This week learning is… Exploring, Being Curious, Literacy, Mathematics, Sharing, Self-Esteem, Creativity, Motor Skills, Turn Taking, Technology, Outdoor Learning and Problem Solving.

 

Monday 19th June

Today Hamish, Blair and Murdo were being responsible citizens helping unblock the drain in the garden by using different tools. The boys discussed depth of the puddle using measurement language.

Today Daisy and Raine have been creative in the art area creating different pictures and models using different materials. The girls celebrated each other’s work by complimenting how nice it looked.

Today Finlay explored positional language as he discussed directions the car would move with each arrow he would press. Finlay discussed different technologies he has used similar to a remote control car.

 

Today Calvin enjoyed exploring outdoors as he chose to play with the ball shouting catch to his peers.

Today Orla, Jesse, Calvin, Raine, Aayla-May and Daisy chose to come for snack. They discussed what healthy options were on offer and had a discussion about Sanna’s party discussing personal experiences.

Tuesday 20th June

 

Today Hubert, Murdo and Lucy took turns on the rope swing using their gross motor skills to get the swing moving. They waited patiently after each shot and took it in turns to have a shot.

Orla used her imagination to create a nature book. She wrote words and drew pictures of different plants and animals she would see in the forest and ticked them off as she spotted them.

Today Raine and Lucy were being very helpful as they offered to help hand out snack. The girls took it in turns to take a cup of juice and a hotdog to their peers.

Today Lily, Jesse, Orla and Hubert took part in a treasure hunt and they went for a walk around the forest to see what excit

Wednesday 21st June

Today has been a day of using our imagination outside as we have been exploring loose parts and creativity. Today Maggie, Orla and Daisy used the loose parts and the story den to create a house and used the box as a cat bed as Orla role played a cat.

Continuing our imagination outside as we have been exploring loose parts and creativity. Jovan, Christian, Archie and Flynn used used loose parts as a magic wand, sword and shield. They also used the car to go on a mission.

Today outside Lucy, Raine, Lily and Lochlan have been exploring bugs in the mud kitchen and extended their learning outside by researching a bug scavenger hunt. They marked off what bugs they had spotted in and around the mud kitchen. This encouraged more children to join in.

Thursday 22nd June

Today has been a busy day outside exploring creativity skills. Victor and Lucy used loose parts to create a transient art picture exploring feelings and emotions. “I made a happy face because I’m happy today.”

Today outside Lochlan, Ruaridh and Murdo were exploring the water. They were experimenting to see how many cups it would take to fill the tube. The boys went on to create potions to have more super powers. “My super power is speed and strength.”

Today outside Sanna, Ben, Blair, Hamish, Orla, Victor and Lochlan used their numeracy and concentration skills to play the new spider game. The aim of the game is to catch as many numbers as they can and add them up at the end. The person with the most numbers won. They worked together to count the numbers out.

Friday 23rd June

Today Christian and Jovan were seen busy exploring the different scales, weights and natural loose parts and were heard using the correct language to describe the different sizes, what was heavy,light, big or small etc. They shared thoughts and ideas to further extend this play learning interest.

Today Orla and Flynn created pictures using different materials in the writing area. Flynn created pictures of a Pokémon and Orla drew rainbows and love hearts.

Today we say Happy Birthday to Murdo as he turns 5. We celebrated by singing happy birthday and had some cake.

Our Cosy Time Library 📚 This will be available to families at drop off and pick up time every day for you and your child to choose a book to take home to read 🏡There is no time limit on our library books we would just ask that you sign the book with your child’s name, the title of the book they have taken, the date it was taken and when it was returned ✍️There will be pens and hand sanitiser available for you to sign the books in and out. If your child has any special requests for a certain book please ask a member of staff or send a message on seesaw and we can help you 😃There will be a folder with your child’s name for them to put the book in for its journey to home and back 📁A tray will be available for you to put in your returned books so we can quarantine and clean them before putting them on display again, if you have any questions, any member of staff would be happy to help ☺️

Reminders

• Can all parents label items of  your child’s clothing.
• Can all parents put in at least one full change of clothing for water play and accidents.
• Can all parents if your child has a packed lunch can we please ensure grapes and big fruits are cut to minimise the risk of choking.🍇
• Can we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.
• Can all parents ensure your child has a set of waterproofs and wellies to play outside when it’s wet.
• Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.
• If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware.
• Can we ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for the weather.
• Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
• There is learning at home sheets available in the nursery to share your child’s learning and experiences you do at home.

The Nursery Team