Children have been listening and recalling words and phrases within “Goldilocks and the three bears” and “That’s not my puppy”
Children in the birth to three have been exploring movement
Physical movement supports all other areas of your children’s growth, development and learning. In nursery the children have been very active as they are experimenting with jumping from the activity gym. As you can see from the photos they are all gaining confidence in this as they experiment with different ways they can jump.
Bringing books to life
Children have been exploring the characters and events from within their favourite stories, using their imagination to bring them to life.
The children had a special visit from the Tiger Who Came to Tea
By exploring a variety of media, the children recreated the shark from the story ‘Shark in the Park’.
The children retold the story ‘Walking Through the Jungle’ using musical instruments in search of the various animals from within the story.
During their Nurturing Early Readers Sessions, some of the children have been exploring and tasting the foods from the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. 
What’s on week beginning the 18th May 2015
The children will be invited to participate in a number of opportunities throughout this week to celebrate Scottish Bookbug week. Please remember to record which bedtime book you and your child have read during this week and return it on Tuesday 26th May 2015.
Monday 18th May
Heather Strefford will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
4th year pupils and Mr Scott, Principal Teacher from Calderhead High School will be visiting the nursery this morning to read with the children.
A few of the children will be visiting Getting Better Together to join a Bookbug with a twist session.
Geraldine McCann, Pre Five Learning Support Teacher will be in the early level playroom today.
Infant Massage with Siobhan in the Sunshine Room at 10 am.
Bikeability Birth to Three Family Learning Session at 1 pm.
Forest School, parent and child session with Nicola.
Tuesday 19th May
Heather Strefford will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
A few of the children will be visiting Shotts Library today.
4th year pupils and Mr Scott, Principal Teacher from Calderhead High School will be visiting the nursery this morning to read with the children.
St Patricks Primary School Early Level Transition Visit at 9.15 am, the focus of this session will be early literacy.
Lynn will be attending a Heads of Establishment meeting in Coatbridge.
Mary Ann Williams, Visual Impairment Teacher will be in the early level playroom this morning and in the Sunshine Room this afternoon
Louise Carson, Speech and Language Therapist will be in the Rainbow Room this afternoon.
Remember to pop into the Parent Room with your child to have a look at the books on sale.
Wednesday 20th May
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
Louise Carson, speech and language therapist will be in the Rainbow Room and then the early level playroom this morning.
Lynn will be out of the nursery today delivering Solihull Refresher training to colleagues.
A few of the children will be heading off to the Nature Park this morning with their favourite stories.
A few of the children this afternoon will be taking their favourite stories to read with the residents at Rosehall Manor Care Home.
4th year pupils and Mr Scott, Principal Teacher from Calderhead High School will be visiting the nursery this afternoon to read with the children.
Forest School parent and child session with Nicola.
Thursday 21st May
Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the early level playroom today.
Parent and child transition visit to Stane Primary School.
A few of the children will be visiting the local café this morning in search of the characters from the Tiger Who Came to Tea.
A few of the children will be heading off to the Nature Park this afternoon with their favourite stories.
Rhyme Time session this afternoon for parents and children in the Rainbow and Sunshine Room, where Bookbug will be dressed in his pj’s.
Amanda will be attending a Sleep Scotland Seminar this afternoon.
Remember to pop into the Parent Room with your child to have a look at the books on sale.
Friday 22nd and Monday 25th
There will be no nursery sessions on these dates due to the public holidays.
What’s happening week beginning the 11th May 2015
Monday 11th May 2015
Geraldine McCann, Pre Five Learning Support Teacher, will be in the centre today.
Forest School Session with Nicola.
Infant Massage with Siobhan this morning in the Sunshine Room.
Lauren and Amanda will supporting in the early level playroom this morning.
Caterpillar parental consultations with Elaine. Jenifer and Liz will be supporting the Caterpillar Group today.
Play on Pedals for parents and children in the Sunshine & Rainbow Room this afternoon.
Tuesday 12th May 2015
Nevine Mamhoud, Educational Psychologist will be in the centre today.
Louise Carson, Speech & Language Therapist will be in the centre this afternoon.
Ladybird parental consultations with Siobhan. Lauren will be supporting the Ladybird Group in the morning, Jackie in the afternoon.
Wednesday 13th May 2015
Louise Carson, Speech & Language Therapist will in the centre this morning.
Dragonfly parental consultations with Amanda, Jennifer and Liz will be supporting in the Sunshine Room today.
