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.
Here is our parent note for the Christmas topic which begins on Monday 30th.Christmas topic note 2015
The children have been inspired by Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ at nursery this week. They used the painting as a stimulus for creating their own Starry Night art work. Take a look at some of their beautiful work…
The snack room has been a very busy place over the last few weeks with the children asking to bake an apple crumble and getting involved in making vegetable soup. Through the activities the children have been learning where their food produce comes from. They are showing an awareness of healthy food choices and experiencing valuable food preparation skills.
The children helped raise money for Children In Need today by coming to nursery in their jammies! It may have been wild outside but we were cosy inside keeping busy with Pudsey Bear crafts and having a Teddy Bears Picnic. Thank you to everyone who donated and we will keep you posted on how much we raised for Children In Need 2015.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who donated gifts for our Harvest collection. This week the children have been handing over their Harvest gifts to the lovely ladies and gentlemen of Acredale and Caronvale in Bathgate. The children put on a fabulous performance for their visitors and we have received lots of thanks and high praise for the children from all of the lovely people who have met them this week.
Attached is our topic note for our next topic Light and Dark which begins on Monday.
It has all been a bit spooky at Bathgate West this week, with all of our Halloween activities in full swing, carving pumpkins, decorating pumpkins and filling our cauldrons all leading up to our Halloween Parties on Thursday. The children enjoyed the celebrations and looked fabulous in their super costumes.
