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Thank you to two of our children for sharing their ‘Try at Home Family Challenge’ video clip. They went on a bear hunt at the weekend! Please watch their video to find out more….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=zodJA_vjgSw
For more information or if you would like to share your versions of going on a bear hunt please look at the previous Blog post below.
Today is safer internet day and we are learning all about what this means at nursery this week.
A SAFER INTERNET STARTS WITH YOU!
Please see the link to the previous Blog post below for more information.
Safer Internet Day Press Release
Please also have a look at the BBC Own It website for some tips on staying safe online and preparing older children for what they might see online.
If you would like to borrow some books to help children older to understand about strangers on the internet please ask Miss Wilkinson.
Finally please also pick up your free copy of Digital Parenting Magazine today at home time from the foyer.
Please take a look at our photo and video clips from week one ‘Music and Me’
keep a look out for weekly updates to follow our musical journey…
For more information please visit Engage with music weblink
Thank you to one of our nursery girls for accepting the Try at Home ‘Family Challenge! She has made a fantastic book, detailing her adventure. She passes a river and goes through a forest just like in the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’! Please have a look at the video we recorded this morning, of her reading her story to find out more. Well done indeed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxfdQthUiQs
Please see previous Blog post for more information.
This year to Celebrate Burns Day we had a very special surprise, our West Lothian College Student Chloe and Miss Collins very kindly brought in the bagpipes and snare drum and played for all the children. Also a big thank you to Mrs McKay for cooking us a fantastic Burns supper to have for snack. We Spent the day dressing up in kilts, reading Scottish poems and stories, listening to Scottish Music, creating Tartan paintings and celebrating Scottish Culture.
Have a look at some of our photos and video clips in the Sway below…
Please email any photos or video clips sharing how your family Celebrate Burns Day 🙂
Last week we published a Blog post about our latest Box Clever topic, the extremely popular story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. Today during group time the Red afternoon group discovered a video of a family acting out the story, when looking for an animated version and we love it!
This version of the story is slightly different, by adding in a mountain in place of the snow and mud, but that made it all the more exciting! We also enjoyed the repetition of the rhythm of the footsteps as the family walked.
After group time we had a try of acting out part of the story with Miss Collins. Can you watch and listen and tell which part of the story we were acting out?
https://youtu.be/yfBvg7XkH9A
We plan to add more parts of the story over the next few weeks but we need some help, so here is the family challenge for you to try at home……
Can you record a part of the story, while narrating the words? Miss Wilkinson and Miss Kelly can help you download the footage from your camera or mobile device, memory card etc in nursery to add it to our video clips (files will probably be too large in size to send by email).
We can’t wait to to see who will join in helping us make our very own digital version of ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen.
As you will know BEYC is a Digital School and as well as ensuring digital technology is thoroughly embedded in children’s learning experiences we also highly value the importance of online safety. Tuesday 6th of February is Safer Internet Day 2018 and at BEYC, children will be learning about what this means during group time that week. Activities include videos, PowerPoint presentations and picture cards all about keeping safe online based around three little monsters Puff, Ness and Fizz.
“The resources for 3-7 year olds aim to facilitate discussion with the youngest internet users, at a level which is age appropriate and reflects the diverse range of experiences they will have had online so far. Some children within this age range may be online without ‘knowing’ it i.e. watching their favourite cartoons or movies on services such as Amazon or Netflix, but will still spend the majority of their time offline. Others will be able to name specific games or websites that they frequent, and will have a deeper understanding of what being online means, through using a range of devices at home, or through having older siblings.
The learning outcomes within this pack therefore extensively cover life offline, as well as online, and focus on the children’s immediate family and friends, and familiar surroundings, in order to introduce the concepts that are being explored this Safer Internet Day – such as our connections, our emotions, our personal interests, and what it means to keep ourselves safe.”
There are resources for parents/carers and a film clip on the UK Safer Internet Centre site.
Please click on the link below to access the materials.
You can also click on this link to DigiDuck-eBook from ChildNet.com.
It is an educational e-safety story in PDF format aimed at children aged 3-7 years old.
We will celebrate Burns Day early, on Tuesday 23rd January, this will be part of our learning about our town, our country and it’s culture. On this day we encourage everyone to wear something tartan — we will also be tasting some haggis, neeps and tatties and listening to some Scottish music and having a try at reciting some Scottish poetry.
We are delighted to say we will be be having a special day in Nursery on Wednesday 31st January when we will be gifting the Scottish Book Trust Bookbug Bags to our ante-pre school children and other books to our pre-school children. We would like to invite parents/carers to come to nursery to share a song/story and visit from the Book Bug on the 31st January at 10.30am for morning children and 12.20pm for afternoon children. The visit will be for approximately 30 minutes.
