The children within the sunshine room have been developing their communication skills by investigating a range of materials to mark make. they are also exploring books, stories and rhymes.
Monthly Archives: April 2016
What’s on week beginning the 2nd May 2016
Monday 2nd May 2016
Public Holiday
Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Jackie is delivering Play on Pedals to colleagues within NLC establishments.
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
Lesley Ann Henderson, Early Years Collaborative Programme Manager, will be in the centre this morning.
Pamela is on annual leave all week.
Lynn will be in the early level playroom all week.
Wednesday 4th May 2016
Jackie is delivering Play on Pedals to families in Jigsaw Family Learning Centre this morning.
Jennifer is supporting in the early level playroom this morning.
Thursday 5th May 2016
In Service Closure
Friday 6th May 2016
Parent.com/support group meeting with Jackie at 8.50 am today in the Parent Room.
The hatched chicks will be collected today.
Solihull Understanding Your Child with Carol and Susan this afternoon.
Dykehead Primary School Transition event 1.15 pm.
Learning Outdoors at Shotts Nature Park with Nicola and Gillian this afternoon.
Shotts Gala Day 2016
We hope that as many families as possible would like to support the nursery by creating and designing a float to enter into the forthcoming Gala Day. If you or any members of your family or friends could lend a hand, please advise your child’s key person who will pass your details on to Rochelle, who is leading this project, or alternatively if you would Rochelle’s contact details speak to Lynn.
Spring time Learning
Children within the 3-5 playroom have returned from the Easter break full of energy and ready to learn. With the welcomed appearance of the sun and the temperatures rising the children have been even more motivated to explore the outdoor environment where they are discovering the sequence of how living things grow and develop as they plant seeds and learn what they need to survive. Going on bug hunts using magnifying glasses has introduced the children to size and amounts as they discover the interesting creatures that live in our garden, information books have provided further knowledge on these topics and helped the ladies to answer the many questions asked. Within the playroom these interest have been supported as children can recreate the images they have seen including flowers and mini beasts using a range of media. Jigsaws, table top games, small world resources and Smart Board programmes have been used to enable children to researching within a variety of ways.
Children and staff are super excited about the arrival of the baby chicks coming on Monday.
what’s on week beginning 25th April 2016
Monday 25th
Living Eggs will be arriving today.
Alison Hay form NLC Early Years and Childcare will be in the nursery this afternoon.
Lynn will be in the Birth to Three nursery all week.
Tuesday 26th
Jennifer wil be supporting in the early level playroom whilst Jackie is delivering Play on Pedals to families at Jigsaw Family Learning Centre.
Wednesday 27th
Jackie AL today
Marcella Kirk, Health Visitor will be in the nursery this morning.
Thursday 28th
Solihull Understanding Your Child with Jen and Louise.
Lynn is attending a profiling and planning meeting in Rochsilloch Primary and Nursery.
Jennifer and Liz will be in the nursery today.
Friday 29th
Lynn will be attending Wishaw and Shotts Practitioners forum this morning.
Children will be attending Dykehead transition this morning 11 am.
Solihull Understanding Your Child with Carol and Susan.
Parent information session for those attending Learning Outdoors at Shotts Nature Park with Nicola and Gillian. 10.45 am and 3.15 pm.
Lynn will be attending the Early Years Cluster meeting at New Stevenson Primary School
Rhyme Time Stay and Play
Week 5 – Little green frog
The room was transformed into a lovely pond with a variety of frogs to explore and a very comfortable lily pad to sit on with your wee one as we learned the new song.
Everyone had fantastic fun together as we searched for bugs to feed the frogs, created our very own catch the bugs game and we laughed together as the frogs jumped on and off the velcro material.
After a delicious frog themed snack we welcomed a very special visitor to help us celebrate the end of a very successful block of stay and play sessions.
Bookbug presented the children and families with a very special goody bag full of lots of exciting resources which will enabled the families who had taken part to continue the fun at home.
The next block of stay and play sessions will commence on Thursday 28th April 1:15pm – 2:30pm – Hope to see you there!
Families who attended the sessions have given staff some really positive feedback which reflect just how successful the sessions were.
“The way the room was decorated was great,
this was my favourite(green frog)”
“I googled this song when I got home and found more versions
as well as a little blue fish song in the same tune”
“Enjoyable experience very relaxed didn’t feel as though
it had to be professional at all i could be a fun mum”
“I loved interacting with other adults as well as children”
“It was a good opportunity during snack for my wee one to try new foods“
“It was good spending time as a family and the food was delicious and set great for each session”
We are learning to……
During the forthcoming weeks the children within the early level playroom will be learning to:
- develop my oral language skills through the Three Read Approach
- use new vocabulary in everyday play situations to consolidate my learning
- develop understanding that my early mark making skills represent meaning
- understand that fact finding books help me plan my learning
- evaluate my own work and comment on others
- appreciate and enjoy singing within group situations
- understand that my voice is a tool that I can use in different ways to create sound and rhythm
- develop and use mathematical language within all aspects of my play
- use enquiry skills to gather, sort and display my findings
- have a basic understanding of what living things need to grow and develop
The children will be developing there knowledge and skills whilst learning about Growing. This will include planting seeds and recording the growth cycle of eggs hatching into chicks. We hope that you will enjoy sharing in your child’s learning at home.
Please click on the link below to access songs and rhymes that will support your child’s learning at home.
Through the Three Read Approach to literacy children will be focuses on characters, setting and problems as well as exploring new vocabulary within each story. Why not ask your child to share these elements of the story with you.
What’s on week beginning 18th April 2016
Shotts Family Learning Centre April 2016 Newsletter
Monday 18th April 2016
Siobhan is on annual leave today.
Hazel Conaghan will be in the Sunshine Room this morning.
Alison Hay, Early Learning Development Officer will be meeting with Lynn and Jackie this afternoon.
Tuesday 19th April 2016
Ann is on leave this morning.
Jackie is delivering Play on Pedals to colleagues within NLC today.
Wednesday 20th April 2016
Jackie is on annual leave today.
Thursday 21st April 2016
Jackie is on annual leave today.
Liz and Jennifer are supporting in the early level playroom today.
Solihull understanding your child programme with Jen and Louise.
Friday 22nd April 2016
Siobhan is on annual leave today.
Lynn will be attending an Early Years Scotland event in NLC Headquarters, this morning.
Solihull understanding your child programme with Susan and Carol.
