The children have all been very busy using their imagination and learning how to use the new equipment and resources. We have purchased new resources for the children to experience and use in their play. Here is Leah talking us through the steps to making a cup of tea;
“First you need a kettle, it has hot water in it so be careful. Then you need a tea pot and you put the tea bag in the tea pot. Do you want milk or sugar? – cause i like that in my tea mummy makes. Then you pour it into a cup like this, remember it’s hot.”
If anyone has an old kettle they would be happy to donate to us, this would be another good resource for the children to use in their play.
As you might have seen on our display in the cloakroom, we have been busy exploring portraits. We have been talking about the features of our faces noticing that we all look different!
P: “A has got brown eyes and I’ve got blue eyes.”
L: “A has got longer hair than mine. C has shorter hair, but that’s because he’s a boy.”
L: “My top is a different colour!”
Some of the boys and girls had a great idea – why don’t we take some photos of our faces and make them into puppets?! So we did! With the use of a camera, we carefully took portrait photos and printed them off to make them into puppets. Before we knew it, the boys and girls were making puppets using lots of different materials – photographs, lolly sticks, paper, material, wool, googly eyes, feathers… The ideas had no end!
While hard at work, one of the children said:
“Can we make the Three Little Pigs puppets?” – now, that is a brilliant idea! So we did! We worked very hard and showed super teamwork in exchanging ideas and sharing materials. One thing led to another and… We now have our own puppet theatre! We had already performed lots of different shows, we even wrote our own story to act out! We still have lots more ideas to come, so you are more than welcome to join us!
C: “I’ll be a pig!”
A: “Big Bag Wolf!”
A: “Little pigs, little pigs, let me in!”
P: “This is a show about a princess who lived in a castle.”
J: “But you need to buy a ticket!”
A: “That’s the end. Come back tomorrow for another show!”
You might have noticed a few new faces in our Early Learning and Childcare class…
We would like to say a very warm welcome to our three new members of staff:
– Clare McGarry, our new Support Worker          – Stacey Gaughan, our new Support Worker and   – Laura Carmichael, our modern apprentice.
Welcome!
We are also very happy to announce that Vicky Armour, our Early Learning and Childcare Officer who worked at the beginning of the week, will now be with us full time!Â
How exciting to have lots of new members of staff! We are so happy to have you in our team!
This year, Rabbie Burns’ Day falls on Saturday the 25th of January, but because we don’t come to nursery on a Saturday… We decided to celebrate his day on Friday! Before trying traditional haggis, neeps and tatties, we discussed who Rabbie Burns was and why he was so important to the people of Scotland. We learned a few Scottish songs, too!
M: “I know Three Craws!”
C: “I know Ally Bally!”
E: “He was a farmer!”
O: “He wrote songs for girls.”
Well done, boys and girls! We also sang “You cannae shove yer granny aff a bus” and “I went to my Auntie Sarah’s.” We also found out that if Rabbie Burns was still alive, he would have been 261 years old on the 25th January 2020! WOW!
During the celebration we joined in some highland dancing and we even tossed our own caber! The boys and girls showed really strong muscles as well as great risk assessment when tossing the caber in a safe direction – well done!
Happy Rabbie Burns’ Night, everyone! We hope you enjoy your haggis, neeps and tatties!
The boys and girls have been extremely busy baking delicious food in our social zone. Some of the children suggested that we could bake bread and pizzas.. Well, of course we can!
We searched for recipes in our cooking book and together wrote a list of the ingredients:
– flour
– sugar
– salt
– oil
– yeast
– warm water
For our pizzas we decided to have these ingredients:
– ham
– sauce
– chicken
– cheese
P: “I like a lot of cheese on my pizza!”
C: “I have bread with my sandwiches!”
K: “I sometimes have a pizza for dinner. I like ham and cheese on it.”
B: “Sure you make toast with bread?”
E: “I like baking!”
P: “I help my mummy bake and cook at home!”
