This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 25th August

Today a group of children were exploring the sand tray and independently use loose parts and different resources to create a dinosaur house.

Today outside a group of children have been exploring vehicles as they have used loose parts to create a car. Another group of children have been investigating the digger and dump truck and discussed ways they are used in a working day.

Today a group of children helped create cakes at snack to celebrate Thomas turning 4 today, all children sang happy birthday and Thomas told them birthday gifts he had received.

Tuesday 26th August

Today a group of children have been exploring the clay. They discussed how it felt and used pictures to help them create the shape.

Today a group of children have been investigating the blocks in the block area and have used different sized and shaped blocks to create lots of different models.

Today outside a group of children found a woodlouse which sparked a discussion about different animals and when you are likely to see them. They discussed animals you would see at nighttime and ones you would see during the day.

Wednesday 27th August

Today a group of children have been creative in a variety of ways both indoors and outdoors. From painting clay fish to making binoculars to see things far away. The children have been using their creative side to demonstrate this.

Today a group of children asked for the fire engine and fire station small world down from the shelf. They used their imagination to role play firemen saving people from high roofs and putting fires out in houses.

Today a group of children are becoming more aware of hygiene and how to apply their knowledge to their daily routines. The children are becoming more confident at brushing their teeth after lunch time.

Thursday 28th August

Today a group of children were using the black tray to explore the rain. They decided to put the tray on the ground to make their own puddle and see how much rain they could can collect. This sparked discussion about the weather and they predicted there would be a rainbow.

Today a group of children have been exploring patterns as they have used pens to paper and created pictures of themselves for their folders.

Today a group of children have had an interest in story books and rhymes as the story area was popular with children exploring different types of texts and the song spoons.

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 we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.
• If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware.

We hope you have a lovely weekend ☺️

The Nursery Team 

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 30th June

Today the children enjoyed a lot of outdoor play. Jude made his own adjustments to the garden as he tried to put up a branch on the fence. “This goes here, I need nails” 🪵. Joni demonstrated good control on the pedal bike as she cycled the length of the garden without support 🚲 . Emily-Rose and Fraser settled well into nursery and have been discussing their upcoming birthday party 🥳 Gregor started his own game using the hoop outside. He started by passing it to an adult and then decided to see how far he could roll it from one end of the garden 🪴 Zac and Jude have been hard at work today on the digger and dumper as they moved sand confidently around in the sand pit 🪏 “We are making a train bed” Leo, Brodie and Lachlan used the cushions and blankets outside to create a sleeping train to relax in 🚂

Tuesday 1st July

Today Sehrish, Joni and Elyn enjoyed a lovely snack together. Joni and Elyn had ham on their plates and Sehrish identified she couldn’t have it due to her religion. Joni discussed how she wasn’t allergic to anything and could have everything and Elyn identified she is allergic to make up but that’s not something I eat. The girls could confidently discuss their likes and dislikes and dietary requirements at the snack table. 🧀

Today outside Jackson, Leo, Brodie, Lachlan, Cammy, Reuben, Zac and Jude enjoyed exploring and investigating with water in the mud kitchen. They used paint brushes, bowls and loose parts to create a cleaning potion and another potion that makes you strong. They discussed what they would need in a strong potion and they said “we need this and this in it.” The boys worked together and communicated with each other to use the correct ingredients. 🧪

Today all of the children took part in our nursery leavers assembly. This gave the children leaving to move onto Primary 1 time to celebrate. The children confidently sang songs in-front of their families that they have been practicing at nursery. All children received a certificate and gift for their year at Newport Nursery and enjoyed some strawberries and cream afterwards. 👩‍🎓

Wednesday 2nd July

For today’s fun the children enjoyed some slime time. They discussed the smell, texture and how it gets longer when held up. Some explored what would happen if they squeezed, pulled or squashed it into the table. Some suggested ways to remove the slime from their hands by rubbing them together.

Today inside Innes, Lachlan, Euan, Luke, Jude, Zac, Florence, Joni, Flora, Jackson and Sehrish followed simple movements from Danny go after asking for ice and fire. They confidently watched their space and used their spacial awareness to be mindful of their peers dancing too.

