Thank you to all our families for donating to our Rag Bag collection.
Category Archives: ECO
International Polar Bear Day
🐻❄️International Polar Bear Day🐻❄️
Linking with our ECO topic this month around ❗️climate action❗️today we learned about polar bears, where they live and what they need to survive. This was also relevant as it is ‘International Polar Bear Day’.
We explored how climate change is affecting polar bears and their icy homes. We talked about how polar bears live in very cold places and rely on sea ice to hunt, rest and travel. When the ice melts, it makes it harder for them to survive.
In our water tray, we used ice and small polar bear figures to investigate what happens when ice melts. The children observed closely as the ice slowly disappeared and noticed how the polar bears had less space to stand on. This helped us begin to understand how rising temperatures can impact animals in the Arctic.
💬 We had some fantastic discussions about:
🧊What we already know about polar bears
🧊 Why the ice melts
🧊What we can do to help, e.g recycling, walking instead of driving and looking after our world.
Links to the curriculum:
🌏Sciences 0-01a – Exploring the world around us and discussing how we can care for our environment.
🌎Sciences 0-08a – Understanding how weather and climate affects living things.
🔴Literacy & English 0-02a – Sharing thoughts, ideas and observations through talking and listening.
🌟UNCRC Article 17 & 29 – Empathy Month ❤️
Litter Picking
In line with our Eco focus this month – waste management and our UNCRC articles 31 – right to rest, leisure and play and article 24 – the right to clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
Some of the children went on a litter pick. We discussed the importance of why we shouldn’t litter and what happens to our environments when people litter. The children worked as a team to clear up the litter.
Rag Bag Collection October 2025
To help support our eco schools work we will be having a collection for Rag Bag in October. If you are having a clear out for Christmas or there are clothes that no longer fit, then please bring them to the centre by Monday 27th October. They will be collected on Wednesday 29th October. This helps us raise some funds for other eco activities. Thank you in advance for your support.
Donation Station
♻️ Our new Donation Station is up and running ! ♻️
As you are all aware we are part of the Eco Schools programme and we are hoping to continue all our hard work with a little help from our children and families. 🌟The children at LEYC enjoy being creative, imaginative and curious and one of the best ways to nurture these qualities is with loose parts play! Loose parts play gives the children the freedom of play using all sorts of different everyday objects as anything they wish them to be. So we are looking for your loose parts !
We would be grateful of anything you could donate, big or small. ( If you have a wee look at the station there are lists of suggestions. )
Is it a kitchen roll tube…… no it’s a Telescope 🔭, a pirate sword 🗡️, a magic wand 🪄
Woodland Walk
🍁Adventure in the woods🍁
This morning we had a lovely walk to the woods to collect some autumn treasures. We used a checklist to see what woodland wonders we could find, all of the children were able to find leaves and we all enjoyed watching them fall off of trees.
During our scavenger hunt we came across a QR code, after scanning the code we were provided with information on taking notice of your surroundings and ‘grounding’ yourself. This was supported by SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health) Most of the children were able to answer and identify at least one sight, sound or smell within the woods. This experience gave us time and space to think about our surroundings, gather thoughts and create a calming environment.
Working in line with our story of the month, we set up an experience for the children to sit on a log just like the broomstick, and listen to our story of the month “Room on the Broom”, some of the children joined in and finished some of the sentences and identified which item the witch would lose.
World Mental Health Day
As today is world mental health day 😀 we have been discussing different strategies that can clear your mind. We explored different types of exercise such as bike rides, climbing, running and some children went out on a wellbeing walk. We have also used digital technology to encourage physical activities such as dancing and yoga. By exploring these different methods gives children more of an understanding about how important mental health is, which supports our UNCRC monthly focus. This also links in with our Eco monthly focus on transport emissions, where children are aware of alternative ways to travel to nursery or school.
Up-Cycling
To support our UNCRC Article 27 – I have the right to have a proper home, food and clothing and our ECO journey, this month the children have taken part in an up-cycling activity where they have redesigned an item of clothing from their home.
This experience gives the children a better awareness and understanding of issue’s within our environment and ways in which they can help the environment and live a more sustainable lifestyle.
Fabulous designs from all!
Harvest Day/Foodbank Donations
Donald and friends from Fairlie Gardens donated lots of produce to LEYC for our Harvest Day. Some of the children helped organise all the produce so this could be out on display for families to take away. In return families kindly donated items to be given to our local food bank!
Teamwork makes the dream work 🌟
Links to our UNCRC focus of the month:
UNCRC Article 27 – I have the right to proper food.
ECO Focus – Waste Management, Taste don’t waste!
Uniform Donation
See information below 🙂
