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November 26, 2018

We’re going on a Nutcracker hunt!

The boys and girls had a fantastic idea to go for a walk to find the Nutcrackers! We wrapped up warm in our jackets, gloves and hats and off we went! We all followed our safety rules when walking on the pavement and crossing the road – we counted down from 5 to wake up the green man! We arrived in the Piazza to be welcomed by a very tall Nutcracker, who pointed us in the direction of our Paisley Nutcracker Trail map to help us find out where the other Nutcrackers are hiding! We took a little walk through High Street and Paisley Centre to find not one, not two but three Nutcrackers! We decided we would come back another day to discover the rest of them as it was very chilly and we were all getting tired after our long trip! Well done to all the boys and girls for fantastic walking all the way to Paisley Centre and back, thumbs up for you all!

A: “It’s the Nutcracker King!”
P: “Look, he’s hiding behind the toys!”
R: “Nutcrackers come out for Christmas time, but it’s not Christmas time yet!”
N: “We found 4 already!”
J: “Let’s keep our eyes opened to find them.”

November 20, 2018

“You can’t stop the power of play”

Who knew wooden blocks and planks of wood could be so many things?! The boys and girls have been so creative with their play, both outside and inside! We have all been working very hard together to create lots of different things using simple resources – we love your great imagination! We also absolutely love how the boys and girls have been working together, including one another in their play, exchanging ideas, problem solving and, of course, helping each other! The older boys and girls have been very kindly making sure that the younger girls and boys are alright and taking them under their wing in their play, how fantastic!

The boys and girls have built cars, slides, ramps, car parks, weights and even dens! And we all have new ideas every single day, how exciting!

P: “We’re going to build a slide.”
N: “It’s too low, it won’t slide!”
J: “You can climb on it too, but you need to be very careful.”
L: “It’s great teamwork!”
G: “I’m building a new car for my friend D and it’s going to be a surprise.”
J: “My car has got two steering wheels.
G: “Do you want to help me build it?”
M: “Musimy teraz posprzatac.”

November 15, 2018

Dear parents and carers!

We know how rewarding being a parent/carer is, but sometimes it can be very challenging too! We are inviting you to our Triple P sessions to talk all about parenting!

Please click on the picture below to view the details:

November 9, 2018

Let’s vote!

We have had lots and lots of fantastic ideas for our large group activities this week! On one of the days, we couldn’t quite decide what game to play with everybody, but… Do not fear! One of the children had a brilliant idea to make a voting station! We decided to use two different colours of buttons and voting tubes, WOW! Every day we had a choice of two different stories, games, songs, physical activities, even Twiggle made an appearence! There was something different everyday and something fun for everybody!

While casting a vote, the boys and girls were using fabuluous mathematical language! We were talking about which tube has got more buttons and which tower is taller before counting the votes to find out what activity won that particular day! The boys and girls have had so much fun, they’ve been asking to “make a vote” everyday they come in to the nursery! One of the children even suggested that maybe next week we could have FOUR options to vote from… Now, we think that is a fantastic idea!

R: “What did you vote for?”
B: “Which story did you choose?”
A: “Can I count the buttons?”
G: “We need to count the buttons to see which one has got more inside!”
R: “I think the blue one is taller than red.”
S: “The blue one has got less buttons.”
I: “I can’t wait to have four games to choose from!”

November 7, 2018

Dear parents and carers!

Just a wee reminder about warm clothes in our cold Scottish weather. As the boys and girls have continuous access to our outdoor area on a daily basis, we are kindly asking that children come to nursery with appropriate warm clothing, ie warm jackets, gloves, scarves and hats, if possible.

Your co-operation is greatly appreciated, thank you!

November 6, 2018

Stay & Play feedback

We would like to thank everyone for joining in in our October Stay and Play sessions, where you had an opportunity to see how exciting and fun our everyday learning is. The feedback we got from you is very positive and greatly appreciated. Please click on the picture below to view gathered information about our Stay and Play.

We would also like to thank you for taking the time to have a look at some of our Policies.

Remember, we have got an Open Door policy – you can pop in anytime, just let us know! We can’t wait to see you again!

November 1, 2018

Forest Kindergarten

The boys and girls have been so excited about exploring our local park! We decided that today we would wrap up warm, put our wellies on and go for a walk to Barshaw Park!

When we entered the park, we noticed that it was very quiet… There were barely any people there, but us!

G: “It’s very quiet today, it’s usually busy.”
L: “There aren’t even many dogs!”

