We baked some scones for our snack, we had to weigh each ingredient carefully then pour each one in the big bowl to mix  all together.

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We have liked junk modelling and have made some fantastic models using various loose parts, glue and cut up craft materials.  We would be very grateful If you had any junk you could donate to us, there is a blue barrel outside the Nursery door for donations.

 We have liked having sand indoors so decided to take some over to the craft area to use with glue, each child did their own individual picture which showed lots of imagination and creativity.

We have been great at using our imaginations to create some great drawings and practicing our writing skills.

Thanks Miss Morrison for taking your accordion in again, we love music and dancing!

For the Primary 1 transition we got to go on a real bus this time and were all great at putting on our seatbelts independently after practicing last week! The link below will be updated with further Transition photos by Mrs Forsyth in Primary 1.

Transition Days

 

 

We’ve had a fun filled Friday!

We were very lucky to see Bruce the Dogs against Drugs dog as we were walking to the park, he was very friendly and loved all the attention (and belly rubs!).

We then had a parent take in two lambs to visit us, they were so cute and we got to cuddle them and feed them some milk. Afterwards we had our snack inside the polytunnel then chose to play in the playpark.

Before lunch we had the Toddler Group come for a visit and we were all kind and welcoming to them and shared our toys with them.

 

We helped Miss Hay make some honey playdough, we discovered it didn’t have much of a scent but it felt “Sticky”.

We used great imagination to create models with loose parts.

We’ve been speaking about the Solar System this week so Mrs Gilfillan got us some balloons and we created our own planets using paint.

We requested to make “Food colouring and water to smash” so picked different resources to put in molds with water to freeze. We then tested out different resources to see which was best to get the ice to crack.

Whist out for our walk in Strom Road we looked at different types of flowers and picked some to take back to Nursery.   

We asked Miss Laurenson to read us a book about reptiles, we learnt lots of facts about each reptile.

  We did lots of climbing in the playground and were very brave going up high.

 

We worked together to problem solve how to fix the tarpaulin after the wind had blown it down.   

We loved using the mud kitchen in the playground, we made Miss Hay lots of ‘food’, we said it was “Soup, Apple Juice, Tatties, Carrots, Pasta, Tuna & Cheese and Strawberry Soup”.

We used the tyres to balance and to roll down the hill to experiment how fast we could run and how fast the tyre could roll. 

We’re very lucky we have lots of different areas and equipment to explore in the playground.

We did some printing with loose parts & the children decided the prints could be bumble bees.

We got the bus seats in ready for the Primary 1 transition day which  spurred on lots of role play and the children took turns of being ‘The Driver’, ‘The passenger’ and even a pilot when they used it as an ‘Aeroplane’ for ‘Going on Holiday’.

We were doing some ‘Cooking’ in our kitchen area, we said we were making “Fruit Salad” and “Smoothies”.

 

We helped to dye rice for sensory play, we picked colours to make ‘Rainbow Rice’.

      We all worked together and found lots of natural resources to mix together to make “mud pie”.

We liked the scooters and had lots of space in the playground to use them.

We were great at climbing up and down and jumping off all by ourselves.

We used shaving foam & paint to explore to feel, mixed colours then printed on paper.

The children thought it felt ‘gooey’, ‘gloopy’ and ‘soft’.

Following on from the children’s dinosaur interests we turned water into ice and had to figure out how to free the dinosaurs from their frozen eggs. We discovered warm water would be best to melt the ice and used different tools to crack it too.

Lots of great creations with the blocks again this week, we even measured our height against them.

We were very lucky to get to go to Drumming again, we were great at listening to the instructions from Joy

and copying different beats on the drums. We learnt about the different drum names, a new song and some African words. 

 

We used lots of loose parts to create a “Princess house” in the playground, we did great team work to set it up!

“Look at the baby slug, I’m going to look after him”

We planted tatties at the polytunnel and spoke about the growing process and how to look after them.    We then rolled down the hill and got a bit wet but had lots of fun in the rain!

A parent was very kind and donated us some wooden rainbows to paint, it was lots of fun and they looked great with all the colours on!

We requested Hama beads and were great at concentrating to put them in place as they were a bit fiddly.

We said we were playing ‘Schools’ and that we were

‘Doing our homework’ & were great at writing some letters.

We have loved the drawing pads

this week and have done lots of great drawings.

We showed an interest in Dinosaurs and Volvano’s so  created a Volvano with Mrs Morris using a bottle, glue and newspaper.

  We have liked the ‘Three Little Pigs Story’ this week so Miss Morrison helped us create our own pig & wolf puppets. We were great at drawing detailed features and cutting them out.   

We had a visit from  Child smile, it was lovely to see Claire and the puppet.

We really liked the Jelly bath, we found lots of bugs in it and it felt ‘Squishy’.

We used the bats and balls in gym to see how far we could get them to go, it was a bit tricky but we kept trying until we got it.

Mrs Forsyth came to meet with the pre-schoolers and showed us all her treasure.

Mr Travins came by to sing a few songs with us.

Our blocks indoors and outdoors have been a great hit this week, the children have made various things from them such as

Towers, Obstacle courses, Race tracks, Buses & Aeroplanes.   

We had a show & tell at together time, everyone was great at listening and asking questions about the special tap shoes.

We walked down to the beach & found lots of different

coloured sea glass & shells, We took them back to nursery

& created some lovely pictures.  

We experimented with Vinegar & Bicarbonate soda in the volcano we created, we thought the lava should be red so added food colouring after it ‘exploded’.

We got out for ‘Fun Friday’ in the sun, we chose to go the multi-court and explore the equipment.

I helped bake some sugar free pancakes & chose grapes to have with them.

 

We had a ‘Royal Party’ lunch to celebrate the King’s Coronation.

We liked pretending to be Kings and Queens for the day.

The biscuits were so yummy! Miss Laurenson even pretended to be a Queen with us.

The coloured rice has been a popular activity this wek, we chose our own loose parts to use with it and spoke about the colours of the Union Jack flag and spoke about what we knew about London. We liked role playing different members of the royal family with the puppets.

We watched a video all about about the coronation and learnt about all different roles of the Royal Family. If you would like to watch this with your child at home here is the link-

Inside the Coronation – Free film for primary-aged children – Coronation of His Majesty The King & Her Majesty The Queen Consort

 

Mark making outdoors. 

Mrs Gilfillan brought us  in a big box, we chose to paint it and decided it was ‘A rocket ship’.

We got a new creel for our boat and caught lots of different sea creatures in it.

We love messy play!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have been looking after our sunflowers by giving them daily drinks of water and they are now beginning to grow.

 

 

 

 

We mixed up some soap flakes and discovered they turned into big bubbles.

We were great at looking after our babies, we washed them, dressed them and made sure they were well looked after.

 

We were happy to have Gym in the multi-court this week. We practiced our aiming skills with kicking balls into the wooden blocks.

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We controlled the ball with both our hands and feet to get them in and out of the cones.

We practiced scoring goals, we all had great aim and were able to get the ball in the goals.

Whist at the park we discovered that there were no tadpoles in the pond but we did find lots of slugs and snails, slaters and spiders too, we were very gentle with them and put them back where we found them. We liked looking at all the pretty flowers that have grown too.

 

Miss Laurenson did fun Friday with us in the gym hall,

We did lots of aiming, throwing, running and jumping using different equipment.

 

We helped make some pancakes for our special snack  then Miss Morrison played us Happy Birthday on her accordion and we all danced.