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November 23, 2024
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Road Safety Week

The children enjoyed taking part in a variety of activities for Road Safety Week.

We got ready for our road safety walk by making sure that we were dressed in warm, winter clothes before putting on a Hi-Viz vest.

‘We need our boots today.’

‘The cars will see my yellow vest.’

 

When leaving the nursery, we made sure that everyone was holding their partner’s hand. There was some snow on the pavements so we walked carefully and took our time.

‘A slushy puddle.’

 

Before crossing Gilbertson Road, we followed the Green Cross Code by stopping at the kerb before looking and listening for traffic.

‘Wait, I can hear a car.’

‘We can cross the road now.’

 

When it was safe to cross, we held hands and crossed the road while remembering to keep looking and listening.

‘No cars are coming.’

 

On our way back to the nursery, we noticed the words – Stop, Look and Listen on the pavement next to the school.

‘The words tell us what to do.’

 

At together time, we met Ziggy who is the Road Safety Scotland mascot. Mrs Goodlad read a story about Ziggy learning to cross the road safely with the lollipop lady. We then learned a new action song which reminded us to use our eyes and ears before using our toes to cross the road.

 

The children also enjoyed playing interactive online games on the Road Safety Scotland website.

Go Safe with Ziggy – Road Safety Scotland

 

November 19, 2024
by Mrs Sawkins
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Halloween Party

Halloween Party

       

Everyone had lots of fun at our Nursery Halloween party! Some children enjoyed dressing up in costumes from home or tried various dressing up costumes available to use at Nursery. They demonstrated team work and developed their turn taking and listening skills whilst playing various group games including corners, musical statues and pass the pumpkin.

November 17, 2024
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Story and Rhyme of the Week

Week Beginning: 18th November 2024

Our story of the week is Ziggy and the Lollipop by Lynda Kennedy.

Click on the link below to view and listen to the story.

Our rhyme of the week is Stop, Look and Listen (to the tune of Ten Green Bottles).

Stop, look and listen before you cross the road,

Stop, look and listen before you cross the road,

Use your eyes and your ears before you use your toes,

Stop, look and listen before you cross the road.

November 15, 2024
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Nursery Rhyme Week

The children have engaged in a variety of activities relating to World Nursery Rhyme Week. They really enjoyed listening to our story of the week, Dear Mother Goose written by Michael Rosen. In the book, several well-known nursery rhyme characters write to Mother Goose asking for help with their problems. Mother Goose writes back with humorous advice for each character which is revealed by lifting the flaps on each page.

 

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

The children consolidated their understanding of positional language when placing a star finger puppet in different locations throughout the nursery.

‘In the basket.’

‘On the shelf.’

‘Behind the bin.’

‘Under the table.’

‘Between the tables.’

 

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

The children enjoyed using instruments when signing Old MacDonald Had a Farm. A different instrument was chosen for each animal sound and a clapping rhythm was used when singing E I E I O.

‘Making music is fun!’

‘Can we sing it faster?’

 

The Big Ship Sails

The children engaged in imaginative role-play while using the boat’s oars to go on seafaring adventures.

‘We are pirates looking for treasure.’

‘A shark is coming!’

‘The waves are getting bigger.’

The children also worked together to build boats of different shapes and sizes using the wooden blocks.

 

Incy Wincy Spider

The children had great fun playing with Incy Wincy Spider in the water tray. They washed a plastic spider out of a pipe while singing the nursery rhyme.

‘Incy is stuck in the pipe.’

‘Fill the bottle with more water.’

 

Five Currant Buns

The children practised number recognition and counting when placing currants into numbered baking cases. They also enjoyed making buns and rolling currants using playdough.

‘I made a big bun.’

‘1, 2 , 3 currants on my bun.’

November 9, 2024
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World Nursery Rhyme Week

Week Beginning: 11th November 2024

Our story of the week is Dear Mother Goose by Michael Rosen.

Click on the link below to listen to the story.

 

World Nursery Rhyme Week was launched in 2013 and is taking place this year from the 11th to 15th November. It promotes the importance of nursery rhymes in early childhood development and education. Nursery rhymes are excellent teaching tools and can help to develop skills in literacy and numeracy in addition to contributing to social, physical and emotional wellbeing.

This year’s ‘Rhyme a Day’ challenge will focus on each of the rhymes below:

  • Twinkle Twinkle
  • Old Macdonald
  • The Big Ship Sails
  • Incy Wincy Spider
  • Five Currant Buns

November 2, 2024
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Story and Rhyme of the Week

Week Beginning: 4th November 2024

Our story of the week is Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman.

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Our rhyme of the week is Five Little Aliens Are Sitting on the Stars.

Five little aliens are sitting on the stars.
The first one said, “Let’s go to Mars.”
The second one said, “There are rockets in the air.”
The third one said, “But we don’t care.”
The fourth one said, “Let’s go up in the sky.”
The fifth one said, “Let’s fly, fly, fly.
Then swish went the ship into the night
And the five little aliens flew out of sight!

October 27, 2024
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Story and Song of the Week

Week Beginning: 28th October 2024

Our Story of the week is Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson.

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Our song of the week is Halloween Zoom, Zoom, Zoom.  Click on the link below to sing along to the song.

October 10, 2024
by Mrs Tait
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Free School Meals

Free school meal holiday payments for the October holidays will be paid in your bank account on Fri 11th Oct.

 

If you have a child attending an ELC setting, and you are in receipt of the Housing element of Universal credit or council tax reduction and have not already applied for your Free School Meals, please visit our website online.

 

EMA, Bursaries and Financial Support – Shetland Islands Council

October 6, 2024
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Story and Song of the Week

Week Beginning: 7th October 2024

Our story of the week is I Am Bat by Morag Hood.

Click on the link below to view and listen to the story being read by the author.

Our song of the week is Five Little Bats.  Click on the link below to sing along to the song.

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