It seemed that we had the park to ourselves and we made the most out of it! We went on a hunt for Autumn treasures – we found lots of leaves of different colours, twigs, sticks, but… We couldn’t find any conkers!

O: “I can’t see any conkers!”
SB: “It’s because the squirrels ate them!”
G: “Look, I’ve found an eaten conker!”

WOW, what a great discovery! We also found golden leaves, green leaves, orange leaves and brown leaves! We decided that they’re all lying on the floor because the trees are getting ready for winter time.

After our hunt, we had a lovely picnic! We re-charged our batteries with healthy fruit and a drink of milk and water. When we were sitting down, we noticed that we were getting more and more cold…

L: “It’s because it’s foggy today.”
H: “It’s very cold!”
L: “I’m as cold as an ice-cube!”

We decided to do some excercise and run about for a while to warm up! The boys and girls were noticing the change in their bodies caused by excercise – we were getting warmer, our cheeks were becoming red and our hearts were beating faster and faster. We all know that excercise makes us strong and healthy. We all had so much fun at the Forest Kindergarten today, we can’t wait to go back!

(Can you please ensure that your child has got wellies and warm clothing including hats, scarves and gloves, so your child is warm and comfortable and enjoys their Forest Kindergarten experience. Thank you.)

October 12, 2018

Stay and Play

This week has been a fun week for all of us – our mums, dads, brothers, sisters and other members of our family were invited to stay at our nursery! We were very excited to show them all of the toys that we like to play with and explore! Some of the mums and dads helped us build towers, paint pictures and read our favourite stories. It was a great opportunity for our families to see us in our early years environment and share the learning with us too! We all agreed that we would love to have our families back again to play and learn with us.

We would like to thank you all for taking your time to visit your children at nursery. We received a lot of positive feedback, which we greatly appreciate.

“Lovely seeing S play and learn in nursery.”
“Fun to see what J does at nursery everyday.”
“Great seeing how R played and the things she could do. Staff were very helpful with my baby, thank you very much.”
“Thank you for providing this opportunity. Loved seeing O in the nursery environment. It gave me the chance to read the information on the walls also, all of which was very useful.”

October 5, 2018

Handa’s Surprise!

The boys and girls have been talking about different tropical fruit including a coconut and a pineapple! The conversations led us to a story called “Handa’s Surprise”. Together we watched the story on a smartboard and listened to the story read by Alison before we acted it out! We learned new names for animals and fruit that come from Africa. We even looked for Africa on our big map!

Some of the boys and girls have heard this story before and were fantastic at recalling the characters and events from the book – for example, that at the end of the story, the basket was full of oranges!

D: “Zebra is taking the orange!”
SB: “There are three fruit in the basket now.”
C: “The giraffe likes pineapple.”
I: “The parrot liked the passion fruit.”
G: “There are no fruit in the basket now!”
J: “That’s “Handa’s Surprise”! She’s got a basket of fruit on her head!”
A: “Monkey took the banana, look!”
J: “Handa stays in a hot country, because we don’t have elephants here.”

Some of the boys and girls said they have never tried or seen some of the fruits from the story, so we decided to go on a trip to Tesco. We bought a few different kinds of tropical fruit and tasted them in the nursery, what a fantastic idea!

G: “There’s juice in the coconut, I can hear it!”
J: “I think there is milk inside this shell.”
G: “My daddy tried to open a coconut with a knife but he couldn’t because it was too hard!”
C: “I like the watermelon the most.”
E: “The pineapple is jaggy.”
R: “Watermelon is heavier than the pineapple.”

Some boys and girls had a brilliant idea…

O: “I can put a basket with fruit on my head too!”

Well… I think it would be great if we could try this next week! We are looking forward to seeing how far we can go with a basket of fruit balancing on our heads!

If you would like to hear “Handa’s Story” at home with your wee ones, click on the picture below:

October 1, 2018October 2, 2018

Stay and Play week

The week beginning on Monday the 8th of October is our week for Stay and Play sessions. This is a great opportunity for you – parents and families, to visit your child in the nursery to see what we’ve been learning about and what we’ve been exploring! We are in the process of changing the layout of both of our rooms and adding new resources, so it’s a great chance for you all to see what is different!

These are the dates for the parents and families to visit our nursery:

Monday 8th of October – Orange group and Green group
Tuesday the 9th of October – Red group
Wednesday the 10th of October – Blue group and Purple group
Thursday the 11th of October – Yellow group
Friday the 12th of October – Green group and Orange group

Check out our screen for further information.

We are looking forward to spending some time with you! See you then!