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Welcome to our new start!
It was lovely to welcome a new child into the setting today. We had lots of fun including a visit from Mr Travins at snack time, we sang lots of our favourite songs and Donnie enjoyed listening and taking part.
Homegrown Tatties
Back in May we planted some Tattie seeds.
We’ve been checking on them to see if they were growing and watering them over the months. Today we dug them and discovered loads of Tatties had grown, we gathered a whole bucket full!!
We thought we would do a ‘Guess how many Tatties are in the bucket’ game to be able to win a bag for free, this is available outside the nursery door for 50p a shot. We will then be bagging up the rest for you to purchase for £2 a bag, please let a staff member know if you would like a bag.
All money will go towards our Nursery fund for purchasing new resources for our environment.
They were all difference sizes, some were big and some were really really tiny.
Sunflowers
Today we were planting sunflower seeds together.
We filled up the pots with compost and made a hole with a stick then we popped in the seed.
Everyone has their own pot with their name on it.
We decided that the most sunny spot was the window sill.
We are excited to watch them grow.
WORLD BOOK DAY
We all dressed up for World Book Day. Lots of the children brought their favourite book to school with them and dressed up as a character from that book.
It was so sunny, we spent time outside in our costumes. We were all excited and did lots of role play with the outfits.
Throughout the day we looked at all the different books and listened to and read stories.
Dynamic Earth – Deep Sea Workshop
We had a visit today from Catriona from Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, who did a Deep Sea Workshop with us.
We heard the story of Charlie who lived near the beach and how he was searching for a silver bracelet.
We looked at animations on the interactive board of rock pools and sea creatures. We took turns to put our hands into ‘Rock Pool Boxes’ to feel the contents and see if we could guess what it was.
Catriona showed us how some sea creatures blow bubbles and then we had fun catching bubbles from her big bubble machine.
We also had scents from the sea we could smell in little containers. One pupil said that the blue container made him feel calm – it was the scent of ‘Sea Breeze’. We all thought the green one was very stinky! – It smelt like rotten fish and seaweed.
We explored a big roll out mat of the sea floor, spotting different sea creatures and someone found the missing bracelet!
We all had great fun and remembered to say thank-you to Catriona before she left.
Lerwick Up-Helly-Aa Trip
On Tuesday we had an exciting trip to Lerwick to see the jarl squad and the Galley.
We were all dressed up cosy so we didn’t get cold waiting around. Everyone was excited about going on the bus. Our first stop was in the centre of Lerwick to see the jarl squad.
Everyone was so well behaved and patient waiting for the Vikings to arrive. Then we saw them marching down the street right past where we were standing. We couldn’t believe how loud the bagpipes were!
We got a good spot on the pier and we could see the big red galley-boat. We heard the Vikings singing and saw their outfits up close. They had axes and sheilds with a dragons head on them.
After that we all got back on the bus and went to Clickimin Centre for snack and soft play. On the way it started hailing and we were lucky to be able to get exercise inside, away from the wild weather. We really enjoyed running around the huge area and climbing over the obstacles and sliding down the slopes. We had big beach balls which we kicked around too. Miss Laurenson got a big speaker and we listened to music while we played.
Soon it was time to go back to nursery and we were all hungry for lunch after our big trip.
Thanks so much to all the parent helpers who joined us and made the outing possible.
ELC registration week 2023
Please find information below about how to register your child for ELC provision starting in August 2023.
Also information if you are considering deferring your child’s entry into Primary One.
Early Learning and Childcare Registration Week 2023
Happy New Year
Happy New Year Everyone. It was so good having everyone back in today. The children were very excited to tell us what they got from Santa. We had great fun in the nursery today, craft table , playing games, jigsaws, drawing with chalk and we went outside too.
We also introduced ‘serving yourself at snack and dinner’. The children enjoyed putting their own food on the plates and choosing how much food they wanted. There was good communication about passing plates of food and jugs of water. Great work everyone 🙂
Out for a walk
We enjoyed taking a walk up Stromfirth Road today. The children done so well at standing in a line and following the people in front of them. Everyone done good listening and followed the instructions well when cars were passing by.
The children enjoyed watching the sheep be released into the fields and watching them run away. The children enjoyed running on the grass and saying ‘hello’ to a few nursery children who weren’t feeling well and were staying at home.
