This week in our Early Learning & Childcare Class, we have been involved in science experiments and exploring different ingredients. One of these experiments was ‘Fluffy Slime’ The ingredients we needed were glue, bicarbonate of soda, water, food colouring, activator and shaving foam.
N “Look at this rainbow inside” (when the food colouring was added)
N”That’s turning into slime” (When the glue was added)
L said “Activator” when asked what is needed now
F”It feels yucky”
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who came along and participated in our Spring Event. We appreciate you taking the time to come along and join in the fun with your child and share in their learning. All who took part were able to find all the numbered eggs and received a chocolate lolly as their prize.
“Great fun, well done everyone”
“It was great fun we enjoyed looking for the numbers”
” Lots of fun for all our family, we really enjoyed it. Nice way to spend some time in nursery – well organised ”
” Yes it was good fun”
H ” I found the number 5.”
A ” Look I found them all.”
B ” There is one in the tree.”
Can you help?…………
The children would like to ask if anyone has either battery or solar operated fairy lights, that you may no longer need, as we would like to enhance our outside story corner. We have nice mirrors to be added and the children feel some fairy lights would finish this zone.
Thank you
We had such a lot of fun on my first forest visit. We collected sticks with friends to take back to nursery. We are going to use them to make a roof on our outdoor story corner.
The children were using and learning about vocabulary relating to size.
“Look at the size of the stick I found Alison, It’s big!”
Joshua and Benjamin’s band – Great singing boys, we all enjoyed your version of ‘ I’m still standing’. The boys are really enjoying our music area especially our microphones.
Megan and Hamish – Using our hand made piano (made by the children from boxes) to play us a tune. Great imagination used to sing along to pretend music.
We are learning to write.
Nico is showing an interest in forming letters from his name, by exploring different mark making opportunities.
We have been very busy here at Williamsburgh Early Learning and Childcare Class, using the children’s suggestions and ideas to make changes to our Learning Environment. What do you think of our changes? We would welcome any feedback /suggestions of how we can further develop our zones. The staff and children have been working very hard to rezone our rooms and the outside area along with some of our parents. These changes will enhance the environment for our young learners.
Thank you to all who attended our Stay and Play Week, we hope you enjoyed seeing all that goes on and were able to participate in some of the experiences.
Williamsburgh Early Learning & Childcare Class
Stay & Play Feedback February 2019
Thank you to all the parents /carers who participated in our play session. We enjoyed having you.
16 feedback forms were completed.
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| How did you enjoy your ‘Stay & Play’ session with your child today? | 14 | 2 | 0 | |||
| How much did your child enjoy sharing their experiences with you? | 14 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Will your experience this week enable you to support your child with their learning? | Yes
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No
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| If yes, in what way?
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I feel more confident to support my child
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I know what they are learning
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I can use some of the ideas
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| Additional comments
· Good time seeing my child play and paint. · I’m happy that my child is in Williamsburgh nursery because I see how much she grows and learns and creates new friendships. · We enjoyed using the props and musical instruments to enhance the stories/songs. We will definitely do this at home. · My child loves coming to nursery. He loves all the teachers and all the variety of things to do. · My child loves coming to nursery. Staff are very welcoming and inclusive. · It was great to see my child interacting with his peers and getting to know some of the things from imaginative play that he has told me about. · My child was confident in explaining what each area of the room was for and how he used the items to learn. · Was good finding out about the play. Enjoyed using building blocks with my child. · Excellent resources and staff – had a lovely day. · Had a fab time. · My child and I always enjoy ‘stay & play’. I enjoy seeing what my child gets up to in nursery. · I know my child enjoys nursery especially when he plays with his friends and when he is outside.
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Thank you to everyone for taking the time to offer feedback.
Early Learning & Childcare Team
Just a wee reminder – please could ensure that your child has a warm jacket, gloves, hat and wellies for Forest visits. Much appreciated.
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/re/williamsburghp1blog/2019/03/05/visit-from-one-button-benny-author-alan-windram/
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 |
Please could we request that any chatterbox cards/worksheets be returned to the nursery to allow your child to pick another one and to allow other children to complete their sheet. We hope that you are continuing to enjoy working with your child to complete each card and the activity printed on the back. We would welcome your feedback – please let us know your thoughts.
The children and staff at Williamsburgh would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Sutherland (Ava’s dad) for all of his hard work and time he has spent enhancing our outside play area. Thank you also to Mr Farrell (Rhyann’s dad) who has given his time to enhance areas for the children too. We appreciate all the help they have given and we know that the children are going to benefit greatly from all the new additions in their outdoor space. We would also like to convey our thanks to Mr Connie who gave his time so generously to support the children recently at Christmas. We really appreciate that he is always willing to return to help us out.
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.
