This morning we thought the gym was out of action as a new whiteboard was being installed, but luckily the installation was quicker than anticipated and we managed to take our normal groups to gym.  We had great fun balancing … Continue reading →

At Milngavie Primary we have a very active and supportive PTA.  They fund raise for the school and nursery and run lots of fun events for families throughout the year. The PTA funds our music specialist, Susuan Tighe of Snappy Sounds, … Continue reading →

Today was the perfect day for muddy play in the garden.  Suits and Boots were compulsory and even with these on, a few of our wee treasures went home with a real Persil challenge!!  Interesting cuisine was produced in the … Continue reading →

Outdoors today enjoying the sunshine!  We set up the targets and learned how to fill up the water pistols and water blasters.  The water pistols could shoot water quite far but the pressure of the water wasn’t enough to knock … Continue reading →

This week in nursery we are having at a look at our hands.  Educational research has shown that it is very important to develop both gross motor skills and fine motor skills in order to write.  Boys particularly, need real … Continue reading →

Susan brought Daisy the Dinosaur to visit today.  She brought coconut shells which we played, then we imagined they were dinosaur eggs and became dinosaurs which hatched out and roamed the nursery.  All this and amazing music!  We love Snappy … Continue reading →

This morning Julie and Angela took 8 children down to the village.  First they visited  Graeme’s Pharmacy, where Graham, the pharmacist gave them lots of different sizes of pill boxes, medicine bottles and measuring spoons and syringes.  Maureen is going … Continue reading →

This morning Valerie took our pupil council superheroes, May and Fred, to their very first Milngavie Primary Infant Pupil Council.  The council is made up of representatives (superheroes) from Nursery to P3.  Today’s agenda included , the playground and container, … Continue reading →

Valerie ordered a new wood working bench for us and it arrived today.  The children helped unpack it and put it together.  It is very solid and it has a mini vice for holding the wood.  Once it was assembled … Continue reading →

Lynn has been encouraging the children to paint some of the things we are learning about in our bodies theme.  The paintings are brilliant and Lynn has put up the children’s comments beside them.  The doctor looks particularly gorgeous with … Continue reading →