Nursery – Page 3 – Stane Primary School and Nursery Class

Chinese New Year

We have been learning about the traditions and customs that are associated with Chinese New Year. The children learned that Chinese New Year each year is celebrated with a different animal, this year being the year of the ‘Monkey’. The boys and girls had fun finding out what animal they would be, then making a mask of the animal they were. We also learned a simple Chinese song and practised the ‘Dragon Dance’! Some children even tried to copy some simple chinese writing, which they were super at and then got some coloured card, pens and scissors and made their very own lantern. After all this hard work, there was a well deserved taster of a Chinese snack; noodles, spring rolls and prawn crackers, which was yummy!

World Book Day 2016

World Book Day 2016 is fast approaching, so the time has come to start thinking about which character we will come to school dressed as!

On Thursday 3rd March 2016, we will be celebrating World Book Day in the school and nursery. All staff and pupils are invited to dress up as a favourite character from a book on the day. Prizes will be awarded for the most original outfit from each class.

Lots of ideas and inspiration for simple to create costumes can be found on the WBD website at www.worldbookday.com.

During the day, all the children in the school and nursery will be involved in listening to stories read by different members of staff around the school. This promotes reading together and reading for enjoyment and has proved a popular activity in the past!

We will also be holding a ‘Book Swap’ on World Book Day. All pupils can bring in one book from home (in excellent condition) which they can swap for a different book to take home with them! More details on the arrangements for this will follow.

Healthy Eating Fun for the Nursery, P1 and P2

This afternoon the PM nursery children joined up with the P1’s and 2’s to continue their shared learning.

We have all been enjoying learning opportunities linked to a story called ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Picnic.’ In the story, the main character Mr Grinling does not have a very healthy lifestyle, and eats far too much unhealthy food! Our boys and girls worked together in groups to learn about healthier options that Mr Grinling could enjoy on his picnic!

We made some fruit smoothies, some caterpillar fruit kebabs, some strawberry mice and some healthy wraps. The boys and girls enjoyed making the different healthy snacks…and enjoyed tasting them even more!

It was great to see how confident our nursery children now are when working in the primary school environment. The staff were delighted with the fantastic work from the children today, well done!

Nursery Burns Supper

The hall at Stane Primary was filled with Scottish music, food, singing and dancing this morning as our nursery children entertained their parents/carers and grandparents at our Burns Supper!

The children sang some of their favourite Scottish songs and performed a dance they had created to the song ‘Donald Where’s Yur Troosers!’ while our audience enjoyed a taster plate of Haggis, Neeps and Tatties.

We were very lucky to be joined by a pupil from Calderhead High School, who played the bagpipes for us along with his Music Teacher who played the fiddle. They helped us to create a fantastic atmosphere during the event.

Two of our P7 pupils led the event, confidently sharing the ‘Selkirk Grace’ and an ‘Address to the Haggis.’ Some of our amazing P6/7 pupils were also on hand to help serve the food and it was lovely to hear feedback from our guests about how well mannered they all were.

The children performed with such confidence, and had so much fun! We are very proud of them all!

Nursery Christmas Party!

The nursery boys and girls had a wonderful time at their Christmas parties on Wednesday. The children had lots of fun playing pass the parcel, musical bumps and dancing. The boys and girls enjoyed showing everyone their fantastic dance moves! After all the dancing and games, the boys and girls then had a yummy party snack. After the children had a little rest to enjoy their snack, we went back into the hall and met a very special visitor dressed in red!

Christmas at Nursery

The boys and girls have had a busy and fun filled week at nursery. They have been very busy looking through the catalogues, then using the scissors and glue to make wish lists to send off to Santa, we are now patiently waiting on our replies 🙂 They have been creative in the messy area, using scissors, glitter and glue to make snowflakes and Christmas baubles. All the boys and girls have been excited to come to nursery everyday to see what ‘Snowflake’ our Elf has been up to, she has been playing with our toys, wrapping our christmas tree in toilet roll and eating our sweeties for our party. The boys and girls have been very kind and brought cards into nursery for their friends, they got to post them in our postbox and sort them out into groups, putting the nursery stamp on them. On Friday morning the boys and girls were very lucky and got to visit Rosehall Care Home, they sang some lovely Scottish and Christmas songs to the residents, they then gave us a treat of chocolate and juice.

Christmas in the Nursery.

The boys and girls in the nursery have begun to learn all about Christmas. The children have been introduced to the story of Jesus through traditional stories and practising the nativity play (which all the children are fantastic at!). This week the children have decorated the Christmas tree, made lists for Santa, made their own wrapping paper and even decorated paper plates to make Christmas baubles. The boys and girls are beginning to get really excited for Santa coming and are enjoying coming in to find out what ‘Snowflake the Elf’ has been up to each day.

When Santa sent ‘Snowflake’ to Stane Nursery, ‘Snowflake’ had to travel from the North Pole. ‘Snowflake’ is a magical Elf, when we are in our houses, ‘Snowflake’ flies back to the North Pole each night to report back to Santa. Santa Claus even sent back our Golden Bears! Each day, Golden Bear will go home with a boy or girl who has been following the Golden Rules.

Heuristic Play and Physical Exercise in the nursery.

The children have been exploring Heuristic Play in the nursery. They have been building on their concentration skills, hand eye co-ordination and problem solving skills using every day materials. Heuristic play is set in a calm environment and the children helped set rules to keep themselves and others safe. There is no right or wrong way to use the materials the children just have fun finding out the different ways to use them.

We have also been learning about physical activity through ‘Moursercise’, where we are all keeping fit by doing exercises to music with some of their favourite Disney characters. The children and adults are having so much fun with this!

Autumn Learning in the Nursery

Recently the boys and girls had been learning about Autumn. The children learned that Autumn was when all the leaves would fall off the trees along with, twigs and chestnuts!

The boys and girls got all suited up in waterproofs and wellies to go on an Autumn walk. We found brown, red and green leaves, along with chestnuts and twigs! The children enjoyed throwing the leaves up and crunching through all the piles of fallen leaves.