Today the children enjoyed investigating the props to capture individual and group pictures with our summer Photo Booth.

Thursday 3rd July

Today all of our children enjoyed a nice teddy bear picnic with their buddies. They enjoyed a biscuit and juice together as well as participating in a treasure hunt the buddies had created.

Today Florence and Rosie got creative in the art area and created different items for their teddy bears. Rosie created a tie for her bear and Florence created collars

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Today Cammy, Innes and Leo were being responsible citizens as they independently tidied up the block area when they had finished playing.

Again we wanted to express our sincere gratitude for the thoughtful gifts. Your generosity is truly appreciated and reflects the wonderful support we receive from you all. It has been an absolute pleasure to have your children in our care. Watching them grow, learn and explore has been a rewarding experience for us all. We will cherish the moments and memories we’ve shared and are grateful for the opportunity to be part of their early development. Thank you once again for your kindness and support. We wish you all the best into Primary 1 and for the children who are staying in nursery another year we look forward to welcoming you back after the holidays. We hope you all have a well deserved holiday.☀️ Miss Nelson 🫶🏼

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 9th June

Today outside the children have been taking part in an intentional promotion where they were discussing and drawing out their favourite times or memories from this nursery year. These will be shared at the end of term when we celebrate this years class of 2025 🌟

Today inside Emily-Rose explored numerals and confidently identified missing numbers 0-10. Emily-Rose independently identified 5 and 8 as missing numbers in the number line.5️⃣

Today inside Rosie, Flora and Innes enjoyed working together to create music as they all choose a different instrument to explore sound with.🥁

Tuesday 10th June

Today in the sand tray Luke and Florence worked together to create a garden they used loose parts to make a campfire and flowers for their garden. They started to add animals to the sand tray and changed their idea to a zoo where people could come and see all the different animals. 🦖 🐷 🐶 🦌

Today inside the children have enjoyed role playing in the home corner.

Today in the home corner Emily-Rose, Fraser and Zac enjoyed role playing mummies and daddies. Zac and Fraser were the children and Emily-Rose was the mummy. “What would you like to eat?” “Cereal please.” Zac used the milk jug to pour the milk into his cereal and “cup of tea.” “I’m making porridge for the baby.” Fraser enjoyed eating the porridge which led to both children eating chocolate. 🏡

Today in the home corner Elyn, Reuben and Lachlan were role playing mummies and daddies. Elyn pretended to be the mum and explained she had a teddy up her top because she was having a baby. Lachlan was the baby and Reuben was the dad. They went on an adventure and Reuben said “what out baby don’t jump on mummy you don’t want to hurt her.” 🏡

Today in the block area Rosie and Flora worked together to create a castle. Rosie came up with the suggestion to attach the two castles together using the long block. The girls used our wooden characters that represent real life people to live in their castle. 🏰

Wednesday 11th June

Today inside Euan worked hard at the woodwork bench as he uses the hammer and nails very carefully and has remembered to wear his safety goggles.🥽

Today outside Gregor worked independently to create a nice den to relax in. Gregor started of with the cushions then upgraded it by adding loose parts to make it more stable.

Today inside Joni and Sehrish explored the art area are enjoyed being crafty today as they choose to cut out paper into different shapes and draw on top. ✍️

Thursday 12th June

Today Jackson and Lachlan enjoyed working together to sort through all the magnetic pieces to see what picture they could make 🦒

Today at play on pedals Robin, Rosie, Reuben, Luke, Brodie, Joni and Cammy  participated in two challenging activities that supported their development skills in balance whilst controlling their steering. Thy played the Sea of sharks and dot to dot games. The sea of sharks game made the children use speed and gliding skills to not put their feet into the shark infested ocean. They were challenged by expanding the area of gliding. The next game involved following a particular direction in a figure of 8 developing their awareness of other traffic, and needing to stop to allow others to pass. They discussed how when they travelled in a car that it was like a roundabout.

