Whole Nursery

What’s on week beginning 1st June 2015

May 29, 2015 L. Walsh Leave a comment

Monday 1st June 2015

“1st to the 5th June Healthy Eating Week”

Jackie will be on annual leave for the next three days.

Lauren and Amanda will be supporting in the early level playroom this morning.

Infant massage with Siobhan in the Sunshine Room.

Tuesday 2nd June 2015

Lauren and Amanda will be supporting in the early level playroom.

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom.

Wednesday 3rd June 2015

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom.

Siobhan will be on annual leave this afternoon, Liz will be supporting the Ladybird Group.

Thursday 4th June 2015

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom.

Friday 5th June 2015

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom.

St Patricks Primary School Parent & Child visit to meet their Buddy at 9.15 am.

Numeracy across learning parent information session with Siobhan.

Lynn will be attending the Heads of Establishment meeting in Airdrie this morning.

Today all the children are being asked to bring their bike or scooter to nursery, where we will be closing the car park off to all users to set up a ” Get Active on your Bike session”. In the interest of health and safety, please can we remind all parents to make sure that their child brings their cycle or scooter helmet to wear for this event.

Healthy Eating Week Five Challenges

Challenge 1 Have a healthy breakfast
Challenge 2 Have five a day
Challenge 3 Drink plenty
Challenge 4 Get active
Challenge 5 Try something new

For more information on Healthy Eating Week http://bdf.abodeconnect.com/hew2015/

Please remember to complete your challenge sheet with your child and return it to the nursery on the 8th May, where all returns will be entered into prize draw for the children.

Early Level

Bookbug visits Shotts Family Learning Centre

May 24, 2015 L. Walsh Leave a comment

Some of the children brought their favourite stories to share with the residents of Rosehall Care Home where they spent time reading to them, introduced them to Bookbug and sang their favourite nursery rhymes. Katie Moo appeared to be a particular favourite where the residents enjoyed hearing the scots dialect throughout the story.

The children visited the Nature Park where they listened to familiar stories and brought them to life within their natural surroundings. The Bookbug enjoyed his experience in the forest too.

The children had great fun while taking part in a pyjama party at the Healthy Living Centre. The children listened to different stories as well as taking part in a variety of games and songs.

We even had a visit from Bookbug!

The children enjoyed a healthy snack at the local Café accompanied by a special friend from one of their favourite stories “The Tiger Who Came to Tea”

They even shared their snack with Tiger while listening to the story.

Early Level

Jenny and the Bear

May 24, 2015 L. Walsh Leave a comment

The aim of the Jenny and the Bear poem is to raise awareness of the dangers of second hand smoke to children and more importantly their parents and carers. Jenny and the Bear is a poem of a young girl and her teddy who are exposed to second hand smoke. Over the next few weeks Nicola will be working with a small group of children using this resource to develop their understanding

However we recognise that you may also like to have a copy of the poem which was adapted by, Rosie our Kodaly tutor.

The link will take you to a pdf publication of the poem which you can share with your child.

We have also attached the completed results of the baseline questionnaire taken in the early level cloakroom in April 2015.

Jenny and the Bear

Jenny has a special bear, she takes him everywhere.

One day when they were out with mum, they all got quite a scare.

It rained and poured and they got wet, it really was bad luck.

When they got home, mum made hot drinks to help them all warm up.

Mummy lit a cigarette and had it with her tea.

The next day they both felt sick, the doctor they did see.

He said smoking hurts our lungs, and avoid if it we could.

“Please smoke outside” is what he said to mum, who said she would.

Take 7 steps from your back door and keep the smoke out there.

Now Jenny and her bear want us to know that young lungs need clean air.

Cfe Jenny & The Bear Poem March 2015

Jenny and the Bear Baseline Questionaire April 2015

Birth to Three

Developing curiosity in the birth to three environments

May 15, 2015 Mrs Hill Leave a comment

The children in the birth to three playrooms have been developing their curiosity through lots of fun exploratory experiences.

This little learner is curious of her peers and enjoys sitting alongside the practitioner and baby in the outdoor environment.

'Wibble wobble wibble wobble' jelly on a tray By using his senses this little one is curious to explore and discover the texture and taste of jelly and fruits. — ‘Wibble wobble wibble wobble jelly on a tray’
By using his senses this little one is curious to explore and discover the texture and taste of jelly and fruits.

As this little learner explores alongside the practitioner she is becoming more confident in exploring the outdoor environment.

Birth to Three

Curiosity in the Birth to Three

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Developing curiosity through exploratory experiences.

