{"id":8830,"date":"2025-01-10T15:39:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/?p=8830"},"modified":"2025-01-10T15:39:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:39:40","slug":"week-beginning-6th-january-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/2025\/01\/10\/week-beginning-6th-january-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Week beginning 6th January 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>It\u2019s our first week back at nursery and we have had lots of fun together as we learn. Here is a look at what we have been up to\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Groups of children have been exploring their mark making skills through different media\u2019s as they look at mixing colours, pattern making and detail work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8831\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_2391-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8832 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_2374-rotated-e1736416477926-275x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8833\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_2376-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Children have been using the loose parts in the home corner to help extend their play as Fraser uses wool for spaghetti and conkers for bolognese.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8835\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_2388-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8836\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_2387-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Groups of children have been exploring their numeracy skills as they use the coloured vehicles to make groups of colours or type of vehicle and looking at adding collections together to get a total sum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8837\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_2382-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8838\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_2381-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8839\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/88B71FFB-1967-47FA-B950-B02CAC040D3F-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Children have been extending their literacy skills through use of books and story cards to look at story sequencing and developing their language.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8840\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_2379-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8841\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/F28CC095-C28A-4F08-8817-DCC6BD369D13-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leo and Brodie were investigating the ice outside as they discussed how ice is formed and how it feels when they touch it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8842\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/D670EB7F-A2B3-4FFC-BA07-88E664A3038F-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8843\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/6414EE5E-C25A-4E53-BA36-7DEA819AF142-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Children have been using ribbons to explore rhythm and movement as they dance along to a song on the whiteboard with their peers.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8845\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_2415-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8846\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_2416-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Children have also been using the wooden song spoons to sing along to songs together. The children\u2019s favourite was 5 currant buns and they used money to give to one another during the song to show an awareness of buying and selling.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8847 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/9B9C2612-23C7-44EB-8AC5-C4C1A09BEF5C-e1736503470123-300x250.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8849\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/0123916B-C737-4940-8DED-0FE1227B0849-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8850\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/56EF9025-651E-42D5-8247-F8173D0B9B49-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following along with this, children also set up their own shop area to use money and create prices for items where they explored simple addition of items and making simple amounts using coins as they identified the different coin types.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8852\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/5BBE24DA-B019-4832-BB67-7FD7989CD37E-133x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8853 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/FF3D4877-467A-4BAF-9F65-DE21F3A103B4-e1736503776625-300x235.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8854\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/B4578F66-6AA5-46BC-A284-CBD8386856DD-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8855\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/C823700A-564B-4860-92E6-1ABE4D15615C-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8856\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/CA03E0DA-5F6C-4E00-B38A-91D0C72B23EB-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8857\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/07A49033-23E8-4900-AB45-021E0CAB7919-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8858\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/C3E6820D-9F43-4B3A-9289-B3E23D1398EB-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8859\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/9E5ED502-42AB-48F8-8D3D-F855D2224F8D-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8860\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/8BAA18AD-0820-48EF-8DA3-E60688A0015F-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some children explored using the wooden number slices where they ordered numbers 0-20, identified a missing number and also a number in between 2 given numbers. The children showed independence and also asked for support when they knew they needed it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-8830-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/0B4A1D2B-737F-47CF-80B5-23A2234B64CA.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/0B4A1D2B-737F-47CF-80B5-23A2234B64CA.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/0B4A1D2B-737F-47CF-80B5-23A2234B64CA.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h4>Children have been continuing their interest in numbers as they explore matching quantities to the number. The children were keen to join in and shared their learning with others.<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8863\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/3FD9BD11-F557-4CF8-A9A6-D4E18D3F631A-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8864\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/53B8C4E9-4ED1-4B11-8862-846638F15D3E-300x282.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8865\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/files\/2025\/01\/073C2E38-BCFD-4F55-B626-F4B303EECB2B-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Reminders:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The weather can change suddenly and we would ask that you wrap your children up super cosy for nursery with gloves, scarves, hats etc for outside play as the children can play outside in all weathers.<\/li>\n<li>Peep and bookbug sessions will continue again at the end of the month and we will keep you updated with the dates when we have these. These will both continue on a Thursday morning.<\/li>\n<li>We will update you with the forest start date when we have it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have a great weekend! \u263a\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s our first week back at nursery and we have had lots of fun together as we learn. Here is a look at what we have been up to\u2026 Groups of children have been exploring their mark making skills through different media\u2019s as they look at mixing colours, pattern making and detail work. 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