Nursery Blog
Finally, after a year, we are hopefully going to have a nursery blog thanks to Platform changes, software updates and other technical things that Mrs Brown doesn’t understand!
So, a brief recap of our year so far!
August/September 2014
Roar – We have been practising our gross motor skills through this fun footballing course.
Literacy and Numeracy Bears
Preschool children have been writing about the adventures of Wrangholm and Clydesdale bears and taking photographs using the cameras that the Parent’s Group bought us last term.
October
Halloween – look at the fun we had carving pumpkins!
We invited our Grannies, Nannies, Pappies and Grandads to watch us learning in nursery to celebrate Grandparent’s Day.
The Road Safety Officer came to visit us and we practised how to be safe and seen when crossing the road.
November
Superheroes was our topic this month. We had great fun thinking about the various superpowers that heroes have. It helped us realise that everybody is unique and we all have important and differing skills.
After a fantastically attended meeting, our 3 Preschool Initiatives started in Oct/Nov. Don’t forget to look at the noticeboards in the foyer and in the playroom which will tell you more about what we’ve been up to.
Forest Fun – den building, marshmallow roasting, climbing and finding out about nature!
Three Reads – we have loved being challenged by difficult vocabulary, using our prediction skills and finding out what the big problem is in a book. We are getting very good at retelling stories ourselves and choose questions (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to show how much we know and understand.
ABC Music – We are investigating different instruments, listening to the sound they make and exploring rhythm, pulse and beat. There are some great songs on the SmartBoard too, which we all love!
Planting in our garden.
After Grandparent’s day, it was time to welcome our parents to our Come and Play Day. We made it all week and parents could sign up for days and times that suited. We think it worked much better this way!
December
We found out about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Mrs Armstrong lit the Menorah and we talked about the significance of the eight candles (there is a 9th – the Shamash, which we called the helper candle!) We also played with dreidls and learned some songs.
Christmas
Our children’s committee chose to sing songs at our Christmas Show. We practised really hard and did very well on the stage. In the imaginative area, Mrs Gallery helped us make a stable and we dressed up and retold the Nativity story.
Scotmid – we decorated some wooden shapes with paint and glitter and took them to Scotmid where we put them on their Christmas tree and sang some songs to the staff and customers!
January
The Very Hungry Caterpillar was our topic this month and we loved it! As it was too cold for real butterflies, we looked at photos and videos of the lifecycle, drawing pictures and even had some homework! We counted and tasted some of the foods that the hungry caterpillar ate. We painted pictures, made models from playdough and even used snow and food colouring to make our own hungry caterpillar!
Pantomime – after our Christmas Show as performers, this was our turn to be an audience at ‘Tommy Tupper’s Terrific Toy Shop.’
Minizoo – there were lots of animals that we got to hold and touch, here are two of our favourites! A snake and a HUGE iguana!
High 5 for Fruit – we had 2 fantastic fruit and vegetable sessions. We made pictures with vegetables – just look at the cool face that one clever girl made. We also made some delicious fruit kebabs….yummy!
Library Visits – we go to the library quite a few times each month. Here are some pictures of one of our visits.
February
The Eco committee visited to tell us about being healthy, turning off the taps, litter and recycling. We are trying really hard to be responsible citizens!
Chinese New Year
We were very lucky and had a visit from one of the Mummy’s who told us how Chinese New Year is celebrated. We all got a red envelope with sweets inside! One of our pupils visited Hong Kong recently and here he is with genuine traditional dress. We made a dragon and had our very own dragon dance too!
