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Wednesday 25th October 2017

Welcome back!

We were all happy to be back at nursery.

Wax candle pictures.

We can write our names on our pictures.

We have started our topic on light and dark.

We played outside between the showers. We saw some nice rainbows with all of the colours in them.

We had some good rhythms going on.

Lots of pouring and filling int the sparkly water tray.

The nursery band.

Which nut fits on to which bolt?

We can match up numbers to dots.

“Pigs digger.”

 

“Look I can mak it spin!”

Staff: “Do you want to write your name in the soap?”

Bairns: “No, we just want to make a mess!”

“Messy hands!”

Fairy lights in the dark den.

“See how strong we are.”

We made up a cleaning song while cleaning the windows.

*Reminder: show and tell for tomorrow is “something from the holidays.”*

Friday 6th October 2017

Today we have had a French themed fun day!

We started with French breakfast.

We made the Eiffel Tower with spaghetti and marshmallows.

We made Cockerels. The cockerel the national animal of France. 🇫🇷

We learned a French song.

We had a competition to see which tower would stand up the longest.

We learned some French playground games.

We have all had great fun working in our groups.

Happy holidays. See you all from the 25th of October onwards!

Thursday 5th October 2017

What a windy day. There was lots of outside play today but not so many pictures. We spent a long time in Primary 1-3 while they were out on a trip.

Matching numbers, counting and drawing.

Sharing the pins and hammers.

“Snap, snap”

Using careful hand eye coordination.

We made a car wash for the trucks.

Playing with number mats and being pirates.

We listened to some new songs and joined in with old favourites. Here we are singing 5 little monkeys.

We listened to Oi frog and Megs Veg.

Making a fruit salad in Primary 1.

We found lots of letters and numbers in Primary 1-3.

We are great helpers.

We took turns to hold he puppets and sing some nursery rhymes.

Twinkle, twinkle is ones of our favourites. What is yours?

Wednesday 4th October 2017

Lots of visiting today.

Sharing the outdoor space with Primary 1-3.

“Snap!”

  

Mixing, chopping and stirring. Making ice cream.

Choosing flavours and flakes.

Sorting out the money for the parlour.

Washing our sand toys.

We had a trip to Primary 1-3 and they came to visit our room.

Number games on the big board.

We have borrowed the duplo from P 1-3.

Friday 29th September 2017

What a windy day!

Playing a game on th iPad. Choosing characters and dressing them up.

Some children from Primary 1 and 2 came to join us.

Parking the cars in the garage.

Helping us to learn to count.

Washing the dishes.

Making icecreams for everyone. Asking what they wanted and making it just right.

“How much does it cost?”

Even the crocodile wanted an ice cream.

We even managed to get outside for a run.

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Some tap, tap, tapping with the little hammers.

Tuesday 26th September 2017

It was a day for visitors today, Elizabeth was back for more toothbrushing and Joy came for African drumming.

Mrs Marshall spent some time in nursery this morning. We helped her with her counting.

Brushing teeth.

Singing an African song.

Show and Tell (or Fun and Tell as Leah calls it!). We had to bring something yellow today. We also sang ‘Wind the bobbin up’.

We played outside with the primary bairns.

We went up to the garden. We picked a tomato 🍅 in the greenhouse to share and pulled up carrots. We each took a carrot 🥕 home.

It’s a good job we put our boots on, the tattie patch had been dug over and we enjoyed jumping around on it.

Caroline’s’ cat came to visit us too.

We watched the ferry load up a van and a truck and then watched it leave. We waved and the captain tooted the horn for us.

Reuben took this photo of his friend.

‘Look at me!’

 

Monday 25th September 2017

Today has been about water play, counting, painting and using our energy!

We sorted the pom poems with tweezers.

“I like drumming.”

“Can we draw a cat?”

We needed an ear for Elmer’s friend on the wall display so we painted one with our feet.

Foot spa-with fish!

Cooking and eating in the playhouse.

Painting ice creams for the ice cream parlour.

Focus on counting. Can you put the right number of pom poms in each cup?

Lottie brought in some balloons. We had great fun throwing, catching and batting them. Lori took a picture of the bairns playing.

We read that story of The Tiger Who Came To Tea. Mrs Marshall brought in a tiger puppet. It tried to eat all of our snack.

We all did some great tooth brushing with Elizabeth from the childsmile team.

Friday 22nd September 2017

An outside, inside, outside day!

The sand was still wet and sticky.

We found a wiggly worm and put it in the bug hotel.

Talking about what the vehicle is and where it is going.

Using something new to make pictures.

Discussing who lives in the castle.

Making a friend for Elmer.

An Elmer story at snack time.

Playing out instruments outside, even a little bit of marching too.

Sharing the lego and taking turns.

Measuring and filling.

Lots of running in the wind.

Playing number games with the parachute. How many times can we go around? Using a die to count how many balls to put on the chute and try to keep up.

Matching the pieces to make a man from the picture.

More building.

A pirate and a spiderman pirate shared the wheel.

Lots of hand eye coordination being used.

Pirate burgers!

“It’s pink juice.”

Weaving the strings.

Tuesday 19th September 2017

More clatch today!

We made moon sand with 4 cups of sand, 2 cups of cornflour, some water and lots of gold glitter.

We dressed up and played at being firefighters after the toy dragon set the pirate ship alight. Joey discovered the fire extinguisher could be filled with water and everyone had a good time squirting it. We set the timer on the iPad to help us take turns.

 

Some of the other dressing up clothes were used today too.

We are still enjoying working together to make tall towers.

We looked at the colours and number patterns on the dominoes.

Ball balancing!

Joy was back for some more African drumming.

Video of our drumming:

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We danced like different African animals.

“I’m painting a picture for Mam.”

We added water to the sandpit to make a “muddy puddle” for the truck to go in.

We chose whether to do show and tell or go up to the garden today.

Monkeys in a tree (complete with sound effects).

Turn taking at being the ice cream seller. Lots of flavours, including melon and chocolate chip!

 

REMINDER – The play van is here from 10-12 tomorrow, all under fives welcome.