Please have a look in this weeks West Lothian Courier to read more about our special visitors who came to nursery on Tuesday. Continue reading
February 4, 2016
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February 4, 2016
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Please have a look in this weeks West Lothian Courier to read more about our special visitors who came to nursery on Tuesday. Continue reading
February 2, 2016
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Please have a look on the Safer Internet Day Parent/Carer resource and also the Think You Know parents site to learn more about keeping children and young people safe online. You may find the Think You Know – Children aged 4-7 information particularly helpful, where you can find out about setting parental controls, search engine ‘safe’ modes and YouTube […] Continue reading
December 18, 2015
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We would like to wish all our children, parents/carers, grandparents and families a very merry Christmas and a happy holiday. We are delighted to be able to share our recent and very positive Care Inspectorate report with you, making a it a lovely end to a fun and very busy term! InspectionReport-279782 Thank you to […] Continue reading
December 14, 2015
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EXA0-01a Well done to the morning class at Bathgate Early Years Centre, who put on a wonderful performance of Nativity and Christmas songs on Friday morning. We hope all the parents/carers and grandparents are looking forward to our Nativity performances tomorrow and Wednesday. You will find out just how hard the boys and girls have […] Continue reading
November 13, 2015
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This week we learned about the important work of Poppy Scotland and why people wear poppies. We made paper poppies of our own by hand just like the volunteers used to at the Lady Haig Poppy Factory and we created lovely poppy collage pictures and poppy paintings to take home. We had fun modelling poppies […] Continue reading
October 30, 2015
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Supporting Children’s Learning at Home. This term we introduced a Try at Home board which you will see in the foyer. This board and the displays bedside it will give you ideas to support your child’s learning at home. The activities promote language development by extending children’s vocabulary and listening and attention skills. Within science we […] Continue reading
October 7, 2015
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Jade and Hector (our Miniature Jack Russel friend from Pets As Therapy) popped in to visit us again at nursery, this time for a spot on paw printing! Children are getting to know Hector and are learning how to look after him and be kind to him, supported by Jade each time they visit. Children […] Continue reading
October 7, 2015
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This week in nursery we have been experimenting in water play with funnels, pipes and containers indoors and out. We are using mathematical language and through our investigations, observations and discussions we are developing a sense of size, amount and measurement; What does a funnel do? Why does the water overflow? Why is the water leaking? […] Continue reading
September 17, 2015
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Last week our morning group joined a Glow meet with musicians from ‘ Scotland Sings’ to take part in an altogether online sing-a-long at the end of a morning. This was an interactive meet, where we communicated through the comments and questions box and shared our answers to the musical instrument quizzes, with the musicians and children […] Continue reading
May 14, 2015
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The children at Bathgate Early Years Centre enjoy taking responsibility for caring for and growing fruit, vegetables, plants and flowers in our orchard and outdoor areas. Each week they enjoy spending a group time in the green house watering the produce, observing the changes and growth. They have worked hard to label everything they have […] Continue reading