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.
Literacy Workshop
This year the nursery has worked to enhance out home links within a range of curricular areas. During the past week, Mrs Cumming has been presenting a workshop on developing skills in literacy at home, with a particular focus on the use of nursery rhymes. Parents in the nursery have now received a home link folder containing a wide selection of nursery rhymes for them to use with their child. Below you can see a selection of photographs showing what took place.
Katie Morag has landed in Primary 1!
RME in P4.
Primary four have been learning about the parts of the mosque and used resources we have in the class to design their own. Don’t they look great?
Global Storylines in P4
P4 have started their new interdisciplinary focus “Whose Water, Whose Power?” It involves using a global storyline and will incorporate lots of drama which the children are very excited about.
So far, we have discussed what a community means to us, and differentiated between needs and wants. The discussions were great and I was one impressed teacher. Looking forward to all of the learning yet to take place.
First we sorted the needs and wants under two headings.
Then we ranked them from most important to least important. This was really hard!
Active Literacy in P1/2
P1/2 have been getting to know their new active literacy tasks and resources and had great fun consolidating their learning with them. They also wrote some special messages for Miss Smyth.
P7 and P7b: Planning and Preparing for Sky Academy
Primary 7 are visiting Sky Academy tomorrow to take part in the ‘Skills Studio Journey.’ They will focus on Social Networking. The children will be given opportunities to develop skills such as, creativity, problem solving, communication, teamwork and self-management by producing their very own news report.
