Jack has Arrived!

This week we have been enjoying the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We even have our very own beanstalk for Jack to climb, but we haven’t found the giant yet.

We have also been developing our mathematical vocabulary by comparing objects around ELC. We are getting very good at ordering objects according to their size.

Every day we are practising recognising our names in print, to help us understand that print has meaning. We can now use our self-registration board all by ourselves and we have even started finding our name stickers in our colour group folders, which we put on our artwork.

We have practised our fine motor skills by cutting and sticking tissue paper, to make these beautiful autumn leaves.

We have also being thinking about what makes us feel respected. We talked about how we like to be listened to and taken seriously. We also thought about how important it is to share with each other and take turns to show that we respect each other.

Staff in our ELC are skilled at encouraging all our children to lead their learning. An important part of this is encouraging  children to talk about their learning through questions.

We are continuing to try new foods and enjoy healthy snacks in ELC. These watermelon lollies were delicious!

Finally, we would like to say a huge ‘Thank you’ for all your positive feedback during the parental phone calls this week. It is lovely to hear that our children are sharing at home just how much they are enjoying all the learning opportunities in ELC.

 

 

 

 

Autumn is Here!

We have had a very Autumnal week in Kingsland ELC and we have loved collecting leaves to make our very cute Hedgehogs. We are very proud of our colourful collage artwork!

We have been learning about fruit and vegetables in our Harvest area and we are enjoying eating fruit and vegetables at snack and lunch times.

 

 

 

 

We have painted a beautiful  tree on one of our windows and we used our hand prints to create the autumn leaves. We talked about leaf colours and textures and what happens to some leaves in Autumn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another special tree in the nursery is our ‘Little Voices Tree’. We are hanging special leaves from the branches to share what we enjoy about nursery.

We all love sharing stories and we have particularly loved Percy the Park Keeper and stories about animals this week.

Our marvellous Mud Kitchen has moved! There was great excitement about this, especially when we saw slugs and woodlice underneath where it had been.  It is now in a lovely corner next to our Clematis arch.

We love sharing our learning with our families . We now have another outdoor board, so we can share more information about our day with you and staff are always available to  you at drop off and pick up, if you would like more information.

Your feedback is very important to us at Kingsland ELC and we really appreciate your comments. Thank you to everyone who has so far left ideas and  feedback  to the question ‘How do we know our children lead their play and learning?’ If you were not able to share your ideas and feedback this week and would like us to send a comments slip home for you, with your child, please just let a member of staff know.

Being Me With Dug

Dug is a little white dog who usually lives at Education Scotland. He is travelling all over Scotland visiting different ELCs and today he arrived in Kingsland! He explored the playroom. He liked playing in the water area! We are going to do some planting in ELC so we made a list and  Dug visited Harbro to buy the plants. We will help him learn about what plants need to grow.

You can find out what Dug has been up to over on his own website- click here to visit Dug’s Discovery Den

Cool Coat Trick

We are having lots of rainy and blustery weather this week! In ELC we learn to put on our own coats to keep us warm and cosy when playing outdoors. Here is Mrs Martin to show you her amazing magic trick that makes putting on your coat easy peasy! Give it a go at home!

Outdoor Learning- helping our local birds

The RSPB is an organisation that helps protect birds and the places that they live, their “habitats”.

From the 29 – 31 January the RSPB organise an event called the Big Garden Birdwatch. People all over the country are asked to enjoy an hour watching nature and count the birds that they see in their garden, local park or from their balcony. Once people have counted the birds that they see they submit their findings online at rspb.org.uk/birdwatch. This information is used to help monitor which birds are doing well and which birds need some help. It helps the RSPB plan what next steps we all need to take to help protect birds and their habitats.

Why not get involved with your family?If you would like to take part you can simply register online and you can download an identification chart. Primary 1 could use their bird spotter guide form their Book Bug bag.

Here is Mrs Collins from Primary One to tell you more:

Download an idenification chart or look at the CBBC website to find out more about some of the birds you might see Bird Spotting Guide

We would love to see any photos that you might take either bird watching or helping the birds.

A Haggis Adventure!

At this time of year in Scotland we celebrate Burns Night to remember the famous poet Robert Burns. People like to listen to poems and songs, dance to Scottish music and eat special food, including haggis.

We have a special challenge for you to try all about haggis- watch the video below then look at the pictures underneath to find out more!

 

A Haggis Hunt
You could make a haggis from an old potato and add bits and pieces for the arms, legs and eyes!

 

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