Today some of our pre-school children had the opportunity to visit the school playground at play time.  Some of them met up with big brothers and sisters, some with friends they knew last year.  It was great to see how excited they were at meeting up and how relaxed our wee ones looked, in amongst all the big schoolchildren.  We had come down to school to do a bit of exploring in the Active Learning Zone.  When the bell rang we  lined up, with all the other infant classes at the door and waited for the teachers to come and take us in to school.  When we got to the Active Learning Zone, we were quite relieved to see that there were many familiar activities, and once again we met with old friends from last year, who showed us the ropes and told us the rules. 

This was a worthwhile experience for all the children who went.  It has been arranged that all our pre-schoolers have a chance to do this in their last few weeks of nursery.  As well as our two upcoming school visits, these informal chances to play, explore and talk to current Primary 1’s will be reassuring and boost the confidence of our wee ones going to school. All of them said they really enjoyed themselves.   At the end Julie and Angela had to do a lot of persuading to get them to come back out of the classroom and go back to Nursery.  We can’t wait to go back again!