Today outside Jude, Lachlan and Zac confidently made their way around an obstacle course they helped to build with their peers 🏃

Friday 13th June

What a brilliant morning! We had so much fun joining in the races this morning and our buddies were such a great help 😁 We had an obstacle race, running race and egg and spoon race 🥄 Thank you everyone for taking part, it’s how much fun we had that counts and everyone was such a good sport cheering on their friends and siblings 🏆 🍓 we hope you all had a great time too! 🏁

Today Zac and George enjoyed listening to music on the smart board and wanted to showcase their dance moves.

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.

• 💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.
• Loose Parts We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

We hope you have a lovely weekend ☺️

The Nursery Team 

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 2nd June

Holiday

Tuesday 3rd June

Inservice-day

Wednesday 4th June

Today inside there has been lots of block play where the children have been communicating with each other to create different models.

Today Cammy worked independently create a model. Cammy used different sized and shaped blocks to create his model. He worked independently to create a model of the Titanic and explained “that it is a really big boat and there was a brave boy who jumped off of the Titanic into the lifeboat.”

Today Brodie, Leo and Jackson worked together to create a model. The boys used different sized and shaped blocks to create their models. They worked together to create a creeper from Minecraft.

Today Jude worked independently to create a model. Jude used the foam blocks to create a wall that he can see through.

Today Zac, independently to create a model. Zac used the foam blocks to create a zombie.

Today Joni and Sehrish have enjoyed being back together after Sehrish’s holiday. They explored different colours of pencils at the writing table to create a picture of love hearts.

Today outside Emily-Rose and Jude enjoyed role playing. They explored the car and communicated with each other to decide they were going to drive to Dundee to go to camper down park. “We’re going to camper down and we’re going to have a picnic.”

Today outside Zac independently chose a range of materials to create the floor is lava game that his peers asked to join in with. Zac kindly let his peers joined in and they all took turn at sharing resources. Robin, Leo, Jackson, Jude and Rosie enjoyed participating in the game the floor is lava. They discussed the rules of the game, listened to each other and followed them with confidence. They undertook individual risk assessments when completing the game and worked with each other to select appropriate solutions to get onto the higher cable drums. The children discussed the height of the cable drums and the size of them. “There is lots of them.” “I can count 8.” “This one is high, I wonder how we can get onto it.” “Maybe we could use a stool.” The group of children helped each other move resources until they were comfortable with where they were then continued around the course. The group of children were able to describe moves they were doing around the course. “Look I’m balancing.””yeah and I’m jumping.”

Thursday 5th June

Today in the block area Luke and Florence worked together using different size, shaped, soft blocks and hard blocks to create their own version of a castle. They were able to describe the different parts. “This bit is where we keep the flags.”

Today the children in our nursery have enjoyed looking at stories.

Today Annie and Reuben made a cosy spot for their buddy and kindly asked the buddy to read them a story. They both listened carefully and discussed their favourite books together. “Mine is Topsy and Tim” “I like Goldilocks.”

Today in the home corner Leo, Brodie and Innes continued their interest in books as they explored the different features in the book. They discussed the drawings and Brodie is shared that you have to look at them from left to right.

Today outside Gregor and Euan demonstrated good balancing skills and discussed movements they were using e.g. jumping and running while participating in the obstacle course their peers had built.

Today outside the children asked to have some music on outside. Cammy, Brodie, Lachlan, Flora and Rosie enjoyed taking part in the dance opportunity where they had the freedom to dance creatively and playfully.

Friday 6th June

Today inside Thomas enjoyed exploring the sand area. He used the scoop to build a sandcastle and said “it’s going to be bigger than me.” Thomas continued to build his sandcastle until it was taller than the tray.

Today inside Fraser and Emily-Rose used their writing skills to write letters for their families. Emily-Rose is writing to Calvin and Fraser is writing to his mum Kirsty.

Today in the block area George and Zac worked together to build volcanoes. They describe the top bit of the volcano. “The red bit is the hot lava coming out.”

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.

• 💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.
• Loose Parts We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

We hope you have a lovely weekend ☺️

The Nursery Team 

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 19th May

Today Thomas and Fraser took ownership of their personal learning journals as they independently took it off of the shelf to look at their learning from thought the year so far.

