We had an amazing outdoor experience when Rowanbank came to visit us at Hopefield Nursery!

Granny Like-a-Leaf arrived at our nursery and took us on a magical journey to find the Golden Teapot!

The pupils, parents/carers and staff had a superb time meeting the Treehopper and the Treeswinger when we were out at the local forest.  We even managed to find the Golden Teapot and have some lovely nettle tea and oaty biscuits.

Wonder if we will see them the next time we are in the forest!!

The children and parents of Hopefield Nursery raised a massive £555.00 during our Dance-a-thon.  We decorated a room to look like a disco with flashing lights, disco ball and flourescent pictures which the children had painted.  We dressed in our sportiest disco clothes and danced the day away.  After strutting our stuff on the dancefloor for the full day, not only did we manage to raise a fantastic amount of money for Sport Relief but we also kept fit and had lots of fun.  Some fitbits struggled to keep up registering over 21,000 steps

As the “Beast from the East” is forecast and we have been issued with a Yellow Weather warning, here are some Snow activities to keep you busy if the schools and nurseries have to be closed:

• Build the biggest snowman you can. Make sure they have eyes, a nose, a mouth, and arms.
  Take a photograph of your creation and bring it in when we come back for us all to see.

• Snow writing. Grab a stick and write your name in the snow.

• Find an old odd sock and make a puppet character from your favourite book. Bring it in when we come back and show your friends.

• Draw a picture of the snowy scene you can see from your window.

• Make some cookies with an adult so you can eat them when you’re finished building your snowman just like the ones we made at Stay Play Make.  Here is the recipe:-

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes 18

100g Margarine

75g Soft light brown sugar

2x15ml tablespoons syrup

175g Self raising flour

2 x 15ml teaspoons mil

100g Chocolate chips

Heat Oven to 180 oC.  Beat the margarine util soft.  Add sugar to mixture until light and fluffy. Stir in the syrup, flour, chocolate chips and milk and mix well.  Place spoonfuls of the mixture onto greaseproof paper and place on a baking tray.  Bake for 8-10 minutes.  Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.

ENJOY!

Our afternoon children were keeping Blackburn tidy today when we did a litter pick.  We picked up empty bottles, empty crisp packets and lots of other rubbish.  We made King George park nice and tidy.  We even managed a wee play in the park!

We had a fantastic experience when our Primary 6/7 pupils came to read us our favourite stories.  Both primary and nursery pupils thoroughly enjoyed this experience and we even had a shadow story from one of the boys.  Iris chose “a girl” to read her the Giant of Jum book and Esme liked the shadow story but really enjoyed the Giant of Jum.  Chardonnay and Frankie enjoyed the story about the Snail and the Whale. Mason loved Craig reading him a story about a teddy bear.  Oskaras was so excited when he heard the story about the pirate. Kaeden and Cameron were finding out about the Dragon!

Looking forward to next week!

The pupils and staff enjoyed a Scottish story from Mousetale Puppets today. We watched a fantastic performance all about Robert the Bruce.  The children loved all the characters especially the spiders.  Even “Nessie” the Loch Ness Monster made an appearance.

A huge thanks to David who made the story come to life with his wonderful puppets.  The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

The children in the afternoon enjoyed a multi-language story from one of our parents.  She came in and read one of our new dual language books in Polish and English. The children enjoyed trying to say the new words and look forward to reading our lovely new books.