The new children have all settled well within the Rainbow Room and are beginning to build positive relationships with their peers. They have been having lots of fun both indoors and outdoors learning how to wait their turn as they explore the changes in weather. Lots of water play, splashing in puddles, jumping in the snow, and listening to the many sounds within the natural environment.
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!
The following are the books that the children will be listening to and exploring this week, as well as the new vocabulary they will be learning.
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
The children in the early level playroom are learning who and what there is in their local community who can help them. They have written to Scottish Ambulance Service, Police Scotland, Strathclyde Fire Brigade and the Army to invite key personnel to visit them.
Do you or any of your family members work in these professions and would like to visit the children in the nursery to talk about your role?
A group of learners have been demonstrating their understanding of environmental print, by pointing out their address and signs in their local community as they plan their journey safely around Shotts.
On Friday 11th November the children will be having a visit from the Shotts Fire and Rescue crew with their fire engine, we have no doubt that there will be lots of excited children in the nursery.
Early observations have demonstrated that Friday’s Minin Movers with Rebecca from NLLeisure was a huge success. The children were learning how to use a steady count to 8 as they moved their bodies in time to the musical track from Jungle Book, Bear Necessities. This programme will help to develop the children’s attention and listening skills, their use of early number and above all their health and wellbeing as they develop their movement skills.
The Guardians of the Forest are beginning to take shape as we added the finishing touches to them by adding colourful paint.
The weather had made the forest look a little different which left us lots to explore the most exciting was a huge big puddle which we worked out was very deep as the water went over the top of our wellies and soaked our toes.
We spent some time helping our high school buddies risk assess the forest by talking about the possible dangers we could see around us and what we could do to stay safe in the forest.
Snack around the fire today was yummy scrummy hotdogs cooked on an open fire with most children having two and three to warm up their tummies.
Today we spent some time using glue, feathers, wool and string to finish off decorating our guardian of the forest masks which will be placed high up in the trees around the learning circle. We had some unexpected visitors from the local primary school who popped along to say hello as they are planning to join us for the last few weeks of the project.
We had fantastic fun with our CalderHead high school buddies as we “wool bombed” the trees together making some lovely colourful patterns amongst the trees.
On the way back to nursery we noticed some changes in the forest floor and spent some time investigating and as you can see from the photos there were lots of laughter and smiles which made the long walk home more fun.
Monday 7th November 2016
Mhairi Byrne Additional Support Needs Assistant has joined the nursery on a temporary basis.
Elaine and Lynn will be out of the nursery this afternoon. Supporting the Caterpillar Group will be Emma.
Tuesday 8th November 2016
Kodaly for pre school children both morning and afternoon.
Wednesday 9th November 2016
Bookbug Family Rhyme Time 11.10 pm for Rainbow Room families.
Thursday 10th November 2016
Solihull Understanding Your Child with Jen and Nicola 9.15 am.
Lynn will be attending a meeting at Kildonan Street this afternoon.
Forest School session this afternoon with Christine and Susan
Friday 11th November 2016
Lynn and Christine will be out of the nursery this morning.
Today the children will be having a visit from the local Fire & Rescue Crew along with their Fire Engine.
Each week the parents have thoroughly benefitted from working alongside Kimberley, Nutritionist and Project Coordinator from Lanarkshire Community Food and Health Partnership and Jen, CLD Home Link Worker.
If you click on the link after the photographs you will be able to try some of the recipes at home.
“It’s been an amazing eye opening experience and I have learnt a lot to do with good eating”
“I have enjoyed the group because it is about different foods and their contents. Also been helping with my health and weight. Enjoyable welcoming and such a friendly group. Don’t want it to end”
” it has helped me learn about different foods. Helped me to loose weight, 4 lbs so far. I don’t want this group to end”
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The children within the Early Level have demonstrated an interest in the people who help us within the local community such as police officers, firefighters, doctors, and dentists. Through the use of a range of books, and by using ICT equipment, the children are beginning to find out more information about the role these people have in helping us and keeping us safe. Following on from this, there has been lots of discussion about being helpful and responsible with the children carrying out tasks such as litter picking and ensuring they tidy their resources in the playroom when finished with them. The children continue to explore numbers, using them to count and sort and match by colour, size and type.
