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We have been very busy transferring our caterpillars into their individual little ‘homes’ so they can munch up all their special food. If you know the story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Crale then you just might know what is going to happen next….
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Children and staff at Bathgate Early Years Centre took part in National Spring Clean 2015 in conjunction with West Lothian Council and Keep Scotland Beautiful this week. The Environmental Warden team provided appropriate Litter Picks and Bags as well as also removing all of the rubbish collected afterwards. As part of their ongoing eco schools work, the children have been learning about caring for and helping the environment by putting their litter in the bin and also the importance of recycling litter. Well done everyone, the garden looks fantastic.
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Today we said goodbye to Miss Gardner, who is leaving us to have another baby. While she is gone Miss Mcleary will be looking after the morning Purple group and also the new Orange afternoon group. We will all miss Miss Gardner but look forward to learning lots and having fun with Miss McLeary. The morning children are all very excited about Miss Gardner’s new baby and keen to help choose a name for the him/her!
We have enjoyed learning all about Space and the Solar System this term. Our house corner transformed into a ‘space station’, we have been investigating ‘space goo’ and we were also lucky enough to be at nursery during a solar eclipse!
On the 24th of March the afternoon group took part in a Glow meet (video conferencing) with a real astronaut. Over 100 schools from all over Scotland took part to ask Commander Chris Hadfield questions about his time as a commander of the International Space Station and his two shuttle missions in space. We were extremely lucky to be selected to ask a question live on the webcam in front of all the other schools. We all sat at the Smartboard (some of us dressed up in astronaut costumes!) to listen to Commander Hadfield, who called all the way from Mexico. Our very important question was “Are there aliens in Space?” by Ava aged 3. Ruby aged 3, very bravely stepped up to the webcam and asked the question on behalf on the nursery.
Thanks again to Jennifer McDougall form Education Scotland who organized another fantastic Glow meet.
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We collected a fantastic total of 1327 Morrisons Let’s Grow vouchers. Thanks to your donations we received our Let’s Grow equipment recently and are looking forward to using this equipment now that spring is here.
Well done to everyone who helped to collect so many vouchers!
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Thank you to all who got involved and supported the children’s learning at Stay, Play and Learn this month. Have a look at the gallery to see what a fun, busy week we had…..
We recently celebrated Fairtrade Fortnight in nursery. A small group of children enjoyed a visit to Scotmid to search for Fairtrade items in the store. We used our vouchers that were kindly donated by Scotmid to buy Fairtrade bananas to use for snack as well as buying Fairtade ingredients to use for baking and smoothies and to make banana splits on our firepit. We also bought a selection of Fairtrade products for prizes for our Fairtrade raffle for parents and staff. Tom the Manager was very helpful and spoke to the children about Fairtrade and shared Fairtrade chocolate and bananas with them.
Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets. Proceeds will go to Comic Relief. Thanks also to everyone who took part in our Fairtrade competition. We collected lots of Fairtrade packaging which we used in our Fairtrade cafe and shop and also in our art and craft area.
Well done to everyone who dressed in red, wore a ‘funny face’ red nose and donated to Comic Relief 2015. The total amount raised this year was £73.
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On Tuesday, the afternoon group tuned into a live stream on Glow TV to learn about dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. It was fascinating to look at artefacts from National Museums Scotland, such as dinosaur foot prints, poo and fossils on the Smartboard. We discovered that some dinosaurs walked on two legs and some walked on four legs and did you know a new species of dinosaur with feathers has recently been discovered? How interesting! We had fun taking part in the quizzes, guessing which part of the dinosaur the bones belonged to. Thank you to Jennifer McDougall from Education Scotland and Sara from National Museums Scotland for organising such an enjoyable event.
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The children have been learning about Chinese New Year over the last few weeks at nursery and wraparound through a variety of multi-sensory activities. We think everyone will agree tasting Chinese food for a special group snack was the most enjoyable experience!
The wraparound children worked extremely hard to plan and create a fabulous Chinese dragon. They searched the internet to learn about Chinese dragon dances and put on a super show while we ate our noodles and prawn crackers!
Have a look at our photos to find out what else we have been doing to learn about Chinese New Year and celebrate the year of the Sheep ………
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I am learning about where living things come from and about how they grow, develop and are nurtured.
Within real and imaginary situations, I share experiences and feelings, ideas and information in a way that communicates my message.
I am aware of how routines and events in my world link with times and seasons, and have explored ways to record and display these using clocks, calendars and other methods.
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I can talk about science stories to develop my understanding of science and the world around me.
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I explore and appreciate the wonder of nature within different environments and have played a part in caring for the environment.
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