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Primary 5 Fundraising Activty Day Challenges – Beat the Goalie
Our Rhyme Adventures
Rhymes in Nursery
One of the rhymes we have been having fun learning is called Friends are Special.
We have been great at remembering the words and like the tune, it’s Frere Jacques. Below are some pictures of us singing this simple song to our friends. A huge thank you from Mrs Cumming for spending time working on this at home, all staff have remarked at the growing confidence in our learners whilst performing to others.
Learning at Home – What you have been busy doing
We are delighted to hear about the settings that have been created at home with fuzzy felts and also that some of you have been researching the web for other rhymes that interest your child such as ponies and horses. Please let us know if you would like some websites or apps to try. We would also like you to share your great ideas with us too.
Using rhyme props at home is a great idea, you can use your own toys to act out rhymes like 5 Currant Buns or 5 Wee Monkeys. A big thank you to those who have printed out some photos for your child to inspire others to try this fun rhyme too. Mrs Cumming was delighted to see what fun you had.
Here is a little ghost that met Mrs White in our rhyme book we loved hearing you sing it for us, during Show and Tell we also loved listening to Horsey Horsey. A lovely highland cow visited us and we watched a super performance of Old McDonald, Well Done! We found a lovely setting of green grass for the horses you brought in. We awarded special rhyme achievement stickers today as we are proud of you.
We also enjoyed hearing your favourite childhood book memories during World Book Day. As adults the warm memories that you shared were really great. Thank You. It was great to hear that Meggie Moon was a nursery favourite for other children now at school. We have been using our imaginations to create models just like Meggie Moon here are some for you to look at.
Clear Blue Valley Residents (P4 Drama)
Today, I had the pleasure of meeting the Clear Blue Valley Residents as they met with the representative of the Dam Company. They put some great points across as to why they dam should not be built in their valley. I was very impressed with their conduct and reasoning to what was a very passionate discussion. Good Luck with your future endeavours- I hope you win your battle.
Mrs Tracy
Developing Literacy
Look at what we have been doing in literacy!
Our Three Read story is called Meggie Moon, written by Elizabeth Baguley. The blurb states that it is a great book. Ask your child to tell you all about the adventures of Meggie and her friends.
This is how we have been singing Rock –a Bye-Baby during play.
During Show and Tell we had great fun watching the performance of 1, 2,3,4,5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive. We loved it thank you for bringing in your own character.
Literacy fun activity ideas to try at home.
Show your child their name and see if they can find their name when in a group of other words.
Can they find other letters which are the same as the ones in their name?
Some children may be able to build their name with letter cards or magnetic letters.
Your child may be recognizing logos, words and letters all around them, explore these with them, discussing what you see.
If your child shows an interest in a letter, for example the first letter in their name, tell them the name of the letter e.g. that is the letter S, it makes the sound sssss.
You could see if you can find other words which start with the same letter.
Woodland Explorers
Woodland Explorers
Group 2 – Week 2
This week we looked for a different shape on our walk to the site – triangles. We discovered them on road signs and roofs. The road signs even had numbers on them! We had visitors with us today. Ladies from other nurseries wanted to join us to see all the fun that we have. They were very impressed when we were able to tell them all the different ways to stay safe when playing in the woods.
This week we made a den using different materials e.g. ropes, pegs, fabrics, beads and ribbons. We worked together …… tying ropes to the trees, attaching fabrics using the giant pegs. What do you think of our den? Our visitors thought it looked wonderful!
We also had lots of fun lying on a hammock. When we looked up we could see the top of the trees (which were really tall), lots of white clouds in the sky and some of us even saw branches that looked like stairs going to the top of a tree….. it was AMAZING!
Pictographs in P 2/3
Nursery Rhymes – Home Link
Our first rhymes for sharing are numbers 27 and 28 we have already noticed that the children are keen to perform Rock –A-Bye-Baby using our doll. We will continue these rhymes for a few weeks as the children become more skilled at reciting them. Just a note to say that Mrs Cumming has made up the props for 5 Currant Buns and they are now available for you to borrow from our Lending Library.
Have lots of fun reciting your rhymes at home. We would love to hear how well you are doing and look forward to hear what you think of our new rhyme props.
We had a great response to our rhyme workshop and we are delighted by your very kind comments.
Here are a few examples of your feedback.
Sounds a great idea really looking forward to trying out the ideas with my son.
Brilliant idea, welcome area is always informing us with what’s going on.
Fantastic presentation and I got lots of ideas to take home. My daughter will bring in some of her work.
Thanks for very good displays and ideas.
Looking forward to doing the rhymes and songs at home.
Excited to try out the nursery rhymes with my daughter at home using different methods. Got lots of animal figures at home that we can use.
Friends Are Special
Friends are special,
Friends are special,
So make a few, make a few.
Smile and say hello,
Everywhere you go,
How are you?
How are you?
Rock–a–bye Baby
Rock-a-bye baby,
On the tree top,
When the wind blows,
The cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks,
The baby will fall,
Down will come baby
cradle and all.
Woodland Explorers
Woodland Eplorers
Group 2
On our walk to the site this morning we all looked for circle shapes in our environment. We found them on lots of objects…….on cars, road signs, wheels and houses. Today we discovered ways to stay safe when playing in the woods. We learned about the boundaries – what they looked like and the reason for using them. We also practised playing safety games e.g. 123 Where Are You? It was also important that we risk assessed the area and placed plastic cones on top of hidden tree stumps.
We had lots of fun exploring the site. There was a very muddy puddle and we loved jumping in it. Our boots were really muddy! We also discovered little buds growing on some of the plants.
We all participated in a woodland workout to help us keep warm……..star jumps, stretches, tree press-ups and running on the spot. Our hearts were beating really fast when we were finished and we were feeling warm again. We had lots of fun playing hide-and-seek and found interesting places to hide.
Woodland Adventures
Woodland Explorers
Group 3 – Week 1
We were all very excited this morning……..WE WERE GOING TO THE WOODS!! When we arrived at the site we learned different ways to stay safe e.g. the purpose of the boundaries and practised playing a safety game called ‘123 Where Are You?’. We were very good at remembering all the new things we had learned to stay safe.
We had a very busy morning. Using binoculars and magnifying glasses we explored the site and discovered lots of interesting features……..red paw prints on the tree trunks (someone thought it was a jaguar which had climbed to the top of the tree looking for meat to eat), a VERY muddy puddle (we had lots of fun jumping in it!) and lots of interesting holes at the bottom of the trees (we thought rabbits and slugs might stay in them at night).
We all worked together to gather sticks to rebuild a bug hotel which had fallen apart. We placed lots of sticks on top of each other for the little creatures to live in and even added some leaves and pinecones to make it more comfy for them.
