Mrs Mushet

Nursery News

This week in nursery we have met our buddies, gone on a bug hunt and looked for signs of Spring. Thursday was windy ! The weather is certainly colder! The children have been using our outdoor literacy to decide what the weather is like in the garden.

Amelie was so excited to meet her buddy on Monday and show her around the nursery.

Sophie celebrated her birthday on Monday, Mrs Mushet was happy!!

On Tuesday we visited the library and brought back a book about a scared spider.

This gave us an idea to look for bugs on our welly walk this week.

We found spiders, slugs and a centipede. There were signs of Spring in woods, we saw flowers beginning to grow and will check next week to see if they have flowered.

The afternoon children decided to make signs on the path “so we know which way to come back” They used chalk to draw signs on the path and then discovered that they could make patterns in the mud with their wellies too.

We celebrated Mahnoor’s birthday on Thursday in the nursery.

and Friday?? fun fun fun and PEEPs to end off the week xx

Have a lovely weekend everybody. Snow is forecast so wrap up warm !!

From the nursery team xx

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MONDAY – RED GROUP TOP1 FOR TRANSITION.

TUESDAY- BLUE GROUP TO P1 FOR TRANSISTION

WEDNESDAY- WELLY WEDNESDAY, please come dressed in waterproof clothing

THURSDAY- GREEN GROUP TO P1 FOR TRANSITION

FRIDAY-PEEP SESSION 5

NURSERY NEWS

A fun packed week this week in the nursery. Children were busy busy all week. We have new dishes in the snack area, the children now have china cups and plates to have their food on each day. Any donations of small side plates and little cups would be great receives as we move away from plastic to a more Froebelian approach to nursery.

Transition started this week, all of the children moving on to P1 this August had the chance to visit the P1 classrooms and see where they hang their coats etc. Everyone was so excited and happy to have a look around. For world book day the children from each session visited for a story.

We celebrated pancake day on Tuesday, children had pancakes for snack and had the opportunity to toss the pancake at the end of the sessions.

On Wednesday the weather was vert wet and the children remembered the word boost word soggy as we splashed through the puddles and played Pooh Sticks at the Lanthorn bridge. Primary 3 visited us on Wednesday to share their fabulous bedtime stories with us and Thursday and Friday was World Book Day for our children we were all in our pyjamas and went to visit primary one to share a story they had bought from Waterstones the book shop.

fantastic learning experiences!!

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY – MEET THE BUDDIES

TUESDAY- LIBRARY VISIT, DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THE WEATHER

WEDNESDAY- WELLY WEDNESDAY, WATERPROOF CLOTHING PLEASE

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY- PEEP SESSION 4

Have a wonderful weekend !! from the nursery team xx

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Friday again!! where do the weeks go when you’re having fun? Busy busy again this week, in with the new and out with the old as we took delivery of new furniture. The children had great fun playing in the boxes !! Welly Wednesday was wonderful as we looked around the environment for different things. We saw snow drops, crocus and a birds nest. In the afternoon we counted the ducks and climbed a fallen tree. All experiences to promote curiosity, investigation and life skills. 3 birthdays were celebrated this week, the children get to make their own cake and celebrate with their friends as we sing Happy Birthday to them. Friday has been so mild!! a little taste of Spring in the air, we were out in our garden and had story in the shed to finish off the week.

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MONDAY –

TUESDAY – Mrs Docherty will be in the nursery to speak to parents at 10.45 and 12.00 about Sleep and the benefits of a good bedtime routine.

WEDNESDAY – WELLY WEDNESDAY, PLEASE REMEMBER WATERPROOF CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR.

Have a fantastic weekend everybody!! from the nursery team xx

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What a wonderful family wellbeing week we had as our Parents came back to play and find out more about their childs experiences in nursery. For this come back and play experience we wanted to include our values. Each day the children explored what each value meant as we discussed these in a child friendly way with parents too.

Monday was LOVE, where children painted their hands and we discussed “who they love”. Some parents got in on the action too!!

Tuesday was KINDNESS day, Children were asked “what is kindness?” their voice were recorded and are on display on our values wall.

Wednesday was FRIENDSHIP where we promoted the importance of friendship and looking after each other on our Welly Wednesday Walk, and discussed who were our friends in nursery.

