NURSERY – Learning at Home is Fun

A big Hello to all our families, we are hoping that you are all well and keeping safe at home.

Some more idea’s to try with your little ones….

         

We’re going on a Bear Hunt

So many children in our Nursery know and love this story so why not change it into a game for your daily walks during social distancing. L.1. Moves at different speeds – slowly, steadily and quickly.  Please put a teddy at your window for the local kids to spot whilst out on their walks. It will bring some excitement and happiness at this strange difficult time. You can share the story with your child or access online by clicking hereL.1. Engages with stories and texts in different ways.

There is a West Lothian Facebook page dedicated to this, where you can join and share your photos of your walks. Look it up and share with your friends. Find out more by clicking here.

If you have a printer at home why not print off this certificate to give to your child after your bear hunt. L.1. Celebrates, values and uses achievements to build next steps.   

You can find the above certificate here.

You can continue the Bear theme by providing your child with a blanket, dishes and real food so they can invite their bears/cuddly toys to a teddy bears picnic!

L.1. Invents own stories and characters to share with others in play, imaginative and real contexts.

Encourage your child to practise their counting by playing ‘hide and seek’ with their bears/cuddly toys. You could hide their bears around the house or garden and ask your child to count forwards or backwards to a challenging number and then find all the bears.  L.1. Recalls the number sequence forwards and backwards within the range 0-30.

         

Remember you can also have a look at West Lothian Early Years Blog  for more ideas by clicking here.

Have fun and stay safe!

Autism Awareness Week

Hi to all our families at East Calder!

This week is Autism Awareness Week.  Autistic learners may find coping with the uncertainty and significant changes to their routines particularly challenging at this time.  However, it is also completely normal for children without Autism to be finding it difficult to cope with the great changes to their routines at this time.  Education Scotland have a large range of resources from their Autism Toolbox to support families during this time.  I hope this link can help support you and your family at this time http://ow.ly/ZRG650yZwL0

Take care,

Miss Baldacci (Principal Teacher).

Throwing and Catching Challenge – Can you beat Mr Millar?

Hello,

Can you beat Mr. Millar’s final score for the ‘Throw, Dab and Catch’ Challenge?

Click on the link below to find out how he got on.

Mr. Millar’s ‘Throw, Dab and Catch’ attempt

More challenges can be found on the Throwing and Catching Challenge Grid.

Throwing and Catching Grid 1

Good luck!

Mr. Millar

 

Science – International Space Station

Hello everyone!

One of the tasks you all had on your science grids was to go outside when it was dark and see if you could spot any stars or planets. If you time it well then you can also see the International Space Station flying over your head. I was lucky enough to spot it on Saturday night at around 8:30pm. I managed to take a video to share with you all. See if you can spot it! There are still opportunities for you to spot it yourself too, check the website at spotthestation.nasa.gov to see times of when it will be passing over where you live.

Happy star gazing!

Mrs Beattie

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