Monday

Today there was a lot of discussion using a wide and varied range of vocabulary, including some mathematical language, to share ideas, design and build a variety of different  vehicles using the Lego. “Mines got 4 wheels!” “ Mines got 2 wheels and it can go really fast” “I’ll put another bit on the front to make it go faster” 🚗🚎🚚The writing table was popular today with some children making their own story books “My story books all about myself!” 📚demonstrating that they can use writing in a variety of contexts. Outdoors today some of our children decided to make/create their own drum kits by sourcing a variety of different vessels then exploring the different sounds they made. “This is a loud one!” “I’m going to hit it hard!” “This one’s quieter”🥁

Tuesday

We had lots of discussion re magnets and what different materials/objects magnets would, and would not, stick to! We looked out the magnetic fishing 🎣 game which created further discussion whilst developing our turn taking skills. Some of the children demonstrated their engineering skills by designing, problem solving and sharing ideas whilst building a racing track 🏁using the building blocks. They then used our estimation skills to predict which cars🚗🚙would go the fastest. There was lots of energetic play outdoors today developing our gross motor skills by running, jumping, pedalling etc.

Wednesday

Today the whales🐋 were creating  interest in the water tray creating discussions about sizes, how fast they swim , what they eat etc.  Size also featured in the sand tray where several children used a variety of different shaped/sized containers to build sandcastles🏰 creating use of mathematical and descriptive language. Our interest in jewellery making continued at the beach🏖️ today with some children looking for treasure e.g. sea glass, shells, flowers to design and create bracelets.🐚🌸

Thursday

Some of the children helped  give the garden a bit of a makeover. After a discussion with the children, and taking on board some of their ideas💡, we decided firstly to move the mud kitchen🧑‍🍳.  Most of the children were involved in helping clear🧹 the new area and move💪 the mud kitchen to its new home. They demonstrated fantastic team work & negotiating skills whilst doing this!  Look out for further developments in our nursery garden!
Jigsaws🧩 were a popular choice today with children working well together using problem solving skills to complete the jigsaws.  The brick area 🧱was busy today with some children planning and building Bluey’s house🏠 using negotiating skills to decide which part each child was going to build.

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Friday

Today we explored a variety of different Easter themed activities throughout the nursery🐣.  Whilst using/developing our fine motor, drawing, cutting and writing skills some made Easter chick masks, some chose to create their own Easter cards and we had an Easter story in the garden whilst enjoying a little Easter chocolate treat😉🐥🥚. Some children created their own treasure hunt in the garden by ‘writing’ a list of objects they were to find and using their organisation skills to determine who was to look for which object.

Monday 7th April

The sun is out making us all feel extra cheery. The children helped to create a new sun station in nursery where they can apply it themselves with adult support. Helping them with independence & gaining knowledge on being sun safe. The garden has been busy with lots of role playing in the mud kitchen creating a burger restaurant, which encouraged most of the children to go & try. In the nursery our junk modelling is very popular where some beautiful structures have been created.

Tuesday 8th April

We went to the beach today where we explored a different area. Some of the children were using the stones to build towers they used descriptive language when discussing the different sizes. They built bridges using sticks that were collected from different areas, they had fantastic teamwork & negotiating skills to achieve their goal. Hill rolling was still a popular choice as well as some choosing to enjoy the beautiful views.

Wednesday 9th April

The art area has been popular today where some of the children have been interested in forces with lots of discussion about how wind power and how it helps our daily lives. They made their own windmills and selected a variety of different materials to decorate them. At the snack area children chatted about what they like and don’t like to eat, our snack today was very colourful which was prepared by one of the children.

Thursday 10th April

Another beautiful day in nursery with the children being busy throughout the session.  Some of the children have been exploring tip tap which provides opportunity to create a range of symmetrical pictures and patterns. In the garden there was lots of role playing detectives, as well has lots of relaxing in our shaded wigwam.

Friday

Today whilst developing our hand/eye coordination some of us demonstrated our designing skills by creating necklaces using a variety of different coloured, sized and shaped buttons. There was lots of mathematical language being used as well as estimation skills e.g. whilst deciding on how long the string should be to go around our necks. Some of us helped return some books to our local library where we engaged in some colouring activities before choosing some new books to bring back to nursery. “Wonky Donkeys my favourite!” We had a discussion with staff and children to see how we could make more space for creating models/structures in our garden using the outdoor blocks. We decided on moving the blocks and the writing bench to new areas of the garden and will monitor to see if the new areas are working well!

