We are learning to write.
Nico is showing an interest in forming letters from his name, by exploring different mark making opportunities.
Celebrating Rabbie Burns
On Friday 25th January the boys and girls took part in our nursery Burns’ Day, where we celebrated the birthday of Rabbie Burns. The children had the opportunity to wear something tartan, taste haggis, neeps, tatties and shortbread. They also had great fun playing toss the caber, Scottish corners and pass the haggis. We started off our party by singing some Scottish songs – “Three Wee Craws” and “You Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff a Bus”. We learned about the story of Tam O’Shanter and Jack T accompanied Sandra in piping in the Haggis with his bagpipes from home. The children were able to share what they liked and disliked about our special day.
JT “Look at my bagpipes” BF “The best bit is the black bit” AT “I don’t like the haggis, I like the potatoes” IQ “I don’t like the smell” JM “I really like the black bit”
Sharing the Learning – ‘Stay and Play’ sessions
This is an opportunity for you to spend some time with your child as they play in their Early Learning & Childcare Class and to observe how/what they are learning.
| 8.45 – 9.45 am | 12.30 – 1.30 pm | |
| Monday 18 March | Orange & Blue | Orange & Blue |
| Tuesday 19 March | Red | Red |
| Wednesday 20 March | Green | Green |
| Thursday 21 March | Purple | Purple |
| Friday 22 March | Yellow | Yellow |
Festive Family Fun Day and Christmas Party
On Wednesday the 19th of December, the children invited their parents and other members of their family to come along and join in with some festive fun. The activity stations included making pomanders, gingerbread men decorating, mince pie making, creating baubles, preparing reindeer food and making Christmas cards. We were so busy joining in our festive activities!
On this day we were also very lucky to have a special visitor! He even told us that he parked his sleigh and reindeer on the roof of our nursery!
O “I’m going to put icing on my gingerbread”.
J “I’ve made reindeer food”.
D “I went to see Santa and got a present”.
On Friday we had yet another Christmas treat – our annual Christmas party! We played lots of games like Musical Bumps, Pass the Parcel and Christmas Corners. We also had a special Christmas snack with party food and lots and lots and LOTS of dancing afterwards! Everybody had so much fun!
J “This is the best party ever!”
L “I won this game!”
S “I like to have party food for snack.”
We also had our own very special version of Elf on the Shelf, well done Annemarie!
We would like to take this opportunity to wish Ania all the very best in her new job and also in her forthcoming marriage. A bright and rosy future for the new Mr and Mrs.
We would like to thank all of our parents and families for their continued support and for joining us on this special day.
We would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year. See you in January.
Christmas festivities!
Well… On Monday morning we were all very surprised to find a certain somebody in the nursery waiting on us to find him! …It was the Elf – Santa’s helper, WOW! We all thought hard about what to call him and we decided to name him ‘Chippy’. We learned that every night he travels back to the North Pole to tell Santa how busy we have all been at nursery. Every morning we have to search all over the nursery to find Chippy’s hiding place – he is very good at finding new places to hide. But… We need to remember that we cannot touch Chippy or he may lose his magic, oh no, we wouldn’t want that to happen!
As it’s now December already we are all very excited for the festivities and have started to decorate our playrooms with lots of shiny, sparkly tinsel, baubles and other Christmas decorations. Some of the boys and girls have even been creating their own Christmas keepsakes! We also decorated our Christmas tree. Come and see for yourself how festive we have made our nursery!
