We hope you all had a lovely Easter break and are ready for the new term.  As you have probably noticed, the nursery has had a bit of a makeover while we were off. Thankfully, the children seem to like it. There is a new parent notice board at the door and our learning tree is now beside the smart board. There are parent feedback cards on the board. Please feel free to complete these.

We are trying to make the nursery a more homely place and would kindly ask if each child could provide a family photograph for our display.

A wee reminder that the children will be visiting Beechrae and any parent/carer helpers would be much appreciated. If you are able to help, or need further information please speak to a member of staff.

This week the children have been busy with their Easter activities. Some of them enjoyed playing Easter Bingo with P7. We also had fun making chocolate Easter nest cakes and crowns for the school Easter Parade.

This term will finish on Friday 31st  March. We hope you all have a lovely holiday and look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 18th April.

Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to our session for World Book Day today. The children had great fun exploring the story telling areas and sharing their stories.

We hope you all enjoyed the session as much as we did and continue to explore your stories at home. 

The children have been busy at nursery.  Last week, some of the children enjoyed a nature walk. They were looking for signs of Spring and discussing the change in the seasons.

As some of you may have noticed, we have a new storytelling and library area.  The children are enjoying playing here and retelling last weeks story ” Owl Babies”.  This week our story will be “Old MacDonald Had A Farm”.

This week is World Book Day and we look forward to seeing some of you at our A Tea, A Tale and A Treat sessions on Thursday 2nd March.

Can we please ask that the children wear appropriate footwear and outdoor clothing as we do go outside in all weathers.  The children especially liked going out to explore the snow last week.

Can we also remind adults of our safety policy and ask that children remain inside the nursery building, unless accompanied by an adult. Can we also ask that the nursery gate is kept closed at all times and operated by adults only.

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Today, two of the schools Junior Road Safety Officers visited the Nursery and spoke to the children.  Caitlin and Sophie, from P6, discussed how to be safe near the road and helped the children to recognise different traffic sounds.  The nursery children were also given the opportunity to design a bicycle helmet on the smart board.

The nursery children really enjoyed their time with the Junior Road Safety Officers. Thank you Caitlin and Sophie.

DIARY DATES

All break for Mid Term Thursday 9th February

Nursery resumes Wednesday 15th February

School Photographs 22nd February

Parents Consultations Thursday 23rd March

All break for Easter Holidays Friday 31st March

Nursery resumes Tuesday 18th April

Welcome back. We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and new year.

We will be starting the new year at nursery with a new topic. Winter. As part of the topic, the children will be learning about the Arctic and Antarctic. We will discover the animals that live there, the weather and their place on the planet.

We will also be looking at winter where we live. This means the children will be going outside to explore and investigate the snow, ice and rain, so could we please ask that they are dressed appropriately.

Luckily, we have already had some winter weather which the children were able to explore and enjoy.

If you have any interesting winter stories about what the children have seen, or done, we would love to hear them. Just let a member of staff know.

The children had a great time at the Christmas party yesterday. They played party games, danced and had party food. We even had a special visitor. Santa agreed that they should all be on the good list.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents, grandparents, carers and children for the generous gifts and cards that the staff have received and wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.

See you all on the 4th January

The nursery children went to the dinner hall for their Christmas dinner on Tuesday.  They had a yummy dinner of turkey, kilted sausage, potato croquette, roast potato, sweet corn and carrots. It was delicious. For pudding they had jelly and ice-cream. We thanked the dinner ladies by singing our Christmas songs for them.

The children wore the Christmas crowns they had made. I think you’ll agree, they all looked fabulous. Good job kids.

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Some of the children from the PM session helped to make our nursery advent calendars. They made a stocking for the AM session and a Christmas tree for the PM session. We think they did a fantastic job and look forward to opening it each day.

We are going to be busy in the run up to Christmas and have lots of dates for your diaries. On Tuesday 6th December we have our Christmas lunch. If you wish your child to attend, please return the order form with your £1 payment ASAP.

Our Christmas singalong concert will take place on Monday 12th December. Concert tickets are available from staff , free of charge, maximum of 4 per child. The concert is expected to last approximatley 15 -20 minutes. Tea, coffee and mince pies will be provided afterwards.

M&M Productions will perform The Wizard of Oz on Wednesday 14th December from 1 -2pm. Children from the morning session are welcome to attend the pantomime and should return to nursery by 12.50 sharp.

All children ( am and pm sessions) are invited to attend the nursery Christmas party on Tuesday 20th December. Please be at nursery for 9am sharp.

If you wish to volunteer as a parent helper for any of these events, please speak to a member of staff.

On Friday, some of the children made cheese scones for our snack. Most of the children really enjoyed their scone and agreed we should make them again. They were soo yummy.