Good Morning everyone 🙂

We hope everyone is safe and well at home and enjoying your home learning experiences. Nursery staff have been working hard behind the scenes to plan for our children and support them from their home environment. We would like to remind you to check your learning journals for daily updates and fun new ideas to take part in if you wish to.  Within the parent contribution section you can upload pictures and updates of what you and your child have been busy doing at home we would love to see them.

Below are a few outdoor play ideas and suggestions from the Scottish Virtual Nature School that may support you and your child when engaging  in outdoor play throughout this time.

We are here to support you, Please do not hesitate to get in contact with your child’s keyworker or the leadership team may you have any queries or concerns.

Scottish Virtual Nature School – Home Learning Brochure – Parents (1)

Last week an email was shared with parents and carers with attached our Parent Questionnaire. We would like to thank everyone who has responded so far it has been great feedback for the nursery to receive these and will allow us to continue to improve!

Below is the link to our Questionnaire, If you have not already completed this and you wish to do so please follow the link below, we value your feedback.

Many Thanks,

Miss Sneddon & MrsT

We understand at the moment that parents and carers are not experiencing their child’s nursery experience as we used to before.

Below we have created and attached  learning sways for each bubble, this will give you an overview of their learning and interests within their bubble, and some the experiences and activities they are taking part in.

The Puddle Jumpers (Purple, Pink and Green Group) –

The Puddle Jumpers

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Go to this Sway

The Explorers (Magnolia, Brown and Grey Group) –

The Explorers

If your child is in the Grey, Magnolia or Brown group, Their bubble has named themselves the Explorers.

Go to this Sway

The Adventurers (Blue and Orange Group) –

The Adventurers

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Go to this Sway

The Superheroes and Globe Stars (Red and Yellow Group) –

The Superheroes and Globe Stars

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Go to this Sway

Following on from the schools Meet the Teacher sways, As a nursery we have created a sway introducing you to our nursery team, how the nursery works, a look around the nursery and some additional information.

Please follow the link below for an insight into Simpson Nursery Class.

https://sway.office.com/EOrGpEB5iIysVsAv?ref=Link

Here at Simpson Nursery Class we are getting used to our new nursery routines, The children are thriving in their learning bubbles and we would like to tell you a little bit more about what they are getting up to.

The children have come up with their very own names for their bubbles and are directing their own learning within the group through the use of their own floorbooks.

The brown, magnolia and grey bubble are called The Explorers.

The orange and blue bubble are called The Adventurers. 

The red and yellow bubble in the morning are called The Superheroes and the afternoon yellow and red bubble are called The Globe Stars.

The pink, purple and green bubble  are called The Puddle Jumpers.

Here a few snapshots of what we have been getting up to!

We can’t believe it today is the last day of term.

From everyone here at Simpson Nursery class we would like to say a big thankyou to all of the support we’ve had over the last few months throughout these challenging times and thank our families for staying at home and staying safe. We have missed all of your faces at nursery!

We are so happy that our new primary ones got to meet their new teacher and got to say a final goodbye to nursery this week. We wish them all the best of luck in Primary one 😀

In August we are looking forward to welcoming back our families and meeting new children and families that start with us.

We have created a little sway to introduce our nursery staff and a little sneak peak into nursery for our new children starting with us. Our existing children may also enjoy seeing a little video of their keyworker. This can be found on our twitter page, the link is attached below.

We hope you all have a lovely summer and can’t wait to welcome you back soon 😀⭐️

We can’t believe it’s the last day of term. We can’t wait to welcome our children and new families in August. We have made a little sway for a little sneak peak into Simpson Nursery Class 💙 https://t.co/oFyfkklMbn

— Simpson PS Nursery (@NurserySimpson) June 26, 2020

Good Afternoon everyone,

If your child is leaving nursery to start primary one this year you should of received a group call this week regarding a little request needing your help.

Below we have attached the letter sent to parents. If you haven’t sent over your child’s photograph don’t worry there is still time to do so.  Please send your child’s photo to

Hannah.sneddon@westlothian.org.uk

By tomorrow, Friday 19th June.

Thankyou all for the photographs we received so far we look forward to seeing more and celebrating your child’s time spent at nursery the best we can  😀

Please share this with other parents you may know of their child starting primary one this year.

Today’s challenge is to create your very own ‘Me Map’ this will support the children transitioning into primary one and the children transitioning into nursery again.

The nursery staff have created their own example to give you a few ideas below.

Your Me Map could include a picture of your child, their likes and dislikes, favourite colour/food or things they enjoy doing! 

This can also include your child’s drawings. 

This can be done on paper and then photographed or done online and can be shared through our twitter page @NurserySimpson, your child’s learning journal or to the emails shared below.

Preschool children starting primary one sent to – 

hannah.sneddon@westlothian.org.uk 

Children starting back nursery or new to Simpson Nursery sent to – 

alison.tomczynski@westlothian.org.uk

The Me Maps will then be shared with the primary one teachers and will support the teachers and the nursery staff to get to know the children for when they start back nursery and primary one. 

Please keep your original copies of your child’s Me Map if possible for displays in the future!

Looking forward to seeing your Me Maps 😀