Knightsridge Early Years Centre
To foster Kindness, and Encouragement ensuring all Young learners achievements are Celebrated
We had the pleasure of a special visitor “Mrs Angus” who came along on both Monday morning and afternoon to play her bagpipes. This was an exciting experience for all the children, with some of the children not knowing what to expect from the instrument. The children when asked, guessed the colour of the bagpipes and counted the three pipes. The children described the bagpipes as, noisy, loud and sounding like a car horn!
Is your child 2 years of age? |
| We may be able to offer your child 600 hours of pre-school provision. This would enable your child to attend the nursery five days a week for supervised care and learning! |
Has your child had their 2nd Birthday and do you receive any of the following?…..
Or
Are you caring for a child as Kinship Carer/LAC? |
If you can answer yes……..
Please collect an application pack from:
Knightsridge Early Years Centre
Cameron Way
Knightsridge
Livingston
EH54 8HE
If you require any support to complete the application, we are here to help.
The All Stars and the 2 year old children had a fantastic time making Ba Ba Black Sheep and Humpty Dumpty. We started by sorting through the recycled bottle lids which we used to make a sheep. We got lots of glue and stuck the bottle lids on to the shape of a sheep. We then tore and scrunched up crepe paper and put it on to the sheep’s face with bottle lids to make eyes. It took a long time to dry but the results are great. We then made Humpty Dumpty using lots of kinds of material. We chose different coloured patches and wool and stuck them on using lots and lots of glue to make sure they didn’t fall off. We then filled Humpty Dumpty up with bubble wrap and fixed it on to the wall.
What could you create at home, using recycled materials?
What’s on at Knightsridge Early Years Centre?
Monday
Peep 2 & Tweenies
9.15-11.00 & 1.00-3.00
Messy Babies
1.00-2.00
Tuesday
Baby Massage
9.00-11.00 & 1.00-3.00
Peep 4
9.15-10.15 & 12.45-1.45
Wednesday
Polish Peep
9.15-10.00
Incredible years 9.00-11.00
Peep 3 12.45-1.30
Baby Drop In 1.00-.300
Thursday
In-Betweenies
9.15-11.00 & 1.00-3.00
Baby Peep
1.00-2.00
Well Baby Clinic
Last Thursday of every month. 10.45-11.45
Friday
Peep 1
9.30-10.30
All Stars
9.30-11.30
What is peep?
Peep is an interactive group for both parent/carer and child. It combines, story, songs and a small activity. Peep offers lots of support for both parent/carer and child, learning and growing together. Peep is free to all age groups!
What is In-Betweenies?
Children can enjoy opportunities to play both indoors and outdoors with a variety of activities. Children will have the opportunity to socialise with other children. A small snack is provided for children and parent/carers can enjoy a tea or coffee. This session cost 50p per child to attend. Suitable for 1-3 years.
What is Messy Babies?
Parent/Carers can bring their babies to this group. Babies will have the opportunity to explore all their senses as they explore messy play. There will be lots of opportunities for babies to feel new textures, be creative and have fun. Messy play is free! Suitable for 6 months +
What is Incredible Years?
Incredible years is a course for parents/carers who may benefit from support with children’s behaviour. During the weekly course, a crèche is provided for your child, should you require. This is a great opportunity to receive support from others and enjoy learning together. You are required to book yourself onto this course, it’s free to attend!
What is Baby Massage?
Baby Massage, is a useful resource for all parents. With a range of benefits including, colic, promoting routines to help babies sleep and providing a new bonding experience with your baby. You are required to book onto baby massage. Free to attend! Suitable from birth.
What is All Stars?
This is a supervised play session for children who are ready to transition to nursery. A fantastic opportunity for children to learn the routine of nursery, become familiar with new adults and children. You are required to book your child onto a waiting list for this group. Suitable for children who are turning 3 years in the next term.
What is Well Baby Clinic?
This clinic provides an opportunity to have your baby weighed and consult with a local health visitor. Suitable from birth.
What is Baby Drop in? For babies who are not yet walking. Providing babies a space to roll around, stretch and explore in a cosy play space. Tea/coffee and chats for parents. Cost 50p! Suitable from birth.
In Nursery children have shown interest in investigating water. We are investigating where water comes from, taps, rivers, sea and clouds. We are exploring the properties of water, solid, liquid, gas, ice , water and steam. We are also discovering what we use water for, drinking, washing and swimming.
Why not experiment at home, with the interesting and low cost experiments listed below:
1. Bending pencil experiment
Materials needed:
Procedure:
Place a pencil in the water, placing it so that it is tipped to one side. Look through the front of the glass and notice that the pencil is bent.
The science behind it:
Light “bends” when it passes though one substance to another of a different density. The light is first travelling through the air, and then it passes through the water. Since the water is more dense than the air, the light rays bend in the water. This makes the pencil seem to bend as well. The process of light bending is called refraction.
