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Early Years 2022-23 Term 4 – Week 5

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We had an amazing trip to Sumburgh Airport this week!

The airport staff showed us parts or the airport including the offshore terminal part of the building where the helicopter passengers have their safety briefing and get suited up for the journey. The bairns were able to try on and explore the suits they wear and also the life jackets, the oxygen button was very popular!

We had time for snack in the newly refurbished cafe area and the bairns were presented with an activity book from the staff to keep them busy until the next part of the visit.

The highlight of the morning was the unexpected surprise of getting to go aboard a real plane and sitting in the pilot’s seat! We all got our boarding passes and headed through to departures, just as if we were heading away somewhere. We all had a think about where we could go, Orkney, Aberdeen or Lanzarote? The buttons on the plane were a bit of a temptation and I half expected us to start trundling down the runway…… Thankfully we stayed put!

The Airport fire alarm went off so we all had to head out of the building and walk up to the upper carpark for safety until we got the go ahead to return to the building. Unfortunately because of this the last group that was due to go aboard the plane didn’t have time before our bus departed but we are hoping to organise a visit so they too can have the experience also.

Transition this week has included morning break with buddies and a visit to see the P1/2 classroom and say hello to Miss Hunter. The bairns explored the room and it’s resources, seeming quite at home.

 

Fun and games with Claire and Bookbug on Wednesday included rhymes, songs and stories.

A mysterious delivery arrived at nursery this morning and the bairns were all very curious to see what was in the big red bucket!

A brown crab, green crabs, spider crabs, a big dogwhelk, sun stars, star fish, scabby mans heads,  lobster and a squat lobster were all there ready for the bairns to explore.

Hard, soft, rough, smooth, squishy, slimy, spiky, sharp, nippy and scary were all words used to describe the sea creatures. Some of the bairns held some of them on and others stood well back but lots of questions were asked and they wanted to know about them all. They were most fascinated with the star fish and sun stars as their mouth is underneath and their eyes are at the end of each leg.

 

And finally a bit of a round up of what else has taken place over the week. They are a busy bunch!

 

 

Early Years 2022-23 Term 4 – Week 4

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Playtime transition is now known as Buddy Day!  The bairns are increasing in confidence in the playground, exploring the equipment and inviting the older bairns into their play.  Miss Hunter visited again, checking in with each of the bairns, exploring their current interests.

We started out our music session with a few rounds of Everybody Do This, where one person stands up at the front and everybody copies their actions in time with the music.  Then we practiced our hand co-ordination using the benches and beaters.  We started our top secret preparation for our graduation ceremony – all will be revealed soon!  We started very slowly for Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, increasing in tempo with each round.  “Faster, faster!”  We ended with some breathing exercises, using our arms to match our breath.

We were lucky to have a visit from 20 chicks.  The bairns learned how to hold the chicks with one hand underneath and one hand on their wings to make them feel secure.  We also spoke about how you have to use gentle hands.  The bairns used descriptive words – hard feet and soft fluffy wings.  The chicks ate crumbs from the bairns’ hands.  After our discussion about gentle hands, one of the chicks fell asleep.

 

There are plenty of opportunities for the bairns to engage in technology in the setting.  The bairns often use the iPad to capture the events of the day or take selfies.  We added some resin insect blocks to the light table.  This has generated discussion around size, shape, number of legs, wings, where they come from and whether they are alive.  Early literacy encourages mark making in many forms and our LCD pads offer a new way to develop fine motor skills.  We also use the iPad to look up information – do whale sharks have teeth, gymnastics routines and frozen treats for hens.