Mrs Mushet

NURSERY NEWS

Oh my goodness where have we been ?????

Let me know if you are reading this by leaving a hello in the comments box !!!

December already!! and it hit the Nursery with a bang. What have we been up to lately?

Well we had a visitor from a local Policeman to talk to us about keeping ourselves safe and how they help us. Then we had a visit from a Dentist to tell us about keeping our teeth healthy.

Scottish Dancing has started in our P.E classes with Mr McCurdy, children from the P.7 class have been working alongside our children to teach them the steps and to count to 8.

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Who could forget our Nativity performances also!! Both performances were so well attended, thank you to each and every one of you who attended.

Erin from the morning session created the most special heartwarming pictures for our songs, all on her own!!

Christmas festivities continue in the Nursery, the children have been creating the most wonderful decorations and personal items to bring home next week. This week we made Gingerbread Men and listened to the Story.

We have all had the best time this month and the festivities are set to continue into next week for our Christmas Parties !!!

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MONDAY –

TUESDAY– CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR THE AM CHILDREN AND ANY FULL DAY CHILDREN NOT IN ON A TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

SANTA WILL BE CALLING IN AT 11.30 PLEASE COME BACK TO SEE THE JOY ON YOUR CHILD’S FACE.

PLEASE NOTE THE CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT USUALLY IN ATTENDANCE FROM A FULL DAY PROVISION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT AT THE PARTY.

WEDNESDAY – CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR THE PM CHILDREN AND ANY FULL DAY CHILDREN WHO ARE IN ON THIS DAY.

SANTA WILL BE CALLING AT 3PM PLEASE COME BACK AND SEE THE JOY ON YOUR CHILD’S FACE.

AS ABOVE OTHER FULL DAY CHILDREN NOT IN ATTENDANCE ON EITHER OF THESE DAYS CAN CHOOSE ONE PARTY TO COME TO, BUT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.

THURSDAY- IS OUR LAST DAY FOR THE CHILDREN.

ALL CHILDREN WILL RETURN ON MONDAY THE 6TH OF JANUARY 2020. THE NURSERY CHILDREN WILL BE IN ON THE IN-SERVICE DAY

HAVE THE MOST AMAZING FESTIVE PERIOD AND WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU BACK AFTER THE HOLIDAYS!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FORM ALL THE STAFF TEAM XXXX

Nursery News

The first week of November!! Children have had a great time outdoors in the cooler temperatures as Autumn sets in. The groups walked to the library on Tuesday and had the experience of storytelling from the librarian.

No welly Wednesday this week, but lots of outdoor opportunities were had in the garden. Thank you to all our parents who attended our first parent consultations of this session. It’s a great opportunity to get to chat about your child’s’ progression in nursery and share their experiences with us.

Emotions were discussed on Thursday, we are concentrating on 4 emotions; Happy, Sad, Fear and Anger. We will be concentrating on one a week. The first being happy. We would love it if you could take the time to talk at home about these emotions. How they feel, how they look and what would make them feel that way. Please share the learning with us in the nursery.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone !! from the Nursery Team xx

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MONDAY – GROUP PHOTOS IN THE NURSERY AM and PM

TUESDAY –

WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY, PLEASE ENSURE YOUR CHILD IS DRESSED FOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THURSDAY – CHILDREN IN NEED, COME TO NURSERY IN YOUR PYJAMAS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR A WORTHY CAUSE.

CAN ALL SPONSOR FORMS BE IN FOR TODAY PLEASE.

FRIDAY – PEEP SESSION WITH MRS BEATTIE.

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What a spooky Halloween filled week we have had !!!

Welly Wednesday was great fun on the Spooky Welly Walk, children had such an adventure hunting for Pumkins and running around in the leaves. Thank you all so mush for your support in this fundraiser for the Nursery. Could we please ask that sponsor forms are returned by the 14th of November.

Children had fun dressing up in the nursery all week.

We even had a visit from a black cat !!!

Pumkins were carved for our Halloween Party.

The party was great fun!!!

HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND EVERYBODY SEE YOU ALL BACK ON MONDAY MORNING FROM THE NURSERY TEAM XX

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MONDAY – Carwyn first day in PM session.

TUESDAY – LIBRARY 10.30 and 2.30

WEDNESDAY – NO WELLY WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK

PARENTS APPOINTMENTS – 5-8 PM (times will be handed out on Monday).

THURSDAY – PARENTS APPOINTMENTS 3.15 – 5.15.

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Welcome back to term 2!!

Lots of fun events await us this term and we cant wait to share them all with you.

This week saw the launch of our word boost initiative with the children. The story we read this week was “The Selfish Crocodile”.

The boost words that you can work speak about and encourage with your children are;

creep

creature

Brave

Astonished

Welly Wednesday was great fun this week as the children were rolling down the hill through the leaves and collecting leaves to build a fire pit.

Thank you to our parents who stayed behind for our first Breakfast blether and Noon Natter on Thursday. This is a time for you to have a break and get to know other Parents and guardians in the nursery Staff room, free of staff. We hope this provided a little bit of sanctuary in your day. The next one will be in November.

Halloween is a focus in the nursery at the moment, the children have been recording their ideas and memories in our Talking Floor Book.

Have a great weekend everybody!!! from the Nursery Team xx

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MONDAY-

TUESDAY-

WEDNESDAY- SPOOKY WELLY WEDNESDAY!!CHILDREN TO WEAR A WITCHES HAT AND WELLIES AS WE GO ON A PUMPKIN HUNT.

THURSDAY- NURSERY HALLOWEEN PARTY IN THE NURSERY SESSION, CHILDREN CAN COME DRESSED UP, BUT NO MASKS PLEASE.

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The children in the Nursery this week have been so excited to meet parents and include them in our Numeracy learning. Thank you so much to each parent and grandparent who gave up their time to join in our fun and learning experiences around numeracy.

We welcomed 2 new children into our family this week. Welcome to Nursery Blossom and Alisha!!

Our student Miss Jamieson brought in her pet giant African land snails for the children to see during our Mini Beast topic of learning. Children had great fun watching them eat and crawl very slowly.

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Clay was very popular this week !! A lovely medium to investigate shape, texture and pattern, but maybe more importantly how to look after your own needs and wash your hands !!

WEEK BEGINNING 21.10.19

MONDAY- New child starting, Umar.

TUESDAY- WORD BOOST LAUNCH

WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY, please dress your child in clothing appropriate for the outdoors.

THURSDAY -PARENT BREAKFAST BLETHER/NOON NATTER 8am and 1.15pm, come into the nursery staff room and have a space to chat to other parents.

FRIDAY – NO PEEPs

Enjoy your October break !! Lots of happiness and love from the Nursery Team xx

All children resume on Monday 21st of October.

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We are fast approaching the October break, but it hasn’t slowed the learning pace down!

This week we observed an abundance of fine motor development in Nursery. Children have opportunities to write using different media. Here we can see a child using a stick of chunky chalk to experiment with on a slate. Another child practices her cutting skills as she creates a beautiful border around her house she had drawn.

Mrs Beattie and Mrs Audsley introduced musical instruments on Tuesday. The children were developing listening skills and how to keep a beat to the music. All the children had a ball !!

It was our first Welly Wednesday of the session. The children loved running up and down the leaf covered hill and looked for signs of Autumn , we also had a look at the tree,s naming the parts of it with some help. They all listened to instructions and kept themselves safe on the walk there and back.

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MONDAY- COME BACK AND COUNT

TUESDAY – COME BACK AND COUNT

WEDNESDAY- INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS

THURSDAY – COME BACK AND COUNT

FRIDAY – PEEPS 3

ALL FINISH FOR THE OCTOBER BREAK AND ALL RESUME MONDAY 21/10/19

Have a lovely weekend !!!

from the Nursery Team xxx

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What a wonderful week in the learning journey of our young children in the nursery

Tea parties, dancing and Picnics started off the week.

Tuesday gave the new children their first experience of the local library. We all kept Safe and were so well behaved on the walk there and in the library. The book we read in the morning was ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’, the afternoon children had three books for Bookbug week.

