Hefty the Albino Anaconda was very well behaved!
Category Archives: Health & Wellbeing
Tasting Chinese food…Yum!!
Chinese New Year Celebrations
Forest Trip
During November and December we were out on our exciting trips to Fauldhouse Forest. The children had great fun learning interesting facts and survival tips from the Forest Ranger. We even got to pick and help cut down our very own Christmas Trees for our Nursery.
Children In Need 2014
We made a fabulous £114.27. Well done to everyone for their hardwork and a big THANK YOU to families and friends of all the children for helping!
Snow Business
The children have been enjoying the snowy weather outside. They made snow angels and used rakes to make patterns in the snow. The children observed the icicles melting and reforming on the side of the garden house. They were able to observe how water changes from one state to another as the temperature outside rises and falls.
A ‘sticky’ situation
Children recycled trimmings from the garden to make clay hedgehogs. This activity helped to develop fine motor skills through shaping the clay and inserting the sticks to make the hedgehogs’ spines. The pincer movement used to pick up the small twigs and push them into the clay is really good for developing a correct pencil grip!
What a busy start to the New Year!
Due to the cold weather children have been observing and feeding the birds. We used binoculars to observe them more closely and children recorded and extended their learning in our Winter floorbook.
On the 25th January we celebrated our Scottish heritage. We had vegetarian haggis, neeps and tatties, we enjoyed dancing to Scottish music, listening to Scottish stories and learned traditional songs and rhymes. Children developed their mathematical knowledge by making their own tartan patterns.
Children have been very interested in the demolition of the old nursery and school building. This has generated a lot of discussion which we will take forward in our new Construction floorbook.
