Mrs Mushet

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WELCOME BACK 🙌🏼

Our first blog entry of the new session and what a fab week it’s been!

New children, new friends, new staff and new beginnings x

Welcome to all our new families and children and welcome back to all our returning children and families. Our children have had a fantastic first week exploring what’s on offer and meeting new staff and pupils.

We had fun outdoors and met Mr McCurdy too!

Cant wait for next week to introduce more new children to our family!

Have a great weekend !!

Love from the nursery team xx

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What a fabulous week !!

Tuesday was our Sports Day 🙂 the sun shone and we all had the best time. Our buddies joined us as well as our parents and great fun times were had.

On Wednesday we had our last visit to our pond to see the Swans and Cygnets. Only 3 left, but they are bigger than the ducks now!! We found some feathers in the grass and tried to fly back to the nursery 🙂

On Thursday we tried some hot food for snack and played with the parachute.

Friday was great fun playing party games in the hall and learning the Hokey Cokey !

All finished off with a PEEPs party.

• Next week is jam packed in nursery.

Monday- as normal.

Tuesday -our leavers ceremony at 10am and 2pm for children moving up to P1 this year.

Wednesday- party in the park, children and parents are all invited to join us at the park in Murieston beside the scout hall for a picnic and fun. We aim to set off at 9am and 12.30pm. We will provide a small snack, but you can bring your own too 😊

Thursday- garden party for the children. Pm children’s last day of the session.

Friday- last day of term x

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Cant believe we are into June already but what a week we have had to kick June off!

MONDAY -Children who are moving to school after the holidays were given a playtime out in the school playground to experience having snack on the go with their Buddies. Today was our last word boost story ‘The Dance of the Dinosaurs’. This has been a great success in the nursery, the statistics and improvement in language has been phenomenal.

TUESDAY – Our second NYCOS lesson was very popular, the children who took part were swinging Buzz light year around to great chuckles and laughter. The children moving on to school had a chance to be in P1 for the day and meet their new teacher.

WEDNESDAY- Children had a second day at P1. The weather put off our Welly Wednesday today, but it didn’t take our smiles.
MRS PURDIE WON HEAD TEACHER OF THE YEAR TODAY !!! A great achievement, but she’ll always be Head Teacher of every year to us x

THURSDAY – P.E was indoors, the children were to balance balloons on different body parts. This took great concentration and ‘soft hands’.

Friday – The sunshine paid us a visit so we had snack outdoors and played until it was time to celebrate Lucy’s birthday.

NEXT WEEK IN NURSERY IS HEALTH WEEK CHILDREN SHOULD COME IN P.E CLOTHING ALL WEEK

MONDAY – BLUE GROUP LUNCHES, PLEASE RETURN TO THE SCHOOL FOR 11.45 THIS IS FOR YOUR CHILD TO SAMPLE A SCHOOL LUNCH. Parents can sit in the TLC room in school and meet the teachers whilst waiting.
MINDFULNESS MONDAY.

TUESDAY – RED GROUP LUNCHES AT 11.45. RELAXING STRETCHES FOR OUR CHILDREN TODAY. TRY IT TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY – NO LUNCHES TODAY. PARENT AND CHILD BOOT-CAMP ON THE PLAYING FIELD AT 8AM. THERE IS ALSO A BIKE SERVICING CLINIC ALL DAY TO PREPARE BIKES FOR THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. WALKING WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY – GREEN GROUP LUNCHES TODAY AT 11.45. DANCE CLASSES FOR THE CHILDREN. THANKFUL THURSDAY

FRIDAY – NO PEEP CLASS TODAY. FRUITY FRIDAY.

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We are fast approaching the end of May !!! and what a week we’ve had!

Pond visits, Library visits and Parent consultations all go go go.

Monday was a holiday and we landed straight into Tuesday with a visit to the Lanthorn Library. The children sit and listen to a book then have the opportunity to choose a book of their own to have a look at. Children are then invited to share their learning and stand up in front of the group to talk about what they have read. On the way home from the pond we popped over to check on our baby Cygnets. They were in the water already!!

Our teaching student Miss Young joined us this morning for a two week placement, I’m sure she will love her St Ninian’s Nursery experience as much as we do.

On Wednesday we had another visit to the Swans, but this time we took them some sweet corn. We had to be very quiet and very respectful as the Swans were very anxious with us beside the Cygnets.

Parent Consultations were very well attended and a great success. Thank you all so much for your continued support and kindness over the last session.

Thursday is P.E day with Mr McCurdy, today we were practicing throwing a bean bag and the correct stance needed to throw them a long way.

Friday gave us the chance to watch the mini glee club perform their latest songs. We all had great fun listening and watching the children sing so beautifully!!

