Mrs MacLean

November 7, 2016

Looking at Autumn

We all went on a walk in the school grounds to look for signs of Autumn. We found lots of leaves and sorted these using our own criteria. Some children sorted them by size, some by colour and one child even sorted them in groups depending which ones had spots and which ones didn’t.
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After our walk we discussed what we now wanted to learn about Autumn. Hibernation and being seen in the dark were very popular ideas. We have now set up an area for animals to hibernate in our outside area.

When we were on our Autumn walk, we spotted lots of litter. Next day we decided to go and collect litter. We hope the outdoor area stays free from litter for a long time now.

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October 14, 2016

Nursery- learning about dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

Over the last few weeks we have been learning about dinosaurs. The children wanted to create Dinosaur Kingdom in our outdoor area. Dinosaurs were added to this area, they had pretend eggs and bones. Catriona then created her own sign for this land. The next day we had a dinosaur hunt and everyone had to complete a chart as soon as they saw a dinosaur. We have made clay dinosaurs and fossils and have even discovered bones in our sand tray. In nursery we now have a museum with a dinosaur display. We have posters and talking cards which share our learning. We have also been listening to lots of stories about dinosaurs and have created our own non-fiction dinosaur book.

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September 28, 2016October 3, 2016

Nursery Learning

Harvest

We recently collected our potatoes and carrots from our garden. We were delighted with the harvest we had produced. We used our potatoes to make mashed potatoes, soup and potato salad. We have also been using balance scales to help to compare the weights of the potatoes and have been using the mathematical language, heavier than, lighter than and the same as.

June 24, 2016August 12, 2016

Sports Day

Well done to all the boys and girls and parents who participated in our Sport’s Day. Thank you also to all our P6 helpers, we can tell already they will be excellent buddies next session.

May 18, 2016

Six chicks have now hatched, I wonder how many we’ll have in the morning.

May 18, 2016

The fourth chick has just arrived, helped by its siblings.

May 18, 2016

Our third chick has now arrived.

May 18, 2016

Our second chick has arrived. Our children have named them Wendy and Olivia.

May 18, 2016

Great excitement- 1 chick has hatched

We arrived this morning to find one chick had already hatched. We can already see a tiny hole in another egg and it looks like the second one won’t be long. We’ll post an update later today.

May 11, 2016May 17, 2016

Grandparents’/Special Person Day in Nursery

This week we have been sharing our learning in nursery with some very special people. Our children had the opportunity to invite a grandparent or a special person to nursery and explore the activities available to our children. Everyone was very excited and seemed to enjoy both sessions. Over both days we had over 100 visitors and have been delighted with the very positive feedback received.

Our special visitors have commented that the children have been learning – how to make soup with sticks and mud, how to share, ball skills in the outdoor area, co-operation and how to be creative.

Some of the comments from our visitors has stated – “we loved the songs, the children were all involved”, “what an exciting nursery, I wish I could have stayed longer” and “keep up the great work.”

All the staff and children at Bonnytoun Nursery would like to thank everyone who attended.