Reading and a visit to the Library Van (Monday-Friday)

The bairns love a story!  Through free play, the bairns can choose to have a story or find out information from a book at any time.  We visit the library van regularly and the bairns choose books based on their interests.  During this visit, the bairns chose books about animals, dinosaurs and an interactive peekaboo book.  “I picked that one cos my friend likes dinosaurs.”

Motor Skills (Monday-Friday)

The bairns decided to make a jumping platform in the outdoor room using the large hollow blocks.  They worked together to make sure it was safe by making it double width and stable.  They explored different movements including jumping, sliding, rolling and reaching.  Motor skill development is essential for building flexibility, agility and confidence.  Other ways that the bairns develop their motor skills include playdough, model making and movement.

South Mainland Up Helly Aa Shields (Tuesday-Thursday)

We are in the heart of getting ready for SMUHA.  The bairns chose to decorate their shields with fire, using red, orange and yellow paint.  When these were dry, they added black paint to the centre of their shield and used different sized marbles to move the paint around inside a basin.