Have a great weekend everyone lots of smiles and laughter from the Nursery Team xxx

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY – TRANSITION TO P1, THE CHILDREN WILL BE OUT FOR PLAYTIME TODAY CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A SMALL HANDHELD SNACK.

TUESDAY –

WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY

TRANSITION CHILDREN WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A FOOTBALL SESSION WITH THEIR BUDDY TODAY.

THURSDAY – P.E

FRIDAY – ASSEMBLY PEEPs

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What a wonderful week we have had in the nursery this week. The weather has been fantastic and has given us all great fun experiences in our garden and out to the trim trail.

Come back and play has been a great success thanks to all of the parents and carers who found the time to come along and share our learning in the nursery.

Our area manager Miss McClory was around this week and will be next week too. She is loving her time in our nursery and loves welly Wednesday!!

The children moving on to P1 had transition on Monday. The groups visited both classrooms and were given the experience of literacy and numeracy activities with Miss Boyes and Mrs Davenport.

We celebrated Sophia’s 4th birthday on Monday too.

Welly Wednesday was a bit different this week we had a play on our Trim trail track at the front of the school. We then had a picnic snack in the sunshine. Please remember to apply sunscreen at this time of the year and a hat to keep them safe.

The Swans have had Babies!! We had a walk along on Friday to see how many and give them some of our left over snack. We had a look on our smart board to find out what Cygnets like to eat. We found out they like to have sweetcorn. The children will visit the local shop next week to buy some to take with us on Welly Wednesday. The female Swan is called a ‘pen’ and the male is a ‘cob’ and they eat sweetcorn 🙂

Have a fantastic fun filled weekend!! Remember Monday is a Holiday and we will see you all back here on Tuesday xx

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MONDAY – HOLIDAY

TUESDAY – 9.30 and 1.30 LIBRARY VISIT, Please dress for the weather.

WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY, A BIT EARLIER THIS WEEK 8.30AM AND 12.15 PM. Transition 10am and 2.15pm. PARENTS EVENING -5-8PM PLEASE contact the office if you have any issues signing up for an appointment.

THURSDAY – P.E with Mr McCurdy. PARENTS CONSULTATIONS 3.15 – 5.15.

FRIDAY – PEEPs

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What a pleasure it is to work in this Nursery and provide such a warm educational environment for your children. This week has welcomed children to our setting and children back from holiday. ALL of them have settled back so comfortably and have been engaged in quality learning experiences.

MONDAY – saw three children join us in the nursery, the children were so welcoming and responsible as they helped these children to fit in with the Nursery routines.

TUESDAY – Education Scotland paid a visit to our school and Nursery today to ask staff, children and parents about our wonderful Head Teacher and the impact she has made to St Ninian’s Primary School. The children had an extra P.E session this week with the P.E students. They were amazing and provided a great athletics session up on the field.

WEDNESDAY – Welly Wednesday gave the children the opportunity to see the Swan on her nest. Lots of discussion followed about Cygnets and how many babies she will have. We will revisit her each week to see!! Some of the ducks were following us on the path, I think they though of bag of sticks was a bag of bread. This gave the children to see the birds up close and identify the colours and differences in the feather patterns.

THURSDAY – Following on from yesterday’s experiences with the ducks some children were engaged in hand painting Swans. We decided to look in our birds book to find out what the ducks were called. They are Mallard ducks. The female has the brown feathers and the male has green feathers on his head. P.E with Mr McCurdy involved the High Jump. Children were encouraged to run along the benches and jump over the elasticated rope. A great Athletic experience thank you Mr McCurdy.

FRIDAY – lots of outdoor play and investigation outside today as the children helped to look after our resources. The quality of play is amazing as the children risk assess and use open ended resources to build frames and constructions.

Have a lovely long weekend everyone!!! Love from the Staff Team x

Nursery returns on Wednesday 8th of May

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WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY Waterproof clothing suitable for the weather thanks!!

THURSDAY – P.E with Mr McCurdy.

FRIDAY – PEEPs

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WELCOME BACK \o/

We hope you all had a wonderful Easter break and are all ready for the last term!!

We started the week on Tuesday welcoming everyone back and finding out what we did over the holidays.

Welly Wednesday was much warmer than our last one in the snow. We were joined by primary 1 in the woods to look for Goldilocks and the 3 bears. The nursery children took responsibility to look after the P1 children by telling them the boundaries we have in the woods. We had to find the 3 bears that were hidden in the woods. The children had great fun running around using their senses to find the bears. Children made their way back to the nursery garden and had pom bear snack to finish the session.

