Outdoor Play (Monday-Friday)

During our outdoor play this week, the bairns have looked after the polycrub, created sandcastles, played What’s the Time Mr Wolf and Duck Duck Goose, made nature bracelets using masking tape, had a quick play at the playpark, said hello to their school friends, created their own ink using ground up items from the garden, threaded leaves and stalks through the wire at the old hen house, done lots of climbing and digging and built dens.

Music (Friday)

The bairns moved their bodies to the rhythm of the music, followed the beat using their hands, copied their friend’s moves in Everybody Do This and showed us how monsters dance.  There was also time for a quick Head Shoulders Knees and Toes before we lay down to listen for the Zen bowl.

Learning Through Landscapes (Friday)

We began our Learning Through Landscapes sessions this week and the weather was in our favour.  Before setting off, we gathered on the grass outside the school to go over the basics and explain a bit of the background to the programme, which was developed with deprived areas in mind to help parents explore the outdoors for free.  Our setting was chosen to deliver these sessions following the team’s engagement with In-Service training last year.

We made our explore sticks ready by wrapping sticks with masking tape to gather treasures that we found on our way.  When the group arrived at the burn, they began by setting out the markers showing the boundaries and where it was safe to play.  Everyone worked together to set up a shelter.  There was time for free play and an activity called Hapa Zome which comes from Japan and involves creating designs on fabric using natural materials and a mallet.  After snack it was time to pack up and head back to nursery to share about our adventure.  “I liked the thing with the hammers cos it was so beautiful.”  The bairns were keen to share what they learned with their peers.  They explained how to make the Hapa Zome prints and their friends had a turn at making their own too.

Play and Learning (Monday-Friday)

Here is a selection of our play and learning from the remainder of the week.  The bairns have been engaged in different forms of mark-making, finding out about bugs, reading stories and creating their own games.