Mrs Mushet

Nursery News

What a lovely start to Advent in the nursery this week. We have been busy decorating our room and learning about the story of Christmas. Nativity is soon and we are so excited to show you all!!

Children decorated the Christmas trees themselves. We shared the St Ninian’s Nursery tradition of reading the Dick Bruna story ‘ The Christmas Book’ and characters are displayed depicting the Nativity scene.

Literacy was being developed through the excitement of writing letters to Santa.

Mathematical skills were observed through loose parts and natural resources as we tried to complete the number line 0-10.

And finally lots of Health and Well being as friendships are built and selfies taken on Mrs Mushet’s iPad !!

who can’t smile looking at that picture??

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Monday – Nativity full dress rehearsal 10am and 2pm (children only).

Tuesday –

Wednesday –

Thursday – Nativity performance for parents and family 10am and 2pm.

Friday – Christmas Jumper Day.

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Excitement is building in the nursery!! This week has been fun filled and so busy. Nativity is in full swing, please check the Facebook page for links to the first 2 songs to practice at home. All the children have embraced the change in routine for our Nativity preparations and are learning the new songs quickly.The children made a new natural alphabet for our displays in nursery. They have been learning about pattern using colours and magnetic shapes. Letters were handed out with diary dates for December and Advent will begin on Monday.

Sorry no pictures this week we are having technical problems 🙁

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GIRFEC – NURTURED

BEGINNING OF ADVENT X

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

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A wonderful fun filled week in the nursery, lots of rainbows in the sky this week we spotted them on our walk on Wednesday and from the window through the week. This inspired lots of creative activities and mathematical learning around colours and shape. Children began singing the song ‘ I can sing a Rainbow’. Nativity practice is in full swing, we are rehearsing ‘Away in a Manger’, the story of Maurice the Mule and his manger in a stable. Children are having great fun learning the songs and at the same time developing their language. Of course who could forget about our visit to the local care home this week!! Lots of connections, fun and friendships built here this week. Such a heart warming experience for all involved xx

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Monday –

Tuesday – Achievement assemblies am and pm.

Wednesday – Welly Wednesday

Thursday – P.E. CHRISTMAS FAYRE 5.30 PM

Friday – PEEP.

Have the most amazing weekend everybody !!! love the nursery team xx

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A busy week in the nursery this week. In early years we observe using the Curriculum for Excellence framework. Four of the capacities in the early level are Health and Well-being, Language and Literacy, Mathematics and Numeracy and Technology. The children are learning through play and here are some wonderful examples of literacy, math and well-being in pictures. Using sticks and beads to recreate shapes, using different media to write or create their names, counting using conkers and using a cardboard box to make a bed to read and make friends in. We are so pleased to announce our EXCELLENT grading from the Care Inspectorate!!! Thank you to each and every one of you for your continued support.

Have a great weekend from the EXCELLENT nursery team !!!

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Monday – The school road safety officers coming in to talk to children.

Tuesday – Some children will be visiting our local care home. Parent council meeting 6.30.

Wednesday – Welly Wednesday.

Thursday –

Friday – peep session.

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This week in nursery began with firework pictures drawn with chalk and rockets made from boxes. Tuesday saw us walking to the local Library where the children chose a book to read. The AM children heard ‘The Queens Knickers’ while the PM chose ‘ Fairytales’. Parents joined us for a Breakfast blether and a Noon natter on Wednesday to decide what values are important to us as a nursery. We will announce the decision soon! We ended the week making a cake for Mrs Stewart’s birthday 🙂

Next week in nursery…..
Cool to be kind week 😊

Monday-
• Children to wear odd socks today🧦

Tuesday-

Wednesday-
• Individual photos today.
• Parents consultations 5-8.

Thursday-
• Parents consultations 3.15-5.15.
• Spotty clothing today for Children in Need.

Friday- End of another fun filled fabby week !!

see you all in the morning \o/

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The children have had a wonderful Halloween week in nursery. Dressing up and dookin on Tuesday then a Halloween hunt on our fundraiser sponsored walk on Wednesday. New pipes and hoses in the water tray caused great interest on Thursday and we ended the week with a fantastic assembly all about kindness and how our kindness can colour the world. I’m sure your children colour your world, but they most certainly colour ours. Thank you all so much for your support during our Care Inspectorate inspection this week. We are delighted with the feedback given and will share the news when we get our final report.

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

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Monday – GIRFEC – ‘ACHIEVING’

School photos, siblings can be included from nursery in these.

Can we please ask for any Sponsor forms to be back in today x.

