Last week, after weeks of practising, we performed the nativity The Bossy King to our families. The children were fabulous at remembering their roles and sang their socks off. A special thanks to the parents who helped with the costumes.
Play at Home Workshop
Last week Mrs MacDonald held a workshop showing the importance of play at home. It was well attended both in the morning and afternoon. It was well received and prompted a lot of discussion on how play has changed over the years. Thanks to all who attended.
Fancy Dress Party
Autumn Walk
On Friday, we went for an autumn walk in the surrounding area. The children really enjoyed it and thankfully, the weather was fine. We spotted lots of signs that autumn is here. Thank you to all the parents and carers who came along and made the walk possible.
The Listening Lot
As part of the Three Read approach, we are learning about The Listening Lot. You may have noticed your children wearing stickers with some of the characters on them. These characters will help to develop listening skills.
Three Read Approach
In the nursery, we are using a ‘Three Read’ approach to help children develop really important literacy skills, like understanding how books work, understanding stories, listening, thinking and talking about their ideas and experiences. Small groups of children will work with the same book three times over a week.
The emphasis on the first read is hearing the whole story and beginning to understand what happened and why. With the second read, the emphasis is on understanding the story and building longer conversations with the children to help them think more deeply about events and reasons. By the third read, the children will be the storytellers, talking about what happened on each page, how characters feel and what they might say or be thinking.
With frequent experience of the ‘Three Read’ approach, children should develop their talking, thinking and listening skills.
More Getting to Know Me.
We have been very busy in the nursery learning about ourselves. We have used our hands and feet to print with, made ourselves from play dough and collage materials, as well as learning about the role of the doctor and nurse. Have a look.
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Getting to know me
Over the next few weeks, we are “Getting to know me.” Here’s some of the learning so far.
Harvest
Have a look at what we harvested from our nursery garden. After washing them, we enjoyed eating the carrots for snack.
Welcome
We hope you all had a great summer, in spite of the poor weather! The nursery team are looking forward to welcoming back our returning children and our new starts. We will be familiarising ourselves with the nursery environment/routines and ‘getting to know me’, our new topic. Additionally, we would like to wish all of our pre-school children from last year good luck on their first day in Primary 1.
