This week was Stay and Play at Nursery. The boys and girls were very excited to share their learning adventures with their families. They were so confident at showing them round all the areas of the nursery and were then able to join in with their learning. We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came along to these sessions and hope that you all enjoyed your time with us. We look forward to welcoming some more visitors to our Come back and Play sessions which are next week.
We have been discussing and looking for signs of Spring in our learning and to help us with this we had some new additions to our nursery family. It was some caterpillars! We talked about how they grow and we noticed their special food in their tubs. We learned the special name for the home they make for themselves before they turn into butterflies. We also read the story of The very hungry caterpillar. We now have our caterpillars on display with an information board which explains how they grow. We are all super excited to watch the changes over the next few weeks and be able to talk about them. Please have a little look at them the next time you are in the nursery.
We have also been very busy this week making invitations for our Grandparents day which is on Thursday 30th March at 10am and 2pm. These will be making their way home next week. We would appreciate it if you could give us an idea of how many will be coming along to this event for catering purposes and also would be grateful for any donations of cakes or biscuits nearer the time.
Our numeracy and literacy skills have been developing too this week as at small group time we have been counting up to 10 and recognising our names. This has been developed further by the children having the opportunity to find their name at the gluing table and putting it on their work and also at the drawing/ writing table where they can try and find their name and practise writing it. What super workers we have.
Our pre school children were given a letter this week with our transition calendar. We will also be issuing a transition booklet soon which further explains some of our planned activities. This is an exciting time for the children who are getting ready to go to school in August . If you have any questions about any of the activities please ask any member of the nursery team who will be more than happy to help you.
We are trying to move towards a cashless nursery and in order to achieve this we would encourage you to pay your child’s snack money on the online payment of iPay impact. This will also be of benefit when your child goes to school as this system is also used there.
Have a lovely weekend.
The Nursery team.
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What a fantastic week!
It was lovely to see the children showing their parents the nursery. Lots of smiley faces! Roma really enjoyed her Daddy being there for stay and play.
Great excitement with the arrival of the caterpillars. I can’t wait to see what happens next!
I’m also really looking forward to Grandparents Day as it’s always such a special event. It will be great to meet more parents and families too.
Primary 6 pupils are equally excited about Transition beginning as they have applied to be buddies for the nursery children. Lots of skills, strengths and enthusiasm!
I will pop in to see you all next week.
We are all looking forward to welcoming more visitors this week for our Come back and Play and also getting things ready for Grandparents Day.
There may be more changes in our caterpillars when you visit this week Mrs Purdie. 🐛
P1R have started making a little talking book for our nursery children, it should be ready in a few weeks for you to have. The children are enjoying preparing this for their nursery friends.
Thank you so much Primary 1R . We are getting excited about all the transition activities and we loved visiting the two Primary 1 classrooms.