Month: May 2013

Sunflower Competition

Rural connect in association with Dobbies Garden Centre have challenged West Lothian Schools to grow the largest sunflower

The story so far…

A group of pupils from Broxburn Academy planted over 200 Russian Giant sunflower seeds in the glass houses at SRUC Oatridge in January. Over the following months they had the responsibility to care for them and ensure they were in great condition to be handed out to competing schools in April.

We are taking up the challenge and now have the responsibility to look after and grow our sunflower. We have made a display in the nursery entrance area to monitor the growth of our sunflower and at the moment it is measuring 99cm. There will be a prize for the tallest sunflower so wish us luck!

The children will be learning what a sunflower requires to grow successfully and learn how to care for it themselves.

Planting

The children have been learning all about plants. We are learning the names of the plant parts and that they need water and sunshine to grow. The children have enjoyed planting beans and sunflowers. They have also grown cress and  made a funny head from tights, compost and cress seeds and it grew hair!

Caterpillars

Our caterpillers are now in the butterfly net. We are watching them everyday. We have put sugared water and fresh oranges in the bottom of the net so they have food to eat when they emerge from their cocoons.

Learner’s Journey

The children have recently been enjoying looking at their Learner’s Journey. These are where we record information and put photographs of the children’s experiences and learning during their time in nursery. We also encourage the children and parents to contribute to this by bringing in achievements and learning from outside of nursery.

Easter Egg Competition

The East Knightsridge Residents Association recently ran an Easter egg colouring competion for all the children our nursery. P.C John Gray was asked to pick the winning pictures which were Kuba Oleszek in the morning session and Nadia Zdunska in the afternoon session. Well Done.

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