Category Archives: Nursery

Nursery trip to Five Sisters Zoo

June 27, 2017 Mrs Diamond Leave a comment

The nursery children enjoyed their trip to Five Sisters Zoo. The sun was shining and the children were very excited. We started with a minibeast hunt and then had time to look at some of the animals. There was a quick trip to the park before lunch and then it was back to looking at the animals.

“I think it was all really good.” – Charlotte

“I liked the bit when we were finding the animals” – Jack

“I want to go again!” – Chloe

The lions were the favourite animals, but the other animals the children enjoyed seeing included the lemurs, meerkats, the snake and the bears.

A big thank you goes to all our adult helpers – we can’t do trips like this without your support.

Early Level, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Transition

P1 and P2/1 Transition Challenge

June 27, 2017 Mrs Smith Leave a comment

Last week Primary 1 and Primary 2/1 worked together to prepare a presentation for the Nursery children who are coming into P1 in August.

The first part of our challenge was to discuss what we thought the Nursery children most needed to know about being in Primary 1. There were lots of ideas and suggestions put forward and here are a few of our suggestions:

“To be confident and make new friends.” (Grace)

“You need to be kind to each other.” (William)

“Sitting still, looking at the teacher, lips closed and open ears.” (Cayla)

“Do your own work.” (Lacey)

“Don’t push. Use gentle hands and feet.” (Jake)

Next, we organised these ideas under the headings of routines, rules and expectations, learning, playing in the playground and friendship. We took photographs to include in the presentation because they helped to demonstrate some of our ideas.

When the Nursery children came over, we took turns to talk to them. The Nursery boys and girls listened very well, and at the end, they asked some good questions which we tried hard to answer.

We are looking forward to working with and playing with the Nursery children when they become our new Primary 1 classes.

https://www.slideshare.net/midcps/welcome-to-p1-and-p21-transition-challenge

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Nursery assembly and transition

June 25, 2017 Mrs Diamond Leave a comment

The morning and afternoon classes performed their end of year assemblies this week. The children had worked hard to learn all their lines. They sang their hearts out for the audience and there was barely a dry eye in the house.

The pre-school children also visited Primary 1 to find out from the current classes what it is really like in the school. The Primary 1 children explained all about the routines and expectations. The nursery children had the opportunity to ask questions and clarify their ideas.

Achievement Awards, Community, English & Literacy, Events, Maths & Numeracy, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, Sciences, Technologies, Uncategorized

Term 4 Celebration Assembly

June 23, 2017 Miss Burton Leave a comment

Today we had our final Celebration Assembly. The Technical Troopers past and present were recognised for their contributions across our whole school community, from supporting teachers to setting up for CEMs, presenting to WL Head Teachers and staff to organising our Digital Award Accrediation. They have worked very hard to embed digital learning across our school and nursery.

We awarded Remarkable, STEM Superstars and Top Scorers for the term. Congratulations to everyone who received an award.

Congratulations to Cunigar for winning the house cup this term.

Events, Information for Parents, Nursery, Nursery Learning Stories, Transition

Nursery Induction Evening

June 14, 2017 Miss Burton Leave a comment

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Newsletter, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7

June Newsletter

June 13, 2017 Miss Burton Leave a comment

Dear Parents / Carers,

Here we are approaching the end of another school year. We have had many highlights since the beginning of the session and it will conclude with the same excitement. From Nursery to P7 the children will have their own special memory to look back on. It could be their performance in the Nativity, the production of Alice, their Remarkable Reader Award or Stem Award, a Living the Values certificate or an achievement recognised through I – Achieve. It may even be the completion of an amazing piece of work, coming up with a theme for new learning, presenting at a conference or sharing learning at their class assembly. As a school our highlights have been many but a few are, sharing our digital learning with colleagues from across West Lothian, being recognised for our achievement in peer mediation from both out with and within West Lothian, the monies we have raised for various charities and the food the children collected for local food banks. The list could go on, but I think what is most important is that every child has tried their best in everything they have completed and these accolades help us to say that they do.

I would like to thank the members of the PSA for all their fund raising events this year; they have worked relentless to raise money for our playground and to improve the space for the children. The grand total is over £10,000, which is a massive achievement. The Pupil Council will take time to get feedback from all children about what they would like for the playground and feed this back to the PSA to move this forward in the new year. I hope you have a safe and happy holiday.

Mary McKenzie

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Nursery Sports Day

June 13, 2017 Mrs Diamond Leave a comment

The sun may not have shone, but the nursery children had great fun at their Sports Day. They joined in with lots of games and had a good run around. The children described it as “fun”, “great” and “the best”. Sports Day ended with an ice lolly and a ceremony to present each child with a sticker and a rosette for taking part.