Category: Nursery

Remember Mrs Kennedy has set a challenge for us all tonight.  Details can also be found on your online Learners Journal

 

Good Morning Everyone!

The weather was so sunny and warm yesterday that I decided that it would be a good day to release our butterflies into the garden.  We had 8 Painted Lady butterflies. Have a look at the pictures and the video.  Look at how pretty their wings are.  Do you notice that they have a beautiful pattern on both sides which is the same. This is call a symmetrical pattern.

Your challenge today is to make a symmetrical patterned butterfly.  Mrs Glidden, Mrs Pitblado,  Mrs Prentice and Mrs Duffy have made symmetrical patterns to give you some ideas.

Remember to share you learning with us on by uploading pictures to your Learners Journal.

Have Fun
Mrs Olford

Good Morning Everyone!

We have butterflies!   Our butterflies began to emerge over the weekend and we now have 8.  Have a look at their pretty colours. These butterflies are called Painted Lady butterflies because of the special colours and patterns they have. Can you how remember each stage of the butterfly life cycle? They have metamorphosed from an egg to a caterpillar to a chrysalis and now to a butterfly.

Your challenge today is to create a picture of the life cycle of a butterfly.

You can use natural materials, household items or even draw or paint.  Its up to you!  Have a look at ours below.

Please share your learning with us on your learners journal.

Have Fun!
Mrs Olford

 

Good Morning Everyone!

Today is the beginning of a new month but do you know what month is it?

Have you been continuing to sing our Days of the Week, Months of the Year and Season songs ?  These are important songs as they help us learn all about the cycle of time.

Have a look at the clips below and try to join in and sing-a-long

Days of the Week – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY

 

Months of the Year –

Seasons of the Year – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gae4VkRFb6M

Have fun!

Mrs Olford

Good Afternoon!

As you know we often play different games in Nursery that help us develop good listening skills.

Our Speech and Language Therapy partners have suggested games that you can play at home with your family.  My personal favourite is What Looks Different?

Why don’t you have a go, have fun and let me know if you enjoyed the games by sharing your learning on your Home Achievements in your Learners Journal.

Have fun!
Mrs Olford

Good Morning Everyone!

Our caterpillars have moved onto the next phase of their life-cycle.  Do you know what that phased is called?

I have moved them out of their feeding tubs and into the Butterfly Garden whilst we wait on them metamorphosing into butterflies.

As we have moved away from the caterpillar stage, today’s challenge is to create your own caterpillar in the form of a snack. You could use any of your favourite foods. Have a look at what Mrs Glidden, Mrs Woods, Mrs Prentice and even Miss Calder and Miss Muir from Primary 1 have used to make their snack.

Please share a photographs of your snack on the Home Learning Achievements section of your Learners Journal.

Have fun and enjoy your snack!
Mrs Olford

Our NHS Lothian Speech and Language Therapy partners have posted excellent home learning activities to support Phonological Awareness.

Our children in the Early Years Centre and beyond into Primary 1 and Primary 2, regularly clap syllables and sounds to help develop early speech, reading and writing skills.

Have a go and have fun trying for yourself.

You can follow NHS Lothian Children and Young People’s Speech and Language Therapy Service on Facebook @NHSLothian

Good Morning everyone

We talk about numbers all the time in Nursery whether we are singing counting songs, recognising dot patterns, hanging numerals on our washing line or counting objects but today’s challenge is to do something different.

Can you find objects and create a staircase number line?

Can you find enough objects to match the numeral and order them into a number line?

What number is after or before? What number has one more, or one less?

Have a look at the picture of my number line. I have only managed to get to 5 but can you go further to 10 or even 20?

Please share your learning with us on your online Learners Journal

Have fun

Mrs Olford