January 2018

We had a lovely day with lots of visitors on Wednesday.  We had invited our grandparents to come and see us in nursery so they know all about our learning too.  We had lots of fun showing them around, making Christmas tree decorations and having a sing song with them.

This is what our grandparents had to say:

• Fantastic idea – lovely to see the children in the nursery setting (ES)
• Great day.  Thank you! (Granny Carol)
• Lovely day!
• Lovely day, enjoyed it very much (Iris’s Granny)
• Wonderful visit…enjoyed immensley
• Enjoyed my visit (Freyja & Aria’s gran)
• Lovely day – great singing (Mia’s great granny)
• Thank you for inviting me – wonderful afternoon (Elise’s Nana)
• Enjoyed seeing and playing in the nursery with Dylan
• Thoroughly enjoyed the day …thank you (Mollie’s and Luca’s Grandparents)
• Enjoyed lovely day with Millie
• Lovely afternoon with Florence
• Great idea….lovely day

The children have been having lots of fun playing with the small world fire station. They thought that fire fighters only helped people if they had a fire. We learned that they also help people who are stuck in their cars after a crash. We know this because we met Andy and the fire fighters from Bathgate Fire Station came today. It was very exciting because they came in their engine and we got to have a good explore and ask questions.

The firefighters showed us the equipment they use to cut cars open…they cut the legs of an old table at nursery. It was a spreader although today it made the legs flat and pincers which cut the legs off. We also saw the hose, lights and heard the siren. It was ‘very loud’.

We asked….

Q. How heavy is the equipment?

A. it is very heavy. You need to be very fit to be a firefighter.

Before the firefighters would put the siren on they asked us….

Q. Why does the engine have lights, horn and a siren?

A. we told them it was so people could hear them coming.

Andy agreed it is very important that people who are driving can hear them coming when they are answering a 999 call.

And then they got a ‘fire call’ so had to go and help some pensioners in Livingston. They will be back to visit us next week.