Category Archives: Early Level

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Celebration of learning with our families at Shotts Nature Park

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A big thank you to all the parents and carers who joined us in celebration of our achievements over the last 10 weeks. The children were really proud and responsibly led the way to learning circle where they completed their tasks together by finishing the guardian of the forest.

Many thanks  to Shirley and her team for making the learning opportunities exciting and for introducing us to Elaine and our buddies from Calderhead High School whom we hope to keep a partnership with.

We hope that many of our families will continue to learn outdoors with their children.

More information on future Forest School sessions will be shared at our “Have your say” consultations in January 2017.

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Developing literacy at the early level

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Over the course of the week the children have been developing their mark making skills, with chalk, pencils and paint.

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The “Three Read” approach in nurturing early readers continues to take place on a daily session to help children develop really important literacy skills, understanding how books work, understanding stories, listening and talking about their ideas and experiences.

 

With frequent experience of the “Three Read” approach, children should develop their talking, thinking and listening skills, which are the foundations of learning to read and write

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Some Christmas activities for you to try at home

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Toy Giveaway

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We are a group of friends who want to help those families who find Christmas difficult. No child should be without something on Christmas morning and no parent should be in debt to bring a smile to their child’s face.  Although there are groups that help those in need, they do not always reach every child and family that need their help.  That is why the toy giveaway is open to ALL.  That is why we would encourage you to take the time to notify your school community. Councillors Michael Ross and Paul Kelly are both supporting this event.

 

A Toy Giveaway has already been held in Wishaw this year. The article about the event in the Wishaw Press is attached for your information.  Many people generously supplied, toys, games, books and even children’s clothes. So with your support, we hope to give more children a Merry Christmas. In the anticipation of helping more children in Motherwell, we will need to gather more toys, games and books. Therefore, would you be able to collect used toys etc? We can organize a collection on the 9th of December.  The hall is also open for donations between 4-7pm on the 10th December.  This would be a great event to have your more senior students who are working towards awards (e.g. Duke of Edinburgh Award) to participate in. If they want to take part or run a toy drive please let me know. So please spread the word and help us spread some Christmas cheer in 2016.

 

Martine Nolan c/o 253 Stewarton Street Wishaw, ML2 8AL

Mobile: 07976179277

E-Mail:martine_a_nolan@yahoo.co.uk

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Book Week Scotland – Day 3

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Children returned to nursery today keen to bring their literacy skills to life once again, through explorations of the local community.  We had return visits to the nature park and library, as well as taking our enthusiasm to our local care home where the children were taking turns to both talk and listen to the residents, sharing stories.

Tomorrow is our last day of Book Week Scotland and we are planning to welcome pupils from Caldrerhead High School, including Oscar, Alan, Graeme and Gemma, into the playroom to share their literacy skills through story-telling.  We are also excited to have Natalie joining us in the afternoon to bring stories to life through Gymnastics, so please ensure your children are wearing comfortable clothing.

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Tinkering Table

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“Tinkering fuels a child’s natural curiosity about life.  It develops fine motor and manipulative skills, promotes the language of skill, higher order thinking, problem solving and conceptual understandings the children discover as they tinker.

Tinkering provides opportunities to pull apart, to investigate, to plan, to rebuild, redesign and to construct”

The children are looking for donations of old clocks, radios, small electrical appliances for them to tinker with at the newly installed area in the nursery

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Purves Puppets

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The coach will leave at 9 am prompt and return at approx 1.30pm on both Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th of November. 

Please bring a small drink and snack for you and your child to have during the interval.

The performance will commence at 10.30 am. There is no food nor drink allowed in the theatre.

Please note that there will be no normal session available on both of these dates as this is a whole early level playroom family event.

We hope that you will have a fabulous day out at the theatre.

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Early Level

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The children within the Early Level playroom continue to learn about people who help us and the role they have in doing so. Recent visits from the Fire Brigade, School Crossing Patrol and discussions about Soldiers have sparked excitement among the children, who have been using books and costumes to take on the role of these important people in our community. Through the use of interactive games using the Smartboard and musical instruments, the children have been learning how to use numbers in sequence during play, with a marching band having recently been established!

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Purves Puppets

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Would you and you child or a responsible family member like to attend a performance at Purves Puppets in Biggar, the proposed dates would be on or around the 29th and 30th of November?

The cost of the performance would be £6 per person with the cost of the coaches being paid for from the recent fundraising event, or alternatively you can use your own transport.

Due to the timings of the shows it would mean that there would be no normal sessions on offer on these dates.

The times for each show would be 10.30 am for morning children and 12.30 pm for afternoon children

Further information will be available this week