In May some of us had a trip to the Folk Festival at Mareel. We went on the bus and had lots of fun listening to different instruments, songs and dancing together.
Folk Festival
A trip to the movies!
Some of us went on a trip to Mareel to see some short films for young children. We had so much fun going on the bus and sitting in the big seats!
Winter Play
Our provision changes with the seasons and the interests of the children in nursery. Through the winter months play and learning was often based around the weather and different conditions we had, exploring ice, frost and snow. Play often revolved around the gritter and making different machines like a snow plough out of loose parts.
Children spent time exploring shapes relating to Christmas, decorations and food around this celebration, we held a winter themed stay and play where many families joined us for some crafting and snacks.
Later we celebrated the Fire Festival with a visit from the Jarl Squad, lots of rich learning took place related to what children knew and wanted to find out. Crafting of shields, axes, costumes and galleys continued all year! Lots of children joined in with singing sessions of the Up Helly Aa songs and squad special songs. We found out about Chinese New Year and saw lots of people dressed up and having a parade, just like we have for the Fire Festival and Up Helly Aa.
Play at Scalloway Nursery
We had a busy Term 1. Settling into routines, making new friends and exploring the setting.
Outdoor Activities
This term we have had some visitors to share our outdoor areas. Outdoor learning teacher Kate Hookham showed us how to make dens with our equipment. Then we had two little visitors who we even got to feed. It was so much fun! We have made kites, played in the rain, made shadow drawings on sunny days, explored with numbers, shapes and letters, hunted for minibeasts for our bug hotel and been on so many walks!
We all took part in our sports day and went to the P1-3 sports day to cheer on our friends too.
Drumming fun!
We have been taking part in group drumming sessions with Joy Duncan. Exploring music and sound through drumming. Learning new songs and how to play African drums. Joy encouraged us to have a try and always have fun whilst listening and following instructions. We loved our drumming and dancing.
Some comments from the children:
Drumming is cool.
Sometimes we hit them and sometimes we didna.
We did dancing too.
I liked the drumming best.
It was so loud!
It was loud and it was quiet.
It was fun.
Fire Festival and Up Helly Aa 2025
We loved seeing the Jarl Squad and the galley. We sang songs, marched around, dressed up, made torches, axes and hats and watched videos of the galley burning too. Then we used the interactive whiteboard to watch what happened in Lerwick. We saw some of our friends in the Jarl Squad there too, it was so exciting!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Thank you to those of you who were able to join us for our Stay and Play Christmas sessions. We were able to share snack and make Christmas biscuits and crafts. Grown ups joined in with play around the setting to see what we do everyday.
There will be another Stay and Play in the summer which we hope some of you will be able to join us for.
We have been on some Christmas walks to see the decorations around the village. We have heard lots of Christmas stories and songs and made lots of Christmas crafts.
Happy Christmas Everyone!
Welcome back!
We have had a very busy start to the term at Scalloway Early Years, here is a snapshot of all the things we have been doing in the first few weeks back.
A time for getting to know new friends and catching up with old ones, learning all about nursery and everyone here.
Sporty Fun!
We had such a busy day at Fraser Park. We ran, jumped, hopped, balanced and danced. It was lots of fun and it was great to have so many families join us. We even had some helpers from Primary 6 too, thanks to them for being so kind, caring and supportive.
After a little snack break it was time for our grown ups to do some racing and we all enjoyed cheering for them!
