Month: April 2020

NURSERY – Fun and Learning at Home

Good Morning, hope you are all well 🙂 

Here are some suggested activities to give a try.

Baking – Why not try making some delicious flapjacks – Click Here for the Recipe. L.I I am able to follow a recipe and use scales to measure out ingredients.

        

Float and sink – Do you know what floats and sinks and why? Find items in the house with an adult e.g. cutlery, toys (non-electrical/without batteries), fruit/veg, or natural items when out a walk e.g. flowers, pinecones, sticks and stones. See what floats and what sinks. Discuss why you think this happens L.I I have experimented with everyday items as units of measure to investigate and compare sizes and amounts in my environment, sharing my findings with others.

Arts and Crafts – As it was Earth Day yesterday why not try making a picture of Earth using shaving foam. Click Here for instructions L.I I have the freedom to discover and choose ways to create images and objects using a variety of materials.

Scrap book – Since we are unable to spend time with family and friends just now, why not look at photographs, talk about them and make a scrap book. You could stick pictures into your book of friends, family and happy times on days out or holidays and write when it was, who’s in the picture, what you were doing and decorate each page how you would like. L.I I am developing my fine motor skills. I am able to share my thoughts and feelings with others.

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

Have fun and stay safe.

EC Nursery Team

Earth Day Fun for P2W

Good morning everyone,

I hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday with your family doing lots of fun activities.

Today is a very special day in the calendar called ‘Earth Day’. This year is even more special as it is the 50th anniversary. Below are some links for fun and interactive resources to give you more information about Earth Day.  Have fun doing some of these activities.

Missing you all,

Miss Walkingshaw

NURSERY – Fun Learning at Home

Welcome back, we hope you all had a relaxing break over Easter.

We have enjoyed reading your posts on the home learning section of your child’s learning journals, thank you so much for keeping in touch.  Sharing your news and photo’s have helped to lift our spirits as we continue to miss all of our little friends.  We really appreciate the time you have taken to do this.  Please continue and if you haven’t managed to log on yet, instructions have been posted onto each child’s learning journal to make this easier for families. Say Hi, we would love to hear from you and we will reply back to all posts.

If you are looking for some new idea’s to try at home this week, please give these a try………..

Star Gazing – wrap up warm and enjoy a hot chocolate with marshmallows whilst sharing family time star gazing at night with Elon Musks satellite. Find out more information by clicking here.

This week you can also see the Lyrid meteor shower which happens this time every year.  Its said to peak tonight and if your lucky you could see between 10-15 meteors an hour! L.1. I have experienced the wonder of looking at the vastness of the sky, and can recognise the sun, moon and stars and link them to daily patterns of life.

We would love to hear about any star gazing finds!

 

Stone Matching Game – Find a selection of different sized stones during a local walk and use them to trace around, ask your child to match the correct stone to the tracing.  Support your child with movement language to help them learn and understand position and direction including in front, above, below, left, right, forwards and backwards, this helps to challenge your child further. L.1. I can collect objects and ask questions to gather information, organising and displaying my findings in different ways

 

Painting Stones –  If you have paint or felt tip pens at home, why not continue the play with stones and allow your child to decorate them.  When they are finished your child can have fun hiding them in the local community for another child to find.  This great idea has been shared on Home Learning in our Learning Journals, so we know there are already some stones hidden waiting to be found in East Calder.  Have fun painting, hunting or both. L.1. I can create a range of visual information through observing and recording from my experiences across the curriculum.

Enjoy and most of all have fun and please remember you can access more learning and play idea’s from blogs.scotland.org.uk/wl/snonursery

EC Nursery Team

Attention Stargazers!

A couple of exciting things for you to get out and see over the next few nights:
Tonight Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite ‘train’ will be passing over head from South West to East at 9:58pm (just in case you are still awake at this time).
You can find the exact times here –
https://findstarlink.com/#1523;3
I’ve not seen them before so I’m very much looking forward to this! You should be able to see them without the need for a telescope or binoculars.
This week you can also see the Lyrid meteor shower which happens around this time every year. It is set to peak tomorrow (Tuesday) night, and if you are lucky you could see between 10-15 meteors an hour!
It’s always a good idea to go outside at least 15 minutes beforehand to allow your eyes to adjust to the darkness and give yourself the best chance of spotting something. Make sure you wrap up warm (I like to take a nice hot chocolate out with me too)
I’m looking forward to hearing all of your stargazing finds!
Fingers crossed for a clear night!
Have fun!
Mrs Beattie 💫

PE – Balance and Control

Hello everyone, I hope you had a fun and active Easter holiday.  This week in PE we are going to be improving our balance and control. This balance and control work grid has different tasks that will test and improve your ability to balance when you are standing and when you are moving.  By the end of this week, you should have completed at least one full stage from the grid so make sure you practise every day.

Balancing Grid 1

Here are some things to remember when you are practising.

  • Keep your head up and look forward
  • Don’t rush
  • Keep on trying, don’t give up

Balance is important for all sports. Think about how balance is important for a sport that you like to play. You could draw a picture, make a poster, make a list or tell a family member why balance is important for that sport.

It is also important to make sure that you are active every day. At least 60 minutes a day!

Here are some ideas to keep you active.

Remember at least 60 minutes of activity a day!

If you would like to complete the throwing and catching videos just click on the links below.

 

Let’s have another active week!

Mr. Millar

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