Let It Snow!!!

It has been a cold and snowy week and the nursery children have been making the most of it.  Outside the children have been using their senses to discover and explore.  They have been building snow people, throwing snowballs and making snow angels.  Some children even had the opportunity to go sledging in the school grounds.  With buckets and spades they have been digging and filling, helping with their mathematical skills.   Ethan commented, “My bucket is full to the top”.  They have also been using their feet, bodies and garden toys to make prints around the garden.  Some children used their senses to describe the snow:-

“It’s crunchy”, said Grace.

“It’s slippery and cold”, commented Fraser.

 

For those children who found outside a little too cold, some snow was brought inside to the water tray.  Polar bears and penguins were added for some role play.  This also let the children discover what happens to snow when it comes inside.  “It’s melting”, commented Cassidy.

Please remember when it’s cold outside ensure your child is wrapped up in appropriate clothing and please put their name on everything.  We encourage independence in the cloakroom and things often end up in the wrong place. Check lost property for any items that may be missing. Please ensure that your child has a change of clothes each day including socks.  Unfortunately we are running low on them again.

Learning outdoors

Today we did our maths outdoors. In class we have been  having lots of opportunities to measure. We have been comparing volume, weight and length. We have also been choosing appropriate items to measure objects. Today with our learning partner we built snowmen. Some of us found this really tricky so we changed it to snow towers. After looking at a variety of objects, we choose our cubes to measure our snowmen or snow towers.  After counting how many cubes, we then returned to the class to record our results.

We continued our topic on transport today. After finding out how difficult it had been for some people to travel in their cars today, we looked at the road cameras on different roads around Scotland. We found the M8 motorway close to our school was very busy and the cars were travelling very slowly. We brought snow into the classroom and tried to move our cars on an area with snow and an area without snow.

Orlaith said, it got really stuck on the snow.

Zach- they can’t go as fast when there’s snow.

Happy New Year from P1B

Before Christmas we were very fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from our P7 house captains. The house captains helped us to learn about our school values.

Our P7 buddies also visited us in class and we shared our learning with them. Our buddies also helped us to make new playdough.

 

This week we have been very excited to have had the opportunity to have a talking/ learning partner in class. Mrs. MacLean selected our partners randomly using our lollipop sticks with our names on them. We will change our partners every week. This week as well as sharing information about Christmas with our partners, we have had opportunities to share learning in phonics, reading, PE and maths with our partner.

Sophie said, my partner got mixed up a little with his reading and I helped him.

Elena, my partner was really good at reading and she helped me.

Finlay- my partner was reading a different book, I liked seeing a different book.

Jenna- we helped each other in the gym hall, we got better after we helped each other.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all! We hope you had a lovely time over the holidays. We are happy to see everyone back at nursery and hope everyone is ready for another exciting new term of learning .  We would also like to say a big welcome to all our new children, who started nursery this week and are settling into their new routines.

Learning Today…… Leading Tomorrow

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