Ms Brown

Nursery End of Year Celebration/Fun Morning

Thank you to everyone who came along to our nursery end of year celebration on Tuesday 21st June 2017.

The nursery boys and girls performed a range of songs told the story of their year at nursery. The children really enjoyed performing these songs to all their families.

After the children had finished their songs, the service moved on to the commencement of the children moving on to primary 1.

The children all did well and had a great time performing to their families.

After all their hard work performing, the children enjoyed a fun morning of two bouncy castles, face painting, glitter tattoos, a party snack and even visited the ice cream van!

We all had such a wonderful time.

Nursery Christmas Party

All the boys and girls came into nursery looking very smart in their party clothes today. When they came in, our elf; Chippy, had been eating our party sweets and taking ‘elfies’ on the iPad. He even left us a note to take some ‘eflies’. The children enjoyed taking ‘eflies’ and even got some on the staff to take ‘elfies’ with them. We all then went into the hall and danced lots and showed off our super dance moves. All that dancing was hard work, so we had a rest with some yummy snack and ice cream! Then a special visitor came….

Taekwondo Taster Session in the Nursery

On Friday (9.9.16) Little Tiger Cubs Taekwondo instructor, Yvonne came in to visit the nursery children in the morning and afternoon. Yvonne had a chat with the children about why she was here and then we got straight to it! Firstly, all the children started with a warm-up obstacle course, then we stopped and stretched all our muscles, then lastly we learned how to do some punches and kicks! All the children had great fun at our one off taster session and we also learned from Yvonne that we don’t use the punches or kicks on anyone in nursery or at home.

Nursery trip to Edinburgh Zoo.

All the nursery children and their parents had a great time at Edinburgh Zoo. There was lots of things to see and do. Some of the children and parents were even brave enough to hold some small animals!

Nursery End of Year Celebration

All the boys and girls in the nursery had been working so hard on their celebration assembly. They sang a range of songs that were their favourite throughout the year and even entertained with tap sticks and dancing! Well done boys and girls and good luck to all the children moving on to P1!

Nursery Sports Day!

The nursery children had a great sports day on Friday 17th June. The children participated in a egg & spoon race, running race, space hopper race, beanbag race and an obstacle race. Even some of the adults who attended took part and raced! I think I speak for everyone when I say we had a great time! Well done to all the children and adults involved.

Teddy Bears Picnic!

The children from the nursery, p1/2 and p2 all enjoyed having a ‘Teddy Bears Picnic’ in aid of St Andrew’s Hospice. The boys and girls all brought along a special guest, their favourite teddy and enjoyed having sandwiches, crisps, a biscuit and some haribo together. All the children really enjoyed the picnic and i’m sure the bears did too!

St Andrew’s Hospice bears in the nursery!

The boys and girls in the nursery have been so lucky to have a special bear from St Andrew’s Hospice visit them for 2 weeks. The children in the morning have named their bear, ‘Betty Bear’ and the afternoon children have named their bear, ‘Diamond Bear’. The children have been learning all about St Andrew’s Hospice and what they do. The children have became aware of the help they provide to patients and have really enjoyed looking after the St Andrew’s Hospice special bears! The children have made their very own ‘Teddy Bear’s Passport’, had a discussion about their favourite bear and have been counting down to the Teddy Bear’s picnic on Friday! All the children are so excited!

High-5 for fruit workshop in the nursery.

Last week, the nursery children met a new friend called Mairi. Mairi works as part of the High-5 for fruit initiative, who provide nurseries with weekly fruit. Mairi took children in small groups to read a story and then the children could taste the food associated with the book. There were avocados, oranges, pineapples and lots more! The boys and girls found that the avocados weren’t as yummy as the sweet oranges and felt quite strange when they touched it. If the children didn’t want to eat the fruit, they could smell it, feel it or even lick it! The children learned about lots of healthy fruits and why it’s so important to eat fruit each day!

Nursery Football Taster Session

Today the boys and girls at the nursery met a new friend. His name was Kevin and he was here to give us a little taster of some football skills. The children really enjoyed playing ‘Tunnel Tig’ and ‘Treasure Island’ to warm their bodies up ready to play football. Once we were all warmed up, we took turns to go into different coloured teams, all taking a turn of being the goal keeper. The children tried really hard not to let the opposing team score any goals, while trying to get some goals in themselves! All the children had a great time and really showed off their great football skills!