In Nursery we have been talking about why we need rules and what might be good rules for us all to follow.  This week we are deciding on exactly what the children feel they should be and making a wee Nursery Rules Board.  It would also be really useful if you could talk to your child about the rules you have for keeping safe and promoting harmony in your home.

Boundaries help children feel more secure – they provide an expectation of kind behaviour and also give children confidence to complain and deal with anything they feel is unfair or that they feel in any way threatening.  They also make our children aware of the need to risk assess – things like climbing trees etc are always allowed, but we ask the children to think about whether they feel safe and base how high they climb etc on this.  We make up our rules every year, and while they are generally pretty similar we sometimes get some funny ones.  One wee boy a few years ago, asked for a rule that we would always have Celebration chocolates in the home corner.  Unfortunately this did not fit with the EDC Healthy Eating policy so it didn’t make it onto the rule board-  many of us were disappointed!

Our family tree is looking good.  Our children love looking at the tree with their friends and discussing their families.  Staff are putting their families on the tree too and the branches are filling up!  If you have not yet managed to send a photo, there is still time.  You can email it to KCameron@milngavie.e-dunbarton.sch.uk and I’ll print it for you, or you can hand in a small photo for us to put on the tree.  Many thanks!

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