Monday

Taking ownership of safety, a small group of children worked together communicating responsibilities for garden check. One child volunteered to  “mark” make the risk assessment whilst the rest of the children were able to compromise by selecting who would chose which area of the garden t check. Developing communication skills to been feed back the information to be checked off and organising themselves through agreements.

Tuesday

At the building block area a couple of children made a “head quarters” each child had a different role to help construct the building. Designing the roof using bamboo sticks sparked a conversation to problem solve the structure. A couple of children set up  their own stage to perform – signing and dancing. By encouraging and supporting their peers helped to develop confidence.

Wednesday

At beach today a couple of children discovered writing on a bench and asked “what does that say?” Showing awareness of print, this lead to a discussion of remembering people who have past away and the meaning of the numbers. Some children shared their stories of passed family members. At nursery a couple of children created sandcastles using loose parts and materials to create and design- discussing the different heights and the wet sand representing the water at the beach.

Thursday

At gym today everyone was developing their developing their listening skills and following instructions through “Simon Says our listening skills and took leadership in our game of Simon says giving an instruction each to the whole group. We had our first practice for sports day taking turns and working in teams. For cool down we focussed on stretching discussing the different body parts and muscles and were able to describe how it felt.

Friday

During role play the blocks were used to create a house which developed into dramatic play. Exploring sensory outdoors using different textures of material whilst incorporating songs. Outdoor water play filling and emptying buckets. working together and sharing ideas to support one another to make an easy transfer.

Our Parent Council  is organising a family fundraising event just before the Easter break.  Please support the  “Bunny Drive” at school on Thursday 3 April at 6pm.  it is a pay on the door event.  Click here for: Bunny Drive Information

Progress Meeting Sheets – Please return your child’s Now and Next Steps sheets so that they can be put into their PLJ’S. Thank you if you have already returned these.

Yoga- One our nursery Mums has kindly offered to come and do a yoga session with our nursery children! Any other parents who would like to share their talents in nursery please speak to a member of staff. We love to have our nursery parents share their hobbies, talents, interests in nursery.  

Learning Wall- Our current learning wall is still all about ‘pets’, Please feel free to share any photos, experiences with your family etc so we can  add them to our learning wall. This allows your child to share their home experiences and opens up more questions for children to explore.  

Junk Modelling- The junk modelling is very popular and in high demand of recyclable materials. If you could help by bringing in items such as cardboard boxes, egg boxes, ribbon, wool etc. these would be greatly received… and who knows what creation these will turn into! 

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 & Activities – These continue to be housed in our front hall. These are changed regularly providing new activities for you to explore. Please remember to sign books/activities in and out. Thank you! 

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

Sunscreen –  As the weather is getting nicer can you please ensure sunscreen has been applied to your child before coming to Nursery. We will shortly have a sun station where sunscreen will be available for parents to apply at drop off. Further information to follow once we have this in place.

Borrowed Clothes – Can parents please remember to return any clothes borrowed from nursery. We are running very low on boys trousers. Thank you. 

Monday

Today the sun was shining🌞 and we enjoyed exploring lots of different activities outdoors including creating music with a variety of instruments- learning their names, how to hold/play them and listening to the different sounds they made🥁🪇. We explored different techniques of how to cover our models with paint. We tried different ways and decided we enjoyed experimenting with straws to blow the paint 🎨🖌️. Indoors our writing/drawing table was very busy today with lots of children representing their ideas on paper using as variety of media. Some children expressed an interest in writing their names as well as other familiar words e.g. Mum and Dad.

Tuesday

Today one of our children created his own game outdoors using chalk to mark make the shapes/spaces 👣⭕️needed for the game. He then explained the rules to his peers and encouraged his peers to join in, altering his use of language to encourage some who were reluctant to join in! At the beach🏖️ today we explored different ways of moving our bodies e.g. climbing🧗 and rolling- using a variety of vocabulary to describe the texture/feeling of the different surfaces they were climbing/rolling on “It feels soft!” “It’s furry!” “This bit’s a bit spikey!” “This rocks very hard 🪨!” We also observed the clouds describing the different shapes we could see!☁️

Wednesday

Today several of our children were sharing/representing their ideas through role/imaginative using the dinosaurs, building blocks.  A wide range of vocabulary was used whilst role playing/discussing the different types of dinosaurs🦖🦕 i.e. size, what they ate, their names etc. Using a variety of different sized/shaped bricks a castle was designed and built “The Queen👸 and the Princess🫅 will live in the castle🏰 and we’ve built a bedroom for them to sleep in!” the children explained. One of our children designed, and created, a power station using the Lego and explained “The power puts electricity on in our houses💡 but if we had a power cut nothing would work!” Showing they have an understanding of electricity and the importance of electricity in our daily lives.⚡️