Tuesday – Library Visit at 9.30 am and 1.30 pm.

Wednesday – Breakfast Blether at 8.30 with Mrs Mushet and Noon Natter at 12.00, any parent is invited to come along and have a chat about the nursery and our vision for the future.

Thursday – P.E.

Friday – Ladies Night.

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Welcome back after the October break!! I hope you’re all noticing the changes to the lay out of the nursery room. We are focusing on our Froebelian approach to learning in Early Years by providing breadth and challenge through discovery and independence in each individual child’s interests. Natural resources foster the child’s imagination. Open ended resources create opportunity for multi purpose scenarios in learning e.g. a block can be numerous things from a phone to a plate, all according to the child’s imagination.

What a week it has been too! On Monday we launched our ‘Word Boost’ Initiative, each week the children will be read a book in nursery with a focus on some new words to learn. This week the words were; Ashtonished, Creep, Brave and Creatures.

Welly Wednesday started back with a great adventure to the local woods to investigate and explore Autumn and it signs in our local community. This area will be used every week so the children can experience seasonal changes and become familiar in their surroundings to be able to investigate and risk assess on their own.

Next weeks Welly Wednesday is Witchy Welly Wednesday, our first fundraiser of the year, the children will go to the woods on a Halloween hunt and have a Halloween story.

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MONDAY –

TUESDAY – Halloween activities in the nursery, the children can come in fancy dress, but no masks or face paint please. We will be dookin for apples and donut catching.

WEDNESDAY – Today is our Sponsored Witchy Welly Wednesday, children will be going to the woods so will need to be in appropriate outdoor clothing. We will be having a Halloween hunt and a Halloween story in the woods.

THURSDAY – P.E. 10.25 today and no P.E. in the afternoon.

FRIDAY – PEEP sessions start back with Mrs Beattie.

Please also see in the pictures the new snack menu for the next term beginning on Monday with week 1.

Have a great weekend everyone !! From the nursery team xx

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What a wonderful outdoor week we’ve had!!

Children are encouraged to build their own play equipment using open ended resources. This develops not only their gross motor skills, but their imagination and personal risk assessment. The area changes constantly from bridges to railways, robots to boats. Such great fun and friendship building through play x

Have a great October break !!

From the nursery team x

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What a great start to October in the nursery. The GIRFEC focus this month is ‘HEALTHY’, ask your child what some of our answers and ideas were.

Each week on a Monday the children make their own play dough. We have taken photos to make a new ‘how to make play dough’ book with our new friends in it. This experience lets them plan and make choices for themselves whilst building confidence and following instructions, not to mention lots of mess and fun!! When we come in each morning we discuss the day of the week the month and the date, E wrote the date this week, she was able to write the number 2 on the paper for our wall display. A simple math experience through play. L was learning some math too this week, she was able to identify the numbers on the frogs and match them up with the correct lily pad. The creative table has been very popular too, K made ‘a parrot’ complete with a plume of feathers on it’s head and a perch!!

Fantastic fun had by all !! Have a great weekend from the Nursery Team!!

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Parents are welcome to come back during the nursery session to see the fun the children have each day. Please see the sheet in the nursery there are still some spaces left.

MONDAY – Come back and play for parents who have signed up 10.15 and 3.15

TUESDAY- Come back and play 10.15 and 3.15.

WEDNESDAY- Come back and play 10.15 and 3.15.

THURSDAY- Come back and play 10.15 and 3.15.

FRIDAY- LAST DAY – BREAK UP FOR OCTOBER HOLIDAYS.

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What a wonderful week in the nursery!

Monday was whole group photo day.

On Tuesday we had a trip to the Library, where we got to take the book back to nursery! We have been drawing pictures from the story and recalling events in the book ‘The Best Present Ever’ and ‘The Royal Dog who Chews Shoes’.

On Wednesday we prepared chocolate crispy cakes for our coffee morning/afternoon the next day.

Thursday’s McMillan coffee morning was such a success. Why? Because we have such support from our families and staff. Thank you all so much for the support and giving for this event. Together we have raised £249.87 and the total is still rising !! Absolutely magnificent !!

On Thursday we also had an Assembly for our ‘wee Jannies’ retirement, the children in the afternoon were able to attend and sang him ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ as he was a star to us. The morning children prepared him his favourite snack of a roll and sausage today. John sat with the children drawing pictures and sharing stories of his time at St Ninian’s.

We will miss you John!!

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

NEXT WEEK IN NURSERY – nothing to report (yet) 🙂

GIRFEC FOCUS – HEALTHY