With the super weather at the start of the week, we have been able to be outside to speak about our world around us.  We managed to have an outside registration one morning and stayed outside having more physical play time with a variety of obstacle course objects, chalkboards, water tray, bikes, hoops and space hoppers.  The children were able to explore some risks while climbing up on and jumping down from the cable reels.  We looked at bigger numbers this week on the large number square mat.

Some of the children were interested in the large ship that has been in Dales Voe recently, so we looked at some photos that Lisa shared, and learned that this was the largest crane ship in the world.  It had taken legs from an oil rig ashore to Lerwick, to be disposed of safely.  The ship is called the Pionneering Spirit.  We spoke a lot about the jobs that people do on boats and oil rigs, why we need oil and what happens when an oil rig comes to the end of its life.  The children had lots of big questions and were interested in finding out more.

We had a caddy lamb visit us this week, which the children and staff were delighted with.  The lamb was wearing a nappy and took time out of their busy day to play with us in the nursery setting.  They explored the peerie house, the music station and enjoyed a feed from their bottle.

Linda has been starting to speak about planting some pea seeds with the children this week.  They have been soaking in water and getting bigger in size.  When they start to grow shoots they will be ready to plant.  We are keeping an eye out to see the changes that happen.

Meg has been looking at bar graphs with children this week.  We have started to speak about how we can find out information from bar graphs.  We have spoken about the number of children that come to nursery each day, and will look at how that information is put into a bar graph.  We will also be making a bar graph to find out which colour of eyes is the most common in our nursery class.

The exciting news for this week’s transition activities, is that we found out who everyone going into P1 after summer will have as their “buddy” (current P6 children).  The buddies came on a walk this week, met the children in P1 for a play, and also met the children in nursery for a play.  This is helpful for after summer, as the buddies will look out for the children in the playground when they start P1.

We have played inside and outside with our friends, buddies and adults this week.  We have asked lots of questions and improved our skills in such a lot of different ways.  We follow the interests of the children to help us plan for their next steps in learning.  We have had such a lot of fun.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!