A great big thank you to all of our parents and family members who attended our MacMillan Coffee Morning!! Such a worthy cause and together we raised a whopping £115.42!!!

We hope you’ve all had a great weekend and can’t wait to start the fun all over again on Monday.

from the Nursery Team xx

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MONDAY

Our GIRFEC focus this month is Healthy.

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY – IS OUR FIRST WELLY WEDNESDAY!! PLEASE DRESS YOUR CHILDREN IN WATERPROOF CLOTHING AND WELLIES

THURSDAY

FRIDAY- session 2 PEEP class with Mrs Beattie

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We hope you all enjoyed your holiday weekend!

This week in nursery found us outdoors having great fun using open ended resources to create risky play and fun experiences to develop our gross motor skills, social development and our thinking.

Tyres and drain pipes were very popular. Some piling them high to make a” Tyre chimney”. This provided a great way of experimenting with sound and echo.

Others used them to roll and crawl inside for fun. The tubing was a great media to experiment with size and measurement. The children found items small and big to fit inside the tubes and roll down to the bottom.

Inside the nursery children were making “pizza” this week using the magnetic triangle shapes. Great discussion then started as to what they like on there Pizza and what shapes were created whilst adding them together. This was a great mathematical experience for the children including counting, fractions and shape recognition. The children then had the experience of going out into the community to buy Pizza for snack from the local shop. We had to keep ourselves safe on the walk there and look around the shelves for what wee needed. We then gave money to the cashier to pay for our items.

The children were gathered around to discuss the shape and how many pieces we would have if we kept cutting it into slices. The best part had to be getting to eat it !!

Invitations were given out this week for our McMillan coffee morning next week. You are all invited back to share a coffee and cake to raise money for this great cause on Thursday at 11.30 for AM children and 1.15 for the PM children. Full day children cn come along on either of the session that suit best.

PLEASE BE AWARE WE HAVE A CHILD JOINING OUR NURSERY FAMILY THIS WEEK WITH SEVERE ALLERGIES. PLEASE BE VIGILANT IN WHAT FOODS ARE IN THEIR LUNCH BOXES AND BAGS. ANY FOODS MUST NOT CONTAIN- NUTS, ALL DAIRY, CARROT, BANANA, LENTILS, YELLOW SPLIT PEAS, PEAS, CELERY OR EGG.

If you have any concerns or questions relating to this please contact a member of the Nursery Team who will be happy to assist.

Have a lovely weekend everybody from the Nursery Team!!

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MONDAY –

TUESDAY – LIBRARY VISIT- am and pm. Please come dressed in clothing appropriate for the weather conditions.

WEDNESDAY –

THURSDAY – McMILLAN COFFEE MORNING, all families welcome at 11.30 am or 1.15 pm in the Nursery. Any donations most gratefully received.

FRIDAY – PEEP SESSION 1 at 11 am with Mrs Beattie.

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Nursery life this week included children preparing their own snack. Chopping fruit and spreading butter., washing dishes and cleaning up spillages.

Children have been investigating size and measurement in the use of our wooden blocks. Mathematical language such as bigger, smaller, taller and shorter could be heard in conversation.

Outdoor play this week included catching spider webs and hunting for mini beasts.

Mr McCurdy introduced balancing with bean bags on our heads and following instructions in the large gym hall.

Thank you so much to all the families who were able to attend our Meet the Family event on Thursday Evening.

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MONDAY – HOLIDAY

TUESDAY – NORMAL SESSION 8-6

WEDNESDAY –

THURSDAY – PARENT COUNCIL MEETING 6PM

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND !! FROM THE NURSERY TEAM XXX

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What a quick week !!

This week was the first week our full day children joined us. They’ve all had great fun meeting the morning and the afternoon children.

The children learn through play in our nursery and they have had great fun exploring and investigating all of the learning experiences available to them both indoors and outdoors.

Roleplay in our mud kitchen

Gross motor and balancing skills

Quantity, measurment and weight in the sand.

Have a great weekend everybody!!

from the Nursery Team xx