Thursday was HAPPINESS day, the children were to think of what made them happy and to think about feelings. Some children painted pictures of themselves “happy” and these are now in pride of place on our Values display in nursery.

There was no PEEP class on Friday, but this will be back this week coming on Friday 22/2/19.

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MONDAY – HOLIDAY

TUESDAY- IN SERVICE DAY

WEDNESDAY – ALL RESUME, WELLY WEDNESDAY PLEASE REMEMBER WATERPROOF COATS AND FOOTWEAR

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY – ASSEMBLY AND PEEP STARTS BACK \0/

Our P1 transition programme is beginning this month with a visit to the P1 class for World Book Day, the 28th and 29th of February. This will involve all the children listening to a story read by the P1 teacher to the children. A transition booklet and letter is to follow with all the details and dates you will need for your diary.

Hope you have all had a lovely holiday weekend!!

from the Nursery Team x

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This week gave the children opportunities to discover different celebrations of the world. This week it was Chinese new Year. We watched a movie on the smart board that gave us lots of information about it and let us see what they do in Celebration. This gave us lots of ideas to get creative in our nursery and to extend our learning further. On a map in an Atlas we discovered it was only 44 steps to China!.

We could see that Chinese writing was straight lines, Regan copied this onto paper using straws.

The children made a Dragon for Chinese New Year, the AM children made one large Dragon and the PM children made individual Dragons. The AM Dragon was paraded around to ward of bad luck and bring good luck.

Tuesday was also Safer Internet Day and we had a discussion with the children about being safe in our choices when we are online.

Wednesday brought back our Welly Wednesday Adventures!!!! the children had great fun trying to scale the bendy tree and remembered how to keep themselves safe on the walk. We stopped to talk about the ice that had formed on the pond and how to keep ourselves safe beside the water. In the afternoon the rain didn’t put us off our walk, but it did give us the most colourful rainbow for us to admire and see it’s reflection in the water.

Thursday gave us P.E with Mr McCurdy on the large apparatus as we strengthened our core strength and balance skills.

The week was finished off with a taste of the show the p.3-5 children are performing next week as we listened to them singing on the stage.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!!!! from the Nursery Team

NEXT WEEK

Next week in nursery we are celebrating the nursery values and relationships we have with our families through come back and play sessions and activities planned around our four core values; LOVE, HAPPINESS,FRIENDSHIP AND KINDNESS. Their are still spaces available if you haven’t signed up for this valuable insight into your child’s day at nursery.

MONDAY COME BACK AND PLAY 10.15am 12.00pm, focus on LOVE.

TUESDAY COME BACK AND PLAY 10.15am 12.00pm, focus on KINDNESS. MARVELOUS MATHS and BIG BEDTIME READ BAGS SWAP.

WEDNESDAY COME BACK AND PLAY 10.15am 12.00pm, focus on FRIENDSHIP. WELLY WEDNESDAY REMEMBER WATERPROOFS!!

THURSDAY COME BACK AND PLAY 10.15 am 12.00pm focus on HAPPINESS. P.E

FRIDAY NO PEEP TODAY

THIS IS OUR February holiday weekend we will see you all back on Wednesday 20th of February.

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Fun filled freezing week, but what have we learned this week?

Children have been investigating the properties of water. They found a block pf ice in the garden and we brought it indoors to see how it would melt and break up. Children used their problem solving skills and curiosity to explore different ways to melt the ice. Some tried scissors, others’ tried sticks or our plastic dinosaurs. We then decided to do an experiment. What would happen if we put some items in water and left them outside? Great discussion and investigation on Friday as we found our items frozen in the ice!! The afternoon children will find their items on Monday.

Tooth brushing started on Monday each child has their own toothbrush and follows the Childsmile programme, they are learning to identify their own name on the list to be able to find their own brush.

From our Chinese New Year display in nursery children have been attempting to write in Chinese .Parker could see that the writing has straight lines and tried to copy them himself.

P.E this week was Gymnastics. The full hall gym equipment was out as the children developed balancing skills, climbing skills, jumping skills and remembered to have squashy knees as they jumped down onto the mat.

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

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MONDAY –

TUESDAY – CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION (CHINESE SNACK) AND SAFER INTERNET DAY.

