IEYC and LNS

Please find below a link to the West Lothian Early Years Blog.  This central blog will be continually updated with  information to keep families up to date and fun learning activities  for children to do at home.

Welcome to the West Lothian Early Years Blog

Due to recent developments if you are looking for activities to do at home with your children I highly recommend visiting www.pinterest.co.uk  and type in early years activities.  There are lots of ideas on there for children to learn through their play.

This week at Ladywell Nursery School the children drew some pictures to give to the local care home to hopefully raise a smile.  The children had fun sharing what they had drawn. Well done!

The children in Inveralmond have made some pictures and written some messages which we are going to delivery to local care homes to hopefully raise a smile.

Due to the recent developments, I have listed a few ideas of some things to do with your children.

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On Instagram follow #operationstorytime

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-prek-k.html

Some Apps

Phonics ninja

Smart ABC

Smart Shapes

The children have had a busy week at Ladywell Nursery School.  They went out on a walk to Howden walled garden where they had fun exploring.  Whilst there they noticed some signs of spring.  They also enjoyed investigating the planters and standing underneath the willow.  We will be going back next week to the garden to have more fun!

The children had fun making their own play dough learning how to mix ingredients together to create it.  They were developing their number skills by counting how many spoonfuls of flour etc they would need.  They were also developing their hand and eye co-ordination when scooping out the flour and placing it into the jars.  Well done boys and girls!

Parent Council have asked me to share some information below:

Our Parent Council consists of Parents/Carers of children who attend Harrysmuir Primary School/Ladywell Nursery School and Inveralmond Early Years Centre.
The purpose of our parent council is to assist these 3 educational establishments in organising and planning fund raising events and other activities throughout the school term.
This is not possible without the help of all of you!
If you think you could help assist fundraising or give a little of your time to volunteer for activities we would love to hear from you.

A parent council meeting will be held on Tuesday 31st March at Harrysmuir Primary School at 6.30pm.  We would love for parents/carers to come along.

Thank you.

These video clips are aimed at slightly older children than at nursery but I thought they were worth sharing as they provide a child friendly way of talking about germs (without being too alarming), how we can wash our hands effectively and why it is great to catch sneezes in tissues!

https://youtu.be/pzGH3C_8d64

https://youtu.be/XzCs3XSGm0Y

16th March 2020

Box Clever-Week 3-Action Words

LNS-Little Red Riding Hood

fill   watch   follow  lick    jump    pretend    chase   shout   run

IEYC-The Magic Porridge Pot

wept     cook     boil     bubble     ate    spilled     oozed   stop

Nursery WordBoost

Revision week of

Mabel’s Magic Garden by Paula Metcalf

frown   gleam   perch   pretty

Hurry up Birthday by Paeony Lewis

groan   hunt   peep   practise

Parent Council have asked me to share some information below:

Our Parent Council consists of Parents/Carers of children who attend Harrysmuir Primary School/Ladywell Nursery School and Inveralmond Early Years Centre.
The purpose of our parent council is to assist these 3 educational establishments in organising and planning fund raising events and other activities throughout the school term.
This is not possible without the help of all of you!
If you think you could help assist fundraising or give a little of your time to volunteer for activities we would love to hear from you.

A parent council meeting will be held on Tuesday 31st March at Harrysmuir Primary School at 6.30pm.  We would love for parents/carers to come along.

Thank you.

Monday March 9th 2020

Box clever-week 2, describing words.

IEYC-The Magic Porridge Pot

poor   hungry    kind    delicious    hot    full up

LNS- Little Red Riding Hood

wild   delicious   beautiful     wicked   big   fast

Nursery WordBoost

Hurry Up Birthday by Paeony Lewis and Sarah Gill

groan   hunt   peep    practise

Nursery Rhyme of the week will be displayed in the cloakroom of each nursery.

There’s been great excitement in Ladywell Nursery School this week as the children have decided they would like some fish to look after.  They have been busy cleaning out the tank and setting it up in preparation.  Thank you to everybody who has donated to nursery funds as this has enabled us to buy a water pump, aquatic plants and decorative stones for the tank.

Next installment… the children are going to choose what fish they would like to have for the tank and are going on a visit to buy these.  If you have any spare pennies lying around the children have made a donation box to help us buy the fish.

Thank You.

The children have been busy outdoors where they were making bird feeders, developing their fine motor skills. They picked up cheerios to thread through a pipe cleaner helping to develop their hand and eye co-ordination skills.  They then placed them onto the tree branches for the birds to enjoy.

The children had a great time going out on an outdoor walk looking for 2D shapes around the environment.  They also played a fun game where they jumped onto slabs that were 2D shaped.

The children had a great time investigating dinosaur fossils this week then creating their own.  They were developing their mathematical skills when measuring out ingredients to make salt dough.  They took turns to use the circle cutters and dinosaurs.  Afterwards they enjoyed painting their fossils choosing what colour of paint they would like.

The children had fun using an electronic Bee-Bot to navigate him on our number mat.  They learned how to make him go forwards and backwards etc as well as developing the children’s number and turn taking skills.

Well done boys and girls!