Inveralmond Early Years Centre and Ladywell Nursery School

Story and Rhyme Time and a special programme to watch about Chinese New Year!

Nursery WordBoost

Hurry Up Birthday by Paeony Lewis and Sarah Gill

The boost words are

hunt  peep  groan  practice

1,2,3,4,5

And here is a lovely short programme about a family preparing for Chinese New Year

It was lovely to welcome all the children back to the Nursery this week.  The children have settled back in well and it has been great to hear about all the fun they had during the holidays.

We have begun talking about the weather and the seasons and plan to learn more about what happens at this time of year in the next few weeks.  This will include the weather, hibernation and the properties of water.  We are also hoping for some snow so we can get outside to build snowmen.  We are also learning about the Chinese New Year which is approaching soon.

Nursery Wordboost and Rhyme Time

Mabel’s  Magical Garden by Paula Metcalf

Boost words: gleam  pretty  frown  perch

Rhyme Time

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are,

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.

We are extremely proud of all the children performing in our Nativity sing a long. The singing was fantastic.

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you all in 2023.

From all the children and staff at Inveralmond Early Years Centre.

Well done to Ladywell Nursery children for a fantastic first nativity. It was so nice to welcome parents and carers’ back into the nursery. We hope you all enjoyed it!

Ladywell Nursery Staff would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The children at Ladywell Nursery were so excited to see the snow today and could not wait to go outside to play. We spoke about what clothes we would need to wear to keep us warm and dry. When the children were outside in the snow they made snow angels using their own bodies. Some children used sticks for mark-making while others enjoyed leaving footprints in the snow.

We used our floorbook to record the children’s interest and knowledge about what they know about winter.

What a fun and exciting month it has been with lots of festive activities going on throughout the nursery. Children have enjoyed decorating the Christmas tree and sharing their own experiences about Christmas. Some children were keen to share their own knowledge about Christmas in our floorbook demonstrating good mark-making skills and early emergent writing.

The children in Ladywell Nursery have been following the countdown to Christmas and were able to tell us how many sleeps there is to go before Christmas Day. The children have enjoyed a variety of Christmas activities within the nursery that has supported their number, literacy and creative skills.

We have enjoyed our Christmas lunch with our friends and practicing our nativity.

Nursery Rhyme Nativity at IEYC and LNS

The performances for this are on

Wednesday 21st December

10.45-11.15 -for the morning group

2.30-3.00 -for the afternoon group

If your child does not normally attend on a Wednesday they are welcome to come at 2.20 pm and join in the afternoon performance.

2 adults per family please

Christmas Party and Fun Day at IEYC and LNS

Thursday 22nd December

Nursery session times will run as normal however if you wish to bring your child for the party only the times are;

10.00-11.30- for the morning group

1.30-3.00-for the afternoon group

Full day children who do not normally attend on a Thursday are welcome to come for the afternoon party.

Last day of nursery is Friday 23rd December

Return is on Monday January 9th 2023!

Story and rhyme time

Goodnight Santa by Michelle Robinson and Nick East

We have been enjoying daily walks, exploring our local woodland this week. The children have been discussing road safety and how we can keep ourselves safe when we are crossing the road.