Today Rosie and Innes explored the dressing up box. Innes enjoyed making funny faces in the mirror which made Rosie laugh.

Today in the sand tray Robin, Leo and Brodie worked together to create pizzas in the sand to role play feeding the animals. They boys communicated with each other to indicate what was going on the pizza’s.

Today outside Lachlan, Gregor, Jackson and Euan enjoyed exploring the spray paints outside as they make colourful pictures. The boys identified they wear mixing the colours when they landed on top of each other.

Tuesday 20th May

Today Florence and Luke have taken inspiration from their peers and are making a potion together, Luke is stirring as Florence adds the ingredients. Great team work.

Today Miss Nelson experimented making a bumble bee with a potato masher which inspired a group of children to try make one themselves. Today Rosie, Jackson, Luke, Zac, Elyn, Joni and Reuben used a variety of tools and media while listening to steps they were needing a little bit of support on to create their own version of a bumble bee.

Today Cammy, Leo and Robin enjoyed making a magic potion as they add ingredients from around the garden. Robin- “I know an ingredient we don’t have that I have at my house, Cheerios”.The boys have inspired others to make their own potion inside and they are going to compare after.

Wednesday 21st May

Today outside Leo and Brodie noticed that there was 2 planes in the sky next to each other and decided they wanted their paper planes to do the same. The boys threw their planes together to see how far they could go.

Today outside Jude was trying to be a supportive friend as he helps Zac to put his shoes on without being asked.

Thursday 22nd May

Today outside Joni has taken some time to draw outside as she creates a picture of Peppa Pig 🐷

Today outside Jude is enjoyed taking orders for his café that he is setting up with his peers today. “What do you want?” Can I have pizza please “……no” 😄 🍕

Today outside Luke, Florence and Fraser enjoyed role playing together as they go to Peru like Paddington bear and have come across a cobra pit 🐍.

Friday 23rd May

Today outside A group of children were intrigued by a book called The Last Wolf by Mini Grey which is all about what is happening to our planet by taking away the trees. They all gathered round to listen and we discussed the important messages in the book and what we think of them 📖

Elyn- “we need to look after our world or the animals will all go away”

Robin- “don’t cut too many trees down and built too many houses, the animals that live in the forests will die because they don’t have much frost left”

Brodie- “we can’t take their forest because it’s taking their houses away”

Leo- “the forest is so tiny, the houses are blocking the forest”

George- “it got smaller, the houses are there, we need to get the forest back to normal again” Cammy- “we need to grow more trees for the animals”

The children very good at sharing what they took from the story which made us think about what we can do to help our planet and look after the animals 🌍 🐺

Today Annie with a little support from her peers, has created her own kite to fly outside 🪁

Today inside Emily-Rose drew pictures of picture of love hearts because “I love my mummy.”

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.
• 💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.
  Loose Parts We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

We hope you have a lovely weekend ☺️

The Nursery Team 

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 12th May

Today Cammy, Leo and Robin enjoyed role playing with the farm “We’re making a real farm.” “Let’s make a piggy one.” “Where’s the ducks they need to go here.” “Oh wait there’s no water.” Cammy used his initiative to use his blue T-shirt as water. “Do you know horses can jump over fences.” “Well we could use this stable instead.” The boys worked creatively together and spoke to each other to solve solutions and design problems to make the farm suitable for all the animals. They used their knowledge to ensure the animals had the correct things to keep them safe.

Today Innes, Flora, Rosie and Florence were practicing bridges. “You need to lift your head up a bit more so it makes you stronger.” Rosie was giving some advice on how to  keep a bridge for longer as she recalled her knowledge from gymnastics. Before practicing bridges the group of children did some stretches. “We need to stretch because it helps you when you exercise.”

Today outside Joni drew a picture starting off with a sun and diamonds. Joni moved on to drawing a star and independently recognised her achievements by saying. “Look I’ve drawn a proper star for the very first time.” Great work Joni ⭐

Tuesday 13th May

Today Zac, Jude, Thomas, Innes, Luke and Florence worked together to be responsible citizens as they communicated well together to put all the game pieces in the correct boxes.

