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What’s on week beginning 27th March 2017

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Monday 27th March 2017

Siobhan is on annual leave today, Isabel will be supporting the Ladybird Group.

Lynn is on annual leave today.

Final session of Dance with Rebecca.

Claire Howard will be supporting a Kodaly session with the afternoon children.

Tuesday 28th March 2017

Lynn is on annual leave today.

Wednesday 29th March 2017

Gemma speech and language therapist will be in the centre today.

Bookbug Family Rhyme Time 11.15 am in the Rainbow Room.

Thursday 30th March 2017

Nurturing Nature Family Forest School session with Nicola 8.40 am and 1 pm.

Can all sponsor donations be returned to the admin office today please.

Friday 31st March 2017

Please note that there will be no Play on Pedals Family session today.

Welcome to Taylor Cassidy who is a Modern Apprentice in Early Learning and Child Care.  Taylor will be in the centre 4 days a week for a year.

Easter Bunny Hunt, Family Sponsored Walk to Shotts Nature Park……remember to follow the clues left by the Bunny…….where will he be I wonder?

Have a lovely Easter Break.

Early Level

Being healthy and active

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The children have been active participants  in many learning opportunities outdoors.  They have been exploring how to move their bodies, share space, work cooperatively, keep themselves safe and above all being healthy. And oh how the mud kitchen has ….well we are sure you can answer that one for yourselves.

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Daily opportunities to consolidate the Play on Pedals family sessions have helped develop the children’s balance and coordination kills.

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Sid and Shanarri have ensured that the children are linking their knowledge within practical application.  The children are now keen to develop their own healthy living café….watch this space as their plans develop.

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The re introduction of the large climbing frame has had a positive impact in developing the children’s spatial awareness. Through consultation they have created their own safety rules and turn taking framework by using a display chart of their names. The use of the 15 minute sand timer ensures that the children all have an equal chance of using this apparatus.

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Within the construction area the children have been exploring endless possibilities whilst using the Jegra.  They have used their imagination to create models developing their upper body strength to pull and manipulate the various connectors.  The Jegra has encouraged the children to share the space available and work cooperatively.

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The children have been encouraged to think about how the food they eat helps them to be healthy.  There  have been lots of conversations about breakfasts and lunches and the importance of how this helps fuel our bodies and brains enabling us to be active and ready to learn.

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And finally after all that energy used there was time for some meditation and  mindfulness as the end of each session.

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What’s on week beginning the 20th March 2017

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Monday 20th March 2017

Isabel is on annual leave Monday and Tuesday

Dance with Rebecca

Tuesday 21st March 2017

Pre school orthoptic visual screening today

Wednesday 22nd March 2017

Lynn will be attending the Heads of Establishment meeting today

Speech and Language Drop in Clinic in the centre today with Gemma Lythgoe 9.30 am and 11.30 am.

Thursday 23rd March 2017

Nurturing Nature Forest School family sessions with Nicola at Shotts Nature Park

Friday 24th March 2017

Siobhan is on annual leave today

Play on Pedals family session for Bumblebee Group

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What’s on week 13th March 2017

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Monday 13th March 2017

Gillian has had to finish a week earlier than anticipated, therefore Emma will take over as from today as key person to the Bumblebee children.

Amy has returned to support the learning and teaching every afternoon in the early level playroom.

Isabel is on a 3 day Hanen, Learning Language and Loving it, course.  Lynn will be in the early level playroom over these 3 days.

Tuesday 14th March 2017

Susan will be supporting in the Rainbow Room this afternoon whilst Kirsty is off.

Wednesday 15th March 2017

Gemma speech and language therapist will be in the nursery today.

Thursday 16th March 2017

Nicola is out of the nursery this morning, therefore Isabel will be supporting Butterfly children.

Roseanne educational psychologist who has taken over from Nevine will be in the nursery this afternoon.

Susan is out of the nursery this afternoon.

Friday 17th March 2017

Play on Pedals Family Session for Ladybird Group, 8. 40 am and 1 pm, please meet at the bike shed.

Claire Howard, will be delivery a Kodaly session for the children in the early level playroom.

 

End of term summer outing

Due to an excellent response from the recent consultation, it was unanimously decided that the end of term parent and child outing shall be to Blair Drummond Safari Park March 2017, on Monday 26th June. 9am until 3 pm.  This is a whole establishment outing with each child requiring a responsible parent or carer to accompany them.  The nursery will be closed on the day of the outing.

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Early Level, World Book Day

World Book Day, and they lived happily ever after

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Through the week long opportunities cumulating in World Book Day.  The children have been demonstrating that they can retell a familiar story in sequence and use their own words to make up stories knowing that they must have a beginning, middle and end or indeed like many stories retold and rein acted this week having a “Happily ever after”.

 

 

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We wonder who’s wish came true?????, was it Snow White’s, Little Red Riding Hood or even the Giant who thanked the children for his potion, which turned him in to the friendliest giant ever.

 

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You can’t have a prince nor a prince charming without a crown.  The children used this as a context to compare and describe lengths and discuss whose crown needed to be longer or shorter in relation to the measurement of their heads.

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And then we has Prince Charming who had lost the buttons from his tunic.

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Fee, fi, fo, fum, who is going to create the beanstalk? Who’s footprints are the biggest, who’s are the smallest?  And what about the troll, how many bricks will it take to make the bridge? will we need all the same size?

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And finally a little bit of Dance with Rebecca on a Monday, where we have been learning how to use space safely as we keep to the beat.

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What’s on week beginning 6th March 2017

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Monday 6th

Please complete the consultation in the reception area for the choice of venue for parent and child end of term summer outing.

Dance with Rebecca for children in the early level playroom.

Tuesday 7th

Lynn will be attending the Heads of Centres meeting in Kildrum Family Learning Centre this morning

Lynn will be attending this afternoon a Head’s of Establishment Support Session in Clyde Valley High School this afternoon.

Wednesday 8th

Lynn will be in the early level playroom all day today.

Gemma speech and language therapist will be on training today.

Thursday 9th

Lynn will be in the Rainbow Room all day today.

Nurturing Nature Forest School Information session with Nicola 9 am and 1 pm in the Sunshine Room.

Please complete the consultation in the reception area for a fund raising event.

Friday 10th

Big Chef Little Chef with Jen in the Sunshine Room 1.15 pm.