Thursdays P.E lesson was outdoors up on the field. The children were given the opportunity to take part in Athletics, a relay race and laps of the track.

Friday came so quickly, we went to the Assembly and found out about being resilient and how important it is to be a good friend and “a back up” for others in the nursery and the school.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!!

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MONDAY – 3 new children will be joining our nursery. We would like to welcome Francis, Logan and Katy to our family x

TUESDAY – TRANSITION AM red and blue to P 1D for SWAY green P1B/ PM red and blue P1B SWAY green P1D.

WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY please ensure your child is appropriately dressed for the weather. P1 Information evening 6pm.

THURSDAY – P.E.

FRIDAY – Assembly 10am

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What a final week to this term !!

Monday was fun filled and children were (amongst lots of other experiences) practicing their fine motor skills. Little fingers had to manipulate keys and padlocks to find which key opened which lock.

Tuesday was our Special person and Grandparents Day. The children loved singing to the audience and sharing learning experiences around the nursery.

We also said farewell to Mrs MacDonald today. We will all miss her in the nursery, but wish her all the best in her new adventures xx

Wednesday was Welly Wednesday, not only did we have snow, but an Easter egg hunt too!!

Thursday is P.E day and today we had a lesson with Miss Ford as Mr McCurdy looks after his new baby at home. I the morning we played duck duck goose and in the afternoon we sat in the nursery and practiced some stretching to the hungry caterpillar story.

and then it was Friday !!!

Block play, magnetic shapes, Easter collages and crackers for snack all finished off with a run around in the garden 🙂

HAVE A LOVELY EASTER BREAK WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND DEDICATION THIS TERM.

LOTS OF LOVE FROM THE NURSERY TEAM XX

SEE YOU ALL TUESDAY 23rd OF APRIL !! X

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WHAT A WEEK!!!

This week was so fun filled and eventful from Monday all the way through to Friday 🙂

Monday gave us two birthdays, Chloe and Harvey from the morning group both turning 4.

Tuesday was our achievement assembly in school. Two children from the nursery given accolade from the whole school during this. Kian for now being able to ride his bike, well done Kian!! and Sophia M who achieved a new belt in tiger cubs, Well done Sophia!!

Wednesday was our trip to the five sisters zoo. All the children were so well behaved and had such a fun time looking at the animals and handling some of them too!! After lunch all the children had the chance to burn off some steam in the soft play area and then it was time to get on the bus for home. What a fantastic place to visit and I hope your child has shared some of their experiences from the day.

Thursday gave the children the chance to make invitations for our Grandparents celebration next week and the pm children made a very special gift for their Mummies for Mothers Day on Sunday.

Friday was fun packed and flew past quickly with the am children making their gifts and getting the chance to play outdoors to end the week.

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY – New children enrolling 3pm.

TUESDAY – GRANDPARENTS DAY 10am and 2pm. Grandparents or a special person are invited to the nursery to have a visit and a cuppa.

WEDNESDAY – EASTER EGG HUNT FOR WELLY WEDNESDAY, The children will be joined at the woods for an Easter egg hunt. P1B am and P1D pm.

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY – LAST DAY OF TERM….. ALL RESUME 23/4/19

Have a lovely weekend with your families and friends. Happy Mothers Day on Sunday!!

from all the staff team xx

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The new furniture and resources have been well received by the children in the nursery. The atmosphere is very calm and the children are embracing the new learning experiences and life skills available to them. Children are now responsible for their own snack and wash their own dishes when they are finished snack. This promotes independence and confident individuals.

Transition this week gave each child making the move to school the experience of playing in the P1 classrooms. The children interacted with the P1 children and were all very comfortable in their new surroundings.

Welly Wednesday was fun this week, we were litter picking and taking care of our local environment. We also had the chance to look for signs of Spring in out local woods. We found Daffodils growing and a bumble bee!

Natural resources and independence of thinking is preparing our children to be responsible citizens of the future and successful learners at school.

Have a lovely weekend everybody!!!

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MONDAY –

TUESDAY – ACHIEVEMENT ASSEMBLY, If your child has achieved any awards or certificates please bring them in so we can celebrate their success with the whole school.

WEDNESDAY – FIVE SISTERS ZOO TRIP!! ALL CHILDREN (AM AND PM) ARE ALL GOING TOGETHER. PLEASE COME TO NURSERY FOR 9AM WITH A PACKED LUNCH, CHANGE OF CLOTHES AND CLOTHING SUITABLE FOR THE WEATHER.

PACKED LUNCH SUGGESTIONS

SANDWICH
FRUIT
DRINK
SNACK

ALL CHILDREN (AM AND PM) SHOULD BE COLLECTED AT 2pm from the nursery.

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY – PEEPs