Today Joni, Sehrish and Reuben used lots of different loose parts and tools in the home corner to expand their role play experience.

Today Lachlan, Elyn and Jackson were in the art area exploring the different colours. They mixed colours independently to create their lovely art pieces.

Wednesday 13th May

Today inside Jude was working with a peer to put away the dishes from the dishwasher after it finished its cycle.

Robin has created his own high tech mobile phone! Using his memory to think about what apps mummy has on her phone, Robin created a range of different buttons and spoke an adult through what the function of each one was. “This one is your steps, this is the shopping app, the 5 is the time because I know how to draw 5. This is to put the volume up and down and that one is the music button. You can spell with it too! There’s a mouse where I can find my pet if I lose it 🐭 I have a map if I don’t know where I am. The train tells you when you are late and need to go for your train. There’s a games button and you can phone people with this one and to turn it off, you can also see pictures you take. There’s an airplane to see when I’m going on holiday” Amazing work Robin! 📱

Today Jackson, Lachlan, and Emily-Rose enjoyed playing a game they created where someone has to carry a box and the others have to throw a sun hat inside whilst it’s moving ☀️.

Thursday 15th May

Today outside Euan used the tiger feet’s and said “look I’m a tiger.” Euan role played being a tiger while managing to balance on the tiger feet.

Today inside Annie, Jackson and Reuben used their communication skills to work together to decorate a box using the paints and crafts 🎨.

Today inside Gregor used his problem solving skills to put together a tricky puzzle, Gregor said he wanted to do it all by himself 🧩.

Today outside Brodie enjoyed passing the football back and forwards with the adults and peers. He was able to what a goal keeper does “I need to try not let people from the other team score.”

Friday 16th May

Today outside George enjoyed playing in the car. He identified there was no steering wheel so used his creativity and used one from our loose parts. George was able to discuss the steering wheel was from a real life car and he was going on an adventure to “the animal centre it’s like the zoo. But a different type of zoo.”

Today outside Robin and Leo were exploring forces through the cardboard tubes. They placed some of the farm animals down the tube and discovered they weren’t coming out of the bottom. After a lot of problem solving and discussing the boys decided to try something smaller and uncovered that the smaller objects worked better and went further out of the bottom.

Today outside Jackson, Lachlan and Euan used our new cardboard tubes to role play with. “We’re filmers.” “We’re filming people to put on the telly.” “Nee-naw nee-naw.” Euan pretended to be a fire engine as there was a big fire in the jungle with lots of trees. The boys said it was filmed to let everyone watching the telly know there was a fire.

A big happy birthday to Jude and Sehrish who both had birthdays this week 🥳

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.
• 💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.
  Loose PartsWe are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

We hope you have a lovely weekend, remember your suncream, it’s going to be hot! ☀️😎

The Nursery Team 

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 28th April

Today Innes, Robin and Thomas all enjoyed playing together as they hit a ball back and forward to one another. They were taking turns with who they throw it to and race to catch it when it rolls away. 🥎

Today Jude was looking hard at work as he paints with water on the tyre. “Look at my ear” he says as he shows where he keeps his paintbrush when he isn’t using it. 🖌️

Today Emily-Rose was helping to look after an ant after finding one outside. “He needs some help, I’m looking after him” she says as she places him carefully on the ground using a spoon and making sure that nobody stands on him. 🐜

Today outside Sehrish, Joni, Zac, Florence, and Fraser participated in monster bingo. They were able to point and name some of the shapes they had in their board with a little bit of support from an adult with trickier shapes. Once they matched shaped they placed a splat 🫟 and the first one with a line won that game of monster bingo 🟡🔹🔺🟧

Tuesday 29th April

Today Lachlan, Robin, Innes, Leo, Rosie and Flora used their spacial awareness when following dance routines from Danny Go. They followed instructions from Danny go to confidently perform the correct sequences. 🕺

Today Jude, Lachlan, Jackson and Euan created their own band. They had the opportunity to use musical instruments to play along to different styles of music. Today the boys decided they wanted to play along to “we will rock you.” 🥁🎤

Today Emily-Rose, Fraser and Thomas enjoyed role playing in the home corner. Emily-Rose and Thomas enjoyed pretending to be hair dressers and loved doing Fraser’s hair. 💇‍♀️

Today at the forest Luke confidently used his spacial awareness to have a shot on the rope swing. He used his balancing skills to hold onto the swing without falling off. He also used his gross motor skills to push himself off of the platform to have a good swing.

