The sun shone as we set off along the trail of clues to find the Easter Bunny. We stopped and read the jokes and rhymes along the way, followed the trail of carrots and there he was……………………….
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What’s on week beginning 26th March 2018
Monday 26th March
Mary from ELCAT will be in the nursery this afternoon
St Patricks Primary One Transition visits
Tuesday 27th March
Michelle from ELCAT will be in the nursery this morning
Anne educational psychologist will be in the nursery this afternoon.
Wednesday 28th March
Gemma SLT will be in the nursery today
Nicola HV will be in the nursery this morning
Vicky HV will be in the nursery this afternoon.
St Patricks Primary One Transition visits
Thursday 29th March
All children should be accompanied by a responsible adult over the age of 16yrs. Please dress suitably for the weather and bring along a small snack and warm drink for you and your child to have at the park.
The nursery will be closed on Friday 30th and Monday 3rd April 2018.
The Rainbow Room will operate as normal during the Easter School holiday period, with all children returning on Monday 16th April 2018. We hope that you have a lovey Easter holiday with your family.
We have been learning to………..
Children have been learning all about shape in a fun and interactive way throughout the nursery environment and beyond. Almost all children have participated in shape hunts within the local community or within the garden or indoors they have cooperatively played shape games, making shapes with the play dough, with their fingers in shaving foam and using paint or pens to create their own representations of known shapes the children have had the opportunity to recognise, name, sort and describe the properties of the most common 2D shapes.
Many children have also had the opportunity to explore ways to design and construct their very own models. They have been encouraged to make a plan of what is going to be built, gather the materials they need from the loose parts around the nursery and with thought provoking questions they have been given the time and support to create their models which they have very proudly taken home to share with their families.
During ABC music sessions the children have been active participants in learning the rhyme “Jack and Jill”, we have been taking a closer look at the words within the rhyme, the sounds they make, the rhythm they have and the steady beat within it. We are now beginning to explore the syllables within the words which rhyme. We will then move on to exploring the sounds of the letters within our names and how many syllables we have within them.
Do you have any loose parts at home which the children could use at their tinkering table?…corks, nuts and bolts, chains, string, wood off cuts, wood shavings etc.
All of the children have been issued with an out in line of an egg to decorate at home, but they need your help to write an Easter joke, rhyme or riddle on the back. We will then use these at the annual family Easter egg hunt in Shotts Nature Park on Thursday 29th March 2018.
Rainbow Room meets The Gingerbread Man
The children from the Rainbow Room have been developing their emerging literacy skills through the story of “The Gingerbread Man”. They have created him from playdough, baked him in the oven and recreated the story from puppets and props. The children are able to re-tell parts of the story or carry out the actions to indicate the next part.
The children have also been developing their literacy skills using table top games ,such as dominoes, picture lotto and jigsaws. Where they are matching and sorting, and persevering with tasks.
Family engagement in emergent literacy
A huge big thank you to all parents/carers who attended the recent workshop with Nicola and Christine your attendance was greatly appreciated and feedback has suggested that those who had attended found it to be informative, interesting and have taken many ideas home, which they can use to further enhance their child’s skills in literacy.
The workshop began with a fun interactive Nursery rhyme quiz as the importance of having fun with these was discussed we then went on to talk about the 4 areas of literacy – oral language, phonological awareness, concepts of print and fine motor development. The session ended with the much deserved story massage of “Pete’s a Pizza”. The group were introduced to the strokes that the children are learning in nursery and will be presented with a story massage book for use at home with their wee ones.
What’s on week beginning 19th March 2018
We hope that you have all managed to find an Easter joke to write on the back of the decorated eggs in time for the Family Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday 29th March 2018.
Monday 19th March
Mary from the ELCAT team will be in the nursery this afternoon.
Lorraine is on annual leave today.
Tuesday 20th March
Library van will visit this morning, please ensure your child has their library card to choose a book to read at home.
Lynn will be out of the nursery this afternoon.
Wednesday 21st March
Gemma speech and language therapist will be in the nursery all day.
Thursday 22nd March
Isabel will be at an Assessment and Moderation session this morning.
Catherine from Firpark Primary School will be visiting today.
Children will be visiting Rosehall Care Home this afternoon as part of the intergenerational work with Siobhan.
Friday 23rd March
Lynn will be at NLC Nurture Conference today.
Elaine will be presenting a SID and SHANARRI information stall at the Nurture Conference today. Kirsty will be supporting the Caterpillar children in Elaine’s absence.
What’s on week beginning 12th March 2018
Monday 12th March 2018
Welcome back to Gillian who will be rejoining the staff team today after her maternity leave. Yvonne will continue to cover when Gillian is on annual leave for the next 6 weeks.
Mary from ELCAT will be in the early level playroom this afternoon.
Tuesday 13th March 2018
Wednesday 14th March 2018
Bookbug Rhyme Time session in the Rainbow Room this morning.
Gemma SLT will be in the nursery today.
Thursday 15th March 2018
Afternoon children visiting residents from Rosehall Care Home.
Rescheduled Emergent Literacy Information session with Christine and Nicola, 8.50 am and 1.10 pm
Friday 16th March
Siobhan annual leave today- Isabel supporting group today.
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All NLC Schools and Centres
All schools and centres within NLC are closed today due to severe weather.
Please don’t make the necessary journey to travel to nursery today WEDNESDAY 28th FEBRUARY. Please keep an eye on social media for updates Thursday 29th February 2018.
Weather update
Due to the severe weather warning please keep an eye on NLC Facebook, Twitter and Website for closures. In the first instance I would ask that you telephone the nursery prior to setting off in the morning to ensure that all staff have arrived safely in their commute to work.