Thursday

Today we explored a variety of different ring games during our gym session today💃🕺. Developing  our turn taking, listening and gross motor skills. There were several conversations regarding fractions e.g wholes, halves, quarters etc. at the snack table with some children using knives to cut fruits into pieces🍴. Outside we explored the puddles looking at reflection , experimenting with different objects to see if they floated or sunk in the puddles. We also added some washing up liquid to the puddles to see what would happen when we jumped in the puddles.  💦

Friday

Today in Ferryport some children were representing their ideas in the sand tray “We’re building a city!”🏙️ “There’s a volcano there too!”🌋  This created lots of discussion about volcanoes erupting. We then developed our use of technology to search on the computer 💻 to see if we could find any live web cam footage of a volcano erupting. 🌋We found one which is erupting in Miami at the moment! Our woodwork bench was popular today with some children experimenting with different materials to design, and create, their own hammers 🔨using a variety of tools. We enjoyed a visit from one of our Mums who did a yoga session with our children. We did some stretching exercises before exploring several yoga poses including ‘downward dog’ ‘cow/dog’ ‘warrior’ ‘butterfly’ ‘tree’ ‘triangle’ ‘frog’ amongst others. 🦮🐈🦋🐸🌳

Monday 17th

It has been a very busy start to the week with some of the children being particularly busy at the art area making hand bags. This provided the opportunity to source a variety of  different materials & use our junk to create their masterpieces. They discussed shapes, position & size as well as developing fine motor skills. In the garden some children chose to play hockey whilst others played with the water using pipes.

Tuesday 18th

Carrying on from yesterday’s play the water has been popular again with lots of different resources being used.  There was lots of chat amongst them about forces where they experimented with the objects. They had to work together share space & problem sole to achieve the outcome they were looking for. Inside there were conversations about fruit/vegetables, giving a deeper understanding of what is fruit and vegetable. Some children chose to make faces with their selection.

Wednesday 19th

Today we explored with previous stones  to make transit art, we chatted about the colours & different pattern’s within the stones. Each child selected a variety of colours to make their art work. The sun was shining so the garden was busy with lots of different play from making music to football/basketball & bike riding. Some of the children took part in a tug of war which became quite competitive with the winning team being best of 3.

Thursday 20th

We all went to the school today where the nursery children were read to by the primary 6 children, sharing their favourite stories and chatting about the different characters within the stories. Back at nursery most of the children were busy at the art area, making shields using a variety of different materials. They then used the coloured foil that they had used in their shields to explore looking through them in the garden making the garden to change colour.

Friday 21st

Today there was lots of role playing using scarfs and junk modelling, to create different superhero characters. The block area was used to create ramps where it became a high speed car racing track, it then became a house where a variety of resources were added to the play. We then ended the day with a meditation activity called spaceship to the moon this allowed us all to relax and feel calm.

Monday: Most of us have enjoyed outdoor play this morning. Developing our numeracy skills and mark making with chalk. Also our co ordination through basketball and football. Inside some of us have been role playing in the home corner and playing with the dinosaurs.

Tuesday: This morning we explored the beach finding sticks and seeing if they would float or sink. In the nursery a lot of us were role playing with the models we made at the art area.

Wednesday: Today a few of us asked if they could try knitting. So we tried a couple of methods to see how we got on. Some of us were busy at the playdough/clay table being creative with clay and loose parts.

Thursday: Lots of mark making today at the writing table making pictures of their friends. Outside we have been watering the grass to help the seeds grow.

Friday: Most of us have enjoyed the garden this morning singing songs playing with the musical instruments and playing basketball. In the nursery some of us were exploring the transient art area, sharing the loose parts and making pictures.

Monday 3rd March –

This morning we aerated the ground where our grass is to prepare it for new grass seed. 🌱 we worked hard developing our garden skills and our gross motor skills. We then scattered some grass seed. We will stay off of the grass and watch what happens next.

A group of children showed an interest in castles. Lots of co operative role ply using the characters. Developing their vocabulary, creating stories using the characters.

Tuesday

This morning we Celebrated pancake day by making and eating pancakes 🥞. We followed the recipe instructions, used the scales to measure out the ingredients and took turns to mix the batter.

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We went to Tayport school to look at the books 📚 in the book fair. We shared some stories together.

Wednesday

Lots of children brought their favourite books 📚 to nursery to share as part of our Bookday celebrations. We had a good variety of fiction, non fiction and book to “find the Pokémon “.
 We then explored the beach. Developing our roads saftey on our walk there and back. “We hold hands” “We stop at the road before we cross” 🛑

Thursday

This morning we enjoyed a visit to the gym hall where we met some of the P6 children from Tayport Primary School to share stories toc c 📚📖 Lots of good communication between the children. We then had some free play with the balls in the gym hall before we walked back to nursery.

