Just a reminder the centre is closed Wednesday 23rd December till Friday 2nd of January. We look forward to welcoming our returning children and new families back to the centre on Monday 5th January 2026.
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Happy Retirement Irene
We wish our education assistant Irene all the best in her retirement. She has been with us at Largs EYC since we first opened in 2018, previously working at Kelburn Primary before all local schools moved to the campus.
We will miss you!
You will all get to meet our new education assistant Laura in the new year.
Festive Fun
A little insight into what we got up to throughout the month of December..
Exploring light
As it now becomes darker earlier in the afternoon, we have been looking at ways to access the outdoor environment safely. The children have been given the opportunity to use different light resources such as torches to continue their play. The children investigated light and shadow through this experience.
TCH 0-01a – I enjoy playing with and exploring technologies.
SCN 0-04a – I have used appliances and I am learning what makes it work.
iPad images
The children have been using the small iPads to take pictures of shape and numerals throughout the playroom. They were able to share with their peers and staff their findings and begin to talk about what shapes and numbers they had took images of.
Technologies 0-04b – I enjoy using a camera to take photographs.
Numeracy 0-02a/0-03a – I explore numerals. (nov planning)
Numeracy 0-16a – I explore shape. (dec planning).
Shape Creations
Using the promethean board and the drawing feature on seesaw, the children have created their own people and shape monsters using the drawing and shape tools.
Links to curriculum:
NUM 0-16a – I am creative with 2D shapes and 3D shapes. (planning – Dec).
Technologies 0-03a – I use software to create pictures.
Digital Camera
The children have been really enjoying our new digital camera to take pictures of their friends and objects/items in the room.
Technologies 0-04b – I enjoy using a camera to take pictures.
Stick Man
In line with our story of the month ‘Stick Man’, some of the children went on a winter walk to the local woods to collect sticks to use for creative play back at the nursery. Throughout the week, some children created their very own stick man by using the collected sticks, natural materials such as leaves and flowers.
The children have listened to the story in different environments such as the campus library and the woods.
New Digital Resources
This term the children have been exploring and enjoying a variety of digital resources kindly donated to us by our families and the community. These new additions have inspired lots of imaginative role play! The children have been pretending to create work on the laptops, chat with friends, and even speak to their favourite characters as they act out different real-life scenarios. Lots of the children have enjoyed tapping away on the laptop keyboard. We added a TV to our 3-5 room home corner. Some children shared what they like to watch at home on the TV and we created a TV guide and pictures to add to the area so the children can change the channel to display what they would like to watch.
Technologies 0-01a – I use different technologies through play.
Exploring Maps
In line with our current literacy planning and October’s UNCRC focus, which surrounds World Mental Health day, we looked at the benefits of using the outdoors, walking and moving our bodies as a method of boosting our mood 😃
We used the promethium board and Google Maps to locate the nursery and trace routes digitally using the board pen to some known places we could walk to opposed to taking the car. 🚙
We explored how to access the internet by identifying the google chrome logo and were introduced to using the keyboard, learning that the letters we typed sent information to the computer 💻
⭐️ Curricular links ⭐️
🔴 LIT 0-13a – I mark make / I use small tools
🟢 HWB – 0-15a – I know that being active keeps me healthy.
🛜Technology 0-01a – I enjoy playing with and exploring technologies to discover what they can do and how they can help us.
🛜 Technology 0-12a – I explore materials software and tools to help solve problems and plan
