Month: November 2013

Road Safety

In nursery last week, the children were learning about road safety and keeping ourselves safe. This was as part of ‘Road Safety Week’ which is organised by the charity Brake and is held in November every year to raise awareness of the death and injury on our roads and the steps that can be taken to improve road safety.

We had fun making lollypop STOP sticks and we learned that the road crossing patrol help us to cross the road and they stop traffic so we can cross the road safely. We were also busy making red, amber and green traffic lights which also help us to keep safe on the roads. Some of the children dressed up in bright clothing which helps the cars to see us when we are out walking especially at night. We also read some lovely stories about Ziggy the Alien which helped us to understand about keeping safe on the roads.

Students

We welcome two students working with us in the nursery at the moment, both from West Lothian College. Miss Stephanie Ritchie and Miss Mica McLaren. We also welcome Mrs Shona Todd who is with us on supply at the moment.
From left to right
Mrs Todd, Miss Ritchie and Miss Mclaren.

Autumn

We have been learning all about Autumn. We have been talking about the change in the weather and how all the leaves are now turning red, green, orange and brown and falling from the trees. The children even made an autumn tree with their painted footprints which was very messy and lots of fun. The children have been making Autumn pictures with glue and tissue paper. They have enjoyed going on a walk and collecting lots of leaves which they had great fun playing with in the garden. The children have also been exploring conkers in a large tray using scoops and tongs to help improve fine motor skills. Some of the parents and children made scarecrows at home as Sam our scarecrow was feeling lonely. The results were fantastic and well done to everyone took part and made our Sam very happy.

Halloween

We celebrated Halloween and invited our parents to dress up and have a stay and play with us. We had a Halloween parade and the children and some of our parents dressed up. We all enjoyed listening to the story of Room On The Broom written by Julia Donaldson. The children enjoyed dooking for apples and some of the parents helped us to carve our pumpkins.We also had art and craft activies for everyone to join in with. Thankyou to everyone who stayed and played with us, the children really enjoy sharing their learning with their parents.

Zoolab

Recently in the nursery we were very lucky to have a visit from Zoolab. We were learning about nocturnal animals and how they like to come out at night time. Ian brought us along a rat, a snake, a tarantula, giant land snails and a tree frog. We learned what they like to eat and where they like to live. We all had the opportunity to look at and touch the animals and some of us were even brave enough to touch them!

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