploring with ice in the garden we have been looking at the ice through the magnifyed glass looking at the different patters. The ice also  sparked discussion about safety & how we keep ourselves safe. In the room we have being creating at the woodwork bench using hammers & vice. Some fantastic creations have been made where some of the children decided to extend their models by adding paint to them.

Wednesday

Today we have been looking at books all different styles of books. We have been reading some books in Scott,s which is very interesting as many of the words the children have never heard before. We have been looking at poems and have chosen a poem that we have been learning everyday. All of the children take part in singing at dancing at some point in the day.

Thursday

Some children have been making their own squishy this involved cutting, gluing, sticking, they then added their artistic flare to the finished product. Lots of the children have been investigating floating and sinking uses a number of different materials. There was lots of predicting what would sink & what would float.

Friday

We have celebrated some birthdays this week which is always fun. Some of the children took part in cosmic yoga 🧘‍♀️ learning different moves and strengthening their bodies. We had a little bug in the nursery which we watched crawling about. In the garden we have been using the bikes as well as playing basketball.

Monday: On our first day back after the Christmas break we have been having fun playing together and catching up. We have enjoyed role play in the home corner and outside we have been checking the garden for safety and found ice on the ground, carefully putting it in the tough tray to explore so it didn’t smash “like glass”.

Tuesday: This morning we woke up to snow. We have wrapped up and warm and explored the snow covered garden. We brought some snow inside to see what would happen, exploring water in different forms.

Wednesday: Today some of us have been practicing our mark making skills making maps of where to go showing awareness of directions.

Thursday: Today we have been creative in the construction area with some of us building a stage and using various different shaped blocks to decorate it. Outside we have been exploring how the weather has been affecting things spotting icy spider webs. A few have been filling up different size and shaped containers with water to leave outside to see what happens to it.

Friday: Today we have enjoyed a wake up shake up with Danny Go getting our bodies moving.  Most of us have joined in with nursery rhymes learning about words which sound similar and listening  to stories.

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.

Well we are in full festive mode!
This week we have…..

Had a special visitor in nursery….Jamie the Jester!
We joined in magic tricks, sang and had lots of fun.

At the end of the session Jamie the Jester made us all balloon animals to take home.

Enjoyed our Christmas lunch today. Some of us had Christmas jumpers on and we had lots of festive activities throughout the day. From dancing to Christmas music, singing songs, Christmas craft and stories. We even had fun mark making in the foam!

We even celebrated a birthday today too! Thank you for sharing your cake with us MF!

Lots of outdoor play now that the storm has passed. We had an outdoor shop/cafe, bathing babies and even  more foam!

In the afternoon we practised some party games and dancing outside in the garden, we’re all ready for our Christmas party next week, even our Christmas songs are sounding fabulous. We can’t wait to show you all!

Some of us used paper plates, cotton balls, paint and glitter to create beautiful festive decorations. We selected all the items we needed and planned out what we were doing.

Next we added coloured paper and glitter to the water tray to see what would happen. We enjoyed watching the paper dissolve and going all squishy!

We read our story about “Pantosaurus” and talked about how we can keep our bodies safe.

Phew! What a busy week!

We can’t wait for all the Christmassy fun next week 😊

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.