All posts by Mrs Waddell
Spooky Halloween fun
Yesterday we had our Halloween Parties at nursery. There were lots of fabulous costumes, fun and games including dooking for apples, pass the pumpkin and doughnuts on a string. We hope the children had lots of fun and a big thank you to all of the parent helpers for giving us a hand.
Exploring Campfires
One boy was playing with his friend earlier this week when he invited an adult to “Come to the campfire.” He then went on to “set up fire” and involved his friends in his imaginative play. There was lots of discussion and skills being transferred from previous experience.
“We need to sing camp songs”
“Fire, fire, fire”
“We will have marshmallows.”
“We need sticks for the marshmallows”
“Oh I need a lighter stick to light the fire…. now blow to make it high”
“Now we can cook the marshmallows.”
Some children used the floor book to share their knowledge and experiences of camping and camp fires. They answered who, what and where questions and were keen to record their own ideas in the book. Have a look at some of their responses.
So this afternoon some of the children joined Mrs Waddell out at the fire pit where we explored fire safety and our knowledge of making a fire, when we worked together to create a small camp fire and the toasted our marshmallows on it. We used our senses to talk about the fire.
What can we see?
“Orange fire!”
“The wind is blowing the fire.”
“Is it steam?”
“The wood is going black”
What can we smell?
“I can smell burning.”
“It’s smokey”
What can we hear?
The children listen carefully and make some very good impressions of the fire crackling…”It’s making noises”
What can we taste?
“Marshmallows!!!!”
“It’s yummy”
“It’s strawberry taste”
What can we feel?
“It’s hot.”
“It feels warm.”
By using our Fire Pit we are developing:
Social interactions
Life skills
Risk Taking
Confidence
Experience
Co-operation
Communication
Harvest Collection
A wee reminder that we still have our harvest collection at the nursery entrance. Some children will help deliver these to local residents of Carron Court in the next few weeks. A big thank you to everyone who has so generously donated items already.
October Holiday reminder
As we reach the end of a very busy term we wanted to wish all the families a very happy and safe October holidays. We will see all children return to nursery on Tuesday October 24th.
Below is the link to share more of our learning here at Bathgate West over the past few weeks, looking at Autumn changes and Harvest. Please take a look…..
Childsmile Visit
Yesterday we had our visit from Mhari and Ziggy from Childsmile who came along to talk to us about the ways in which we can look after our teeth and keep them healthy. We also got to see just how we should be brushing our teeth twice a day, front and back, up and down and round and round. We all helped teach Ziggy to brush his teeth properly too.
Pirate Learning Story
Please keep checking back to see how our learning had progressed through our Learning Story.
This is our Pirate Learning Story…look out for our Autumn Learning story coming very soon!
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Staffing Update
Dear Parents and Carers,
I am sure you have been aware of some new faces in the nursery so I thought I would just give you an update. Mrs Bett and Miss Wilkins will be back in the nursery soon, both have unfortunately been unwell. Miss Turner, who looked after the children in wrap around and the Red group has accepted another job. So Mrs Lewis has joined Mrs Somerville at wrap around.
Sadly, Mrs Waddell has decided to start a new adventure and will be leaving us at the beginning of November – we wish her the best of luck. At this time I will come and join the nursery team full time, sharing the Green group with Mrs Hendry.
I have really enjoyed the start of the year in the nursery, getting helped by the returning pupils to find things and welcoming the new boys and girls. I look forward to meeting the rest to the children who only come on a Monday and Thursday.
If you have any questions please just ask one of the Nursery Team.
Rachel Holwill
Principal Teacher (Acting)
Our Learning Story Pirates
To take a look at our recent Pirates Learning Story from the nursery please click the link below.
Individual photographs
Tempest will be in on Monday 2nd October to take individual nursery photos of your child. If your child does not attend nursery on Mondays and you would like them to have their photograph taken please let a member of staff know and we can arrange a time to bring them in on Monday 2nd Octobers for their photo to be taken.