2. Rainbow light experiment
Materials needed:
Procedure:
Place a glass of water in direct sunlight. Hold the white paper below the glass. Look for the rainbow!
The science behind it:
Rainbows are formed when light passes through water droplets. As the light comes through, it is refracted, just like in the bending pencil experiment above. As a result, the light separates into its different colors, which forms the rainbow.
3. Oil vs. water experiment
Materials needed:
Procedure:
Pour water into the glass. Pour vegetable oil into the glass. Observe what happens. (The vegetable oil and water separate into layers.) Add dishwashing liquid and stir. Observe what happens.
The science behind it:
Water and oil are both made up of molecules that are strongly attracted to each other. Water molecules have a positive charge on one end and a negative charge on the other end. Since the opposite ends of the molecule have different charges, it is called a polar molecule. The molecules in the oil are more evenly spaced out, and therefore do not have charges on the opposite ends of the molecule. These are called non-polar molecules. Since the water and oil molecules are different types, they do not mix. When the dishwashing liquid is added, it causes the bonds between the molecules to change, and allows the liquids to mix.
4. Which holds more? volume experiment
Materials needed:
*Note: This activity works best with a tall, thin glass/vase as well as a short, fat glass. I check the volumes ahead of time to make sure the volume of the short glass is more than the tall vase.
Procedure:
Show children the short and tall glasses. Let them choose which they believe will hold the most water. (They almost always choose the tall, thin glass.) Pour the water into this glass. Since they chose the glass that they believe holds the most water, remind them that if you pour the water from their glass to the other glass, the water should fill the other glass and still have water left in their glass. Pour the water into the second glass to test their hypothesis that their chosen container holds the most water.
The science behind the experiment:
Most children think that the taller the glass, the more water it must hold. This is not always the case, especially if it is tall and thin. This simple experiment shows that you cannot determine the volume based on the height of an object.
5. Surface Tension experiment
Materials needed:
Procedure:
Pour water into the glass, filling it to the brim. With the eyedropper, carefully add additional water to the glass. Continue to add water until it over flows. Observe the surface of the water and watch it bulge above the top of the glass.
The science behind it:
As I mentioned in the oil vs. water experiment, water is a polar molecule. This makes the water molecules stick together with a very strong bond. The surface of the water bulges upward with each drop of water, until the molecules can no longer stick together at the top of the glass. This is called surface tension. You can also try this experiment with dropping pennies into the glass, to see how many pennies you can add, before it the water spills over the edge. Likewise, you can also try it with other liquids. Rubbing alcohol is a good liquid to try, as it does not have a high surface tension value like water does.
Parents and carers are invited to spend time with their child in Nursery. This is a fantastic opportunity for your child to share learning experiences with you and for you to see what wonderful opportunities are available to your child in nursery.
We have lost of stay and play sessions for you to choose from, so we hope that everyone will have the opportunity to attend. The dates and times of the stay and play sessions are listed below:
Monday 1st February 9.00-10.00 & 12.45-1.45
Tuesday 2nd February 9.00-10.00 & 12.45-1.45
Wednesday 3rd February February 9.00-10.00 & 12.45-1.45
Thursday 4th February 9.00-10.00 & 12.45-1.45
Please let us know, which session, you would like to attend.
We look forward to seeing you all!
The Nursery are learning and celebrating the life of Robert Burns. Children are experiencing the sounds of Scottish poetry, music and songs. The sounds of bagpipes are being played daily and the voices of children learning songs such as, Three Craws, Ally Bally, You cannae shove granny and The Midgies, can be heard from the Nursery. Children are sampling tartan and looking at photographs of kilts. This week children are exploring how to make tartan and creating some tartan with paint and variety of collage materials. Children will have the opportunity to engage with a variety of Scottish fiction and Non Fiction stories.
Next week:
We will be exploring our senses as we look, smell and taste…Oatcakes, cheese, porridge, Haggis, Neeps and Tatties.
We are also very excited to announce that we will be fortunate enough to have a special visitor on Monday 25th January to play us some traditional bagpipe music both in the morning and afternoon nursery sessions.
Wraparound will be available for children currently using the flexible nursery provision over the February Holidays, Easter Holidays and Summer Holidays at specific settings:
Bathgate Early Years Centre, Inveralmond Early Years Centre and Linlithgow Primary School Nursery.
Only Inveralmond Early Years Centre and Bathgate Early Years Centre are open during the Summer Holidays.
If you wish your child to use this service during the holiday periods please contact the centre if your choice to make enquirers about the provision and to book a place.
Inveralmond Early Years Centre: Willow Bank, Ladywell EH54 6HN, 01506 537000
Bathgate Early Years Centre: 55B Whitedalehead Road, Bathgate, EH47 8JU, 01506 744380
Linlithgow Primary School Nursery: Preston Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6HB, 01505 842686
