We have been nattering away at nursery this week with our second Nursery Natter on Thursday. All children were given an opportunity to come together in small groups to have a chat and share their thoughts and opinions in response to two questions about their nursery (LIT 0-9a, HWB 0-10a).

The questions were:

What do you like to SEE at nursery?

What do you like to HEAR at nursery?

Below are a small sample of some of the children’s responses. All responses have been recorded and will be up on display in the nursery shortly. The staff at the nursery will also be having their own nursery natter using the same two questions very soon and we will also be inviting parents to share their views on the same two questions also.

What do you like to SEE at nursery?

“I like to see my friends.”

“People playing with the play dough.”

“I like to see Connor”

“Everyone playing games.”

“I like seeing people playing with toys.”

“The pictures on the walls.”

“I like to see Adventure Ted.”

What do you like to HEAR at nursery?

 “Singing!”                                  “Music”

“I like to hear people saying nice stuff.”

“Miss Wilkins reading that story.”

 “People talking.”

“The teachers playing with the boys and girls”

“The laughing!”

We have had two special visitors at nursery today…Mari and Ziggy from Child Smile came along to tell us how we can look after our teeth and keep them healthy. We now all know how to brush our teeth and why we need to brush our teeth (HWB 0-33a) and we will begin tooth brushing at group time from next week.

I would like to introduce Adventure Ted to you all.

We have 9 Adventure Ted’s in the nursery and they would like to come and spend the weekend with your child.  Starting soon every child will have the opportunity, during group time activities, to take Adventure Ted home with them, on a rota basis, on a Thursday and return them to the nursery on Monday.

During group time on Monday your child will share their adventure with the rest of their group. The aim of this activity is to promote listening and talking within the curricular area of Literacy and English and also to develop confidence and self-esteem as part of their Health and Wellbeing.

Adventure Ted loves all sorts of activities ranging from shopping at Tesco to going to watch their nursery friend at the swimming pool (Ted doesn’t like the water!) to playing games with the family, to visiting Granny for the afternoon to going to the zoo.

Whatever you do with your child over the weekend we would like Ted to be part of.

Inside each bag there is a prompt card telling you how to use Ted along with a postcard for your child to complete and return to nursery on Mondays.

Enjoy your adventures with Ted!

A very Happy New Year and warm welcome back to all of the children, parents and grandparents. We hope 2016 is filled with lots of fun and learning. Attached is a copy of January’s newsletter with details of important dates including information about upcoming Stay and Learn sessions.

January 2016

What a fun day we have had partying away at our nursery Christmas parties today! The boys and girls came dressed in their finest and have danced, sang, played party games, tucked into party food and there was even a very special surprise visitor at the end of the party.

All of the staff at Bathgate West would like to wish all of the boys and girls and their families a very Merry Christmas and we look forward to hearing what Santa brought you all in the new year….

A massive WELL DONE to all the boys and girls at Bathgate West for their fabulous performances of their Nativity yesterday. The children sang and performed with confidence to their audience as they retold the story of the Birthday of Baby Jesus.

Many children have been developing their literacy skills in the nursery over the past week whilst helping out with our Christmas Post. As well as practicing writing their own names (and others) they have been helping to sort the post and deliver it to the children’s personal trays using letter or symbol recognition and matching. They have been very busy and doing a great job too!

The boys and girls settled down to a traditional Christmas Lunch today….. We pulled crackers, told jokes, and tucked into a feast of turkey and all the trimmings, all followed by a pudding. All children tried their lunch and there were even a few clean plates at the end. It was lovely to sit down together, using our knives and forks and sing some Christmas songs too. We are now feeling very festive ready for a big week ahead…Nativity and Parties! It certainly is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas here at Bathgate West.

Here you will find our latest Eco newsletter from the Eco Team.

Eco Blog newsletter

Here is our parent note for the Christmas topic which begins on Monday 30th.Christmas topic note 2015