The sun was shining on Tuesday for our Morning Sports Day. The children had great fun and were all stars! Thank you to all the families that came along to cheer their children on, we appreciate your continued support.
We are looking forward to our Afternoon Sports Day on Thursday at 2pm. Photo’s of this will follow.
Some Nursery children visited the school this morning. They helped Mrs Rafferty with a job. We met some of the Primary 1 teachers on the way and stopped for a chat. The children were interested in the artwork on the walls and this generated lots of chat too.
Some more photo’s from Thursday’s visit from Jupiter Artland. The buddies joined in, which the children were delighted with.
Jupiter Artland visited the Nursery
Jupiter Artland visited this week and the children had the opportunity to make their own models from clay. They collected natural materials to use from the wooded area in the school grounds. The children were all very excited as their buddies accompanied them during this experience. More photo’s to follow from Thursday’s visit.
While Primary 1 children were out on their trip last week, we had a last minute opportunity to take some pre-school children up to the primary 1 class for a visit. They enjoyed playing in the classroom and listening to a story being read by Mrs Donnelly.
The transition for pre-school children will be happening in the next few weeks. Please check the parents board in the cloakroom for more details.
for more details.
October Holidays
Nursery will be closed from Monday 15th – Monday 22nd October 2018.
Children back Tuesday 23rd October 2018.
Nursery Parents Night
Wednesday 10th October 2018 6.00-8.00pm
and
Thursday 11th October 2018 4.30-6.30pm
Booking of appointments will be required to be carried out online.
The School Office has sent out an email with instructions of how to book your appointment online. Booking will go live Thursday 20th September 2018 at 7.30pm.
Christmas Event
There will be a Christmas Event with Morning, Afternoon and All Day children attending. Families are very welcome to come along. More details to follow.
This will be held in the School Dinner Hall on Monday 10th December 2018 time to be confirmed.
Children in Nursery are noticing the seasonal changes with Autumn approaching. Many of them are bringing leaves (that have fallen and changed colour) and conkers into nursery to show their friends and to add to our Autumn Discovery Tray.
Discovery Tray
At Group Time we have been discussing Autumn with the children and introduced a game ‘Knock Knock Knock, Whats in the Box?’ with Autumn pictures, books, leaves, apples, conkers, pine cones etc to extend their interest and allow the children to share their knowledge with their group.
‘Knock Knock Knock, Whats in the Box?’
Autumn Walk/EE2 Forms
We will hopefully be organising a local Autumn Walk with the children soon. Although we need to arrange all returning families to complete an EE2 form before we can do this. Please look out for this in the coming weeks. A prompt return of the form would be appreciated so we will have time to go ahead with a walk.
Maths Week 2018 in the Nursery
We had a fun week in the nursery with the children, learning maths through play.
The children explored numbers, counting, sorting, matching, height, length, shapes and colours.
Maths is incorporated in the everyday nursery routines such as Snack Time , Group Time, Story and Song Time and when getting themselves ready to play outdoors.
Maths games on the Smartboard.
Following the sequence of the arrows and number recognition.
Number and matching games.
Comparing and measuring height.
Experimenting with shapes.
Comparing length.
Number recognition through role play.
Learning shapes and colours as well as sharing, turn taking and building new friendships.