WEDNESDAY- WELLY WEDNESDAY BEGINS AGAIN TODAY PLEASE COME DRESSED IN WATERPROOF CLOTHING.

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY – PEEP block 3

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Our week began with 2 P7 boys cooking their award winning egg and ham pie with the children. The children had a great time preparing and weighing the ingredients and the best part was the tasting. Thank you so much to Lewis and Lucasz you two are stars of the future!!

We also began a Big Garden Birdwatch this week. The children made bird cake and bird houses for our garden birds. We have tick sheets and an iPad beside the window to record birds that visit us.

The weather was so cold during the week that we decided to go out and look for signs of Winter. I think we lasted 15 minutes before coming back in, but everything was covered in the most beautiful crisp frost.

The week ended with a celebration of a very important Scottish man, Rabbie Burns. The children discussed his life and who he was, we then listened to some of his music and tried to keep the beat. Some children made the Scottish flag to symbolise this event.

Have a lovely weekend everybody!!

From the nursery team x

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NOTHING TO REPORT JUST MORE FUN EVERY DAY

Nursery News

What a wonderful fun packed week we’ve had as the children learn through play. As you can see we are adopting the Frobelian principle through out the nursery setting and the children are learning importance life skills and self regulation each day. Eg:

Natural resources were found by the children to complete a number table as we discover the numbers 0-10.

Each number has the corresponding number of items beside it. The children can then identify the number and recognize that they each represent a quantity.

Block play lets them discover shape and size as well as symbolic play, as Zuzzana found as she built a house for the teddy bear.

Mathematical skills and intellectual development are observed here as they use these abilities to plan and create inner images to outer objects.

Children are exploring clay and it’s properties as they create props or shapes in the world around them.

This develops fine motor skills in preparation for writing as well as language and imagination as they discuss what they are creating with their peers.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!! If the snow appears be prepared for your child sledging and outdoor play.

from The Nursery Team x

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY – P7 children visiting us to make their award wining Ham and Egg pie AM and PM.

TUESDAY –

WEDNESDAY – National Eye Screening AM and PM children. Welly Wednesday in the garden.

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY – PEEPS IS BACK \O/ Beginning of a 3 week block. Please see the sign up sheet in the nursery or Mrs Beattie for further details and spaces available.

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Welcome Back !!!!

What a fantastic fun filled beginning to our new term we have had this week. Lots of stories and fun adventures to be shared! Some people had a visit from Santa!! We shared together what he had brought us and some children have drawn wonderful pictures of their favourite present in our talking books.

We have been looking and talking about fractions, how many pieces can you cut a pancake into?

Dinosaurs have visited our nursery and the children have created ‘Dinosaur Land’, this has lead to mathematical and language experiences as we compare size and learn the names of the Dinosaurs.

We have begun to learn about rhyming words too, please ask your child around the home which words sound the same. See if they can answer you and let us know how they got on!!

Sorry no pictures this week computer says no …..

Have a wonderful weekend!! from the Nursery Team xx

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY- Anaiya’s birthday celebration PM.

TUESDAY – Library visit 9.30 am and 1.30 pm, please come dressed for the weather conditions.

WEDNESDAY – no welly Wednesday yet but we hope to start this next week x

THURSDAY –

FRIDAY –

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What a beautiful end to a fun filled week in our nursery. The Nativity performances from our children were just wonderful. All their hard work and learning all came together on the day and they all did us proud. Beautiful memories to cherish forever and remind them of as they get older. Maurice the Mule will never be forgotten !! Fantastic effort from each and every one of our children x Thank you for your continued support this year. Have a fantastic weekend and we will see you all on Monday for the last week of 2018!!

Love the Nursery Team xxx

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY- Fun in the nursery.

TUESDAY- MAGICIAN at 11.15 am, PM children should arrive early today at 11.10 am and the AM children will be picked up later at 12.00.

WEDNESDAY- we hope to have a visit to the local Care home to sing our Christmas songs to the residents, am and pm sessions.

THURSDAY- CHRISTMAS PARTY DAY!!! come dressed for the Christmas festivities and we might even get a visit from Santa!! Parents please come back early at 10.30 and 2.30 to see your child with Santa.

FRIDAY- our last day for AM children.

ALL RETURN 7/1/19

THE STAFF WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, BUT MOST OF ALL YOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN XX