This morning, a few of our nursery bairns decided to head down to the primary school to join in with their weekly Friday play session!
The bairns chose to start their morning outdoors in the fresh air, building their gross motor skills with hula hoops, skipping ropes, and balls. Their natural curiosity also led to a fantastic bug hunt, where they discovered some peerie spiders and insects hiding in the playground!
After exploring the outdoors, they were invited inside to play alongside the Primary 1 pupils, enjoying some lovely imaginative play with babies and Barbies. They then ventured up to the upper primary classes, where they experienced some wonderful mentoring from the older pupils. The big kids kindly supported and taught our nursery bairns how to make loom bands and build with “Jixels” (those peerie mootie, fiddly jigsaw pieces!). This was a brilliant workout for their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
The most impressive part of the morning was hearing the older primary pupils introduce the concept of “meta-skills” to our nursery bairns! As they played together, the older children explained the skills they were developing—such as focusing on those fiddly Jixel pieces, collaborating to build their creations, and communicating with one another.
One of our pupils made a ‘jixel’ snake, and another a ‘hand bag’! Very creative!
We love these casual play mornings. Not only are they packed with learning, but playing together across the different ages is a fantastic way to build our connected school community and help the bairns feel completely at home for their future transition into primary school!
We are looking forward to joining them as a whole class next Friday morning!
