Category Archives: Community

Local Outings

During the Easter holidays the children have had opportunities to go on local outings and visit different places in the community. Bay Court care home kindly invited us down to visit them and the children and staff enjoyed joining in with some Easter fun games and exploring the new care home facility with the staff and residents. When the nicer weather came along some of the children went down to Aubrey to throw stones in the water and visit the park, while another group went on an emergency services hunt around Largs.

Cameron Centre

The children visited the Knit and Knatters at the Cameron Centre for some Easter fun. Knit and Knatters kindly knit us gloves and hats every year, which is most appreciated. The children were delighted to see that they knitted us some Easter bunnies, which are now on display in the playroom.

Potato Planting with Donald

Donald Skinner from Fairlie Growers carried out 4 potato planting sessions for our children and families. Donald worked with the community to provide us with potatoes, soil, and planting bags. Donald took the time to share and demonstrate how to plant the potatoes and offered support throughout the sessions. Families then took their bags home to continue growing at home. We had a busy week with 40 families coming to the sessions. Thank You 😃

Donald showing one of our children how to put the potatoes into their bag.

Fire Brigade Visit

We were lucky to have our local Fire Brigade come for a visit to the nursery. The firefighters showed us their fire engine and we got to see all the important equipment they use when helping in emergencies. The children had opportunities to sit at the back of the fire engine and have a go at holding the hose and spraying water in the car park. The firefighters gave the children a talk about what they do and how they can help in an emergency. Some of the children tried on the firefighter uniform.

PC Arthur Visit

As part of our monthly planning to learn about the important roles people play in helping us during emergencies, we were pleased to welcome PC Arthur, our Campus Police Officer, for a special visit.

PC Arthur spoke to the children about the role of the police, how they help to keep us safe, and the different ways we can contact them if we ever need assistance. This developed the children’s understanding of their importance of safety in our community.

The children also had the opportunity to look at some of the equipment used by police officers, including trying on handcuffs!, which they thoroughly enjoyed.

 

Beat the Street

🟢🚶🏻‍♂️‍➡️Beat the Street🚶🏻‍♀️🟢

We took part in North Ayrshire’s Beat the Street back in May. We were lucky enough to win some amazing vouchers after coming 1st on the total points leaderboard with 51,640 points and 3rd on the average points leaderboard ⭐️ 

Over the last week we have been consulting with the children on how to spend our vouchers for Decathlon & Scotia Books. Using the iPads to look at the websites and creating a mind map, lots of the children were able to have their say on what they thought we should buy. We are excited to be ordering new bike helmets, footballs and goals from Decathlon ⚽️🚴🏻‍♀️ The children also chose their favourite ‘Orchard Toys’ games from Scotia Books and these have been ordered as well ❤️ 

A big thank you once again to everyone that took part and joined in with ‘Beat the Street’ to allow us to win these fabulous vouchers! You can also see our winning certificates and trophy displayed in the cabinet within the corridor 🏆

Team Largs EYC x