Sound School Nursery

Hello everyone!

This weeks nursery rhymes is Doctor Foster.

Listen to Doctor Foster Went for Gloucester using the link below.

EYFS: Listen and Play – Doctor Foster went to Gloucester – BBC Teach

Listen to all the sounds and try to answer some of the questions as the presenter asks them.

Listen to the story as well.

In the story Doctor Foster makes up a rain dance. Can you make up your own rain (or snow!) dance? Have fun deciding which movements to use and how to join them altogether. We can share our snow and rain dances when we get back to nursery together!

If it is safe to do so then you might go outside to play in the snow. Can you build something using the snow? Maybe a peerie wall or a snowman?

If you are staying inside then perhaps you could build a den?

Again, we would love to see any photos of what you have been doing on our snow day. Please email the Sound Nursery email address.

Happy New Year everyone!

Our rhyme of the week for this week is Doctor Foster.

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester,
In a shower of rain.
He stepped in a puddle,
Right up to his middle,
And never went there again!

Here is a video of the nursery rhyme.

Doctor Foster | English Nursery Rhyme for Kids

As we are off nursery on Monday, you could listen to the nursery rhyme at home. Just click on the link above.

Today’s story is Zog. Click the link below to hear the story being read aloud to you.

Zog – Story Read Aloud – YouTube

It is also available on BBC iplayer as an animated film

Zog – BBC iPlayer

If anyone would like to share any photos of what they have been doing then please feel free to share them to the Sound Nursery email address; we would love to see them.

We have been having lots of fun on the bikes recently at nursery.

We have had the opportunity to go up to the multicourt in our key groups to practise our cycling.

First of all we got our helmets on and carefully wheeled our bikes through the nursery to the door!

We listened to Miss McAllister’s instructions and we spoke about how we could keep ourselves safe on our walk up to the multicourt.

We set off from the nursery, carefully wheeling our bikes down the slope.

Once we were in the middle wing playground we were able to get on our bikes and cycle up the multicourt. We had lots of fun!

This week our Rhyme of the Week is Little Miss Muffet.

Jack and Jill

Our Rhyme of the Week this week is Jack and Jill.

Jack and Jill went up the hill,

to fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown,

and Jill came tumbling after.

Up Jack got, and home did trot,

as fast as he could caper.

He went to bed, to mend his head,

With vinegar and brown paper.

This week we celebrate Maths Week Scotland in the school and nursery. We have chosen a number themed nursery rhyme for this week (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught A Fish Alive). 

One, two, three, four, five,

Once I caught a fish alive. 

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

Then I let it go again. 

Why did you let it go?

Because it bit my finger so!

Which finger did it bite?

This little finger on my right!

Each week in nursery we explore a new rhyme.

So far we have experienced the following rhymes:

• Row, Row, Row Your Boat
• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
• Humpty Dumpty

This week our rhyme is Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
It’s fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school one day
Which was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned him out,
But still he lingered near;
And waited patiently about
Till Mary did appear

“What makes the lamb love Mary so?”
The eager children cry;
“Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,”
The teacher did reply.

The whole rhyme is above, however we will probably just hear verses 1 and 2 in the nursery. The rhyme is also displayed outside the nursery door.

On Friday last week we had special and important visitors…Paramedics! We have been showing our interest in emergency services for weeks now so this was very exciting and we learned lots.

When the paramedics arrived we gathered in group to hear about their uniform and learn about some of the tools they use such as stethoscope, electrocardiogram and the EMS bag. We got to explore and try some of the equipment, some of us were happy to get bandages on our limbs too.

Went outside to the ambulance. We stood back to see how the ramp was lowered for a stretcher or wheelchair to get on board. We got to take turns on the chair. It felt a bit funny being leaned backwards while on a chair but paramedics help us so we were great at trusting them.

Inside the ambulance we explored the stretcher and all the resources that are kept inside.

Finally we got to see the blue lights flash and heard how loud the siren was. When the lights flash blue it’s an emergency.

Following their visit we have been inspired to role play paramedics, hospitals and emergencies. Here’s some quotes from our play…. “Sorry you need to stay in here for 1000 days.” “I feel sleepy.” “We need to get the germs off.” “He bumped his head.” “I can be a nurse.” “Do you need an injection?” “There’s a baby in my belly.” “Put on the oxygen mask.”

A HUGE thank you to Emma and Helen for taking time to visit us and teach us so much about the job that they do.

We hope everyone has a lovely Spring break 🙂

The start of a new year has seen us full of celebration! January at Sound ELC and Primary is an exciting time as we prepare for, and celebrate the festival of Up Helly Aa. Through our play, and during some staff led activities, we have been given opportunities to learn some facts about Vikings and how Up Helly Aa is celebrated.

We have listened to stories about Viking characters, looked at magazines from past Up Helly Aa celebrations, learned some words to sing along to the Galley Song and shared an Up Helly Aa Bookbug session with Mrs Hutcheson. Through engaging with songs, stories and books in these ways we learn that books have meaning and can link text to real life contexts.

Books are great for stimulating different types of role play too. We have taken part in lots of Viking imaginary play in our very own galley and through construction and dressing up. Taking part in play like this develops our communication skills in listening, talking, explaining and describing and our collaborative skills as we discuss our play and create different scenarios together. Our imaginary play extended to the water tray and junk modelling where we played with boats in water and some of us built our own.

Our teachers noticed our creativity in junk modelling and so helped us create shields, axes and Vikings using art and craft resources, challenging us to explore shape, line and colour as well as develop our scissor skills.

We were excited to be visited by the Junior Up Helly Aa squad and were able to show off some of our creations and sing the Up Helly Aa songs with them. A big adult Viking came to say hello too. We were interested in his costume, his shield and axe. We got to hold some shields and try on a Viking helmet that Mrs Smith kindly brought in. They were very heavy! Vikings must have been strong.

We were also very lucky that we got a trip to see the real long ship in the Galley shed. What a wonderful morning we had. We learned more about Up Helly Aa by watching a video and more about how the long ship was built. Going on trips helps us learn about staying safe when using transport and develops our awareness of our local community too.

What an exciting time January has been.