Early Years – 23.05.2022

May 26, 2022 Mrs Malcolmson Leave a comment

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We had a visit from Childsmile this week to apply flouride varnish. As part of their visit, Childsmile used puppets to show what would happen during the application. The bairns were given special glasses to protect their eyes from the light. There were a few interesting faces after the varnish had been applied!

The children have been interested in doctor role play. In order to extend this interest, we provided specific related resources which have been used to listen to heartbeats, bandage broken legs and give injections.

The bairns going to P1 after the summer holidays visited the P1-2 classroom and outdoor area. This provided another opportunity to find out about the resources on offer, explore the environment and catch up with friends.

Early Years – 16.05.2022

May 20, 2022 Mrs Malcolmson Leave a comment

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What a glorious week of weather and we’ve made the most of it, including celebrating World Outdoor Classroom Day with a trip to the beach.

A circuit game was added to the loose parts table which generated discussion on electricity, connections, power, batteries and jobs related to electricity.

We also took delivery of our new picnic benches and have enjoyed snack outside every day this week. The bairns have also found them useful for table top games and included them into their imaginative play by pretending they are school desks.

Early Years – 09.05.22

May 13, 2022 Mrs Malcolmson Leave a comment

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The bairns have been engaged in lots of gross motor activity this week and we’ve seen jumps in the style of rockets, superheroes and ballerinas.

We love that the bairns love books. We are often asked to read stories but the bairns also choose to take books to cosy spots related to their play, sharing with their friends.

The bairns have been busy adding the plants donated by the Salvation Army to the our polycrub. We’re excited to see how they grow. The bairns also noticed that our strawberries needed to get a bit bigger and red before we can enjoy them.

A popular activity this week involved outdoor painting using daubers and roller bottles. There was a rainbow of colours on display, with each bairn individually expressing their own creativity through their art.

Early Years 02.05.2022

May 6, 2022 Mrs Malcolmson 1 Comment

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We’ve reached the end of another exciting week which has seen exploration of daffodils and meeting some new furry friends.

The bairns have engaged in lots of daffodil activities, from viewing their composition through a microscope, grinding them with a pestle and mortar, smelling them in the local community to painting them from a mirror image.

During a walk to the muddy puddle place, the bairns had a look around the recently completed Salvation Army polycrub. The bairns shared their experiences of growing in our polycrub and gave tips on removing greenfly. The Salvation Army was very kind to bring us a donation of vegetable seedlings.

We were very lucky to have some caddy lambs visit the nursery garden. The bairns fed them milk from bottles and also had lots of cuddles.

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