Today, as part of our Scottish week activities- we had some lovely porridge oats in the water tray.  Mixed with water they turned lovely and gloopy and were a fabulous sensory experience.  This afternoon our lovely Orla got right into … Continue reading →

Maureen’s first Scottish snack of the week is a big hit – tattie scones with butter!  Yum!

The Elves have arrived in the Discovery room – Lynn is creating the elves’ workshop in the Story Corner and they children are really excited about it!  There have been sightings of elves in other parts of the nursery too- … Continue reading →

Ceud Mile Failte!  It’s Scottish week in Nursery this week and we are making saltires, singing Scottish songs and making and wearing the tartan!  It’s time to dust off the Proclaimers cd and the Jimmy Shand albums and do a … Continue reading →

Scott and his friend Rosie really enjoyed a bucket activity Lynn organised in the water tray last week.  Maureen followed it up this week, with buckets on pulleys.  It was good fun and the children spent ages filling the buckets … Continue reading →

We’ve been practising our dancing this week – we have our own version of an eightsome reel- its good fun and it helps us practise our counting too!  We’ll be doing our dancing again on Wednesday of next week for … Continue reading →

A wee plea from the Orchard Project The weather has turned nice and wintry – perfect for planting 35 heritage fruit trees to make our amazing site into a real orchard. We’ll also be creating a rainbow raspberry bed with … Continue reading →

            Now that the cold weather is with us, please, please, please could children bring gloves, scarves and hats to nursery- with their name written on somewhere!  The cloakroom is always a bit chaotic but … Continue reading →

  We knew we could put stuff in them but the children were keen to think of other uses.  Connie and Ian climbed inside theirs and had a sack race round the playground.   Ian then had another think and … Continue reading →

We are all ready for another fun packed week at nursery.  We are practising our Christmas songs now as our concert is only 2 weeks away – on Tuesday 6th December, and the weather has turned decidedly wintery!  Next week … Continue reading →