Last week the children helped to look after our wildlife by making bird feeders using apples and sesame seeds. During their daily walk they found tree’s to hang them from. This helps the children develop an understanding of nature and how we can help birds and other wildlife stay well fed during the colder months. There has been a lot of discussion from the children regarding migrating birds and moles and hedgehogs hibernating over winter.
Story Stones
During Book Week we introduced new Story Stones. The children had great fun using them to recall and retell familiar stories and to help introduce a story line into their own storytelling. They used their imagination well to create their very own storybooks through drawing pictures.
Thank you so much to the parents who kindly came into Nursery to read to the children. The children really enjoyed having someone different read to them during Book Week. We really appreciate the time you gave up to do this.
Our first Parent Fundraising Groups will be held next week on
Tuesday 3rd December – 2.30pm
&
Wednesday 4th December – 9.50am
Please meet in the Nursery Reception area and Mrs Laing or Mrs Rafferty will take you to the Parents Room in the school. Refreshments will be available.
Many thanks for your support with this. Hopefully with your support we will pull off our Christmas stall at the School Fair on the 14th December and raise lots of money to improve the Nursery resources therefore benefiting your child(ren).
25th-28th Stay and Play
Parents/Carers are welcome to come along and spend times with your child during the Nursery session. Joining in their fun and finding out what they get up to in Nursery.
All we ask is that you let us know which day you are planning to come by writing your name on the Stay & Play sheet located next to the sign in sheets.
Wednesday 27th Parents Consultation 3-4 year olds
Times available will be between 5.10pm and 6.40pm. Times can be booked through the member of staff on the door this week.
Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th Nursery Parent Group
Tuesday 3rd afternoon and Wednesday 4th morning we will be holding our first Parent Fundraising Groups. Exact times will be confirmed, please look out for this through the School App and on the Nursery Noticeboard. We will be looking for support to help with setting up a stall at the School Christmas Fair on Saturday 14th December. We would appreciate any practical help you can spare to help make up crafts for us to sell at our stall. Due to the short notice and limited time we will provide what is needed to do this. We would appreciate any time you can spare to help us pull this off! This is a great opportunity to meet other parents and have a cuppa and chat in our parents room. Refreshments will be provided. Many thanks for your support.
Thursday 5th – Christmas Performance
All children are invited to take part in our Christmas Performance. Parents of full day children can choose to come to the morning performance @ 11.00-11.30 am or the afternoon performance @ 2.30-3.00 pm. Please identify your preferred performance on the sheet in the Nursery reception area, as the children will only be asked to take part in one performance.
To promote Book Week Scotland and to help raise funds for nursery we are holding a book sale at Nursery this week.
This is set up in the cloakroom area of the Nursery.
Please support the Nursery by purchasing a book or two which can be used to read at home or use as part of the ‘Look for a Book’ initiative. The money raised will benefit your child by either purchasing new books or equipment.
Many thanks
We are relaunching our bedtime reading initiative during Scotland Book Week this week. You will find this set up in the reception area of the Nursery. These are a set of 5 books for you and your child to borrow and share at home as part of their bedtime routine.
The Big Bedtime Read’s aim is to ensure children read a bedtime story at least 4 or more times a week.
You and your child will have access to our Big Bedtime Read packs whenever you wish. You are free to change your pack at any time. All we ask is that you record the pack you have borrowed by writing your child’s name and the date you take the pack, in the lending folder.
We hope you take the opportunity to borrow the packs and take advantage of this activity which will greatly benefit your child by
18 November – Book Week Scotland
Book Week Scotland is an annual celebration of books and reading that takes place across the country. In Nursery we will be launching a few events to celebrate this.
We are participating in ‘Look for a book Scotland’ initiative. Children’s books are hidden around East Calder and other villages in Scotland. We were lucky to hear about this from a family at our nursery. We searched locally and found some! They are hidden for children to find, read, keep them for as long as they like and then hide them again for someone else to find!
Add a photo of the find and post on the ‘Look for a book Scotland’ Facebook site.
This initiative is to inspire and encourage children to read!
We are planning to have a book day in the Nursery soon, where you can sponsor books for hiding in our community for other children to find. Look out for more information coming soon!
Each child has an individual learning journal which you can access online. This is any easy to use and secure online learning journal helping staff and families celebrate their children’s learning and development.a record of your child’s progress and learning.
If you are having difficulty accessing this please speak to Nursery Staff who will be happy to help you.
