Our nursery children have been enjoying our larger block play space which is now in the main foyer. There is plenty of space to allow children to build and create using the large blocks and loose parts stored in this area.
Although our nursery is a busy place, there are plenty of spaces to have some quieter play or simply enjoy a book or storytelling session.
CHRISTMAS PARTIES
Thursday 19th December
9.45am – 11.30am
or
1.15pm – 2.40pm
All children welcome
Full Day children – please indicate preferred time on sheet beside signing in sheets.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas….
Our nursery children and staff have been busy making the nursery look very festive. The children have been making decorations for their Christmas tree in nursery and enjoyed helping to decorate the tree. Lots of different items have also been made to sell at the Christmas Fayre this Saturday. Well done everyone – great effort 🙂
The Nursery children have had a little enterprise going over the past few weeks and have been working hard to make beautiful tree decorations and lot’s of other goodies to sell.
Please support the Nursery and School by coming along and enjoying a festive filled morning!
Home baking is required for our baking stall, please hand any donations to the school or nursery on Friday 13th. Many thanks.
We were delighted with the turn out to both our morning and afternoon Christmas Performances. Thank you for your ongoing support, it is very much appreciated and it makes all the hard work your children put in very worthwhile.  I’m sure you will agree they put on a great show and were all shining stars on the stage.
Pupils in P7S enjoyed their Christmas lunch today! We were signing along to the music and some of us even chose to sing karaoke and tell jokes using the school microphone.
Afterwards we enjoyed making Christmas crafts in class while listening to music. We are having a lovely afternoon in class!
Primary 7S pupils had a very busy day today!
Some of us went along to West Calder High School to learn how to make a spatula With Dr. Cherry as part of our transition, we had great fun although felt a bit apprehensive walking into the high school as we could see older pupils in their classrooms.
We were all learning to write a balanced argument in class and chose our subject area ensuring we were following the success criteria of writing in the third person, creating an introduction and making sure we had paragraphs detailing the pros and cons before concluding our work with our own opinion. We enjoyed including some research into our work by using ICT to enhance our knowledge.
The fire service were back in to see us this afternoon and worked with some pupils in our class to teach emergency first aid skills. All P7 pupils in our school have now had emergency first aid training so they will be prepared in any emergency situation.
Well done for a great day today P7, I am looking forward to what tomorrow brings. Remember you can wear your Christmas PJs to raise money for the charity Save the Children.
A little reminder that pupils in Technology group 2 will attend WCHS tomorrow at 9am and then on the 19th of December. The session for the 12th of December was moved to the 19th due to the school being closed to pupils for the upcoming election.
Please ensure you have handed in your EE2 or you will be unable to attend.
Miss Morrison
In nursery we have started to introduce a new wood work bench and tools to the children. Some of the children have spoken about how we use the different tools and how we can stay safe when using them. Next week the children will have the opportunity to practice hammering nails into the wood.
Wood work is a great activity for children to gain real first hand experiences and it also allows them to develop their hand eye coordination, risk management, problem solving skills and their fine motor control.
We would like to thank all the parents and carers who came in during our Stay and Play sessions last week. The children love to share with their families what they do at Nursery.
Also big thanks for your kind donations for the Christmas School Fayre, they are all very well appreciated.
As we continue to develop our Nursery and Nursery grounds we are looking for idea’s from Parents and Carers. Your suggestions are valued and appreciated. Please add any idea’s to the Blue Sheet next the signing in sheets. Thank you.
We are also looking for words that describe what you value in Early Years to create a ‘Wordall’ (picture made up of words). Please`share your words with Nursery Staff.