These babies enjoy the high-contrast colors of the black, white and red area as it captivates and holds the their attention, this encourages their visual and physical development. — **These babies enjoy the high-contrast colors of the black, white and red area as it captivates and holds their attention encouraging their visual and physical development.**

This little curiously investigates the object within the basket as he develops the use of his senses to explore. — **This little one curiously investigates the objects within the basket as he develops the use of his senses to explore.**

**As this little learner transfers the balls from one box to another she is beginning to develop her problem solving skills.**

Birth to Three

Sweet Potato chips

May 15, 2015 Mrs Muslek 1 Comment

The children have thorough enjoyed tasting, delicious sweet potato chips for snack today.

Recipe:

Cut two sweet potatoes into chips, boil for 3/4 minutes, drain then place on a baking tray and cook in oven for approx. 40/50 mins.

Birth to Three

Rainbow room children have been listening to lots of different stories

May 15, 2015 Mrs Muslek 1 Comment

Children have been listening and recalling words and phrases within “Goldilocks and the three bears” and “That’s not my puppy”

Birth to Three

Children in the birth to three have been exploring movement

May 15, 2015 Mrs Muslek Leave a comment

Physical movement supports all other areas of your children’s growth, development and learning. In nursery the children have been very active as they are experimenting with jumping from the activity gym. As you can see from the photos they are all gaining confidence in this as they experiment with different ways they can jump.

Early Level, Whole Nursery

Bringing books to life

May 15, 2015 Ms Everett Leave a comment

Children have been exploring the characters and events from within their favourite stories, using their imagination to bring them to life.

The children had a special visit from the Tiger Who Came to Tea

By exploring a variety of media, the children recreated the shark from the story ‘Shark in the Park’.

The children retold the story ‘Walking Through the Jungle’ using musical instruments in search of the various animals from within the story.

During their Nurturing Early Readers Sessions, some of the children have been exploring and tasting the foods from the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’.

Whole Nursery

What’s on week beginning the 18th May 2015

May 15, 2015 Ms Ledwidge Leave a comment

The children will be invited to participate in a number of opportunities throughout this week to celebrate Scottish Bookbug week. Please remember to record which bedtime book you and your child have read during this week and return it on Tuesday 26th May 2015.

Monday 18th May

Heather Strefford will be supporting in the early level playroom today.

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.

4th year pupils and Mr Scott, Principal Teacher from Calderhead High School will be visiting the nursery this morning to read with the children.

A few of the children will be visiting Getting Better Together to join a Bookbug with a twist session.

Geraldine McCann, Pre Five Learning Support Teacher will be in the early level playroom today.

Infant Massage with Siobhan in the Sunshine Room at 10 am.

Bikeability Birth to Three Family Learning Session at 1 pm.

Forest School, parent and child session with Nicola.

Tuesday 19th May

Heather Strefford will be supporting in the early level playroom today.

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.

A few of the children will be visiting Shotts Library today.

4th year pupils and Mr Scott, Principal Teacher from Calderhead High School will be visiting the nursery this morning to read with the children.

St Patricks Primary School Early Level Transition Visit at 9.15 am, the focus of this session will be early literacy.

Lynn will be attending a Heads of Establishment meeting in Coatbridge.

Mary Ann Williams, Visual Impairment Teacher will be in the early level playroom this morning and in the Sunshine Room this afternoon

Louise Carson, Speech and Language Therapist will be in the Rainbow Room this afternoon.

Remember to pop into the Parent Room with your child to have a look at the books on sale.

Wednesday 20th May

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.

Louise Carson, speech and language therapist will be in the Rainbow Room and then the early level playroom this morning.

Lynn will be out of the nursery today delivering Solihull Refresher training to colleagues.

A few of the children will be heading off to the Nature Park this morning with their favourite stories.

A few of the children this afternoon will be taking their favourite stories to read with the residents at Rosehall Manor Care Home.

4th year pupils and Mr Scott, Principal Teacher from Calderhead High School will be visiting the nursery this afternoon to read with the children.

Forest School parent and child session with Nicola.

Thursday 21st May

Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.

Parent and child transition visit to Stane Primary School.

A few of the children will be visiting the local café this morning in search of the characters from the Tiger Who Came to Tea.

A few of the children will be heading off to the Nature Park this afternoon with their favourite stories.

Rhyme Time session this afternoon for parents and children in the Rainbow and Sunshine Room, where Bookbug will be dressed in his pj’s.

Amanda will be attending a Sleep Scotland Seminar this afternoon.

Remember to pop into the Parent Room with your child to have a look at the books on sale.

Friday 22nd and Monday 25th

There will be no nursery sessions on these dates due to the public holidays.