Wednesday 30th April

Brodie started to create a “chillax chair” using loose parts outside when Gregor and Jude shared their ideas of using the crates to use as a foot rest. The boys combined their ideas and came up with a relaxing place to sit in the sun and took turns independently ☀️

Elyn and Leo are using the new outdoor cushions to relax in the shade together in the reading area 📖

After a comment from a child about using the water tray to clean the cars, the children helped to create a car wash for outside using junk modelling and cut up cloths on the tuff tray 🧼 🚗

Thursday 1st May

Today in the mud kitchen a group of boys enjoyed role playing. “It’s a witch potion, whoever drinks it turns into a boy. If you’re a girl you turn into a boy and if you’re a boy you turn into a girl!” Leo, Jackson and Cammy are using the mud kitchen to create their own potion and are sharing all about what it can do 🧙‍♀️

Today inside Gregor wanted to participate in a number game. Gregor seen his peers playing the number game and asked to have a shot. Gregor confidently ordered numeral 1-5 without any support and independently used his fingers to show a missing number from the number line. Great job Gregor 🌟

Today outside Jackson, Reuben and Lachlan enjoyed sitting in the sun as they invested in some quiet time in the garden and look at a good book 📕

Friday 2nd May

Today inside Annie, George and Thomas explored more of their interest and learning of plants and flowers by planting sunflower seeds for the first time at nursery. They sparked discussions about the life cycle of a plant and what a plant requires to grow. The group of children confidently discussed the basic needs of a plant. “You need water and sunlight to make the flower grow.” “If they don’t get water they will die.” “Do you know a sunflower grows big, bigger than me.” We did some research using the iPad and discovered a sunflower grows up to 4.5m. “We could use tape to measure it when it’s grown” After planting the seeds the children were able to discuss step by step instructions on how to plant a flower seen.

This afternoon Jude was observed investigating the feelings area. He was using a range of natural resources to create facial expressions and sharing his understanding of facial expressions and feelings with the adult that using the correct language.

Today outside a group of children have made their very own crochet chain, bracelets and necklaces. They used their fine motor skills to help hold and thread the wool around the hook as they crocheted their item and added a bead to make a chain necklace and bracelet. The children used the scissors to cut the wool to size and is wearing it proudly. Great work everyone! The children shared their designs with one another and recognised their own and others achievements by saying “that looks so good well done” 🧶

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.
• 💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.
  Loose PartsWe are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

We hope you have a lovely weekend and will see you all on Tuesday 6th May (bank holiday Monday).

The Nursery Team 

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 24th March

Today Joni and Sehrish worked together to create a den. They tried different ways to make it until they worked together to discuss it would be better as a circle. “W can use the smart board as a movie.” The girls asked for the gingerbread man story to listen to while in their den. They also discussed what they needed. “We need pillows and 2 books because there is only two of us here.”

Today outside Flora, Rosie and Innes are comparing skills as they jump between the yoga mats and create their own game.

Rosie- “Flora can you jump like this without touching the middle, I can”.

Flora- “that’s easy, look what I can do”

Innes- “the middle is lava, Flora you touched the lava you’re the lava monster!” 🌋

Today in the block area Jackson, Gregor and Cammy worked independently using different sized and shaped blocks to create models of different objects.

Jackson – “I’m making scarecrows they live on a farm and scare birds away.”

Cammy – “I’ve made a crocodile it swims and it eats fishes. It’s green and has spikes.”

Gregor – “I’m making a toilet for everyone to sit on.”

