The Children have been really interested in herbs. This has come from some of our Children who have been engaged in play in the house area of the nursery. The Children have been observed talking about things they are making e.g soup, salad. The have been chopping and mixing herbs and vegetables which has been extended into other areas of the nursery.  We have given the Children the opportunity prepare and taste some herbs in the snack room.  As an extension of this activity we have planned to plant our own herbs in the nursery garden over the next few weeks.

The writing table has been a busy activity this week as the Children write their letters to chefs in local restaurants asking if they are available to come and chat to them about there. If there are any parents who are a chef or know of anyone and would like to come in for a short time to speak to our nursery Children we would be very grateful. This would be a fantastic opportunity for them to meet people in their local community.

Please keep a look out for our new GIRFEC wall in the cloakroom which we hope to add to over the next few weeks. The Children have been discussing our new Emoji Friends which have been introduced at group time and the Children have been involved in naming them(have a look at our Gemma board). This displayed is an ongoing theme and information will be added to it from time to time.

It’s been yet another busy week in Nursery!! We have some aspiring chefs in the house and playdough areas, making some imaginative dishes with real vegetables, herbs and playdough.  In the investigation station we have been further exploring different herbs, including basil, thyme, rosemary and coriander. The children have been chopping and snipping the various herbs and grinding them to release their different aromas.

Following on from posting our letters at the postbox (for donations to our Loose Parts play), the children have been very busy at the mark making table writing letters. Some have been posting these letters in the nursery postbox for the “postman” to collect and deliver.  Next week we will be discussing our address, including door number, street name and town. Does your child know where they live??

We have also made a start in re-vamping our Muddy kitchen area. We have moved our kitchen to a different location, giving us more space to install beds for planting. We would be grateful for any donations of soil, seeds and volunteers would be warmly welcomed. You never know, Mrs Sharkey might even make you a cup of tea.

Just a wee reminder that the nursery will be closed on Monday 7^th May and Tuesday 8^th May.

Finally…… we have had little bit of warmer weather, long may it continue!

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Family Learning Showcase last night (Thursday). We hope you enjoyed it.

What an exciting week we have had. Keir’s dad Robin came in to talk to the children about his very important job as an Air Ambulance Paramedic.  The children were very excited and asked many questions. Ayiah asked Does the helicopter have buttons ?   Robin explained the pilot does the drive and presses the buttons. We have to tell the pilot where we are going because we are in the clouds.  We navigate using a computer.  Struan said a Sat Nav.  Robin said Yes to tell us how to get there.

We would be delighted if any of our parents/ carers, Grandparents or family members would like to talk about their career or skills. Please speak to a member of staff to arrange this thank you.

On Thursday and Friday we had lots of fun during our Egg Hunt everyone found an egg.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Easter Holidays

We are now off for 2 weeks we return on Monday April 9^TH.

^{STAY PLAY AND LEARN  is on Wednesday 18th April . Please feel free to sign up for our other available dates in the new term.}

Enjoy the break and we will see you all in the new term.

Some children have begun to notice signs of spring in the nursery garden. Daffodil heads, snow drop and crocuses are beginning to appear.

One of the art tables has a stimulus of flowers and a spring book to further engage them in looking for signs of spring and to add some beautiful paintings to our art wall. If you are out and about see if you can find any other signs with your child/children.

Mrs Gray from NYCOS [National Youth Choir of Scotland] was back in on Monday to take the rest of the groups for some music and movement activities. This week she worked with the orange, purple, pink and red groups. She was very good with the children and staff and is going to send us a DVD and some props so we can continue to further explore and engage the children in these activities.

Gemma’s words for this week were loud/quiet, pattern, camouflage, forwards and backwards.

Our muddy kitchen which the children love is looking a bit tired and in need of a revamp if you would like to be involved and are free on Wednesday 25^th April at 10:30am or 12:30pm Mrs Marshall and Ms Henderson invite you to come to their Muddy Kitchen Makeover meeting. If you can’t make it but have some ideas please speak to them.

Care commission visited the nursery on Tuesday morning to have a look at our snack menu and observe how independent the children are while following the snack routine and their engagement in preparing the vegetables for the afternoons snack. We look forward to their feedback.

Welcome back to everyone after our snow days.

The Nursery Children have had a busy week designing and making their own vehicles. They used cardboard boxes and other junk material and painted their vehicles when they were finished. Their work is displayed in the art area of the nursery, please feel free to have a look.

In the bottom area beside the smartboard we have set up the puppet show. We have provided the Children with Super Hero puppet/pictures for their role play. The Children have shown lots of interest and it continues to be a very busy activity.

A big well done and thank you to all the parents and Children who were able to design their own t-shirt.  It was lovely to see the amazing effort from everyone. WELL DONE!