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Drumming with Joy

We had our second week of drumming with Joy in the music room on Tuesday.  We all learned how to take care of the drums and how to play them properly with the palm of our hands.

We learned to say hello in a foreign language called Swahili – The word we learned was ‘Jambo’.

In one of the songs  we have to shout out our name and then everyone else shouts our name back . Joy wants us all to be able to do that for next week.

At the end of the session  Joy played a song and we got to dance. In that song we had to pretend that we were different African animals. We all had great fun moving to the music.

Joy says that by Easter we will all be able to play a tune together!

We were being lions
We were snakes in this picture
Everybody joined in the fun
We all got a big drum to play
We listened to Joy’s instructions

 

ICY ADVENTURES

Broken bits of ice
In a boggy part
The north wind was cold on our hands and faces
Fun on the see-saw
Footprints
We listened out for the scrunching sound when the ice broke
We broke the ice in the puddles

We went for a play over in Strom Park today. We thought of three different ways to play.

We showed good turn-taking on the see-saw and really enjoyed that.

Others played a chasing game on the ramp to the clubhouse door and the rest of us spent time breaking the ice in in the boggy puddles. We enjoyed listening to the scrunching sound as the ice broke, and noticed how water turns to ice then melts again.

We took great care walking there and chose the safest routes away from icy areas to reach our destination. We realised that the grass was the safest place to walk.  We had to go back to nursery when our hands and noses were freezing cold!

GYM TIME IN THE SUN

Everyone agreed it was a great idea to have our gym time outside on Tuesday because it was such a lovely day.

We played throwing games with different sized balls into a hoop and our accuracy improved with practice. We did some really fast running to collect balls and colour-match them into each corner of the muti-court.

We even had time to visit the playpark before we went inside for lunch.

Hula-hooping

MUSIC TIME

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Mr Travins has kindly given up his time to do some music with the children on Wednesdays just before lunch. The children really enjoy singing along to the music of different styles and cultures. They are learning new sounds, words and patterns  through music. Often they will continue singing the songs they have learned throughout the day and a bit of singing around the the table at lunchtime is not uncommon!

Outdoor Explorers

We all like to go on adventures in the community beyond the school grounds if we get a chance. Last week we went on a walk in the Stromfirth road and went off-road to see what we could find. The bairns were very excited when they found a rabbit burrow and enjoyed listening to the sound of the ‘waterfall’. The looked up close at the tiny heather blooms and took turns of clambering on a big rock ‘horse’.  Stones were upturned in the successful hunt for bugs, and there was plenty excitement and future plans to return, with the hope to see if the rabbit is at home on the next visit.

This week we had a walk to the beach at the Taing which was the first time the new starts had been there with the Whiteness ELC. Collecting sea glass and throwing pebbles into the sea were the favourite activities. We saw a Shetland bumble bee on a purple flower on the verge and heard more trickling water noises in the ditches.

Listening to the waterfall
Keeping Safe
Searching for sea glass
Looking for the rabbit in his burrow
The ‘Waterfall’
Heather blossoms
Riding on the stone horse
Throwing pebbles into the sea
Searching for treasure at the beach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff reinforce road safety rules as we go along and all the bairns paid attention and listened well.