Tuesday 25th March

Today Reuben and Zac are enjoying the sunshine and raced down the hill. “I win I win.” The boys enjoyed racing each other and looked out for peers while running to not bump into them.

Today Elyn, Brodie, Leo, Cammy and Robin found a feather out in the forest. They had a group discussion about birds. “I think it’s a pigeon feather as it’s the same colour as one.” “Do you know that when birds are sick they loose some of their feathers.” This sparked conversation about how to care for birds in the environment. “They would need a bird nest or bird house to keep warm.” “We could give them bird feed and water too.”

Today Lachlan and Jackson used their gross motor skills to roll down the hill and described what they were doing as they were rolling down. “Watch out.”

Wednesday 26th March

“We’ve made out own bedroom!” Joni, Euan and Jude have been using the outdoor cushions in the house to make a comfy floor to lie on and to make into a comfy bed area together 🛌

This afternoon Luke and Florence were observed using tools to scrap amongst the rock floor. They first described that they were weeding, then they stared to discuss that they were looking for dinosaur bones. Luke could confidently named the role of a dinosaur bone hunter, “ they are called a Palaeontologist”.

Flora, Gregor, Innes and Rosie are reading outside in the sunshine as they discuss how many pages they have read and compare 🌞

Thursday 27th March

Annie assisted an adult with measuring in the nursery today. Annie was able to find a tool that would help to measure from the woodwork bench and could identify that the sand tray was “8” and from Miss McKenzies head to her toes had a number with “9” in it, great measuring Annie! 😁

Following on from an interest in volcanoes yesterday, the children were interest to learn more about sea volcanoes. This inspired lots of discussions about the steam, lava, rocks and creatures. One child explained that there was poisonous gases too and how it killed all the creatures around. This lead to discovering how new islands were formed, leading onto lifecycles of plants and creatures. They extended to look at how volcanoes in the past occurred with the dinosaurs, and how the coastline on countries changed. Lots of lovely learning occurred through this interest with lots of questions asked and others confidently sharing their knowledge.

Friday 28th March

Today Sehrish and Fraser enjoyed role playing in the home corner. They used their communication skills to work together to create a meal for the baby.

Today George, Euan, Thomas, Elyn and Flora helped create a lovely card for Pauline. The group of children wrote independently and creating lovely pictures to share on to the card.

Today Rosie and Elyn enjoyed creating her own tulip 🌷. With a little bit of support they used origami to create a model of a tulip and independently coloured it in and added their own stem.

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.

  💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.

  Loose Parts

  We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

The Nursery Team 

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 3rd March

With world book day this week. An interest tray was set up with the Gruffalo to spark interest of stories. Rosie, Leo, Euan and Innes showed interest of this tray as they spoke about parts of the story they liked. “I like the bit with the owl.” “I like the mouse because he chases everyone back into their house.” “I like the fox bit because I just like foxes.” “I like the mouse because it find the Gruffalo.” Both the Gruffalo and the Gruffalo’s child was out on display the children were asked what book was their favourite. “I like both books the same.” “I like the Gruffalo’s child better.” While observing their play they were beginning to talk about personal experiences linking to the stories. “The woods is just like berries den.” “The glitter side is like Christmas with snow.” The children used the puppets to retell the story and then used other characters to create their own version of the Gruffalo “Sonic you need to touch some snow.” “I don’t like snow.” “Let’s fly away from the snow.” “Look a den.” “There’s no space for everyone.” “We need to build another.” The children confidently waited their turn and concentrated very well to tell the next part of the story and independently shared resources.

This afternoon Emily and Fraser spending time at the nail bar engaged in simple role playing, using skills to engage and negotiate with each other. Fraser used his fine motor to manipulate the tops, twisting on and off, then hand and eye coordination to place the varnish onto the nails. Emily then proudly showed them off.

Tuesday 4th March

Today at the forest Innes, Reuben, Zac, Rosie, Flora, Sehrish and Joni enjoyed the den that had been built. “It’s like a house but a bit small.” “It’s very windy in here.” The children shared their thoughts and worked together to problem solve how they could block out the wind. “I know we could use our bags.” The children worked together to carry their bags over to block the wind coming into the den.

