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Please see the attached information about our Grandparent’ s Day next Thursday 29th September.

Our planning at Bathgate West is changing and we will be updating you soon on some of these changes, but to give you an example of how our new child led and consultative planning is developing you can check out our Sway below , which illustrates our recent and ongoing learning journey here at Bathgate West.

Remember to click on the photographs to flick through the stack of pictures and also click on the icons in the corner to read the captions. As always we love to hear your thoughts and feedback so please leave a comment and tell us what you think.

Our floor book is always out on the nursery floor, so please feel free to take a look anytime you like and the Sway will continue to be updated as our learning journey progresses.

Take a look at our fabulous display in the Rainbow Room, some of the children have created self portraits and been sharing some of their favourites things they like to do at nursery.

We love to share our thoughts and ideas in nursery and this was a great way for the children to share some of their opinions.

After the rain had come down all day long, we managed to get outside this afternoon where we found some pretty impressive puddles… apologies for the wet and messy clothes that may have been sent home but it seems a muddy puddle is far too much temptation for our curious learners who just wanted to jump, splash and explore. As you can see in these photos, they had lots of fun (washing the clothes might not be so fun…sorry!).

Therefore it seems like a good time to remind everyone that outdoor learning is a very important and large part of our curriculum and experiences here at Bathgate West, so please always bring your child into nursery dressed for the weather not in their finest and a spare change of clothes is always handy too!

We are sending out a little plea for any old pots, pans, baking trays and utensils to stock up our mud kitchen in our garden and also to create an outdoor music/sound board. So if you have anything that you might be throwing away please bring it into nursery for us to recycle and reuse. Thank you.

As part of Bathgate Music Festival fortnight we were lucky again to have two lovely visitors today playing a selection of musical instruments. We danced, clapped and sang along to the Fiddle, a Whistle and even a Ukulele. It was lots of fun as we learned about the different instruments and went on a journey to music land.

A very warm welcome back to our returning children and all of our new children joining us here at Bathgate West Nursery. We hope you all had a wonderful summer break and and we are enjoying hearing about all of your holiday adventures. As we settle back into nursery life our focus is on establishing and developing routines throughout the nursery and reviewing the ways in which we can keep our nursery a happy place to be for all.

If you have any questions about nursery life at Bathgate West please speak to any of the staff who will be happy to explain any of our routines to you. As we like to encourage independence please send your child into nursery wearing shoes or boots that they can put on themselves.

Have a look at some of our photos to remind you of important places around the nursery… Can you remember what we do in these areas?

The children had a fantastic time at Wellsfield Farm Park today. The sun was shining and they enjoyed playing with all of their nursery friends, exploring all of the fun activities available at the park. We all enjoyed hearing all of the things you had been doing and seeing you have so much fun with your friends and families. A lovely way to end a very busy year with you all.

The rain just about held off for our sports day on Monday and a great day was had by all. Thank you to all those who came along to cheer and support the children. They all took part in the races with enthusiasm and determination and enjoyed receiving their well deserved medals.

What a fabulous day we all had on Saturday  for the Bathgate Procession… the sun was shining, we marched along in our wonderful costumes and we all cheered and sang loudly and proudly “Bathgate West is the Best!” and even the judges agreed as we won First prize for best costume once again this year!

You all looked absolutely fabulous representing the nursery and a big THANK YOU to Mrs Bett and the parents group who worked so hard to make all of our costumes. The turn out was great and the singing was super and we did ourselves proud… Bathgate West really IS the best!