Dykehead Primary School parent and child transition session 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm, for all morning and afternoon children.
Forest School Session with Nicola.
Thursday 14th May
Butterfly parental consultations with Nicola, Jennifer and Liz will be supporting the Butterfly Group today.
Friday 15th May
Bumblebee parental consultations with Gillian, Jennifer and Liz will be supporting the Bumblebee Group today.
Rhyme Time for parents and children in the Sunshine and Rainbow Room.
Next week we will be hosting a week of activities and experiences in recognition of Scottish Book Bug week.
What’s on week beginning 4th May 2015
Monday 4th May
Public holiday
Tuesday 5th May
Hazel Clarkson, Early Learning Practitioner will be joining the centre on a temporary basis to support Pamela’s maternity leave. Hazel will be supporting the learning and teaching in the early level playroom.
Melissa Thomson student nurse will be in the centre today.
Wednesday 6th May
Groundforce Special General Meeting 9.15 am in the Parent Room.
Thursday 7th May
In Set Day for staff
Friday 8th May
Elaine VIG training today.
Early level children’s reports will be issued today.
exploring sound
Children have been exploring sound using a variety of different resources found around the nursery.
Through this we have been learning about loud and quiet, soft and hard and using cause and effect we find out what we need to do to make different sounds.
On the photographs below you can see how exciting and fun it is to discover sound.
Play on Pedals with birth to three families
Children and their parents/carers had fantastic fun in the first session of play on pedals. Together they played games which helped them identify and name the different parts of their bike. Parents/carers were then guided in how to fit a helmet properly to ensure maximum safety and how to adjust the bike for their children.
For many families cycling is an exciting and important step in a childs development through participating in play on pedals sessions parents/carers are able to watch and learn how to help their children ride.
What’s on week beginning 27th April 2015
Monday 27th April
Infant Massage in the Sunshine Room with Siobhan.
Pamela will be supporting in the early level playroom.
Elaine will be attending VIG supervision training, Lauren will therefore be supporting the Caterpillar Group.
Geraldine McCann,Pre five learning support teacher will be in the early level playroom this morning .
Nicola is on annual leave, Jackie will be supporting the Butterfly Group.
Jackie will be delivering Play on Pedals to the parents and children attending the Birth to Three playrooms this afternoon.
Carly will be completing some of the children’s progress reports today.
Tuesday 28th April
The Birth to Three parents will be attending a coffee an information session at Getting Better Together, 9.15 am and 1.15 pm.
Mary Ann Williams, Visual Impairment teacher will be in the nursery this morning .
Gillian Roberts and Louise Carson, Speech & Language Therapist will be in the nursery this afternoon.
Nicola is on annual leave, Jackie will be supporting the Butterfly Group.
Wednesday 29th April
Today is our BIG GARDEN TIDY where we hope that as many parents, carers and family members will come along and help clear up the gardens. This event will be on from 8.30 am until 6.30 pm enabling you to drop in at any time. Please note that due to health and safety restrictions this is an adult only event.
- Varnishing planters
- Dismantling planters
- Weeding
- Planting
- Power washing
Nicola is on annual leave, Carly & Jackie will be supporting the Butterfly Group.
Louise Carson Speech and Language Therapist will be in the nursery this morning.
Thursday 30th April
Carly will be completing some of the children’s progress reports today.
Nicola is on annual leave, Jackie will be supporting the Butterfly Group.
Friday 1st April
Pamela will be leaving today to commence her maternity leave.
Nicola is on annual leave, Carly will be supporting the Butterfly Group.
Please note that due to the lack of ticket sales the fundraising event on the 2nd May at the Station Hotel has been cancelled. Refund of tickets purchased can be received from Nancy or Lorraine in the admin office.
As we have a number of raffle prizes donated for this event we will be selling raffle tickets into next. All money raised from this sale will go towards the children’s Leavers Presentation and Bookbug Gifting ceremony on the last week of term. Thank you to everyone who donated and to Rochelle for coordinating with Station Hotel.
Saturday 2nd May 2015
Its not to late to purchase your ticket for the fundraising event on Saturday 2nd May 2015 at the Station Hotel. To date there has been approximately 40 tickets sold.
If for some reason sales of tickets do not increase then the event will be postponed and the cost of the coaches to Blair Drummond will be added to the price of entry.
We hope to see as many families and friends at the Station Hotel.
Please contact the nursery on 01501 826713, if you would like to reserve tickets.
