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We still have not spotted any tadpoles in the pond as yet. Come into nursery and have a look at our Learning Stories to find out what we have observed……
Please have a look at the clips we have been playing on the Smartboard in nursery to support learning at home.
Please remember to supervise children when looking at online clips. For more information on keeping children safe online see Think U Know and Net Aware .
The NSPCC with O2 have launched a Net Aware guide to support parents on the go and help them keep their children safe on the move. Please have a look at the information, particularly if you have older children who have access to social media. You can also sign up for email updates about new social networks and how to stay up to date with online safety.
This week we said goodbye to our 6 little spring chicks John, Margo, Laura (named after our extremely helpful colleagues at West Lothian ICT Development Team who helped us to set up our web link via Glow), Patrick (hatching on St. Patricks Day) and Anna and Elsa (who can guess where their names came from?) They have grown very quickly and are now too big for the box and need lots of space to play and run around in, so have gone back to the farm in Dechmont, where they came from as eggs. This has been a fantastic learning experience for everyone at Bathgate Early Years Centre and also everyone who logged into Glow and joined us in our very own ‘Chick Cam’ meeting space. We plan to continue to extend our learning about the life cycle of a chicken after the Easter break and also the life cycle of other creatures…
Who has spotted the very small baby snails in the snail tank?
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We now have a total of 5 chicks and another two eggs are beginning to crack.
Remember if you have access to a Glow account you can watch live on the ‘Chick Cam’ for updates.
https://meet.glowscotland.org.uk/r13p879v6ii/
Please log into Glow and watch online with us……..
Remember you will need a Glow password to access the meeting room (Primary and Secondary school pupils have Glow passwords).
Last week our morning group joined a Glow meet with musicians from ‘ Scotland Sings’ to take part in an altogether online sing-a-long at the end of a morning. This was an interactive meet, where we communicated through the comments and questions box and shared our answers to the musical instrument quizzes, with the musicians and children from other schools all over Scotland. We learned some new Scottish songs and tried to sing-a-long, with our nursery ladies, who helped us to follow the lyrics on screen. It was great fun dancing along to the fast music played on the guitar and mandolin too. Previously we have had visits from musicians during the Bathgate Music Festival so this was a new experience and we look forward to the next Scotland Sings meet to learn more new songs and discover different instruments.
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On Thursday the wraparound children had a fantastic time at the Royal Highland Show. They enjoyed getting up close with the animals and trying new experiences such a milking a cow, making a candle, tasting fresh honey and yummy treats and milk. Everyone was very tired when they got back to nursery after having such a busy day and walking so far. Thank you to our parent/grandparent helpers for making this trip possible.
On Friday in nursery, we tuned into Glow TV to discover even more about the animals on show at Ingliston.
Have a look at our photographs to find out more……
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Hand washing focus fortnight is now officially finished, the boys and girls have been learning new songs, experiencing different experiments and have been receiving stickers for their efforts. Germ busters have been at the front of the nursery with their UV light machine to see if parents at BEYC hands are as clean as the childrens. Thank you for taking part and hope to continue in the routine of handwashing at home and within the nursery’.
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At Bathgate Early Years Centre we use Glow to develop and extend children’s learning through participating in Glow TV events and hosting Glow meets and events of our own in the Early Years Meeting Room. We were contacted from Education Scotland to share our good practice with education staff from all over Scotland on the Glow Gallery.
Click on Glow Gallery to have a look.
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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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