First, we mixed all of the ingredients together to make bread. When the dough was ready, we let it rest and prove – that way it grew in size! We used some of the dough for our pizzas, too before putting it into the oven to bake. The nursery smelled lovely!
The boys and girls have shown great skills by following the instructions in the recipe, measuring out the right amount of ingredients as well as working together and sharing materials. Well done, our bakers! Hmmm, maybe we should think about having our own version of the “Great British Bake Off”…?
C: “Making pizzas!”
Working hard on our dough!
Great work, E!
Look at our dough!
J: “I’m helping to cut.”
M: “I like tomato sauce on my pizza!”
You’re being so careful with the knife, well done!
We have been exploring the story of “Three little pigs” over past few days. It has sparked good conversations about houses, what they are built out of and what shapes they might be. We decided to make our own houses for the three pigs!
M: “It’s a square!”
K: “The house is square and the roof could be triangle.”
P: “I saw a circle room where my granny lives!”
E: “Three little pigs had three houses, sure they did?!”
L: “The first house was straw, we need straw!”
We decided to build a straw house! First, we put up a structure of a house – we decided that is should be a square house with a triangle roof. The boys and girls all worked super hard together to make sure the house is sturdy so the wolf can’t blow it down! We then made the walls using big massive pieces of paper and straw! Our story will continue over the next few weeks, so look out for more houses!
N: “I like the three pigs.”
H: “I’d like to live in a brick house cause it’s safe and strong.”
P: “We could make the wolf’s footprints with paint!”
A: “The straw isn’t very strong.”
We have had so much fun over past few days! We have been celebrating Christmas by having Christmas Family Fun Day, Christmas parties and lots and lots of exciting Christmas activities! From making Elf slime, Christmas baubles, mince pies to toasting marshmallows and having Christmas sing-alongs and dance offs! Ahh what a busy few days before we finally kick our shoes off and chill out over the festive period!
And of course… SANTA CAME TO SEE US! We were so excited to have a cuddle or a high-five with our special Visitor! We even got a wee present, what a great day!
E: “This is the best party ever!”
B: “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer is my favourite song!”
J: “Where is Santa’s sleigh?!”
C: “I’m going to see Santa.”
E: “Do you know that I am on a good list this year? My Elfie told me!”
Thank you to all of the parents and families for visiting us during our Festive Family Fun Day – it was so lovely to see you all getting stuck into the activities with the boys and girls.
As we say goodbye to our Coco the Elf and all of the Christmas decorations for another year, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year. Have a safe and fun holiday everyone and we will see you in 2020!
You are all invited to our Festive Family Fun Day on Wednesday the 18th of December! There are three time slots you are able to choose from:
9am – 10am
10.30am – 11.30am
12.30am – 1.30pm
We have got a lot of Christmas activities and Christmas stations planned for you all to join in, so prepare to be busy! We can’t wait to share the festivities with everybody! See you then!
On Thursday the 19th of December we are going to celebrate by having a Christmas party! Sessions are running as normal. 🙂 Party time for boys and girls, we can’t wait!
Friday the 21st is our last day before we stop for Christmas break. The school and Early Learning and Childcare Class will close at 2.30pm that day. The door will be open for pick-up at 2.15 that afternoon.
We had a special visitor in our Early Learning and Childcare Class – Rennie the Elf! Rennie told us that he is a special elf that we can touch, cuddle and play with as Santa sent him down to play with people and children. We remember that the elves in our schools, nurseries and homes are different kinds of elves and we can’t touch them as we cannot ruin their magic!
Rennie the Elf is a special helper within Renfrewshire Council. He visits different work places and likes to help out in everyday duties and activities. He chose our Early Learning and Childcare Class as one of the places to visit during December and see what we are up to during our day! We showed Rennie around and took him with us to play away!
Keep an eye on Renfrewshire’s Facebook posts to see more photos of Rennie’s visit to our Early Learning and Childcare Class!
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