Today at the forest Jackson, Cammy and Leo were taking turns moving the tree developing their gross motor skills while playing work men. “We need to climb to cut the tree down. Which Robin and Jude then took an interest in as well and joined in their play.

Today at the forest Florence, Gregor, Innes and Flora used their spacial awareness to watch out for friends while running around the forest playing “rats and pussy cats” where the pussy cats chase the rats to swap roles.

Wednesday 5th March

This afternoon a group of children were busy working together to complete a range of jigsaws. They worked the way through a dinosaur and Pater Pan, then we looked at a range of feelings and they could confidently describe what they could see in the completed puzzle. They used skills to turn the pieces and to colour match the image.

With world book day tomorrow some of our children created their own story. A group of children created their own dreams and fairy tale by creating their own story using the book You Choose. They all enjoyed it and asked to do more.

Thursday 6th March

Today outside Annie and Reuben used the seeds from Annie’s costume to care for the nature in our environment. “We are going to feed the birds.” “I think the birds will like that”. Annie and Reuben confidently used the seeds from Annie’s bag to feed the birds in the nursery garden.

Today Euan, Innes, Gregor, Brodie, Sehrish, Joni and Rosie are developing their gross motor skills. The confidently and independently preformed and repeated dance moves while dancing along to a holiday park video. They used the space creatively and ensured they never bumped into their peers. “Can we do another one.” The children were keen to have another dance video they could copy.

This morning we had a tea party theme to the story book Alice in Wonderland. We had triangle sandwiches of cheese or Ham, with had the Hungry caterpillar made with grapes and cucumber along with a pot of apple juice for tea. We also made jam tarts but unfortunately they got stuck in the baking trays so we quickly made more. This was a good example to show the children that sometimes things don’t work, so we keep trying. Afterwards the children gave a big thumbs up to the snack.

Today inside using loose parts and junk modelling Cameron, Leo, Jackson and Brodie worked together using their imagination to create a castle.

Friday 7th March

Today more children enjoyed finding out about other people’s cultural and religious beliefs by creating a gift/money box top celebrating Ramadan. They used skills to decorate using a range of materials, recognising how the glue was very sticky and it made lots of mess.

Today the children were talking about healthy foods. They decided to help make smoothies at snack today. They discussed how the blender works and what ingredients were needed. They confidently helped mix the milk and fruit into a  smoothie.

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.

  💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.

  Loose Parts

  We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

The Nursery Team 

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 10th February

Today Jackson and Lachlan requested to have the same hair style today as they used bands to put their hair into pony tails with support from an adult.

Today Gregor engaged in an intentional promotion about seasons and weathers using labels and objects. Gregor confidently could name all of the weathers shown and with a little bit of support names the seasons. Gregor could independently discuss why we need different clothing for different situations and demonstrated his understanding by matching the clothes he would wear to the picture of the weather and the items you would find relating to the different seasons.

This morning, Florence, Rosie and Joni explore dancing in the rain using the hula hoops and ribbons to create intentional movements. “Look I can do it this way” says Rosie.

Tuesday 11th February

Today Innes has chosen to draw a shrimp from the sea creatures book he was reading with his peers. Innes wrote out the name by copying the letters an adult had written. Innes discussed his learning from the book by saying “whales eat shrimp” and Brodie has drawn a lovely picture of a dolphin after reading a book about sea creatures. Brodie shared what he learned from the book was that “dolphins like to eat squids”

Today Rosie, Thomas and Jude have shown they can be responsible citizens by all independently decided to help tidy the block area together without being asked.

Today Elyn, Sehrish, Reuben and Joni enjoyed using their creative skills to make Valentine’s Day cards for their loved ones. “I’m making mine for my mummy and daddy.” They all valued each others work by commenting on how nice each of their cards were.

Wednesday 12th February

School Inservice Day

Thursday 13th February

School Holiday

Friday 14th February

School Holiday

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.

  💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.

  Loose Parts

  We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

The Nursery Team 