Friday

Today we enjoyed another book bug session along at the school. Our story was one recommended by The Scottish Book Trust called “The Runaway Cone”. We also had fun making up our own songs and rhymes. 🎶 Some our children were busy at the art/craft area designing, planning and creating swords and shields which were then used to extend their role/imaginative play 🛡️

World Book Day 6th March 2025 – On the lead up to World Book Day on Thursday 6th March we will be exploring a variety of activities relating to books, stories etc. Nursery staff will walk the children along to Tayport Primary to visit the Book Fair on Tues 4th March during their nursery session, (more details to follow on how/when parents can buy books from the Book Fair). On Wednesday our nursery children are welcome to bring in their favourite book to share with everyone. We will also be meeting up with the P6’s during part of our gym time this week, and next week, to share books/stories. On Friday Mrs Moyes will be having her weekly Book Bug session along at the school. Please keep an eye on See Saw for more information regarding this week’s events.  

 Parent Council- The next Parent Council meeting will be held in Tayport Primary School on Thursday 3rd April  at 6.30pm (TBC).  We would like to invite all nursery parents to attend. These meetings provide the opportunity for parents to be involved in the life of nursery and school.  

 Peep- We have sent out a small questionnaire, via Microsoft forms, to gather parents views on preferred days and times for our future PEEP sessions. Thank you to all who have already filled this in and also sent feedback. It is much appreciated. We will leave the questionnaire live until Friday 7th March so you still have time to complete this if not already done so! We will use the information from the questionnaire/feedback to plan our next block of PEEP sessions. 

 Yoga- One our nursery Mums has kindly offered to come and do a yoga session with our nursery children! Any other parents who would like to share their talents in nursery please speak to a member of staff. We love to have our nursery parents share their hobbies, talents, interests in nursery.  

 Stay & Play Sessions Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th March-We would like to invite parents to stay, for a short time at drop off time, to spend time in nursery with their child to observe/share their child’s learning, their favourite activities etc. Younger siblings are welcome also but will be the sole responsibility of their parents. Please let a member of staff know which day you would like to attend. Should these days not suit please speak to a member of staff so we can arrange an alternative day! Stay & Play sessions are completely optional. 

 Learning Wall- Our current learning wall is still all about ‘pets’, Please feel free to share any photos, experiences with your family etc so we can  add them to our learning wall. This allows your child to share their home experiences and opens up more questions for children to explore.  

 Junk Modelling- The junk modelling is very popular and in high demand of recyclable materials. If you could help by bringing in items such as cardboard boxes, egg boxes, ribbon, wool etc. these would be greatly received… and who knows what creation these will turn into! 

 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 & Activities – These continue to be housed in our front hall. These are changed regularly providing new activities for you to explore. Please remember to sign books/activities in and out. Thank you! 

 Weather – Could all parents please ensure their child is appropriately dressed for the weather, especially on Beach Days, 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

Using the blocks a large group of children worked together whilst developing their communication skills by sharing and listening to different ideas. This creation became a large complex structure whilst focusing on detail to create different heights and displays. Other children then joined along the way which was then used for imaginative role play.

Tuesday

A couple of children created a stage which they then performed songs dramatically using their body movement and voice to perform taking turns.   A couple of children created snow balls with playdough developing their mathematical language to discuss sharing out the quantity. At beach kindergarten, children were able to identify the change in the tide and discuss the force of the waves as it crashed at the shore.

Wednesday

A group of children role played shops creating a ‘music shop’  were each selected their own musical instruments. As a group they created their own rhythmic sounds using drums and shakers . Some have been discussing the learning wall topic of ‘pets’ and sharing how they care for their pets. One child shared their understanding of a pets affection.

Thursday

We had visit from a child’s puppy which lead to more questions for our learning wall, discussing the health and wellbeing.  At gym we all participated in a yoga session using our listening skills and gross motor skills to stretch  and move our bodies to warm up before using the apparatus.

Friday

We had a visit from a child’s pet chicken which sparked questions that the children had as well as gaining new information on chickens. Everyone had the opportunity to stroke the pet if they chose to . This helped to develop confidence as well as using descriptive language to describe a new experience for everyone as they got to stroke a chicken.  A few of the children created a castle using the building blocks which then developed into creative play to use their structure.  Some children and their parents joined our Bookbug session this morning listening to a new story Hen in the Bed.