Guess the soft toy’s birthday!

The Parent’s Council has donated a large soft toy to each nursery to raise funds.

For £1 you can guess the toy’s birthday and have a chance of winning! Give your £1 and chosen date to staff on the door.

It will be drawn on the last Friday of term, December 17th.

The toys are displayed in the window leading up to each nursery door.

Good Luck!

This week in Inveralmond EYC our real Christmas tree arrived, therefore the excitement has begun.

The children have thoroughly enjoyed decorating the Christmas tree and the Nursery.  We have begun singing a variety of Christmas songs and practising our wrapping skills using Christmas paper and bricks.

Christmas Story time with Boost Words!

Sam’s Snowflake by Gillian Reynolds, illustrated by Rosie Reeve

Boost words    glow   whisper   swirl   drift

Christmas song focus

S-A-N-T-A

I know a man with a bright red coat and Santa is his name oh

S-A-N-T-A   S-A-N-T-A   S-A-N-T-A

And Santa is his name oh

I know a man with a bright red coat and big black boots and Santa is his name oh

S-A-N-T-A   S-A-N-T-A   S-A-N-T-A

And Santa is his name oh

I know a man with a bright red coat and big black boots and a long white beard and Santa is his name oh

S-A-N-T-A   S-A-N-T-A   S-A-N-T-A

And Santa is his name oh

I know a man with a bright red coat and big black boots and a long white beard and a fluffy hat and Santa is his name oh

S-A-N-T-A   S-A-N-T-A   S-A-N-T-A

And Santa is his name oh

I know a man with a bright red coat and big black boots and a long white beard and a fluffy hat and a sack of toys

And Santa is his name oh

S-A-N-T-A   S-A-N-T-A   S-A-N-T-A

And Santa is his name oh

https://youtu.be/Zq53C6M6CW8

Cut and paste the link to a sound file on YouTube

 Story time with Boost words!

We have chosen some Christmas themed stories for the next few weeks.

Our first is Pete and Polo’s Magical Christmas by Adrian Reynolds

The boost words are

squeak  disappointed   wrap   agree

Pete and Polo are hoping for snow at Christmas and when they meet Santa at the shopping centre he tells them the best way to make Christmas magic to happen is to make people happy so Pete makes presents for his family and, hurrah, there is snow on Christmas day!

We weren’t able to find this story on line, if you have more luck, please let us know!

Christmas Song of the Week

WHEN SANTA GOT STUCK UP THE CHIMNEY

When Santa got stuck up the chimney,

He began to shout!

You girls and boys won’t get any toys if you don’t pull me out.

My beard is black, there’s soot in my sack, my nose is tickly too.

When Santa got stuck up the chimney

A-choo! A-choo! A-choo!

This week in I.E.Y.C the children have shown interest in planets and outer space.  We have been learning the names, the colours and the sizes of the planets.

Some children have enjoyed dressing up as astronauts and working together to build space rockets in the construction area.  We have been playing a number of space themed board games and interactive games on the smart board to support our numeracy skills and increasing our vocabulary.

We have been focusing on letter names and sounds this week in group time and the children are working very hard with this.  Well done everyone.

Please scan the qr code on the Nursery door to allow you to see our floorbook, planning and learning with you through a sway.

Nursery WordBoost Story Time

We are continuing to revise the three most recent stories and their Boost words for one more week. After that, we will almost be in December and we all know what that means, ho,ho,ho!!

You will find the links to the WordBoost stories if you scroll through the blog, they are also in your child’s individual Learner’s Journey.

Rhyme Time

Row Row Row The Boat for one more week. Try it as an interactive rhyme sitting facing your child on the floor and holding their hands. Move forward and back in time as you sing. You can go fast or slow, be on  calm or rough water, be loud and energetic or quiet and calm, the choice is yours.

We are also continuing to celebrate Scotland through story, song and rhyme and have made a SWAY for you to enjoy together at home.

Book Week Scotland 2021. Inveralmond EYC and Ladywell NC

We will be adding videos of children singing or saying the following songs and rhymes so be sure to check back over the next few weeks so you can see them.

Go to this Sway

Children In Need 2021

Wear spotty clothes to nursery on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning next week (18/19th November) and join in some spotty activities to support Children in Need.

Donations would be appreciated but are not compulsory.

If your children do not attend on a Thursday or  Friday but are eager to wear their spotty clothes they , of course, can, on the day they do attend.

Please scan this QR code to view our sway.  This shows activities we are doing to support child led learning.  Enjoy

The children in Inveralmond have been learning about time.   We have been learning about times of the day and times of the year.  Some children have shown a lot of interest in telling the time on watches and a variety of clock

There is also an interest in hospital play, where children are participating in role play, sharing and co-operating with their friends.

We have also been experimenting with colour mixing

Nursery WordBoost Story Time

For the next two weeks we are revisiting  the last three stories and their Boost words.

Tom’s Tail by Linda Jennings and Tom Ward

ache  comfortable  miserable  shove

Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson and Karen George

mumble   stamp  stern   tangled

Pink by Lynne Rickards and Margaret Chamberlain

crowd   dip   edge   polite

Try to use these words as much as possible at home to help your children extend and develop their understanding and use of vocabulary.

Scroll down through the blog to ink to the stories or copy and paste the links found in your child’s Learners Journal into your browser.

Rhyme focus

Row, row , row your boat

We have also been singing some traditional Scottish songs

Ally Bally, Three Craws , Wee Willie Winkie and You Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff a Bus!!

Video links can be found in last weeks blog post except for Three Craws which is right here!

Inveralmond Early Years Centre

Outdoors the children discovered ice in one of the trays. They broke it up and discussed how it became ice. We experimented using hot and cold water, watching how fast the ice would melt in each. We have also filled up a bowl of water and put it in the freezer to experiment with next week.

The children have also been very helpful tidying the leaves in the garden. There has been a lot of discussion over the seasons and interests with time in particular light and dark.

We have also been enjoying some group time, where we have been playing rhyming and syllables games focusing on supporting the children’s literacy development.