{"id":255,"date":"2026-09-11T15:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whalsayearlyyears\/?p=255"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:04:11","slug":"posting-playing-and-pulling-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/whalsayearlyyears\/2026\/09\/11\/posting-playing-and-pulling-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Posting, Playing and Pulling Together!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been another exciting week here at nursery, with plenty of pictures and news to share!<\/p>\n

The bairns have had a good mix of play outdoors and indoors throughout the week, with all areas of the setting being enjoyed. Outside the mud kitchen and sand pit have remained firm favourites, with the bairns showcasing their brilliant imaginations and investigating different materials through hands-on play. Indoors the children have had lots of opportunities to follow their own interests, make choices and learn through play, with the water tray, building blocks, sand pit, small world, crafts and playdough, amongst others,\u00a0 all proving popular.<\/p>\n

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In PE this week we were practising our throwing, rolling and kicking skills with balls, aiming carefully to throw the balls into hoops or to knock over skittles. They developed their hand-eye coordination , control and accuracy whilst having fun being active.<\/p>\n

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Bookbug came to visit on Wednesday for the first time this term. The bairns fairly enjoyed singing along and joining in with the actions during the songs and rhymes and listened well during the story. We love when Bookbug comes to see us!<\/p>\n

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On Thursday several of the bairns were keen to go outside and help “put the garden back together”. Everything had been moved off the grass the day before so that the grass could be cut, so the bairns showed responsibility and fantastic teamwork in working together to lift and carry the logs and roll the tyres back into their places.<\/p>\n

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The bairns have been increasingly interested in playing post offices so we have set up a post office area of our own this week. The children have been writing\/drawing on, stamping and posting their letters and parcels and exploring different roles within their post office play. This has provided lots of opportunities to develop their communication, mark-making and early literacy skills through imaginative play.<\/p>\n

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We were then very lucky to have a visit from a real life postwoman! Michelle came in to see us and told us about her job delivering the mail. She gave all the bairns envelopes, labels and stamps and let them use her scanner to scan and “beep” their labels. Thanks very much to Michelle for coming to see us!<\/p>\n

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In line with the post office theme, we also received a very special letter! Miss Robertson wrote to us to share her news from her maternity leave so far. The bairns loved seeing the picture of baby Tommy and hearing how they are getting on. It turns out his favourite song is one that we sung during Bookbug this week!<\/p>\n

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A busy, brilliant week of learning and play for us all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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