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Sports Day and Garden Sale!!!

It has been another busy week at Simpson Nursery. As we are nearing the end of the last term in nursery for some of our boys and girls, transition into P1 has begun. The pre-school children have spent time in their classroom along with their buddies and P1 teacher.  It is an exciting new adventure in their learning journey.

The children have been continuing to role play in the ‘garden centre’, where they have been taking on the roles of gardeners, chefs, waiters/waitress’ or customers in the café.

There has also been digging and planting in the outside area ahead of our garden sale on Thursday 14th June.  We have also been busy making signs with the names of plants, pictures and prices. Please feel free to pop along to the nursery during the morning or afternoon session to buy a plant or have a drink and biscuit in our café.

We have also been practising for our sports day on Tuesday 12th June.  Morning session will begin at 9.15am and afternoon session 1.30pm.  It will last approximately one hour.  Please come along to cheer on your child and others. You are welcome to bring something to sit on or stand.  Remember your trainers for the adult race.

Some of the children have also been designing cards to celebrate the anniversary of Simpson school and nursery’s 10th year.

With all the lovely sunshine we have been experiencing over the last few weeks please remember to put sun cream on your child before coming to nursery.  We don’t want to have to limit their time outside but we do have to

 

Chef Visit

On Tuesday afternoon the children enjoyed a visit from Evan’s mum, a chef at a local cafe bar. Evan’s mum showed the children her uniform and hair net and spoke about the different coloured knives used in the kitchen. The children asked lots of questions and were especially interested to know how to make cakes.

                      

We also had a visit from a dental nurse who spoke to the children about how important it is brush your teeth and eat healthy foods.

Our eco-friendly green house is now finished and the children have been busy planting this week, thank you to everyone who handed in plastic bottles.

There will be no more story sacks or lending library until after the summer holidays, please kindly return any books and bags on Wednesday.

We have enjoyed lots of sunshine outside this week and would ask if you could apply suncream to your child before their nursery session.

Important Dates:

31st May, New P1 Parent/Carer Information Evening 6.30pm

Sports Day – 18th June 2018

Please be reminded, as per our previous Groupcall text, that the date for Sports Day has been moved from Wed 30th May to Mon 18th June. We apologise for any inconvenience caused but the circumstances have been outwith our control. The organisation of Sports Day this year will be slightly different, given the large number of children participating but a letter from the Sports Day organising team will follow with details.

Parent Council Race Night – Saturday 5th May – Fairway – Tickets still available

Dear All,

We would like to invite you to support our Newland’s Day Team by attending the Race Night organised by our dedicated volunteers which will take place on Saturday the 5th of May (19.00) at the Fairway Restaurant and Hotel in Bathgate.
Our Newland’s day team has worked incredibly hard to put this event together but sadly only 46 tickets have been sold so far.
We would be so overjoyed to see more of you take part, if at all possible. Please, if you have not purchased a ticket yet, get in touch as soon as possible either via Email, our Facebook page or Twitter.
Tickets are only £5 per head, there will also be a raffle and many other games on the night with lots of amazing prizes to be won. This Race Night is bound to be a fun filled event and all the funds raised will be used for our Newland’s day float and our School.
It would be fantastic to see you there, we hope to hear from you soon!
Kind regards,
Silvia Small – On behalf of the Newland’s day team

 

 

 

Eco Green House

Welcome back to everyone after our Easter break, we are all looking forward to an exciting Summer term. We would like to give a very warm welcome to all the new children who started Nursery this week and to those starting over the next few weeks.

In the garden the children have been helping to build our eco green house. We now need more 2 litre washed plastic bottles to finish and would be very grateful if you keep and hand in any bottles you may have.

Dates for your diary:

18th April: Stay Play and Learn

19th April: Family Learning Event

Our mud kitchen is in need of a ‘make over’ and would like to invite you to join us in Nursery on Wednesday 25th April at 10.30am or 12.30pm to discuss how we can achieve this.

 

P4B World Book Day

We are celebrating World Book Day in style with a range of T-shirt and hat designs inspired by our favourite books and characters!

We received a special gift today in the form of a beautiful spell book, ‘The Lost Words’, which will restore our knowledge of language to do with nature.

We completed an activity today to test our current knowledge and we were baffled by words such as: Wren, Lark, Willow, Bramble, Ivy and Starling!

Over the next few weeks we will look forward to casting our spells and reclaiming these long-forgotten words, so please help us at home by letting us lead you on outdoor adventures; pointing out and discussing things of interest.

Thank you!

Ms Brown and P4B